Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-04-27
IN THE CIVIL WAR

IN THE CIVIL WAR
A.Y. Cox Tells the High school Pupils
of the Operations on the Lower Miss
issipi and at New Orleans.
The pupils Of the High school were
given a lesson in patriotism wednesday
forenoon by A. Y. Cox. In his opening
remarks Mr.. Cox disclaimed all intention
of making an address, stating that he
would simply talk TO the children. telling
a few of the many things that came under
his personal observation, as well as those
which he learned from others, had CLEANED
from history, from officers reports, and
from the leading newspapers OF New Or
leans.
Mr.. Cox took his hearers back to April
Il, 1862 when the Union fleet under Far
ragut was in the lower Mississippi. He
briefly portrayed the scene which was pre-
scented on the river front at New Orleans
tthe great cotton market of the wOrld),
with the cotton ships, timber RATS, i'm
mense piles of cotton bales on the landings,
and the attendant stir and bustle-a spec
tacle without parallel--all of which was
changed at the mere announcement OF a
blockade.
He explained the situation of New Or
leans 1O5 miles from whore the NIississiuui
sureads amt into its five mouths Al HE
last Great bend. no miles from the mouth.
was Fort JacLsou. ON one side and Fort ~.
Pbilin ON fine otbar In 1874 one fort ON
the river at this point had kept the British
fleet AZ bav nine days and tbau sont il tiv-
ing down the river MI Cox spoke of
how well the preparations for defence had
been made bvtha Coutadarates The forts
had been constructed uudar the direction
of trained engineers vers o1uinnad with
the latest armament and oecupied bv de-
termiped fighters strong cable of eiobt
large logs was first strung across the river
ba,yyaa,7 tba forts b,,t tLis r,r,t,' an ,b,
debris coming down the stream and II final
TX gave W., Tber oi,i, IA scboo,,ars
heavily weighted were uIaced I'm Tin, river
and across them another cable was strung.
Above the fort, was Confederate fleet
includinrtrba ironcIal Ar,rqs.as m. reb.
els also had a quantity of old river boats
piled high with inHamuaiIa material
which could be Hoated down the stream.
They had couuIata confia,,.s tb.. ,Lai,.
nosifion v,,. irIrra,,,,,Ii''
I'm addition ~ L-,rra,,,,.s naval t,rca.
Gen. Butler, army of 10 OOn I'm 10 OoO
men was ON boat. farther down tbe riv.,
The Union faat consi.,.5 - - ,-assoi.
carving over 200 poverfur rms The
sneaker described tba rre,,ar,-io,,. nal.
by the Union flee, tbl ,rinrni,- If rbo
vessels with trees so that fta, lnol,ej H..
a moving forest. tb.. ra,-iav ~ ,b. In
small boats which pa>.el arnund rb.
Harriet Lane Porter TO- 81. H..
opening fire from fine runboat. on Font
Jackson. I'm. b,,rri,,, 80 ,,.l,;,i, a.. ~.
fedeIates sent down. but which were tou-ad
ashore and lef- TO burn vftioT- da,,,o,;,,,,
the Union faef. the arr.,,I ~ 90 ~.
ler's little steamer brinoir, fin, - -
the sinking of the NTarriTnae b,. ,l,s NJ
tor at HAMPTON Roads
After six DAYS of 6rino m. atta,,,,, ,.,.
begun which was 10 determine tbe s,,.o.ss
of the expedition and tba fata ~ Nor. C,r
leans Mr.. Cox pictured the prenaration.
the tremendous bombardmen, tha arto,,,,,
to blow up the hunks the c1,tin, ~ H.
cable: the advance Of the T-nion aaa. ~,
three divisions. two IN attacl, tIa for,s al
the third 10 lead the ,v.y. tTro,-i ~ ''--''
inc lie ,rasa,,,.'j -. ga oe-u ne open
terribly grand confic+ MIX 49,, ~ ~ w
of guns, the explodino nj hniIars o,iG ~
blowing up of magazines Tbistool- ,la,[
in the darkness of the earlT morrir 5,,''C 10
April n. and all was o,a,. ~, [,..S, Va
half the boats bavipr nassaJ 10y -io''. anu
and das.ro,s5 ~. |,,.-, p'sse9 the loIls'
loss of one vessel IN mon J.al 49,, ,i'-i d
ing, and 10 wounded Tary sttooti-.d
the speakers description nj who, faII,n "''5
nv, tlia ,;,.,. -. t'0" va "Hal lolIoNtd