. Redeeming the republic : the third period of the war of the rebellion, in the year 1864 . lete. Admiral Farragutpaid attention to things which might seem to most people to be of littlemoment. He studied the ebb and flow of the tide, the direction of thewinds during the summer day. He noticed that at a certain hour thewater was ruffled by a gentle breeze from the west, which would carrythe smoke of his guns towards Fort Morgan and envelop it in such acloud that the Confederate gunners would not be able to take good sailors had gone up the channel in the night, and secured a torpedo,wh
. Redeeming the republic : the third period of the war of the rebellion, in the year 1864 . lete. Admiral Farragutpaid attention to things which might seem to most people to be of littlemoment. He studied the ebb and flow of the tide, the direction of thewinds during the summer day. He noticed that at a certain hour thewater was ruffled by a gentle breeze from the west, which would carrythe smoke of his guns towards Fort Morgan and envelop it in such acloud that the Confederate gunners would not be able to take good sailors had gone up the channel in the night, and secured a torpedo,which he examined; and he saw that if he went in on the flood tide, theapparatus by which the torpedo was to be exploded would be tiltedtowards the harbor by the swirling current, and would be less likely toexplode than if tilted seaward by an ebb-tide. Besides, if the engine of avessel should become disabled, flood tide would be likely to sweep it intothe harbor. As the channel was within two hundred yards of Fort Mor-gan, and two miles distant from Fort Gaines, he would pay no attention. ?;=? ADMIRAL FARRAGTJT. MOBILE BAY. 383 to the latter, but pour his broadside upon Fort Morgan. He ordered theheavy guns of the port side to be shifted to starboard. The boats of theship were lowered into the water upon the port side, to be ready for useshould they be needed. Bags were tilled with sand and piled against thebulwarks, making a wall of sand four feet in thickness. Admiral Farragut had fourteen wooden ships which he intended touse in passing the forts and fighting the Confederate fleet, leaving sixgunboats outside to maintain the blockade. The vessels were to be
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