. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . an-ciug blow (see Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1864,pp. 402, 407, and 410). Captain Johnston undoubtedlymistook the Lackawanna for the Hartford. AdmiralFarragut in Ms report (ibid., p. 402) says : The Lackawanna, Captain Marchand, was the next ves-sel toistrike her, which she ilia at full speed; but, thoughher stern was cut and crushed to the plank ends for the dis-tance of three feet above the waters edge to five feet below,the only perceptible effect on the ram was to gi
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . an-ciug blow (see Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1864,pp. 402, 407, and 410). Captain Johnston undoubtedlymistook the Lackawanna for the Hartford. AdmiralFarragut in Ms report (ibid., p. 402) says : The Lackawanna, Captain Marchand, was the next ves-sel toistrike her, which she ilia at full speed; but, thoughher stern was cut and crushed to the plank ends for the dis-tance of three feet above the waters edge to five feet below,the only perceptible effect on the ram was to give her a heavylist. Editors. i This statement is not sustained by the official rec-ords of the fight. Admiral Farragut in his reportsays: She [the ram] was at this time sore beset; the Chick-asaw was pounding away at her stern, the Ossipee wasapproaching her at full speed, and the Monongahela, Zack-auanna, and this ship [Hartford] were bearing down uponher. Here is direct mention of four wooden ships, and theBrooklyn, Richmond, and others were not out of thefight. Editors. THE RAM TENNESSEE AT MOBILE BAY. 405. --V-.^.f WINNEBAGO. OSSIPEE. HARTFORD. SURRENDER OF THE TENNESSEE. FROM A WAR-TIME SKETCH. His flag-captain, Pereival Drayton, remarked,You have one consolation, Johnston ; no one cansay that you have not nobly defended the honorof the Confederate flag to-day. I thanked him,but gave all the honor due to its defense to Admi-ral Buchanan, who was the true hero of the battle ;and when the disparity between the forces engagedis duly considered, I am constrained to believethat history will give Mm his just meed of praise. The casualties on board the Tennessee were twokilled and nine wounded. Her armor was neverpenetrated, although she was under the heaviestfire for nearly four hours. One solid 15-inchshot struck her shield, at point-blank range, be-tween two of the ports and caused an indenta-tion of about twelve inches, but did not break theiron plating. \ Her speed did not e
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