Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-14

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Wht'" "u'T". i3'n mi"s of "o1et from Viz
gina 60 th' q, urHJ.". ~ thi, time tine
htWllu"u, l'.s"t.'t only tHrt ,-tNp H,uilJ-
NE modern vessels, uul of tncU only three
SIC %" N''-~rI> we've i'm the hpar rH't..
lct the recognized ruic Of utrruBtisoH
ldW required thHl "biuc,Hlps to- hr lillirr
must b" ciiDc;iNc. that is to ".ty wuiutaiUoi uy
ioIr" stlliitl'lu really to prevent access ,O
the coast Ui the enemy" OF course the
blockade of the southern States was put into
effect gradually. and from point to point as
Vessels cOUb h' provided The scattered
fleets were uruu Int home. New vessel. of an
descriptions Wnfc purchased, from ocean
steamships to terry bouts Hut tugs. Every
navy |ari dIi private snip yard AZ the North
Wit5 ST at work, At tIc end of the tirSt six
months the blockade had become legally clH-
cicnt beyond CdVi. and At the end Of tn" Soc
ond year II was 80 stringent that If could bo
passed only bN vessels specially uiupi"i for
the purpose. During the war liiA prizes were
the last year of the war the blockade through
out the entire scnbpnrd of tn" South wu- as
efficient aS it is possible for such au operation
to become. The ilCcU numbered 81 vessels,
many OF them monitors and IrOn-clals; th"r"
wCr" 1900 officers ami 50.UjU scumcn in the SER
vice; there was complete efficiency and Sll
prcmuCN in every quarter.
In naval matters our civil war was tn" most
heavy riHci gun had been recently intro-
duccd and was Developed day 10y day. A.
murcd vessels were required to Withstand th"
now ordnance. and were built aruDr. liugiy.
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ram beneath her bow. Nrnnwhiln our fleet rt
| Fortress Munrut. was of old-fushiuucd wood
en- vessels only thoIirh SOM. of Them huJ
| been rrunr,i,i ~ rho hivhrst Sucrinpu- OF
man n-of-war afuat i'm the tavs before tn,
| war it took only Il few hour. one afturno,>
to prove hat the 4 were OF. no value whJt,SuNc
in the face of the new Shlnbuildinv introduce
ed by the iupro\cd methods of modern times
\ new era in warfare upon the So; was uuou
10 upcn.
While the rebels were preparing their iron.
clad OlIr government was tiiIilrrntl lN pu!rl rr,
| i'm uIildiu,ru "A ,.IIitulln ,,utnuoni,t y l. wei
| said by Prof Solrv to whose interesting It'll
| volume entitled ''rhr Iylockudr ana the CruiS
| rIS." am largely indebted for the facts am
| irving the war for the moment was b,,in.
carried on NOT at HAMPTON Roads. but Il
Norfolk ana lIrou,iyn, ana the victory was t,
i dcpcnd rot only uIieu thp bravery of the oil
| GERS and s,uilrn liit IInnu th, sprrd of IN
, mechanics The Cnnt'rdcriItrs hndn lonr star
in the race. Nothing was doucat Wnshingto
uutn the extra session of Congress whic
| voted am aul,ropriIii ion had been followed h
| the rrl-ti.tn ANA rniItIn,. of bureau, am
| boards. and tho contract for the Elonitor,
de- buiii upon Ericsson, plans. was not .i.nc
until OCT l. while the rebels hud been M ,yur
| uruu line N,rril,ur since early i'm IuIN BiI
when the building of the Monitor wa, d.tcl
mined upon the work was pushed u~ for it,
lhc WOTklu.u lahOrcd in three giugs of uigll
hours each, night aud day. The thrifty con
tract under which she was built required h,
cumpictiOn in one hundred day for the price,
-!tl.UrO, payable only i'm case She should PROV
able to withstand the fire of the cncmN'> bat
tcrr> ut the shortest RANGES.
In form She consisted of II small hun. q
which was rn,1icd n inryr iron raft, frol
| which arose in thr rrut,r "a rrynI> I>in,r tlIrrp
| An iron pilnt -bousr also stood uuon the dec
i'm front Of thr tIIlrct which urnvcd the wcn
| nuiut i'm thu vessel and ,,us uftrrynr,ls uhuu,
| nurd i'm s,,i.n,,Irnt ,,rssris nf thr Nonit,
shane. rh, .,,h wns hrnviiy nrmnrcd nj II
unimt. unT ,,'s i"trndrI tm r i,murryious
rnnnnn n,. ,i9" mix In thn t,,.rnt were rvs
| Immense eleven inch I,hiorrn ,rtIu. Fro
her peculiar construction She was very M