Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-03-24

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the above facts considered, the posi-
ton, without the proper disposition
of forces, was untenable?
No body OF men who ever faced
death on battlefield could have held
the position.
The details OF this great and san
culinary field have passed into history,
and 1.-THE rider who rode from Win
chester down helped to save the DAY,
turning the Johnnies upside down.
inside out, and back again. j. H.
Prather, Co. f, 9lst Ohio.
The United states Navy.
Marvellous as it may seem, the story
of hazards and achievements in the
army has been told by hundreds of
writers, while the ten-fold more peril
Gus duties and grand victories OF the
navy have hitherto been but brieay
sketehed. But for the navy the Union
would have been destroyed by the aid
Of foreign sympathizers pouring in
money, provisions and munitions OF
war TO the Confederacy. The navy
captured New Orleans, the great city
of the South, controlling the entrance
to the Mississippi river. and but Tor
the navy, Grant says he could not
have taken Vicksburg nor operated
successfully. as he did, against Rich-
mond.
The growth OF our navy was one Of
the marvels of the age. and Il was a
power Of no small magnitude in
crushing the rebellion. II was second
only to the army itself and has a
/ glorious record in the salvation OF the
nation.
1t cost the government in round
numbers. $3.50, 100000, or si2O. O0O. O00
! for each year OF the war, or 1000. 600
per month, or nearly a third Of d
million Of dollars for every day OF the
I war
I 1t employed over 500 vessels OF war
and over 5000 men, which force
T greatly exceeded that ofauy other ma.
I ton in the world
/ IL guarded over 900 miles ~ coast.
including bays. rivers. etc. effectua!ly
| preventing the Importation of arms
and munitions OF war and $, compell-
( ing the ea-lier exhaustion o. thc tom
/ federate forces.
/ Ii captured the immense number OF
I 1. i6j blockade runners. many Of which
I were fine steamers, a ratio Of nearly
300 captures per annum, or almost one
each day during the entire war. The
money value of its captures was at
least 100000, 900 or sl5.0O0O)p worth
FOR each year of the war. and Sl.s5O.-
/ 900 in value for each month Of the
war, from first to last.
4 1t co-operated with the army where
/ ever there was water enough to float
I a gunboat. while on the high seas. our
navy covered itself with glory. The
river work 81 the navy on the Potomac.
/ the York, the James, and the AIissis-
sippi, with its branches; the coastline
work from the Chesapeake to the
/ Mississippi and its work on the high
seas, totally eclipse in martial valor
! and brilliant successes all other naval
I achievements Of the world. While
/ history records the names Of Fort
/ Henry. Fort Donelson. Island No. TO-
Vicksburg. Port Huron, Port Jack ION
! Fort st. Phillip, Mobile Bay, Hatteras
( Inlet, Port Royal. Fort Fisher. and a
score more Of such famous names. the
/ American navy will he universally
honored; while such deeds as the sink
ing Of the Alabama" in square naval
battle will ever be named among the
most brilliant victories Of any age.
1t opened the harbors by the peril
Gus work of removing distractions.
torpedoes. etc. and by utterly sde-
stroying hostile batteries which com
manded them. II held in check the
reasonable elements OF many city
and rural section while dreaded gun.
boat quietly lay before it, in short. II
displayed heroism Of the noblest type
and made our reputation on the seas
equal that of any nation
Such was the value of the navy in
the great struggle that General Grant
acknowledged the immense import.
ance Of its cooperation in the follow.
ing memorable words:
Without the help Of the navy I
could not have succeeded at Vicks.
/ burg with three times the number Of
men; in fact, without the navy Icould
I not have succeeded at all. American
Z Tribune.
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