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 .. . t of , on April 8th, Captain Gerdes had, byFarraguts orders, made a com- IN THE Mississippi plete triangulation of the river RIVER shore below the forts, and on the13th, the mortar schooners, their masts dressedwith bushes to conceal their positions behind thethick woods, opened fire on the over a week of steady work, in course
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 .. . t of , on April 8th, Captain Gerdes had, byFarraguts orders, made a com- IN THE Mississippi plete triangulation of the river RIVER shore below the forts, and on the13th, the mortar schooners, their masts dressedwith bushes to conceal their positions behind thethick woods, opened fire on the over a week of steady work, in course ofwhich nearly 16,000 shells were thrown, no appre-ciable damage was done to the defences of theenemy, nor were any of his guns silenced. Far-raguts distrust of the mortar service seemed fullyjustified by this result, as in his opinion they hadserved only to warn the Confederates of the im-pending attack, and during the delay the othervessels of his fleet had suffered much from the FARRAGUT. 31 swiftness of the current, several of them partingtheir anchor cables and incurring considerabledamage by collision. Several fire-rafts—flat-boats piled high with pitch-pine timber and ig-nited—had also been sent down the river, but by. THE UNITED STATES STEAM SLOOP HARTFORD. constant watchfulness all had either been grap-pled and beached or had floated harmlessly outto sea. In this period of delay he employed the timein closely inspecting and preparing his vesselsfor the contemplated ascent of the river, andissued orders, which were most precise and care-fully considered, for meeting every possible 32 OUR THREE ADMIRALS. emergency. The heavy chain stretched across the river between Fort Jackson and the eastern a gallant shore was cut amid a storm ofexploit shot and sllen -m the nig-ilt 0f April 21st by Captain Henry H. Bell, andeven during his engrossing tasks Farragutfound time to feel anxiety for his lieutenant,writing in his journal shortly after: I wasas glad to see Bell on his
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