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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANP NEWS. SATURDAY. JUNE 1, 1907. 13 CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY IN WAR BETWEEN THE ST A TES The following ess.-iy of the navy of the Confederate States of Amor- W0 s written by MISS EMMA GARDNER, a pupil In the second trade o?the1lIsh School at Marietta, Go. The writer of the essay was awarded a prise. COLLEGE PARK SCHOOL IS MODEL OF THE COUNTY In 1861 the officers of the seceded states In the nary tendered their resignations to the Union and loyally offered their serv ices to their native states. It was not easy for an officer In the reg ular navy to do this; his profeslson was his only fortune. If he remained in the Union he was sure of a competency for life, of promotion, and honors. The resigned naval officers met at Mont L-mncry.AU., on Fel.nuiry 19, 1W1 lion Stephen Mallory was appointed r. tarv of the Confederate* navy, and he at once began the labor of constructing and equipping a navy able to cope with a pow tr The South had few skilled workmen, few manufacturing appliances, and no snitable material for shipbuilding, Besides this, the South was shut in by on almost impenetra ble blockade. .. , For the purpose of evading the h fl.Io many fast vessels were built, among which the Uobert K. Lee and the Coquette " The dumber of ships that succeeded lu running the blockade from January to July, is63 was forty-three, and forty-nine sue n-eded in running out. Not a single Southern officer brougli a ship with him from the Union. The offl rers did not take upon themselves the dnty of dividing the navy, even.if It was common uropertv. The South, therefore, In April isei had not one warship, while the United States naval register showed a navy of ninety vessel#,- Congress In April, 1863. passed sn set es tablishing a volunteer navy. Any person who presented to President Dtvls satisfac tory credentials could be commissioned as an officer of the volunteer navy, and would be subject to all laws of the regu Tin? battle ship Merrlmac, having been burned and suuk when the Federals evac uated the navy yard at Norfolk, was raised on Mnv 30. 1861. and reconstructed by the Confederates. The Merrimac’s name was rhunged to the Virginia. She was the first Iron-clad and the honor of building her fa awarded by many to Lieutenant John M The n Virginia was certntnly n novelty. She was covered with iron plating to make her liomb proof, and resembled very much the roof 'of a house, her hull being wholly under water. She cnrrled ten guns. The Virginia had mnny fnults. for the South had no means of procuring new en gines, and hers had been seriously Injured bv both fire and water. , , ^ She. under the command of flag officer lluehanan. on her Anal trip, steamed down the Kllsabeth river on Mnrcli 8, 1862. At Newport News she enrouutered the Con gress, fifty guns, and the Cum!»crland. twen ty gons. In addition to these were the butteries of Newport News, guns on the land side of Fortress Monroe and the great gun at Rip Raps. The Virginia, having been reinforced hy the Jurnes river squadron, consisting of the Jamestown. Patrick Henry and Texas, these, together with the steam tugs Beau fort and Raleigh, composing the fleet, steered straight for the Cumlterland. Total twenty-seven guns against an arma ment of over 300. The Virginia rammed the Cumberland, causing her to sink in a few mlnntes, Lieu tenant Morris, her commander, fighting gal lantly till the last. . . „ The Virginia next engaged the Congress and riddled- her with bullets, forcing her to surrender. . . On the next day took place the memorable tight between the Virginia and the Moni tor in Hampton Hoads.* 0 The tattle between the two iron-clad champions raged for nearly four hour* without materlu! damage to either vessel. • So far as Injury done could Indlcntc suc cess, the Virginia could claim the imlm of victory; for she had. besides leavlug her mark upon the Monitor, suuk the Cumber land.' burned the Congress, destroyed the Urogon, burned the Whitehall, riddled the Minnesota, and injured the Roanoke and St. lAwrenee. . „ The Virginia was burned when the Cpn federates evacuated Norfolk May 11, 1862. For forty-five days the Virginia had gal lantly defied the whole Federal fleet. Thir teen of those flays she had spent In dry- doek, but on every one of the other twenty- two the stars and bars flonted gloriously from her ransthead In open defiance of the largest fleet that ever bore the flag of the United States. The Alabama was a vessel of S20 feet long. 32 feet breadth of beam. 1,043 tons burden. Her commander was Captain Itiiphael Heroines. Under sail alone she sometimes made ten knots an hour nnd un dor sail nnd steam combined 11V4 knot*. The Alalaima captured between Septem ber 14. 