. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . 0 bales of cotton. At last the spell was broken, for on the 7th of March the Hartford andPensacola arrived with Captain D. Gr. Farragut, then flag-officer commandingthe West Gulf Blockading Squadron, and we learned that we were going toopen the Mississippi River. I had never met Farragut, but had heard of him from officers who werewith him in the Brooklyn on her previous cruise. He had been representedas a man of most determined will and character— a man who would assumeany respon
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . 0 bales of cotton. At last the spell was broken, for on the 7th of March the Hartford andPensacola arrived with Captain D. Gr. Farragut, then flag-officer commandingthe West Gulf Blockading Squadron, and we learned that we were going toopen the Mississippi River. I had never met Farragut, but had heard of him from officers who werewith him in the Brooklyn on her previous cruise. He had been representedas a man of most determined will and character— a man who would assumeany responsibility to accomplish necessary ends. I saw a great deal of him atthe Head of the Passes and after we passed the forts. Often, when I came onboard the Hartford with a message from the captain of the Brooklyn, Farra-gut sent me somewhere to carry an order or to do certain duty. I was muchimpressed with his energy and activity and his promptness of decision andaction. He had a winning smile and a most charming manner and was jovialand talkative. He prided himself on his agility, and I remember his telling 56. 5 58 THE BROOKLYN AT THE PASSAGE OF THE FORTS. me once that he always turned a handspring on his birthday, and should notconsider that he was getting old until he was unable to do it. The officerswho had the good fortune to be immediately associated with him seemedto worship him. He had determination and dash in execution, but inplanning and organizing he appeared to want method. He showed meone day an old envelope containing memoranda, and said that that was allthe record or books that he kept. He had, however, the good fortune to haveon his staff two of the best organizers and administrators of detail in theservice,—Captains Henry H. BeU at New Orleans and Percival Drayton atMobile. On the 15th of March we began to congregate at the Head of the Passes,and at this time the energy and activity of the flag-officer made themselves felt. We lay here several weeks p
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