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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 158 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 105 3 Browse Search
James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 76 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 68 0 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 62 4 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 58 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 48 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 40 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 40 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 36 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
eem great; and great enough they undoubtedly would be, if we had not the means we already have for overcoming them. But they have been greatly exaggerated. Gen. McClellan could move his entire army and all his material from the Peninsula before the rebels could by any possibility so mass their forces, or prepare batteries, as to seriously interfere with the work, or molest any part of his force. There is an enormous fleet of steam and other transports already in the James river and at Hampton Roads; precisely how many the Navy Department only can tell, and the public do not care to know, so long as they are assured that it is sufficient to answer any exigency. These vessels and transports were sent there in the first instance, not for any such purpose as to carry Gen. McClellan's army down the river, or across it even; but they are none the less available for the work on that account. Under convoy of the gunboats — under guardianship of the mortar fleet; these transports can navi