. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . DESPER1TE ENGAGEMENT, APRIL 24th, 1862, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES GUNBOAT VARUNA, COMMANDER BOGGS, AND THE CONFEDERATE STEAM RAM J. C. BRECKINRIDGE AND THE GUNBOAT GOVERNOR MOORE. Captain Boggs of the Varuna, finding that the Confederate ram J. C. Breckinridge was about to run into him, put the vessel in such a portionthat i? being damaged he could repay it with interest. On came the ram, all clad with iron about the bow, and hit the Varuna m the portwaistcutting and crushing in her side. She dropped alongside, and cleared out to but
. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . DESPER1TE ENGAGEMENT, APRIL 24th, 1862, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES GUNBOAT VARUNA, COMMANDER BOGGS, AND THE CONFEDERATE STEAM RAM J. C. BRECKINRIDGE AND THE GUNBOAT GOVERNOR MOORE. Captain Boggs of the Varuna, finding that the Confederate ram J. C. Breckinridge was about to run into him, put the vessel in such a portionthat i? being damaged he could repay it with interest. On came the ram, all clad with iron about the bow, and hit the Varuna m the portwaistcutting and crushing in her side. She dropped alongside, and cleared out to butt again. She hit the Varuna a second time, and while m a unkingconditton the Varuna poured her 8-inch shells into her so fast that the Confederate was set on fire and driven on INFERNAL MACHINE DESIGNED BY THE CONFEDERATES TO DESTROY THE FEDERAL FLOTILLA IN THE POTOMAC DISCOVERED BY CAPTAIN BUDD OF THE STEAMER RESOLUTE. An infernal machine designed by the Confederates to blow up the Pawnee and the vessels of the Potomac flotilla, which was set ^ftD™£t£jg™Creek, was picked up on the 7th of July, 1861, floating toward the Pawnee. The following description of the article was sent to the, navy\™V* @ « Two large eighty-gallon oil casks, perfectly watertight, acting as buovs. connected bv twenty-five fathoms of three-and-a-half-ii ioli roj e ^3™/^!squares of cork, every two feet secured to casks by iron handles. A heavy bomb of boiler iron, fitted with a brass tap and filled with Pjwjer. waspended to the casks six feet under water. On top of the cask was a wooden box, with fuse in a gutta-percha tube. In the centie ot the corKa platform with a great length of fuse coiled away, occupying the middle of the cask.
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