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Title : The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year : 1911 ( 1910s )
Authors : Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects : United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher : New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library : New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor : MSN

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COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REWIEWS CO. THE LESSON OF THE IRONCLAD—SOME OF THE FIRST TESTS AT THE NAVY-YARD Here in the Washington Navy-yard, as it appeared on Independence Day, 1866, are the evidences of whatthe American Civil War had tanght not only the United States navy bnt the worlds designers of warships.In four short years of experimentation in the throes of an internecine struggle, the Na\y Department hadnot only evolved the most powerful fighting fleet on the seas of the world, but had stamped it with distinct-ively American ideas. In the picture, a year after the war, can be seen how the navy had begun to im-prove the experience it had gained. Already the tests of piercing power of projectiles upon armor i))atelie all about, precursors of the steel battleships and big guns that are the marvel of the present day. Thewooden hulls of the early monitors rotted away, and as they did so steel construction was gradually evolved.The monitor principle was finally abandoned in its en

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