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Floating batteries.
The first Amercan floating battery was seen in the Charles River, at Boston, in October, 1775.
Washington had ordered the construction of two, to assist in the siege of the New England capital.
They were armed and manned, and on Oct. 26 opened fire on the town, producing much consternation.
They appear to have been made of strong planks, pierced near the water-line for oars, and further up were port-holes for musketry and the admission of light.
A heavy gun was placed in each end, and upon the top were four swivels.
The ensign was the pine-tree flag.
Colonel Reed, writing to Colonel Moylan, on Oct. 20, 1775, said: Please to fix some particular color for a flag and a signal, by which our vessels may know each other.
What do you think of a flag with a white ground, a tree in the middle, and the motto An Appeal to Heaven?
This is the flag of our floating batteries.
When the War of 1812-15 broke out, the subject of harbor defences occupied much of the at
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