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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—the naval war. (search)
. Being stopped by this barrier, the accumulated trunks soon formed a floating mass reaching as far as Fort St. Philip, and a day naturally came when the weight of this mass broke the obstacle which had held it back. This occurred at the end of February. By means of contributions from the inhabitants of New Orleans —for the Confederate exchequer was empty—Lovell set himself to work to repair this disaster. Eleven hulks of brigs were anchored in the river and bound together by a slight chain, eiving any injury; but the fear of encountering some of these torpedoes between two waters was no doubt the reason which prevented Dupont from going up the river with his gun-boats. While he was fortifying himself at Venus Point, the month of February passed away without any other incident, except a trifling attempt on the part of some sailors upon a Confederate battery situated at Bear's Bluff, near North Edisto channel. But Dupont was preparing an expedition which was to secure him the p
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VII:—politics. (search)
which was no longer a secret to any one. In fact, the shipyards of Birkenhead were not the only ones at work for the Confederates. As early as the month of February, Mr. Adams had notified Lord Russell, minister of foreign affairs, that a ship called the Oreto, in process of construction at Liverpool, under the name of a shi. As we have said in the first volume, the representatives of the six States which had given the signal of separation had met at Montgomery in the early part of February, and had established a provisional government, the duration of which was limited to one year. Messrs. Davis and Stephens were elected on the 9th of February as ere regulated and often modified by subsequent legislation. We give them as they were definitely settled at a later period, at the beginning of 1864, the law of February of this year being the only one affording any precise information on the subject. Exemption from military service was granted to persons declared by the medical