1862, .and October one doxen of the United States whaling vessels near the Western Islands. This was her first tri umph. Klie next directed her course to the banks of Newfoundland, and between October 3 nnd 21 captured sixteen prises. The Alabama, with her sister ships Flor ida and Shenandoah, purchased In hngland, nlmost drove the merchant flog of the United States from the oceau. The Alabama sailed practically round the world, capturing price* In the Bay of Ben gal nnd the China sen. The famous tattle between the Alabama nnd the United States battleship Kcarsnrgc, which took place June 11, 1864, ended the brilliant career of the Alabama. The Hear- surge In some respects had the advantage of her adversary—she dras -faster, had a larger < row and heavier guns. Her hnll was also protected by heavy chain cables. The gallant capture of Galveston. Tex., together with the steamship Harriet Iaine, on the first of January, 1863, was one of the most successful enterprises of- the Confed- The Rayon City nnd the Neptune played Important parts. The Neptune, however, wns so damaged In the encounter that she sank soon after. The Albemarle, an Iron-clad ram, built after the plan of tho Virginia, was con structed In a corn field near Edwards Ferry. Nhe wss a worthy craft and Injured and •l«-Mtroysd many of tho enemy’s fleet, nnd vii [»tu red Ply month. The ram Manassas was constructed out the enoch train; her shape above water was nlmost like half of an egg shell, bhe wss termed "tho most troublesome of them •11” by tho Federals, ‘be Of New Orlean, the Loolal ?£*• Vi. ,! ^chance, the Manama, the Me- S“- Keeolote and the Warrior were ;®“ n & i? e "“S* Important of the Canted- fWP*- K.erj Teaacl waa either de- atrojred byher commander or waa captured irana at U» battle of New Or- Four of the moat famous of the Cnnfed- i;? 1 *1 ”55* *. w f r o. ,he ,Arkanaas. the Qucco ®* the West, InUlsnoln and Wchb. The Confederate ram. Tennessee, com manded bv Admiral Buchanan, was one of the most formidable of her class. She waa. nfter the hard-fought battle of Mobile Bay. surrendered,to the Federals August 6, lft$4. • blockade at Charleston was constant v being evaded and some of the most bril “•“J fighting took place In oi near the harlmr of this old city. Three JS525I vessels were the Palmetto State, Chlcola, and the Charleston. Mr. Mallory established in 1863 a naval academy for the training of cadets. The Patrick Henry was the school ship stationed near Brewery* Bluff. Vu., and the cadets at times did more fighting than studying. On July 7. 1861, occurred the earliest In stance of the use of tor|)e<loes in the war tictween the suites, lu an attempt to destroy an enemy's vessel on the Potomac. In the last great battle of the war the fighting qualities of the navy were again demonstrated. When General Kwelt wns captured he passed the order to surrender. Commander Tucker of the naval brigade answered: "I can not,'' nnd continued fighting. When ut last he did lay down his colors the Federal* cheered vigorously for the foe who “didn’t know when to surren der. he dies.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. He (with a sigh)—I have only one friend •n earth my dog. She—Why don't you get another dog?”— Chicago Unlly News. .’’—Chicago Tribune. “Why, wicked i him at once.*’—Cleveland Learie “You say he's stingy?” “Very." “To what extent?” "Instead of mailing her THE COLLEGE PARK SCHOOL. “The Model School of pulton County” is the term applied to the College Park school by the stato superintendent of education in his report on Georgia schools. It might well be taken as one of the models of the state. Miss Lula Klngsbery, the principal, brought a number of her pupils for a visit to The Georgian several days ago, and they were shown over the plant, from top to bottom. The teachers of the College Park school and the pupils who visited The Georgian plant were: Miss Lula Klngsbery, principal; Miss Kathleen Mitchell, Miss Luclle Mason and Miss Meta Scarlett. D. B. Gray, Jr. ' John Jackson. Howell Brewster. Lester Forbes. Leaver Rlchan1son.Jfm Luck. EugeneAllensworth Pope Stovall. Louise Allenaworth,Eugene Whitehead. Ellen Kener. Sarah Brown. 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