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son campaign. It was found, upon examining these charts, and upon survey of the river, that the channel was narrow and crooked, formed in solid rock, and that it would be wholly impracticable to deepen its bed. It was therefore determined to commence the construction of a dam to raise the river to such a height as to enable the vessels to float over the falls. This project was freely discussed by the engineers and officers of the army, and was generally believed to be practicable. Captain J. C. Palfrey, who had made the survey, reported that, in his judgment, it was entirely feasible; and the only question made related to the time that might be required for so great a work. The management of this enterprise was naturally intrusted to Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Bailey, Fourth Wisconsin volunteers, who was by profession a civil engineer, familiar with works of that kind, common to slack water navigation upon all the Western rivers, and had successfully released the steamboats from
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., List of authorities cited in preliminary narrative. (search)
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d, 403 Packer, Henry, 540 Packer, States, 540 Packer, William, 540 Paffrath, Albert, 403 Page, A. L., 540 Page, C. E., 403 Page, G. E., 403 Page, G. H., 473 Page, H. L., 473 Page, Lucius, 473 Pagette, Joseph, 540 Paige, L. R., 11 Paige, W. J., 403 Paine, C. J., 66, 67, 149, 150 Paine, D. A., 473 Paine, H. E., 57, 63, 64, 294 Paine, J. A., 540 Paine, Sumner, 103, 403 Paine, W. W., 473 Paisley, William, 540 Palfrey, F. W., 30, 34, 35, 40, 63, 78, 140, 143, 151, 232 Palfrey, J. C., 66 Palfrey, J. G., 139 Palmer, G. S., 494 Palmer, Henry, 540 Palmer, I. N., 55 Palmer, J., 540 Palmer, W. A., 403 Palmer, W. D., 403 Palmer, W. H., 403 Palmer, W. L., 149 Palmer, William, 473 Panis, W., 540 Parementer, J. A., 540 Parfitt, John, 540 Parides, Lucien, 540 Paris, Comte de, 4, 24, 29, 31, 36, 40, 54, 59, 136, 143, 144 Paris, F., 540 Parish, Charles, 540 Park, D. H., 541 Park, E. G., 262, 473 Park, H. L., 403 Park, H. M., 473 Park, Joseph, 541 Parke, J.
P Paducah, Ky.: I., 177, 181, 197; II, 350; VI., 310; X., 44. Page, H., IV., 313. Page, R. L.: III., 319; VI., 244,258; X., 321. Page, T. J., VI., 295, 299. Paine, C. J., X., 213 Paine, H. E.: I., 217; II., 136; VIII., 297; X., 309. Painter, sergeant Iv., 215. Paintsville, Ky.: I., 180,356; II., 352. Palentine,, U. S. S., II., 162, 163. Palfrey, F. W., X., 23. Palfrey, J. C., X., 215. Palmer, Ben, IV., 166. Palmer, D., VIII., 363. Palmer, I. N.: III., 344; IV., 15. Palmer, J., X., 296. Palmer, J. B., X., 299. Palmer, J. M.: II., 174, 324; III., 105, 110; X., 189, 220, 294. Palmer, J. S., VI., 314. Palmer, J. W., IX., 24, 86. Palmer, W. J., III., 344. Palmetto sharpshooters, losses at Glendale, Va., X., 158. Palmetto State, , C. S. S.: II., 330; VI., 124, 172, 239, 272, 318. Palo Alto, Miss., IV., 132. Pamlico Sound, N. C., VI., 115, 263. P