. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . Hamp-ton, the commodore ordered Lieu-tenant Barney in the Jamestown togo in and bring them out. Thiswas promptly and successfully ac-complished, under a fire from theforts. Two were brigs loaded withsupplies for the army. The captureof these vessels, within gun-shot oftheir fleet, did not affect its movements. As the Jamestown towed her prizesunder the stern of the English corvette jR/«ff?f/o, Captain Hewett (now [1887]Viee-Admiral Sir William Hewett, commanding the Channel Squadr
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . Hamp-ton, the commodore ordered Lieu-tenant Barney in the Jamestown togo in and bring them out. Thiswas promptly and successfully ac-complished, under a fire from theforts. Two were brigs loaded withsupplies for the army. The captureof these vessels, within gun-shot oftheir fleet, did not affect its movements. As the Jamestown towed her prizesunder the stern of the English corvette jR/«ff?f/o, Captain Hewett (now [1887]Viee-Admiral Sir William Hewett, commanding the Channel Squadron), thenat anchor in the Roads, she was enthusiastically cheered. We remained belowall day, and at night returned and anchored oft SeweUs Point. A few days later we went down again to within gun-shot of the Rip-Raps,and exchanged a few rounds with the fort, hoping that the Monitor wouldcome out from her lair into open water. Had she done so, a determined effortwould have been made to carry her by boarding. Four small gun-boats wereready, each of which had its crew divided into parties for the performance of. JOSEPH B. SMITH, ACTING COMMANDER OF THE■CONGRESS. FKOM A PHOTOGKAPH. According to the pilot of the Cumberland, LieuteuantSmith was killed by a shot. His death was fixed at 4:20p. M. by Lieutenaut Pendergrast, next ia coiumaud, who didnot hear of it until ten minutes later. Wlien his father,Commodore Joseph Smith, who was on duty at Washing-ton, saw by the first dispatch from Fort Monroe that theCongress had shown the white iiag, he said, quietly, Joesdead! After epealdng of the death of Licutriiaut Smith,Lieutenant Pendergrast says, iu his olficial reiinrt : Seeingtliat our men were being Mlled without tlie prosinrl oi anyrelief from the Minnesota, . . nol bciii^- alile to i;i-t asingle .tiun to licar upon the enemy, and the ship lieim; onfire in He\(T;il places, upon consultation with CommanderWilliam Smitli we deemed it proper to haul down our col-ors. Li
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