. The naval history of the Civil War . ly leading his men;Lieutenant-Commander Lea, the Executive,fell mortally wounded, the next officer wasseverely wounded and half the people ondeck shot down. It was a case of completeslaughter, and in ten minutes the HarrietLane was in the enemys possession. Theother Union vessels opened their batterieshut were not able to do much execution whilethe enemys steamers were alongside theHarriet the same time that he attacked the would be allowed to take any one vessel,put his people on board of her, and leavethe harbor. This proposition was indig-nantl
. The naval history of the Civil War . ly leading his men;Lieutenant-Commander Lea, the Executive,fell mortally wounded, the next officer wasseverely wounded and half the people ondeck shot down. It was a case of completeslaughter, and in ten minutes the HarrietLane was in the enemys possession. Theother Union vessels opened their batterieshut were not able to do much execution whilethe enemys steamers were alongside theHarriet the same time that he attacked the would be allowed to take any one vessel,put his people on board of her, and leavethe harbor. This proposition was indig-nantly rejected by the Union commander,who seeing that his steamer was immove-able, resolved to destroy her and transferhis crew to the Army steamer Saxon, atthe same time giving orders to Lieutenant-Commander Richard L. Law to go outsideof the harbor with all the vessels that couldmove. In the meantime the Confederates hadposted their steamers and batteries for arenewed attack. Commander Renshaw gotall his men into the boats and sent them. CAPTURE OF THE U. S. .STEAMER HARRIET LANE BY THE CONFEDERATES, UNDER GENL MAGRUDER. IN GALVESTON HARBOR ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 1st. 1863. Union fleet. General Magruder filled thestreets of Galveston with a superior forceof troops, captured all our soldiers andstationed heavy batteries of artillery atprominent points to prevent our other ves-sels (which were mostly aground at lowtide) from escaping. It was a well conceived plan and carriedout with great gallantrv. The Westfield washard and fast aground,be moved. The Confederates seeing herhelpless condition sent a flag of truce toCommander Renshaw, to inform him thatif he would surrender his command he at this momentand could not off, remaining with his own boat and a fewofficers to set the Westfield on fire. Thisthey did, but the flames spread so rapidlythat they reached the magazine just asRenshaw entered his boat, and he. withLieutenant Zimmerman, Chief EngineerGreen, and a dozen men, were bl
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