 | William Jewett Tenney - United States - 1865 - 884 pages
...only have been to bo again impeded by fresh and more formidable obstrue^ tions, and to encounter other powerful batteries, with which the whole harbor of...hoped that the endurance of the iron-clads would have cuabled them to have borne any weight of flrc to which they might have been exposed ; but when I found... | |
 | William Jewett Tenney - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...only have been to bo again impeded by fresh and more formidable obstructions, and to encounter other powerful batteries, with which the whole harbor of Charleston has been lined. I bad hoped that the endurance of the iron-clads would have enabled them to have borne any weight of... | |
 | William Jewett Tenney - History - 1866 - 910 pages
...only have been to be again impeded by fresh and more formidable obstructions, and to encounter other powerful batteries, with which the whole harbor of...been lined. I had hoped that the endurance of the iron-cloda would have enabled them to have borne any weight of fire to which they might have been exposed... | |
 | J. T. Headley - History - 1867 - 636 pages
...obstructions, and to encounter other powerful batteries, with which the whole harbor of Charleston had been lined. " I had hoped that the endurance of the...would have enabled them to have borne any weight of tire to which they might have been exposed ; but when I found that so large a portion of them were... | |
 | Charles Brandon Boynton - United States - 1868 - 664 pages
...only have been to be again impeded by fresh and more formidable obstructions, and to encounter other powerful batteries, with which the whole harbor of...had hoped that the endurance of the iron-clads would heve enabled them to have borne any weight of fire to which they might have been exposed; but when... | |
 | John William Draper - United States - 1870 - 708 pages
...under my command. I had hoped that the endurance of the iron-clads would have enabled them to bear any weight of fire to which they might have been exposed;...found that so large a portion of them were wholly or one half disabled by less than an hour's engagement, I was convinced that persistence in the attack... | |
 | John William Draper - United States - 1870 - 716 pages
...convinced of the utter impracticability of taking the city of Charleston by the force under my command. I had hoped that the endurance of the iron-clads would have enabled them to bear any weight of fire to which they might have been exposed; but when I found that so large a portion... | |
 | Daniel Ammen - United States - 1883 - 310 pages
...given in his report of April 15th. He says : "I had hoped that the endurance of the ironclads wonld have enabled them to have borne any weight of fire to which they might have been exposed ; bnt when I found that so large a portion of them were wholly or one-half disabled by less than an... | |
 | Frank Marion Bennett - Armored vessels - 1900 - 480 pages
...success, — I mean in their armament, or power of inflicting injury by their guns." And again : — " I had hoped that the endurance of the ironclads would have enabled them to have so borne any weight of fire to which they might have been exposed ; but when I found that so large... | |
 | United States. Naval War Records Office - United States - 1902 - 936 pages
...only have been to be again impeded by fresh and more formidable obstructions and to encounter other powerful batteries, with which the whole harbor of...exposed; but when I found that so large a portion of them was wholly or one-half disabled by less than an hour's engagement before attempting to remove (overcome)... | |
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... again impeded by fresh and more formidable obstructions, and to encounter other powerful batteries, with which the whole harbor of Charleston has been lined. I had hoped that the endurance of the ironclads would have enabled them to have borne any... 
