. The naval history of the Civil War . artillery,and orders were given to blow them up ;thus destroying the formidable barrier in-tended to close Red River against the their dimensions, these works were asstrong as any ever built in the 3,000 pounds of powder had been ex-ploded, there remained three huge excava-tions, while the whole vicinity was strewnwith broken timbers and twisted iron, pre- progress up the river. This was GeneralMowers idea, apparently forgetting thatthe gun-boats could, in a very short time,have destroyed forts, troops and all, withtheir 100 gu
. The naval history of the Civil War . artillery,and orders were given to blow them up ;thus destroying the formidable barrier in-tended to close Red River against the their dimensions, these works were asstrong as any ever built in the 3,000 pounds of powder had been ex-ploded, there remained three huge excava-tions, while the whole vicinity was strewnwith broken timbers and twisted iron, pre- progress up the river. This was GeneralMowers idea, apparently forgetting thatthe gun-boats could, in a very short time,have destroyed forts, troops and all, withtheir 100 guns. The Admiral endeavored toshow General Mower, who was a fearlessman, and in favor of pushing on regardlessof obstacles, that the 5,000 troops were toofew in number to defeat the 20,000 Confed-erates in the advance, who were well sup-plied with artillery. Besides, he urged thatit would be very discourteous to GeneralSmith to go forward without consultinghim, and leave him, with only 5,000 men,unprotected by the gun-boats. Desperate. Masked Battery. Benton,Flaq-ship. jen. A. J. Smiths armtAssailing the Osage. Fort. Gun-boat. Fort Hindman. Eastport. Casemated Forts and Rifle Pits. CAPTURE OF FORT DE RUSSY. senting a scene more easily imagined thandescribed. On the 16th, General Mower reached Alex-andria with about men. in transports;and, having formed a rather low estimateof the enemys forces in this region, heurged Admiral Porter to push on at oncewith the force they then had, and try andget to Shreveport in advance of the mainarmy. The Confederate general. Walker, hadexhibited very little enterprise; for. withthe 5,000 men under his command, hemight have seriously impeded the Federaladvance, and then at Fort De Russy haveoffered a stubborn resistance to further as this scheme of Mowers appeared, wethink it would have succeeded better thanGeneral Banks movement on Shreveport ashort time afterwards. General Taylor had occupied Alexan-dria with 1
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