"Farragut and Mobile " . nd. Monongahela, Capt. J. H. Strong. Ossipce, Capt. W. E. LeRoy. Oneida, Comdr. J. R. M. Mullany. Tccumsch, Comdr. A. AL Craven. Manhattan, Comdr. W. A. Nicholson. Winnebago, Comdr. T. H. Stevens. Chickasazv, Lt. Comdr. G. H. Perkins. The Brooklyn was given the honor of leading the coUimn. indeference to the ahnost unanimous opinion of the commandingofficers of the fleet, because she carried four heavy chase gunsand an ingenious arrangement for picking up torpedoes. Far-ragut was loath to give up the leading position, believing thatrank carried with it correspond
"Farragut and Mobile " . nd. Monongahela, Capt. J. H. Strong. Ossipce, Capt. W. E. LeRoy. Oneida, Comdr. J. R. M. Mullany. Tccumsch, Comdr. A. AL Craven. Manhattan, Comdr. W. A. Nicholson. Winnebago, Comdr. T. H. Stevens. Chickasazv, Lt. Comdr. G. H. Perkins. The Brooklyn was given the honor of leading the coUimn. indeference to the ahnost unanimous opinion of the commandingofficers of the fleet, because she carried four heavy chase gunsand an ingenious arrangement for picking up torpedoes. Far-ragut was loath to give up the leading position, believing thatrank carried with it corresponding responsibility, but he finallyyielded, for the above reasons. (See Diagram.) G. O. No. 10 was as follow^s: Strip your vessels and pre-pare for the conflict. Send down all your superfluous sparsand rigging. Trice up or remove the whiskers. Put up thesjilinter nets on the starboard side, and barricade the wheeland steersmen with sails and hammocks. Lay chains or sand r >? A* ^5 T^ofm// f I A- l(-Tll f^HlcKASf^if iii.)l^. A 10 bags on the deck over the machinery, to resist a plunging the sheet chains over the side, or make any arrangementfor security that your ingenuity may suggest. Land yourstarboard boats or tow them on the port side, and lower theport boats to the waters edge. Place a leadsman and thepilot in the port quarter-boat. The ships will run past theforts in couples, lashed side by side, as hereinafter flagship will lead and steer from Sand Island N. by E. bycompass until abreast of Fort Morgan, then N. W. half past the Middle Ground, then N. by W., and the others,as designated in the drawing, will follow in due order untilordered to anchor; but the bow and quarter-line must bepreserved to give the chase guns a fair range, and each vesselmust be kept astern of the broadside of the next ahead. Eachvessel will keep a little oil. the starboard side of the next ahead,and when abreast of the fort will keep directly astern, and aswe pa
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