. History of the ram fleet and the Mississippi marine brigade in the war for the union on the Mississippi and its tributaries. The story of the Ellets and their men . steamwere most agonizing. Several killed, otheis maimed, scalded andotherwise injured. No official rejxirt of these casualties was foimdfor these pages, but from diaries of the period the following aietaken: John AVybrant, 1st Engineer, bad scald; flohn (Joshen, 2dengineer, killed; (ieorge l)Oggs, assistant engineei. killed: SylvesterDoss, pilot, severely injured: Jack Dow and A\iHiaui Rice, cooks,killed: J()se|)h Connelly, carpe
. History of the ram fleet and the Mississippi marine brigade in the war for the union on the Mississippi and its tributaries. The story of the Ellets and their men . steamwere most agonizing. Several killed, otheis maimed, scalded andotherwise injured. No official rejxirt of these casualties was foimdfor these pages, but from diaries of the period the following aietaken: John AVybrant, 1st Engineer, bad scald; flohn (Joshen, 2dengineer, killed; (ieorge l)Oggs, assistant engineei. killed: SylvesterDoss, pilot, severely injured: Jack Dow and A\iHiaui Rice, cooks,killed: J()se|)h Connelly, carpenter wounded: Thomas Idiompson and loo IlUtorii of the luiin Fleet. Samuel Dyer, deckhands, killed; Fred King, killed; (both legs andarms cut ott) and seven negro deckhands and coalhearers, scalded todeath. Jhe scene on the decks of the Lancaster following this event,-was a shocking one to behold. Jlie details of tliis terrific encounter can best be told in the lan-guage of the official reports, from which sufficient extracts are heregi\(n : From Brig. Gen. Thomas, conunanding Land Forces oppositeVicksburg: *.... Hearing that the rel)el ram Arkansas was near-. Disaster to Ram LANCASTERA Shot from Rebel Ram Arkansas, Explodesher Steam Drum,Killing and Scalding a number of Crew. ing conii)leti(m up the Yazoo, Connnodore Farragut and Davis senttwo gunboats (one an iron-clad) and one of Col. Filets rams, in themorning of July 1-t at .) oclock to reconnoiter and ascertain whatother na\al and co-operating land force would suffice for her capture,or deslrnction or capture of the land batteries and the land force pro-tecting her. To accompany the reconnoissance as sharpshooters. Ifurnished two parties, of an officer and -JO men each. Captain J. and 20 Wisconsin men, and Lieut. F. A. Fiska and 20 JNIassa-chusetts men. In the encounter about to be reported. I regret to an- Mortipcdfioii. lor ••iioiiiK-e the (Icalli of (!i])t. Lynn and r> of his nuni and the woiin
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