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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
bay, but by a tacit agreement they long continued to exercise a mutual forbearance towards each other. Colonel Brown wished to get out of this embarrassing position, which gave all the advantage to his opponents, allowing them to make free use of the vast resources which the arsenal of Pensacola afforded them. The frigate Niagara and the sloop-of-war Richmond, charged with the blockade on the Florida coast, took part in the bombardment, which was opened by Fort Pickens on the morning of November 22d. Fort McRae replied, and was supported by the fire of several field-batteries erected in the vicinity of the arsenal. The cannonading was thus kept up for two days without producing any result. There were twelve or fifteen men disabled on both sides. The vessels were only struck three or four times, and the Richmond alone seriously, while Fort Pickens had only one gun dismounted. On the Confederate side a few field-pieces were rendered useless; the village of Warrenton and a few huts