. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . retary Mallory, who didnot order the construction of the Louisiana until four months before NewOrleans fell, and after Stephenson had fashioned that pigmy monster theManassas, and in a measure had tested her power. The Louisiana wasdecked over, roofed, iron-plated, armed, and given engines which neverpropelled her. Commander Mcintosh, her fighting captain, was mortallywounded early in the action, and was succeeded by Lieutenant John Wilkin-son
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . retary Mallory, who didnot order the construction of the Louisiana until four months before NewOrleans fell, and after Stephenson had fashioned that pigmy monster theManassas, and in a measure had tested her power. The Louisiana wasdecked over, roofed, iron-plated, armed, and given engines which neverpropelled her. Commander Mcintosh, her fighting captain, was mortallywounded early in the action, and was succeeded by Lieutenant John Wilkin-son, and his brave officers and men did all in their power to beat back theenemy, but to little purpose, as fourteen of the enemys seventeen vesselspassed their vessel and the forts. The McRae, a small vessel mounting a battery of 1 9-inch and 6 32-pounders,lost her commander, T. B. Huger, early in the battle, and as it happened, hewas killed by a shot fired from the Iroquois, the vessel on which he was servingwhen he resigned his commission in the United States Na\y. He was suc-ceeded by Lieutenant Read, who fought the ship gallantly until the FIGHTING FARRAGUT BELOiV NEIV ORLEANS. 77 The Manassas, commanded by Lieutenant Warley, had previously donegood service, and this time came to grief after two hours fighting, becauseevery ship that neared her selected her thin, half-inch-ii*on roof and sides fora target. In considering the responsibility for the fall of New Orleans, itshould be remembered that Messrs. Benjamin and Mallory were better fittedfor the law than to preside over the War and Navy departments of a newlyfledged government. The vessel which I commanded was formerly the ocean-built wooden paddlesteamship Charles Morgan, of about nine hundi-ed tons, and having a walking-beam engine. When armed by the State of Louisiana,she was named the Governor Moore, and received 2rifled 32-pounders (not banded and not sighted) anda complement of 93 persons. She was not iion-pla
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