Lee’s concentration was rapid. The fight of Wednesday had been, to him, a surprise.Continuing Battle of Gettysburg,with a selection from History of
Battle of Gettysburg
This series has thirteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Preliminary Moves.IntroductionAbout midway on the ridge running
New Orleans Surrenders
Today's installment concludes Farragut Captures New Orleans,our selection from Admiral Farragut by Alfred Thayer Mahan published in 1892.If you
Confederates Evacuate New Orleans
Lovell, satisfied from the first that if the forts were passed the town was lost, prepared at once to evacuate it.Continuing Farragut Captures New
Union Fleet Clears River Above the Forts
The occupation of the land by the army, and of the water by the navy, interposing by the nature of their operations between the city and the forts,
Union Fleet Gets Above the Forts
Only twenty minutes had elapsed since the forts opened upon the Cayuga, when Farragut's flag entered the battle.Continuing Farragut Captures New
Confederate Rams Attack the Union Fleet
Captains of Mississippi River steamboats, their commanders held to the full the common American opinion that the profession of arms differs from all
Union Fleet Runs Past the Forts
After passing the last battery, and thinking we were clear, I looked back for some of our vessels, and my heart jumped up into my mouth when I found I
The Union Fleet Weighs Anchor
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