“[T]he navy performed its part of the operations.”
David Dixon Porter (1813–1891) United States Navy admiral
Source: 1880s, Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885), p. 214
“[T]he navy must be an adjunct to the army, yet the officers and men of the navy should always have full credit for the service they perform.”
Source: 1880s, Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885), p. 212
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