. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . as shown in thecase of the Hartford. Doubtless the Confederate flotilla,however efficiently handled, would have had hard workto check such an impetuous onset as that of Farragut. Out of a nominal total of 14 vessels (9 of them ramsand 2 of them iron-clad) and 40 guns, Commander Mitchellhad practically only 4 vessels and 12 guns —the McRae,Manassas, Oovernor Moore, and perhaps the StonewallJackson. For this Mitchell was in no way responsible. I
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . as shown in thecase of the Hartford. Doubtless the Confederate flotilla,however efficiently handled, would have had hard workto check such an impetuous onset as that of Farragut. Out of a nominal total of 14 vessels (9 of them ramsand 2 of them iron-clad) and 40 guns, Commander Mitchellhad practically only 4 vessels and 12 guns —the McRae,Manassas, Oovernor Moore, and perhaps the StonewallJackson. For this Mitchell was in no way responsible. Itwas due to the delays in completing the Louisiana, to theabsurd organization of the River Defense Fleet, to thewant of seamen, and to the bungling of the civil ad-ministration at Richmond. The materials of Mitchellsforce, if they had been completed and properly officeredand manned, would have made a very pretty force forthe purpose; but no commander taking hold of themfour days before the fight could have made much out ofthem. EDITORS. FIGHTING FARRAGUT BELOW NEW ORLEANS. BY BEVERLEY KENNON, CAPTAIN, LA. 8. N., COMMANDER OF THE GOVERNOR HfOR OF FORT ST. PHILIP. THIS narrative will be occupied with tlie opera-tions of the State and Eiver Defense gun-boats, and especially with the movements of myvessel, the Governor Moore^ and without particularreference to the forts. No men ever endured FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. greater hardships, privations, and sufferings thanthe garrison of Fort Jackson during the eight days and nights of the bom-bardment, when more than fourteen hundred 13-inch shells struck withintheir fort. When the run by took place, the garrisons of both forts left nostone unturned to stem the tide of battle, but to no purpose. Nor shall I refer especially to the Louisiana, Manassas, and McBae, of theregular C. S. Navy. Of these I saw nothing after the battle began, I did seeand do know of the movements of all the other gun-boats, which, to avoidconfounding with the
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