. Pictorial history of the great Civil War : embracing full and authentic accounts of battles by land and sea ... . MAP S?JOWiNG THE POSITIONS OF THE ARMIES NEAR PETERSBURG, VA. CAPTURE OF OPELOUSAS. 437 other vessels had suffered Richmond received a shot in hersteam-drum, and was compelled to fallback and anchor. The captain of theMonongahela was seriously injured;that vessel, also, fell back and Kineo had her rudder-post shotthrough ; her propeller was made foulby a hawser; she, too, floated down andanchored. The Mississippi had theworst fate of all. Grounding at a
. Pictorial history of the great Civil War : embracing full and authentic accounts of battles by land and sea ... . MAP S?JOWiNG THE POSITIONS OF THE ARMIES NEAR PETERSBURG, VA. CAPTURE OF OPELOUSAS. 437 other vessels had suffered Richmond received a shot in hersteam-drum, and was compelled to fallback and anchor. The captain of theMonongahela was seriously injured;that vessel, also, fell back and Kineo had her rudder-post shotthrough ; her propeller was made foulby a hawser; she, too, floated down andanchored. The Mississippi had theworst fate of all. Grounding at a pointwhere she was exposed to the fire ofthree batteries, she was terribly pun-ished. For a time, however, she keptup a most vigorous fire, replying shotfor shot to every one that struck it was found impossible to relieveher, it was resolved to abandon her toher fate. Her guns, in consequence, werespiked; she was set on fire; and whatremained of the officers and crew foundsafety on the shore opposite the bat-teries. It was believed that manyjumped overboard and were made pris-oners. Of 133 officers and
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