. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Copyright by Review of Reviews Co. THE GUNBOAT THAT FIRED THE FIRST SHOT AT FORT HENRY Here, riding at anchor, lies the flagshipof Foote, which opened the attack onFort Henry in the first movement tobreak tlie backbone of the Confederacy,and won a victory before the arrivalof the army. This gunboat, the Cincinnati,was one of the seven flat-bottom iron-clads built by Captain Eads at Carondelet,Missouri, and Mound City, Illinois, duringthe latter half of 1861. When Grant finallyobtained permission from General Halleckto advance the a
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Copyright by Review of Reviews Co. THE GUNBOAT THAT FIRED THE FIRST SHOT AT FORT HENRY Here, riding at anchor, lies the flagshipof Foote, which opened the attack onFort Henry in the first movement tobreak tlie backbone of the Confederacy,and won a victory before the arrivalof the army. This gunboat, the Cincinnati,was one of the seven flat-bottom iron-clads built by Captain Eads at Carondelet,Missouri, and Mound City, Illinois, duringthe latter half of 1861. When Grant finallyobtained permission from General Halleckto advance the attack upon Fort Henryon the Tennessee River, near the border ofKentucky, Flag Officer Foote started upthe river, February 2, 1862, convoying thetransports, loaded with the advance de-tachment of Grants seventeen thousandtroops. Arriving before Fort Henry on. FLAG-OFFICER FOOTE February Cth, the intrepid naval com-mander at once began the bombardmentw-ith a well-aimed shot from the eleven heavy guns of the fort respondedin chorus, and an iron rain began to fallwith telling effect upon the Cincinnati,the Esxcr. the Carondelet, and the , whirli were steaming forward half amile in ad\ance of the rear division of thesquadron. .\t a range of 1,700 yards theCincinnati opened the engagement. Aftera little over an hour of heavy firing thecolors on Fort Henry were lowered andGeneral Tilghman surrendered it to Flag-Officer Foote. When General Grant ar-rived an hour later, Foote turned over thefort to him and returned to Cairo with hisdisabled gunboats. c \\t iFall of ^art l^riirg nnh il^nrt Inn^lson ^ 4
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