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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
it reached Atchafalaya Bay, and immediately resumed its sailing, escorted by four gunboats, the Clifton, Sachem, Arizona, and Granite City, which were to protect it during the voyage and prepare theid not wish to begin the fight before having by him some of the landing-forces, had made on the Clifton, with Franklin, a reconnoissance of the entrance to the channel, but he had not been able to di were within reach. The Union fleet advances in two columns. On the left is Crocker, in the Clifton, following one of the tortuous channels cut through the sands that block up the mouth of Sabinees. But this one vessel alone cannot silence the enemy's fire. Soon a projectile disables the Clifton also by cutting the steam-pipes, and Crocker, finding himself at the mercy of the enemy, who mina, again released. The failure of the expedition was complete. The capture of the Sachem and Clifton gave the Southerners naval superiority in the waters of Sabine Pass, and any attempt at landing