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Identifier: ohioinwarherstat00reidw (find matches)
Title: Ohio in the war; her statement, generals and soldiers
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912
Subjects: Ohio. Militia Ohio -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Ohio
Publisher: Columbus, Ohio, Eclectic Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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had doubted the feasibility of any undertaking againstNew Orleans with a force of less than fifty thousand. But the entire forceavailable for the expedition proved to be but thirteen thousand seven hundred.These rendezvoused on Ship Island, one of the inconsiderable sand-bars lying inthe Gulf of Mexico, between the mouths of the Mississippi and Mobile. Lieu-tenant Weitzel was at once taken into the consultation between Captain (sinceAdmiral) Parragut and General Butler. He described the forts on the Missis-sippi to be passed before reaching New Orleans, and gave the commanders anaccurate idea of the nature of the surrounding country. He held Fort St.Philip, on the east bank of the Mississippi, the more vulnerable to attack bythe land forces, and advised that it should be either assaulted or turned bymeans of the shallow water approaches to Bird Island and.points in its rear andabove it. Before this should be attempted, it was decided to see what could bedone by bombarding the forts. I
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yASSAtoUTREOB. s.PASS;s PASS <i^ O r ^^OPASS PASS c,^ °eLTA DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS. Captain Farragut accordingly moved up with his fleet. For three daj^s thebombardment went on. Then a fresh council of oflScers was called, at whichthe determination was reached to run past the forts. First, however, the greatchain, stretched across the river and supported by hulks anchored at regular dis-tances in line across the stream, must be cut. This was done at night, not with-out serious damage to the gunboats which undertook it. A further delay oftwo days gave time to make the necessary repairs, and meantime the bombard 1 GrODFEEY WeITZEL. 791 ment was kept up. Then, on the night of the fifth day after the appearance ofthe fleet before the forts, they steamed up. A fierce conflict ensued ; several ofthe vessels were seriously damaged or quite disabled; some failed to get throughthe gap cut in the chain across the stream ; others had trouble avoiding the fire-ships sent down from above, and

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