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James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
ied for their size heavy batteries. The general statement gives so imperfect an idea of the powerful armament of Renshaw's squadron, and especially of the ferry-boats, that it may be worth while to mention the guns in detail. They were as follows: Westfield—One 100-pounder rifle, four Viii-inch shell guns (56 cwt.), one Ix-inch. Clifton-two Ix-inch, four heavy 32-pounders (57 cwt.), one 30-pounder. Harriet Lane—three Ix-inch, two 24-pound howitzers. Owasco—one Xi-inch, one 20-pounder Parrott, one 24-pound howitzer. No fighting took place, however. Several days were spent in negotiations, and a truce was granted by Renshaw, under a verbal stipulation that the force on shore should not be increased. The Confederates took advantage of this somewhat loose arrangement to carry off the guns from the fortifications—a proceeding against which Renshaw remonstrated unsuccessfully. At the end of the truce, the city was surrendered, and the fleet thenceforth occupied a secure posi