Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Grant” in chapter 11, page 238 of James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy.:
...en anxious from the opening of the war to reduce these defenses, but this could only be done by a combined army and navy attack, and up to the time of the assumption of command of the Union armies by Grant , it was not deemed expedient to spare the troops.
Admiral Farragut, on September 5, 1864, was appointed to the command of a naval force to cooperate with the land
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