Grant And His Campaigns: a Military Biography
Grant And His Campaigns: a Military Biography
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169 marched down the west bank ; bat the question was, how to get the transports below for the crossing of the troops, and the gunboats to protect the landings.
On the 16th of April, Porter was ready to make the attempt, which was to be entirely successfoL With eight gunboats, all of which but one were iron-clad, and farther protected by hay and cotton, he took three transports — ^the Forest Queen, Henry Clay, and Silver Wave — Bladen with supplies for the army, and their machinery protected by... bales of cotton and hay. The gunboats were to move past in single file, engaging the enemy's batteries, if discovered, with their broadside guns ; while the transports, on the starboard, should try to slip tiirou^, under cover of the smoke. It was between ten and eleven o'clock that night as they came around the bend, the Benton, Captain Greer, leading. The embattled city slept in sQence, apparently ignorant of the approach of the bold annament, which was to throw its boasted ihvincibility io the winds ; but, while it began to be believed on the fleet that the enemy were, for some ulterior purpose, allowing us to pass un- molested, two sharp and brilliant lines of fire gave th6 signal, and, in the words of a spectator, " in an instant the whole length of the bluffs was ablaze with fire." Not quite unscathed by all these grand pyrotechnics, the fleet ran the gauntlet, pouring in their broadsides upon the city, from twenty-five heavy gans, charged with grape and shrapnel.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
169 marched down the west bank ; bat the question was, how to get the transports below for the crossing of the troops, and the gunboats to protect the landings.
On the 16th of April, Porter was ready to make the attempt, which was to be entirely successfoL With eight gunboats, all of which but one were iron-clad, and farther protected by hay and cotton, he took three transports — ^the Forest Queen, Henry Clay, and Silver Wave — Bladen with supplies for the army, and their machinery protected by... bales of cotton and hay. The gunboats were to move past in single file, engaging the enemy's batteries, if discovered, with their broadside guns ; while the transports, on the starboard, should try to slip tiirou^, under cover of the smoke. It was between ten and eleven o'clock that night as they came around the bend, the Benton, Captain Greer, leading. The embattled city slept in sQence, apparently ignorant of the approach of the bold annament, which was to throw its boasted ihvincibility io the winds ; but, while it began to be believed on the fleet that the enemy were, for some ulterior purpose, allowing us to pass un- molested, two sharp and brilliant lines of fire gave th6 signal, and, in the words of a spectator, " in an instant the whole length of the bluffs was ablaze with fire." Not quite unscathed by all these grand pyrotechnics, the fleet ran the gauntlet, pouring in their broadsides upon the city, from twenty-five heavy gans, charged with grape and shrapnel.
What to read after Grant And His Campaigns: a Military Biography?
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