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 .. . ed by the steadyfire of the monitors Manhattan and Chickasaw; at FortFisher, January 15, 1865, where the roar from the crescent ofDahlgren guns of Admiral Porters fleet resembled Niagara, andtheir precision of fire was wonderful, knocking the Confederateguns quickly out of existence, as well as the gunners The mostmemorable occasion of their use, however, was
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 .. . ed by the steadyfire of the monitors Manhattan and Chickasaw; at FortFisher, January 15, 1865, where the roar from the crescent ofDahlgren guns of Admiral Porters fleet resembled Niagara, andtheir precision of fire was wonderful, knocking the Confederateguns quickly out of existence, as well as the gunners The mostmemorable occasion of their use, however, was at the battle ofHampton Roads, between the Monitor and Virginia ( Mer-rimac ), when the two Xl-inch Dahlgrens of the former gainedthe day, and saved the Federal fleet from destruction. Commentingon this engagement, Admiral David D. Porter writes : I was thefirst person whoever fired the Xl-inch Dahlgren with thirty poundsof powder, and am of the opinion that, had the Monitor usedthat charge the Merrimac would have been captured. 42 OUR THREE ADMIRALS. of his command at his own request, and in De-cember was given a grand ovation in New YorkCity, and a gift of $50,000 to purchase a housethere. L,ater he accepted a temporary command. ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE HARTFORD AND TENNESSEE. in the James River, Virginia, where he wasstationed at the time of the fall of Richmond. In 1868 Admiral Farragut sailed from Brook-lyn in the frigate Franklin, and commandedthe European Squadron for about a year. Duringthis period he visited main- of the countries ofEurope, and touched at several stations in Asiaand Africa, being received with distinguished FARRAGUT. 43 honor by rulers and people wherever he Sultan of Turkey accorded him a privilegepreviously reserved exclusively for royalty—per-mitting him to pass the Dardanelles in a after his return from this trip, failinghealth compelled his retirement from active ser-vice. Admiral Farraguts was an exceptional charac-ter,
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