Unsere Marine in der Zeit des Krieges (1861-1898). ry Kanone durch die Sümpfe onwooden unterstützt, die Hälfte flösse und die Hälfte der Bahn-r (^ Ads, so dass die Forts ohne Schale zu ziehen. Elf Batterien wurden rund um das Fort gesetzt, und nach zwei Es daysshelling kapituliert. Dies war das erste Mal thatrilled Waffen gegen ein modernes fort verwendet wurden, und thefight zeigten, dass der Tag der steinfestungen vorbei war, nur 48 UNSERE MARINE IN DER ZEIT DES KRIEGES., wie der Kampf zwischen Monitor und Merrimac hadshowed, dass der Tag der Holz- Kriegsschiffe bestanden hatte. Die Xorth, durch die Marine, ein greatadvance Hy dieser Zeit gemacht hatte. Auf der

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Our navy in time of war (1861-1898) . ry to drag cannon through the swamps onwooden supports that were half rafts and half rail-r(^ads, so that the forts might be shelled. Eleven bat-teries were placed around the fort, and after two daysshelling it surrendered. This was the first time thatrilled guns were used against a modern fort, and thefight showed that the day of stone forts was over, just 48 OUR NAVY IN TIME OF WAR. as the fight between the Monitor and Merrimac hadshowed that the day of wooden war ships had passed.The Xorth, through the navy, had made a greatadvance hy this time. On the Athmtic coast only theimportant ports of AVihnington, Charleston, and Sa-vannah remained in possession of the South. KeyWest always remained in possession of the Xorth, asdid Fort Pickens, in Pensacola harbor. ][obile Bayand the Mississippi were still in the Souths possession, and it was against the ports along the Atlantic and inthe Gulf and up the Mississippi and its tributaries thatthe heaviest work of the navy was yet to be done.. The Union navy flotilla eo-opcrating with the land force inthe attack on Fort Macon, CHAPTER IV. UP THE ][ISSISSIPPI FARRAGUT APPEARS. The Gulf of Mexico early became the scene ofwar. Southern forces had seized the navy yard atPensacohi, and the three forts in that harbor, Pickens, McRae, and l^arrancas, were in danger of being cap-tured. The sh^ip of war Brooklyn was sent to the aidof the forts with an artillery company, and on March31, 1861, tried to land the soldiers. The authorities inthe navy yard forbade it, despite the orders of the Gov-ernment at AVai^hington, and it became necessary tosend orders there again. Lieutenant Worden, whofought later in the INFonitor, was selected to take theseorders. He tore up the written orders, having com-mitted them to memory, and got through the Southernlines, sayiug that he had a mere verbal message for theconnnander of the Brooklyn. At once, after his ar-rival, all the !Northern troops available in the s

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