. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . New Orleans. She wasattacked by two of the rebel rams and badly damaged,and her commander, finding his vessel sinking, ran herinto the bank and made fast to the trees. Captain Boggsfought his vessel gallantly to the last. Commissioned ascaptain Jul\- 16, 1S62; commanding steam-sloop Juni-ata, 1863 ; special duty, New York, 1864-66. Commis-sioned as commodore July 25, 1866; commanding steamer De Soto, North Atlantic Squadron, 1867-68; specialduty, 1869-72. Promoted to rear-admiral July, died in 1877. Always an excel
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . New Orleans. She wasattacked by two of the rebel rams and badly damaged,and her commander, finding his vessel sinking, ran herinto the bank and made fast to the trees. Captain Boggsfought his vessel gallantly to the last. Commissioned ascaptain Jul\- 16, 1S62; commanding steam-sloop Juni-ata, 1863 ; special duty, New York, 1864-66. Commis-sioned as commodore July 25, 1866; commanding steamer De Soto, North Atlantic Squadron, 1867-68; specialduty, 1869-72. Promoted to rear-admiral July, died in 1877. Always an excellent and most reliable officer, hisconduct in command of the Varuna elicited the praiseeven of his adversaries. Being in the First Division atthe passage of the Mississippi forts, and having a fastship, he outstripped his consorts, and chased the enemyalone until he was surrounded by them. At first, in thedarkness, the Confederates did not attack him, thinkinghim one of their own squadron. But Boggs soon ap-prised them of his identity by a rapid fire from both Three of the enemy were driven ashore in flames, andone large steamer, with troops on board, drifted ashorewith an exploded boiler, the result of this encounter. Atdaylight the Varuna was attacked by two vessels atthe same time, the Governor Moore and the Stone-wall Jackson. The Moore was a ram, commandedby an ex-ofheer of the navy, and they treated the Va-runa very badly, penetrating her below water, and killingand wounding a number of her crew. But the Varunaspeople stuck to their guns, and finally drove off the two,completely disabled for further conflict, besides being onfire. The details of this encounter (most exciting) can-not be given. Admiral Porter says, in his account of thefight, This ended the irregular fighting with the Con-federate vessels ; ten of them had been sunk or destroyed,while the Varuna, with her two adversaries, lay at thebottom of the river, near the bank, evidence of thegallantry of Bog
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