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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: War photography
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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infront, and Gaines was armed with thirty ginis. Besides theseland defenses, the Confederates had the ram Tennessee, prob-ably the most powerful vessel ever constructed for their
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REVIEWS CO THE • MONONGAHELA—A FEARLESS WOODEN SHIP To this heart of oak belongs the distinction of being the first vessel to ram the huge (Confederate ironcladTennessee. After Farragut, crying, Damn the torpedoes! had astounded both the Confederates and hisown fleet by running the Hartford right through the line of submarine volcanoes, the Tennessee moveddown with the intention of ramming the wooden shi()s in turn. She missed the Hartford and then theRichmond, which escaped across the line of torpedoes like the flagship. In attempting to ram the Lacka-wanna, the Confederate ironclad swung abeam of the channel, exposing her side full and fair to the )\Io-nongahela, which had been fitted with an artificial iron prow. Commander Strong endeavored to seizethe opportunity to ram; but, owing to ihe fact that the Kennebec was lashed to her side, the Mononga-hela could not attain full speed, and only a glancing blow was struck. Later, when the Tennessee cameup single-handed to attack the

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