The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], Cavalry and gunboats.

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Cavalry and gunboats.

Among the novelties which this extraordinary was has produced are the instances which have repeatedly occurred of late of cavalry capturing gunboats. A friend suggests that our hordes should be fitted out with raffs and rudders, in order to facilitate their amphibious operations! The gunboats, it must be admitted, have fallen amazingly from their original prestige. At one time they had nearly scared the South from its propriety; but they are now manifest humbugs, which even a few troopers can explode. The gallant cities of Vicksburg and Richmond deserve the credit of having first shorn the gunboats of their terrors. From the hour when Drewry's Bluff demolished their iron clads, they have been gradually sinking to their proper level.

The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 23, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Cavalry and gunboats.