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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE ARMYS CHIEF RELIANCE OX THE RIVER—THE DOUBLE-TURRETED MONITOR ONONDAGA While Admiral Porter and his squadron were absent on tlie Fort Fisher expedition, it was of thegreatest importance that an adequate flotilla should be left in tlie James to preclude the possibilityof the Confederate gunboats getting down past the obstructions and making a bold anrl disastrousattack on City Point, the army base. Having left this huge ironclad fighting-vessel behind. AdmiralPorter felt at ease. But the undaunted Confederate Flag-Oflicer J. K. Mitchell was not to bedeterred from making one last attempt to strike a telling blow with the Virginia and lier con-sorts. On the night of January 23, 1865, he came down to the Federal obstructions and attemptedto get by. Wien the movement was discovered, contrary to all expectations the great Onondagaretreated down the river. The moment might well liave been one of the greatest anxiety for theFederals, but in maneuvering, the Virginia and the Richmond bot

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