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Title: Abraham Lincoln: a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publisher: New York, The Century co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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safety. The main fleet, however, assembled on the1861. 4th of November before Port Eoyal Sound, andon the 7th, fourteen war steamers, carrying atotal armament of 130 guns, stood in to theattack of the rebel forts at the Port Royal en-trance. To the north, on Bay Point, stood FortBeauregard, mounting twenty guns. To the south,on Hilton Head, stood Fort Walker, a muchstronger work, mounting twenty-three guns. Abroad sheet of water, two miles in width, spreadbetween the two forts. Both were formidableearthworks, scientifically constructed, and armedwith ordnance of no mean power. Fort Walkerhad a garrison of about 250 men, and the plan ofattack marked this out as the principal obstacle toovercome. Everything being ready, and the weather fine, inthe early forenoon of the 7th nine of the principalwar steamers, with a total of 112 guns, formed in aline following each other at a distance of littlemore than a ships length, with Du Pont leading inthe flag-ship Wahash of forty-four guns. Moving
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KEAR-ADMIBAL SILAS H. STKINGHAJI. HATTEKAS AND POKT EOYAL 17 slowly and taking continual soundings as they pro-ceeded, the line steamed by the mid-channel into theentrance between the two forts, firing to the rightagainst Fort Beauregard in the distance, and to theleft against Fort Walker at close range. When theWabash had passed perhaps two mUes beyond theforts, she made a short circuit to the south and ledthe line outward through the entrance and as nearFort Walker as the depth of water permitted, theships successively delivering their fire at a distanceof six hundred yards. When the proper point wasreached the WabasJi again turned and led the lineinward, repeating the circular manoeuvre. Mean-while a flanking column of five ships with thirtyguns had also passed in and stationed itself at aconvenient distance where it could at the sametime bombard Fort Walker and watch the littlerebel fleet which hovered up the sound beyondrange. A description of such a manoeuvre may be readin a min

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