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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Copyright by Review of Reviews Co. THE GUNBOAT THAT HUED THE FIRST SHOT AT FORT HENRY Here, riding at anchor, lies the flagshipof Footc, which opened the attack onFort Henry in the first movement tobreak the backbone of the Confederacy,and won a victory before the arrivalof the army. This gunboat, the Cincinnati,was one of the seven flat-bottom iron-clads built by Captain Eads at Carondelet.Missouri, and Mound City, Illinois, duringthe latter half of 1861. When Grant finallyobtained permission from General Halleckto advance the attack upon Fort Henryon the Tennessee River, near the border ofKentucky, Flag Officer Foote .started upthe river, February 2, 1862, convoying thetransports, loaded with the advance de-tachment of Grants seventeen thousandtroops. Arriving before Fort Henry on

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