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Sandy Hook, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
Charleston (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 2
The First iron-clad Monitor. Hon. Gideon Welles.
The Navy of the United States, at the commencement of Mr. Lincoln's administration, was feeble, and in no condition for belligerent operations.
Most of the vessels in commission were on foreign service; only three or four, and they of an inferior class, were available for active duty.
Neither the retiring administration nor Congress seemed to have been aware of the actual condition of public affairs, or to have apprehended serious difficulty.
No preparations had been made for portentous coming events.
The assault upon Sumter, followed by proclamations to blockade the whole coast, from the Chesapeake to the Rio Grande, a distance of more than three thousand miles, necessitated prompt and energetic action by the Navy Department, to make the blockade effectual.
Steps were immediately taken to fit out and put in commission every naval vessel, and to secure and arm every suitable vessel that could be procured from the merchant ser
Cumberland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
St. John's church (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 2
Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
Port Royal (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
Hampton Roads (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
Hartford (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 2