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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
atrol duty and cruising between the Federal fortified places. On the 29th of February the admiral himself arrived in front of Red River, and at once ordered Lieutenant Ramsay to ascend this river with six war-vessels and penetrate into the Washita. We have said that this latter stream, often called Black River beyond its confluent more than sixty pieces of large calibre? After having struggled stubbornly, Polignac was obliged to withdraw his troops and keep at a distance from the river. Ramsay landed a few sailors, who destroyed the works and captured two or three abandoned cannon; he did the same thing at Trinity when passing by, and entered Red River a, as we shall presently see. During this short expedition Porter had finally collected all the available war-vessels at the mouth of Red River. The return of Ramsay increased the effective force of this powerful fleet to three monitors, seven ironclads, three rams, and seven light steamers. Another fleet, composed of twenty