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ntchartrain, to approach the city in rear for land attack, could ascend the Mississippi from the Gulf, or descend it from the Northwest, where it was known that the enemy was preparing a formidable fleet of ironclad gunboats. In the early part of 1862, so general an opinion prevailed that the greatest danger to New Orleans was by an attack from above, that General Lovell sent to General Beauregard a large part of the troops then in the city. At the mouth of the Mississippi there is a bar, thstage of the river, all the land between it and the swamps was so saturated with water that regular approaches could not have been made. The city, therefore, was at the time supposed to be doubly secure from a land attack. In the winter of 1861-62 I sent one of my aides-de-camp to New Orleans to make a general inspection and hold free conference with the commanding general. Upon his return, he reported to me that General Lovell was quite satisfied with the condition of the land defenses—so
upervise expenditures and aid in procuring materials. Assisted by the chief engineer and constructor of the navy, minute instructions were given as to the manner in which the work was to be conducted. As early as September 19th he sent twenty ship carpenters from Richmond to New Orleans to aid in the construction of the Mississippi. On October 7th authority was given to have guns of heaviest caliber made in New Orleans for the ship. Frequent telegrams were sent in November, December, and January, showing great earnestness about the work on the ship. In February and March notice was given of the forwarding from Richmond of capstan and mainshaft, which could not be made in New Orleans. On March 22d the Secretary, by telegraph, directed the constructors to strain every nerve to finish the ship, and added, work day and night. April 5th he again wrote: Spare neither men nor money to complete her at the earliest moment. Can not you hire night-gangs for triple wages? April 10th the S
the Mississippi, a laboratory was established in New Orleans, and authority given for the casting of heavy cannon, construction of gun carriages, and the manufacture of projectiles and ordnance equipments of all kinds. On December 12, 1861, the Secretary of the Navy submitted an estimate for an appropriation to meet the expenses incurred for ordnance and ordnance stores for the defense of the Mississippi River. Secretary Mallory, in answer to inquiries of a joint committee of Congress, in 1863, replied that he had sent a telegram to Captain Whittle, April 17, 1862, as follows: Is the boom, or raft, below the forts in order to resist the enemy, or has any part of it given away? State condition. On the next day the following answer was sent: I hear the raft below the forts is not in best condition; they are strengthening it by additional lines. I have furnished anchors. To further inquiry about the raft by the committee, the Secretary answered: The commanding Ge
the chief engineer and constructor of the navy, minute instructions were given as to the manner in which the work was to be conducted. As early as September 19th he sent twenty ship carpenters from Richmond to New Orleans to aid in the construction of the Mississippi. On October 7th authority was given to have guns of heaviest caliber made in New Orleans for the ship. Frequent telegrams were sent in November, December, and January, showing great earnestness about the work on the ship. In February and March notice was given of the forwarding from Richmond of capstan and mainshaft, which could not be made in New Orleans. On March 22d the Secretary, by telegraph, directed the constructors to strain every nerve to finish the ship, and added, work day and night. April 5th he again wrote: Spare neither men nor money to complete her at the earliest moment. Can not you hire night-gangs for triple wages? April 10th the Secretary again says: Enemy's boats have passed Island 10. Work day
at the mouth of the river; the anxiety of the Secretary of the Navy and the efforts made by him were, however, of a character applicable to either or both the sources of danger. Thus we find as early as February 24, 1862, that he instructed Commander Mitchell to make all proper exertions to have guns and carriages ready for both the ironclad vessels, the Mississippi and the Louisiana. Reports having reached him that the work on the latter vessel was not pushed with sufficient energy, on March 15th he authorized Commander Mitchell to consult with General Lovell, and, if the contractors were not doing everything practicable to complete her at the earliest moment, that he should take her out of their hands, and, with the aid of General Lovell, go on to complete her himself. On April 5, 1862, Secretary Mallory instructed Commander Sinclair, who had been assigned to the command of the Mississippi, to urge on by night and day the completion of the ship. In March, 1861, the Navy Departme
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