. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . tion to NewOrleans. Farragut received his full orders as flag-officer on the 20th of January, 1862, and sailedfrom Hampton Koads in the Hartford on the 3d ofFebruary, arriving at Ship Island on the 20th. The East Gulf Squadron, comprising the vesselson the west coast of Florida, remained under thecommand of Flag-Officer McKean. On May 10th,1862, Pensacola was evacuated, and came oncemore into the possession of the United States. Amonth later,
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . tion to NewOrleans. Farragut received his full orders as flag-officer on the 20th of January, 1862, and sailedfrom Hampton Koads in the Hartford on the 3d ofFebruary, arriving at Ship Island on the 20th. The East Gulf Squadron, comprising the vesselson the west coast of Florida, remained under thecommand of Flag-Officer McKean. On May 10th,1862, Pensacola was evacuated, and came oncemore into the possession of the United States. Amonth later, on June 4th, Flag-Officer McKeanwas relieved by Captain J. L. Lardner, who wasfollowed by Commodores Theodorus Bailey and Stribling. Operations in this quarter during theremainder of the war consisted chiefly of boat expe-ditions, encounters with blockade-runners or armedschooners, attacks upon guerrillas in the neighbor-hood of the coast, raids upon salt-works, and othersmall affairs of like character. ^ Commander D. D. Porter undoubtedly had the scbeme in mind as early as June, 1861, when he was off thePasses in the Powhatan.—J. R. S. 11. ■^ ^ws^-^ - \ J THE CONFEDERATE CRUISER NEW ORLEANS BEFORE THE CAPTURE. BY GEOKGE W. CABLE, CO. 1, 4Tn MISSISBIPPE CAVALRY. IN the spring of 1862, we boys of Race, Orange, Magazine, Camp, Con-stance, Annunciation, Prytania, and other streets had no game. Noth-thing was in; none of the old playground sports that commonly fill theschool-boys calendar. We were even tired of drilling. Not one of us betweenseven and seventeen but could beat the drum, knew every bugle-call, andcould go through the manual of arms and the facings like a were hlase old soldiers—military critics. Who could tell us anything % I recall but one trivial admission of igno-rance on the part of any lad. On a certain day of grand review, when thecitys entire defensive force was marching through Canal street, there camealong, among the endless vari
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