Our three admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey; an authentic account of the heroic characters, distinguished careers, and memorable achievements of the three officers, who have attained the highest rank in the navy of the United States .. . as to turn back andfloat helplessly down the river. The greatest lossof life (thirty-seven) occurred on the Pensa-cola, while the Hartford, Cayuga and Brooklyn escaped as by a miracle from thegravest dangers. At one time the Hartford ran aground, and was set on fire by a fire-rafta glorious pushed against her by the ramvictory (< Manassas, only the coolness
Our three admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey; an authentic account of the heroic characters, distinguished careers, and memorable achievements of the three officers, who have attained the highest rank in the navy of the United States .. . as to turn back andfloat helplessly down the river. The greatest lossof life (thirty-seven) occurred on the Pensa-cola, while the Hartford, Cayuga and Brooklyn escaped as by a miracle from thegravest dangers. At one time the Hartford ran aground, and was set on fire by a fire-rafta glorious pushed against her by the ramvictory (< Manassas, only the coolness of the commander and the perfect disciplineof the crew saving her from certain destruc-tion. The Manassas was almost immedi-ately after riddled by a broadside from the Mississippi, and then boarded and set on fire,she drifted down the current and blew up oppositeFort Jackson. When the sun struggled upthrough the morning mist, says Headley, helooked down on a scene never to be forgottenwhile naval deeds are honored by the lay the forts with the rebel flag still flying,but their doom was sealed. And there, drivenashore or wrecked or captured were the enemysgunboats, which had been brought down to assist roer srpj/tup. 36 OUR THREE ADMIRALS. the forts in demolishing our fleet. Our totalloss in this unparalleled combat was 171. Captain John Wilkinson, of the ConfederateNavy, in speaking of this surprising feat, says : Most of us belonging to that little naval fleetknew that Admiral Farragut would dare to at-tempt what any man would, but all authoritiesagree that had the passage been attempted inbroad daylight the Union fleet would have sus-tained a fearful loss. The importance of the victory was very great ;its immediate result being to prevent NapoleonIII. from recognizing the Confederacy and takingsteps to raise the blockade, as had been his inten-important tlon- Continuing at once toresults New Orleans, Farragut de-manded its immediate surrender, and afterseveral d
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