At 2 a.m. the appointed signal was made, and at once was heard in every direction the clank-clank of the chains as the seamen hove the anchors to the
Farragut Issues Orders to Attack New Orleans
During that afternoon Farragut personally visited each ship, in order to know positively that each commander understood his orders for the attack, and
Strategic Considerations of Naval Communications
This is one of Mahan’s best passages on the strategy of naval warfare.Continuing Farragut Captures New Orleans,our selection from Admiral Farragut
Captains Meet With Farragut Before New Orleans
He sent for them, not because he wanted to make up his mind, but because it was made up, and he wished at once to impart to them his purposes and
Deciding on How to Attack New Orleans
Wait for the forts to fall or of speed by them to destroy the resources upon which they depended?Continuing Farragut Captures New Orleans,our
Preliminary Operations Before New Orleans
While these various accessory operations were going on, Admiral Farragut's mind was occupied with the important question of carrying out the object of
Farragut Captures New Orleans
This series has thirteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Confederate Defenses of New Orleans.IntroductionThe geography of
Income Tax Day 2015
Page 4 of the return showing the income tax rates for 1862.Public domain form from the Tax History Project.The first income tax was adopted and
The Prelimary Document
That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State . .