Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War (1887) (14759749091)

Identifier: abrahamlincolnba02newy (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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fought the ship gallantlyuntil the end of the battle. The Manassas, commanded by LieutenantWarley, had previously done good service,and this time came to grief after two hoursfighting, because every ship that neared herselected her thin, half-inch-iron roof and sidesfor a target. In considering the responsibilityfor the fall of New Orleans, it should beremembered that Messrs. Benjamin and Mal- All of them had their pilot-houses, engines,and boilers perfectly protected by a bulkheadof cotton bales which extended from the floorof the hold to five feet or more above the spar-deck. These and other such vessels were fittedout by the State and the city of New ()rleansafter the regular navy refused to take them,and to Lieutenant-Colonel W. S. Lovell (ex-lieutenant United States Navy) is due thecredit of their novel construction. Of the other eight rams, the GeneralQuitman was like my ship, but smaller. Theremaining seven had been tug-boats, and wereof wood, with walking-beam engines. Each of
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THE GOVERNOR MOORE, AT THE END OF THE FIGHT. lory were better fitted for the law than to pre-side over the War and Navy Departments ofa newly fledged government. The vessel which I commanded was for-merly the ocean-built wooden paddle-steam-ship Charles Morgan, of about nine hundredtons, and having a walking-beam engine.When armed by the State of Louisiana shewas named the Governor Moore, and receivedtwo rifled 32-pounders (not banded and notsighted) and a complement of ninety-threepersons. She was not iron-plated in any man-ner whatever. Her stem was like that of hun-dreds of other vessels, being faced its lengthon its edges above water, with two strips ofold-fashioned flat railroad iron, held in placeby short straps of like kind at the top, at thewater-line and at three intermediate points.These straps extended about two feet abaftthe face of the stem, on each side, where theywere bolted in place. The other eight rams had their noses hardened in like manner.All had the usual-shaped