. The naval history of the Civil War . he might desireto have accompany him. These officerswere received on board with all the respectdue to brave men, and they bore themselvesaccordingly, though there must have beena mortification in surrendering to whatwas, in many respects, an inferior the time of the capitulation, however,the Federal officers knew nothing of theinternal troubles which had immediately induced the surrender—the mutiny anddesertion of the men. and the final strokesof the fleet above. In any case, whetherFarragut had succeeded or failed in hisoperations above, it was
. The naval history of the Civil War . he might desireto have accompany him. These officerswere received on board with all the respectdue to brave men, and they bore themselvesaccordingly, though there must have beena mortification in surrendering to whatwas, in many respects, an inferior the time of the capitulation, however,the Federal officers knew nothing of theinternal troubles which had immediately induced the surrender—the mutiny anddesertion of the men. and the final strokesof the fleet above. In any case, whetherFarragut had succeeded or failed in hisoperations above, it was important to ob-tain possession of the forts as early aspossible, and to that end terms of capitula-tion had been already prepared, and thesewere accepted by General Duncan andLieut. Col. Higgins. As the terms were being signed, Porterfound, to his surprise, that the capitulationof the defenses was not to include thoseafloat. General Duncan asserting that hehad no authority whatever over the navalbranch. The commander of the regular. COMMANDER (NOW ADMIRAL) DAVID D. PORTER. naval forces (Commander Mitchell) had, infact, set the military at defiance. Porterwaived the point, however, being deter-mined upon the course to pursue when pos-session of the forts was secured. All connected with the capitulation wereseated at the table on board the HarrietLane, with the articles before had signed them, as had CommanderRenshaw, of the Westfield. Lieut. , of the Harriet Lane, wasabout to follow with his signature, whenone of his officers requested him urgentlyto come on deck. He returned at once withthe report that the Louisiana was driftingdown river on fire, coming toward the Union OF THE CIVIL WAR. 1S7 vessels which were anchored about thirtyyards apart. Being broadside to the currentthe iron-clad would not have room to is sharp practice. Porter re-marked to the Confederate officers, but ifyou can stand the explosion when it comes,we can. We will go
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