The naval history of the United States (1896) (14784478855)

Identifier: navalhistoryofun02abbo (find matches)
Title: The naval history of the United States
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John), 1863-1934
Subjects: United States -- History, Naval To 1900
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: University of Massachusetts, Boston
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Boston



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hirty thousand voices rose in onedeafening cheer, and universal joy seemed to pervade the face of everyman present. After the dam was repaired, the rest of the fleet passed down safely. With the escape of the Red-river flotilla, the career of Admiral Porteron the rivers ended. Indeed, there was but little work for the river navyremaining. The Mississippi, Tennessee, and Cumberland Rivers wereopened; and the Confederate works on the smaller streams were unimpor-tant, and could be left to fall with the fall of the Confederacy, which wasnear at hand. There was work for righting sea-captains along the Atlanticcoast, and thither Admiral Porter was ordered. Ke will re-appear at thebombardment of Fort Fisher. An event which caused the greatest excitement in naval circles at thistime, and which for courage and dash has probably never been equalled in m .§ z 3 O « > f m 2 z ? CO mH ^ mm AZm Hz Iz m mc/) —• IT) m c/>m _ n O u 2 i C Den -H ~-z *D ^O O z -nm Dm JO > H m Oz o r>D
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BLUE-JACKETS OF 61. 7^5 the history of the world, was the run of the Confederate privateer Floridapast the United States fleet blockading the harbor of Mobile. TheFlorida was originally a merchant-ship, known as the Oreto; andunder that name she sailed from Liverpool, carrying a peaceful cargo,and manned by sailors who had no idea that any thing beyond a peaceablevoyage was planned. She was commanded by an English sea-captain ; and,although the United States consul at Liverpool looked on her with somesuspicion, yet he could find no pretext upon which to oppose her departure. Hardly had the ship passed the mouth of the Mersey, when her coursewas shaped for Nassau, the haven of privateers and blockade-runners. AtNassau several officers of the Confederate navy were living; and from theanxiety with which they scanned the horizon day after day, through theirtelescopes, it would seem that they were watching for some friendly craft.The Oreto arrived safely at Nassau; and a young gentleman wh