"Farragut and Mobile " . ard. When he spentan evening on shore he always wore his sword, feeling perfectlyconfident of his ability to protect himself with it from possibleattacks in passing through the slums or along the wharves. 4 . / FarragLit was a very religious man. He loved to have me readto him from the Bible. He made it very evident that he alwaysbelieved the issue was with God, while recognizing that hemust do his best. Farragut had a very high sense of duty, but at the sametime he was considerate to those under him, as is shown bythe following incidents: The Sebago, commanded b
"Farragut and Mobile " . ard. When he spentan evening on shore he always wore his sword, feeling perfectlyconfident of his ability to protect himself with it from possibleattacks in passing through the slums or along the wharves. 4 . / FarragLit was a very religious man. He loved to have me readto him from the Bible. He made it very evident that he alwaysbelieved the issue was with God, while recognizing that hemust do his best. Farragut had a very high sense of duty, but at the sametime he was considerate to those under him, as is shown bythe following incidents: The Sebago, commanded by Fitzhugh, was one of the vessels selected to take partin the battle of Mobile Bay, but she was injured in collision,so that the .\dmiral decided not to let her go in. After thisdecision had been announced, Fitzhugh besought me, almostwith tears in his eyes, to beg the Admiral to let him take made the request, and Farragut answered that he deeplysympathized with Fitzhughs desire to be in the battle, but he. \GUT AND HIS AIDE, LIEUTEXAXT-COMMAXDERJ. C. WATSON had to consider the public interest, and this required that onlythe most efficient ships be used. On receiving a jeweled sword, ^which was presented to him by the Union League Club of NewYork for his brilliant services to the Union, he sent it forwardfor the crew to see, with the message that they had helped himto earn it. In this connection my heart swells with joy and pride whenI recall (in proof of the fact that I had won the Admiralsconfidence by my discharge of the duties he entrusted to me ashis confidential aid) the affection which he expressed for once wrote to his son: I am almost as fond of Watsonas of yourself. It was not very long after the capture and occupation of NewOrleans that Farragut urged the seizure and occupation ofU^Iobile Bay. He believed an inside blockade was the onlyabsolutely efficient blockade. Furthermore, he thought themoral effect of the recent succes
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