The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 142
gen was to the career ofNelson, the battle of Mobile Bay was to that ofFarragut. On the night of August 4, 1864, the Union fleetrode at anchor outside the harbor of Mobile. from Fort Gaines to the edge of the deep channel,the Confederates had driven a double line ofstakes, and in the channel itself… … NELSON S GREAT VICTORY AT TRAFALGAR. The defenses of the bay were formidable and the iron-clad ram Tennessee, it was small in carefully devised. The only deep-water channelfor the passage of ships lay directly under theguns of Fort Morgan, the waters of the bay beingfor the most part shallow.…
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