Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War (1886) (14576433308)

Identifier: abrahamlincolnba01newy (find matches)

Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War

Year: 1886 (1880s)

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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals

Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century 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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of force and resistance do not favor yourenterprise. Chance, therefore, can alone save you. impair thtrir fitness to fight other battles. Itwill be recollected that the Wcchawkcii, com-manded by the late Admiral John Rodgers,defeated and captured the Confederate ramAtlanta, in Warsaw Sound, June 17, 1863,ten weeks after the battle of Charleston;consequently, previous to the engagements inwhich this monitor participated, as reportedby Admiral Dahlgren. The sjjlendid victoryin Warsaw Sound did not attract much atten- of twenty-two degrees means that, independ-ent of deflection, the shot must pass throughnearly five feet of obstruction, — namely,^eleven inches of iron and four feet of wood.;Rodgerss victory in Warsaw Sound, therefore,!proved that the four-and-a-half-inch vertical!l^lating of the magnificent Wajrior of ninelthousand tons — the pride of the British Admi-iralty — would present a mere pasteboard pro-:tection against the fifteen-inch monitor guns.i TllANSVERSe »ECTIOK

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