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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (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
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disabled three guns and killed anengineer. The whole number of the killedand wounded could not be ascertained. Thecommander of the Confederate batteries ac-knowledged that the casualties were greaterand the damage to the guns more serious onthe day of the Carondelef s attack than on thefollowing day, when the whole fleet was en-gaged. The practice of the gunners of theCaronde/et, being much more deliberate onthe first day of the battle (owing to ampletime and a partly sheltered position), musthave been far superior to the ))ractice of thegunners of the fleet on the second day, underthe excitement and hurry of an attack at close((uarters, with the enemys heavy shot con-stantly striking and crashing through the sidesof their vessels. At 11:30 on the night of the 13th Flag-Officer Foote arrived below Fort Donelsonwith the iron-clads S/. Louis, Louisville, andPittsbur^^h, and the wooden gun-boats Taylorantl Coiicstoga. On the 14th all the hardmaterials in the vessels, such as chains, lum-
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ANDREW HULL FOOTE, REAR-ADMIRAL U. S. N. (DIED JUNE 26, 1S63.)(FROM A PHOTOGRAPH PY K. AND II. T. ANTHONY.) OPERATIONS OF THE WESTERN FLOTILLA. 435 !ber, and bags of coal, were laid on theupper decks to protect them from the plung-ing shots of the enemy. At 3 oclock in theafternoon our fleet advanced to attack thefort, the Louisville being on the west side ofthe river, the St. Louis (flag-steamer) next,then the PittsburgJi and Caroiidt-lct on the eastside of the river. The wooden gun-boats wereabout a thousand yards in the rear. Whenwe started in line abreast, at a moderatespeed, the Louisville and Fillsl)itri:;li, not keep-ing up to their positions, were hailed from theflag-steamer to steam up. At 3:30, whenabout a mile and a half from the fort, twoshots were fired at us, both foiling short.When within a mile of the fort the St. Louisopened fire, and the other iron-clads followed,slowly and deliberately at first, but morerapidly as the fleet advanced. The flag-officer hailed the Caro

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