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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
ndition, she ran aground near the bar in front of Hill's Point. The Confederates, perceiving her situation, immediately brought forward some field-pieces, which they placed in a small work in process of construction at that point, and began to riddle her with shot at a distance of seven hundred and fifty yards. She would inevitably have been destroyed, in spite of the vigor with which Lamson defended himself, if Lieutenant Cushing had not come in time to his assistance with the steamer Commodore Barney. For the space of four hours these two vessels, as also the river-boat Stepping-Stones, held out against the Confederate artillery and skirmishers until the tide enabled the Mount Washington to get free and resume her course. Cushing did not join her again until after he had silenced the enemy's guns. But this engagement was very costly to the Federal vessels, which were greatly damaged by the projectiles of the Confederates, and had a large number of wounded on board. On the follo