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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 19 : battle of the forts and capture of New Orleans. (search)
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 22 : operations in the Potomac .--destruction of Confederate batteries .--losses by shipwreck, in battle, etc. (search)
Chapter 22: operations in the Potomac.--destruction of Confederate batteries.--losses by shipwreck, in battle, etc.
The Potomac flotilla.
naval operations in the Potomac.
destruction of Confederate batteries.
Confederate rams.
condition of the Navy, and list of vessels in December, 1862.
losses by shipwreck, in battle, etc., etc.
On the Potomac, the flotilla seems to have been actively employed from December, 1861, to May 2d, 1862.
Although no important event occurred on this water highway to Washington, early in the war the Confederates left nothing undone to stop the passage of transports, and even men-of-war, but they were not very successful.
Cockpit Point was one of the places made quite strong by the enemy, and for a time it was considered quite a dangerous place to pass.
No persistent attack was made upon it until March, 1862, and as our Army was advancing into Virginia at the same time, the Confederates were now compelled to abandon this troublesome b