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Identifier: americaencyclopa00newm (find matches)
Title: America: an encyclopaedia of its history and biography
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Newman, Stephen Morrell. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, Coburn & Cook publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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national army held the coast theremainder of the year; but notwithstand-ing the vigilant squadrons, the Englishblockade runners still continued to feedthe confederates. 1862. April 25. Capture of NewOrleans. Gen. JSIansfield Loveil, whoheld the command of this city, mademost ample provision for its defence.The strongest fortifications were FortsJackson and St. Phillip. At the formerplace was a stupendous iron chainstretcheil across the river, supported bybuoys of cypress logs, and guarded by apowerful battery on each side of theriver. The fort at this place was origi-nally built by the national government,and cost over a million dollars. It wascapable of sheltering six hundred men,and mounting one hundred and fiftyguns. The federal fleet was the mostptnverful ever assembled under the starsand stripes; but the object of attack wasdeemed so impregnable that no uneasi-ness was felt by the inmates, when thesiege began. The fleet consisted of eightsteamships, sixteen gunboats, and twenty-
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.1 H 1860-1862 .J one mortar vessels, carrying two hundredand eighty-six guns. Butler was atSouthwest Pass with nine thousandtroops, ready to cooperate with the fleet.On the 17th Poiter disguised a numberof mortars, and ran them up to withhathree thousand yards of Fort Jackson.On the following day he commenced afierce bombardment, which lasted for sixdays. The fort was terribly shaken bythis, but was still sufficient!) strong towithstand all attempts at capture. Not-withstanding the numerous fire-raftsplaced above the chain. Porter resolvedto push up the river past the fort. A gaphaving been made in the great barrieracross the river early in the morning ofthe 24th, the vessels had nearly passedthe fort, when they were discovered.They now had to endure the treinendousdischarges from the fort, and face theconfederate flotilla. This consisted ofseventeen vessels, including several steamrams, among which was the famousManassas. In the battle that followed,this boat, with eleven other conf

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