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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
se to the Federal fleet. This obstacle consisted of schooners sunk in the river, with the masts projecting obliquely, according to the current of the water, the tops of which were either pointed with iron or surmounted by a shell ready to explode as soon as brought into contact with any hard substance. The Confederate artillery at this point consisted of forty-six guns of large calibre and a great number of field-pieces. The Federals appeared before these works on the morning of the 14th of March, when, deploying along the edge of the woods which had concealed them until then from the enemy, the fighting at once commenced along the whole line. The firing thus continued for more than two hours without results. The assailants, being obliged to uncover themselves, and exposed to the fire of a numerous artillery, sustained more loss than their adversaries. The naval howitzers kept up the unequal fight with difficulty, and those who served them had to be constantly replaced, while