ISBN: 9781152098213

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...later, she was partially destroyed by a torpedo, and, finding that it was impossible to save her, Phelps, then lieutenant commander, blew her up. The next attack on the Confederate northerly line of defense was directed against Fort Donelson. This work was built on a bold bluff one hundred and twenty feet above the level of Cumberland River, on the west side, about twelve miles from Fort Henry. It was garrisoned by fifteen thousand troops under BrigadierGenerals Gideon Johnson Pillow and Simon Bolivar Buckner. The defenses of the place were divided into three batteries, the first mounting nine 32-pounders and one 10-inch columbiad, about twenty feet above the water''s edge; another, armed with one columbiad, rifled as a 32-pounder, and two 32-pound carronades, about fifty feet above the river; while a third battery, mounting three or four heavy guns, crowned the bluff. On the 12th of February the Carondelet, Commander Walke, towed by the transport Alps, arrived a few miles below this formidable work, and, casting off boldly, steamed toward the Confederates to engage them single-handed; but everything about the fort was quiet; not a gunner was to be seen. At 12.50 the Carondelet announced her presence by the discharge of her three bow shell guns; but even this failed to draw a response, and after ten shells had been dropped in and around the silent batteries Commander Walke retired and anchored three miles below, the enemy at this time being wholly engrossed by a land movement of the twenty thousand troops under General Grant. The Confederate sharpshooters on the banks, however, soon gave evidence of their presence, and were constantly on the watch to pick off any man exposing himself outside of the casemates or in the open ports. The next morning,... Edgar Stanton Maclay, Books, History, A History Of The United States Navy From 1775 To 1902 Volume 2 Books>History Volume: 01 Publisher: New York: D. Appleton Subjects: United States. Navy Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<

ISBN: 9781152098213

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...later, she was partially destroyed by a torpedo, and, finding that it was impossible to save her, Phelps, then lieutenant commander, blew her up. The next attack on the Confederate northerly line of defense was directed against Fort Donelson. This work was built on a bold bluff one hundred and twenty feet above the level of Cumberland River, on the west side, about twelve miles from Fort Henry. It was garrisoned by fifteen thousand troops under BrigadierGenerals Gideon Johnson Pillow and Simon Bolivar Buckner. The defenses of the place were divided into three batteries, the first mounting nine 32-pounders and one 10-inch columbiad, about twenty feet above the water''s edge; another, armed with one columbiad, rifled as a 32-pounder, and two 32-pound carronades, about fifty feet above the river; while a third battery, mounting three or four heavy guns, crowned the bluff. On the 12th of February the Carondelet, Commander Walke, towed by the transport Alps, arrived a few miles below this formidable work, and, casting off boldly, steamed toward the Confederates to engage them single-handed; but everything about the fort was quiet; not a gunner was to be seen. At 12.50 the Carondelet announced her presence by the discharge of her three bow shell guns; but even this failed to draw a response, and after ten shells had been dropped in and around the silent batteries Commander Walke retired and anchored three miles below, the enemy at this time being wholly engrossed by a land movement of the twenty thousand troops under General Grant. The Confederate sharpshooters on the banks, however, soon gave evidence of their presence, and were constantly on the watch to pick off any man exposing himself outside of the casemates or in the open ports. The next morning,... Edgar Stanton Maclay, Books, History, A History Of The United States Navy From 1775 To 1902 Volume 2 Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781152098213

Volume: 01Publisher: New York: D. Appleton Subjects: United States. Navy Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you… Mehr…

Volume: 01Publisher: New York: D. Appleton Subjects: United States. Navy Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. Books History~~General history-of-the-United-States-Navy-from-1775-to-1902~~Edgar-Stanton-Maclay General Books LLC Volume: 01 Publisher: New York: D. Appleton Subjects: United States. Navy Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.<

2010, ISBN: 9781152098213

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