. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . , one returned on the steamer Valley City ; he waspicked up after having traveled across the country, and living in the swampsnearly two days. Two of his men Gushing saw drown, and. as he himself said, his armsand his will were the only living portions of his organism during the lastfour hours of his journey down the river. For his services in thus destroying the formidable ram. Gushing receivedthe congratulations of the Navy Department,
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . , one returned on the steamer Valley City ; he waspicked up after having traveled across the country, and living in the swampsnearly two days. Two of his men Gushing saw drown, and. as he himself said, his armsand his will were the only living portions of his organism during the lastfour hours of his journey down the river. For his services in thus destroying the formidable ram. Gushing receivedthe congratulations of the Navy Department, the thanks of Congress, andwas promoted to the grade of lieutenant commander. The following of his men received medals of honor : Richard Hamilton, coal heaver; Bernard Harley, ordinary seaman;Edward J. Houghton, ordinary seaman; R. H. King, landsman ; WilliamSmith, ordinary seaman ; Henry Wilkes, landsman, and Lorenzo Demmiug, 712 THE STORY OF CHAPTER LXXVIII. The Battle of Mobile Bay — The Federal Fleet — The Torpedos — The Rescue of Drowning Sailors Under Fire — The Richmond and Her Men — The Brooklyn, Meta- COMET, Chickasaw, Galena and Tennessee — The Medal Winners. THE BATTIjK op 3IOBILE BAV. IT is not the province of these papers to describe that brilliant and terribleengagement in Mobile Bay; brilliant because of the seamanship, bravery,and self-sacrifice shown, and terrible because of the suffering and thedeath which was the result of that desperate ships went into the engagement in the following order : The Brook-lyn lashed to the Octorara, the Hartford paired with the Metacomet, theRichmond with the Port Royal, the Lackawanna and Seminole, the Monon-gahela and Kennebec, the Ossipee and Itasca, the Oneida and the Galena,The first named vessel of each pair being on the starboard, or more exposed side. The Monitor Tecujiseii. It is also well known that the opening gun was fired f
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