Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-02-20
RAIN OF BOMBSHELLS.
A SPOT WHERE PHYSICAL COURAGE
WAS AT A DISCOUNT.

An Observation-Disclosures Experience at Fort
jackson, below New Orieans-Under
Fire from the Federal Mortar Boats.
Destructiveness of Bur,ting shells.
| was drafted to Fort jackson, below
New Orleans, about three weeks before
the Federals fired their first attacking
gun TO us ON the Confederate side the
position seemed absolutely impregnable.
Forts jackson and Phillip were almost
opposite each other, with the river so OBJ
structed rs to prevent any vessel passing
up and to hold fleet under fire, and the
only fear that we had was that Farragut
would not send vessel near enough to
try our cannon. Above the raft and forts
lay a Confederate fleet of sixteen or eight
cen vessels, including II ram and a float
ing battery, and it was the general talk
among the soldiers that we had overdone
the business and scared the Yankees
AWAY before n shot was fired / heard
good engineers and good military officers
declare that the whole world hadn't fleet
enough to make the passage OF the river
ut that point We had, all told, 40 guns,
nine of them of the heaviest caliber, and
in case of feet coming up we should
have them at almost pistol range.
About the 18th of April our scouts re-
ported that large Federal fleet had come
up and anchored in the bend below, which
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