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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
he Pittsburg, and the Carondelet, were to proceed in the order we have named: most of them had tenders in tow loaded with coal, an indispensable article for them in the future. Three army-transports, the Forest Queen, the Henry Clay, and the Silver Wave, had been ordered to follow them, and to take advantage of the combat to slip rapidly along the right bank; the Tuscumbia, bringing up the rear, was to pick up the stragglers and force them to accelerate their movements. The evening of the y Clay, penetrated by a shell, is soon transformed into a vast brazier, by the aid of which the proceedings on the river are seen with alarm from the Federal camps: the Forest Queen, having become disabled, is saved by the Tuscumbia; while the Silver Wave again joins Porter's fleet. The Warrenton batteries are passed without accident before night has drawn to a close, and soon after the fleet is brought to a halt in order to wait for daylight to continue the navigation, which is henceforth f