. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . been wheel-ropes, the head of the rudder, the slide of the engine, and a largepiece of the walking-beam were shot away; the latter fell on the cylinder- 3> The first instance of a wooden vessel ram- beached. Boggs says both vessels rammed the ming her adversary in battle as her principal rrtr»«rt twice.— Editors. means of offensive-defensive action.— B. K. ^ As the Iroqriois and Piuola were the last ves- 4. Commander Boggs and
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . been wheel-ropes, the head of the rudder, the slide of the engine, and a largepiece of the walking-beam were shot away; the latter fell on the cylinder- 3> The first instance of a wooden vessel ram- beached. Boggs says both vessels rammed the ming her adversary in battle as her principal rrtr»«rt twice.— Editors. means of offensive-defensive action.— B. K. ^ As the Iroqriois and Piuola were the last ves- 4. Commander Boggs and Lieutenant Swasey, sels to pass the forts, it is diflBcult to see how they of the Varuna, and Captain Pliilips, command- could have been up with the other three vessels at ing the Stonewall Jackson, agree in saying that this time.—Editors. the Stonewall Jackson rammed the Varuna while \ The person who stands at the compass in a she was afloat, and that it was in consequence man-of-war, to see that the correct course is of this blow that the Varuna was disabled and steered, is at the conn.—Editors. FIGHTING FARRAGUT BELOIV NEW THE PENSACOLA DISABLING THE GOVEKNOR MOORE. Captain H. W. Morris of tlie Pensacola says, in bisreport: Ttie ram [ Governor Moore], after liaving struckthe Vanma gun-bo it, and forced lier to run ou sliore toprevent sinking, advanced to attacK tbis ship, comingdown on us right ahead. She was perceived by Lieu-tenant F. A. Roe just in time to avoid her by sheering the ship, and she passed close on our starboard side,receiving, as she went by, a broadside from us. Until Iread this, I thought the vessel that did us most damagewas the Oneida, the other vessels being astern of Lee of the Oneida in his report speaks of firinginto the Governor Moore.— B. K. head and cracked it and filled the engine-room with steam, driving everyman ont of it. The head of the jib was now hoisted, and with a strong cur-rent on the port bow, assiste
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