Identifier: civilwarthroughc00elso (find matches)
Title: The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Elson, Henry William, 1857- Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 Civil War Semi-centennial Society Patriot Pub. Co., Springfield, Mass
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Patriot Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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proved worthy to command a fighting ship. And now it was Porter who had recommended himfor a task considered gravely dangerous by all, foolhardy by not a few. This was no less than to pass the fortsbelow New Orleans, defeat a powerful and determined Confederate flotilla, capture the city, and then sweep up theMississippi and split the Confederacy in two. To this Farragut rigidly held himself and the brave men under him,when, in the dark hour before dawn of April H, 1862, they faced the terrible bombardment of the forts and foughttheir way through the flames of fire rafts desperately maneuvered by the opposinggunboats. Next day New Orleanswas Farraguts. Leaving it to the co-operating army under General B. F. Butler, Farragut pushed on up the river,passed and repassed the fortifications at Vicksburg, but the army needed to drive home the wedge thus firmly en-tered by the navy was not yet read3. It was another year before the sturdy blows of Farragut were effectuallysupplemented ashore.
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THE MEN WHO DARED—SAILOBS OX THE HAKTFORD AFTER PASSING THE XEAY ORLEANS TORTS Cn this page of unwritten history McPherson and Oliver, the NewOrleans war-time photographers, have caught the crew of thestaunch old Hartford as they relaxed after their fiery test. Inunconscious picturesqueness grouped about the spar-deck, themen are gossiping or telling over again their versions of the greatdeeds done aboard the flagship. Some have seized the opportunityfor a little plain sewing, while all are interested in the new andunfamiliar process of having their pictures taken. The nota-ble tiling about the picture is thenumber of young faces. Only afew of the old salts whose beardedand weather-beaten faces give evi-dence of service in the old navystill remain. After the greattriumph in Mobile Bay, Farragutsaid of these men: I havenever seen a crew come up likeours. They are ahead of the oldset in small arms, and fully equalto them at the great guns. Theyarrived here a mere lot of boysand young

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