. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ossed the bay. After the reconnoissance the final council of war was held on board theHartford, when the positions of the various vessels were assigned, and the orderof the line was arranged. Unfortunately Captain (now Rear-Admiral) Thorn-ton A. Jenkins was absent, his vessel, the Richmond, having been unavoidablydelayed at Pensacola, whither she had gone for coal and to escort the monitoiTecumseh. Had he been present he certainly would have been selected totake the lead, in which
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ossed the bay. After the reconnoissance the final council of war was held on board theHartford, when the positions of the various vessels were assigned, and the orderof the line was arranged. Unfortunately Captain (now Rear-Admiral) Thorn-ton A. Jenkins was absent, his vessel, the Richmond, having been unavoidablydelayed at Pensacola, whither she had gone for coal and to escort the monitoiTecumseh. Had he been present he certainly would have been selected totake the lead, in which event the perilous halt of the next day would not haveoccurred. Much against his own wish Admiral Farragut yielded to the unani-mous advice of his captains and gave up his original determination of placinghis flagship in the advance, and, in the uncertainty as to the arrival of theRichmond, assigned the Brooliijn, Captain Alden, to that position. % & Accoiding to Admiral Farraguts report the Brooklyn was appointed to lead, because she bad fourchase-guns and apparatus for picking up torpedoes.— Selnui surrendersioMettLcomet N A MOBILE BAY. tOINT Sto ckdalj £f Estr^j la 0 -^: >SUsfl #,FORT :•:. G rant ^«,<5 ::. HERON-IV -:■ Tieet aiuJtored Conc^au^h
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