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Title: Ohio in the war : her statesmen, her generals, and soldiers
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912
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Publisher: Cincinnati New York : Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin
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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)roaehcs to Bird Island and points in its rear andabove it. Before this should be attempted, it \vas decided to see Avhat could bedone bv bombarding the forts. j^lSSlSSIPP/ So.
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■ \Jy ■iRANDPASS- ■ Cl .l. ^ Ol , M ^ X / c 0 Milt 14^-^*^ ^ OC/TA OF ^^ DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS. Captain Fan-agut accordingly moved up with his fl(!ct. For three days thebombardment went on. Tlicii a fresh council of officers was called, at whichllic determination was reached to run past the forts. First, however, the groatchain, stretched across the river and supported by hulks anchored at regular dis-tances in line across tlio stream, must be fut. This was done at night, not with-out serious damage to the gunboats whir-h nndcitook it. A further delay oftwo days gave time to make the necessary repairs, and meantime the bombard- GrODFREY WeiTZEL. 791 mcnt was kept np. Tlicn, on the night of the fifth diiy after the appearance ofthe fleet before the forls, tliey steamed up. A fierce coiifiict ensued ; several ofthe vessels were seriously damaged or quite disabled ; some failed to get throughthe gap cut in the chain across the stream ; others had troul)lc avoiding the fire-ships

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