But someone considered an expert for his era.
Porter’s ships were within the range of the big guns at Fort Fischer. His ships pound the Fort to rubble.
58 ships? I think that's more of a reasonable force than five, don't you think?
As I said, five ships make it seem like they had no intention of really doing what they claimed they were going to do.
What was the experience of the gun crews at Charleston.
Could they hit a ship doing 7 or 8 knots. The gunners at Fort Fisher couldn’t do that with 58 targets.
What was the experience of the gun crews at Charleston.
Could they hit a ship doing 7 or 8 knots. The gunners at Fort Fisher couldn’t do that with 58 targets.
“But someone considered an expert for his era.”
No he wasn’t at the time. He wasn’t even eligible for command of a ship in the Navy at the time. His political dealings with Seward was the only reason Porter got command of a ship.