. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Copyright by Review of Reviews Co. A RANGER OF THE RIVER This little tinclad is typical of the so-called Mosquito Fleet, officially known as Light Drafts, which rendered a magnificentminor service in the river operations of the navy. Up narrow tributaries and in and out of tortuous and shallow bayous, impassablefor the larger gunboats, these dauntless fighting craft pushed their way, capturing Confederate vessels twice their size, or boldly en-gaging the infantry and even the field-batteries of the enemy, which were always eagerly
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Copyright by Review of Reviews Co. A RANGER OF THE RIVER This little tinclad is typical of the so-called Mosquito Fleet, officially known as Light Drafts, which rendered a magnificentminor service in the river operations of the navy. Up narrow tributaries and in and out of tortuous and shallow bayous, impassablefor the larger gunboats, these dauntless fighting craft pushed their way, capturing Confederate vessels twice their size, or boldly en-gaging the infantry and even the field-batteries of the enemy, which were always eagerly pressing the shores to annoy the invadingfleet. To Flag-OfBcer Davis, during his command on the Mississippi, the Federals owed the idea of these light-draft stern-wheelvessels, most of which were ordinary river steamers purchased and altered to suit the purposes of the navy. Covered to a height ofeleven feet above the water line with railroad iron a half to three-quarters of an inch thick, and with their boilers still further pro-tected, they were able to st
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