The life of David Glasgow Farragut, first admiral of the United States navy . command of Captain Craven, up the river, tokeep up the panic as far as possible. The large ships, I fear,will not be able to go higher than Baton Bouge, while I havesent the smaller vessels, under Commander Lee, a;S high asYicksburg, in the rear of Jackson, to cut off their supplies fromthe West. I trust, therefore, that it will be found by the Governmentthat I have carried out my instructions to the letter and to thebest of my abilities, so far as this city is concerned. All of whichis respectfully submitted. I am,
The life of David Glasgow Farragut, first admiral of the United States navy . command of Captain Craven, up the river, tokeep up the panic as far as possible. The large ships, I fear,will not be able to go higher than Baton Bouge, while I havesent the smaller vessels, under Commander Lee, a;S high asYicksburg, in the rear of Jackson, to cut off their supplies fromthe West. I trust, therefore, that it will be found by the Governmentthat I have carried out my instructions to the letter and to thebest of my abilities, so far as this city is concerned. All of whichis respectfully submitted. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, D. G. Faeeagut, Flag-Officer, Western GiQf Blockading Squadron. * Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, WasMngton, D. C. It happened one day that a certain little poem, cut from aHartford paper, fell under the eye of Captain Farragut, andgreatly pleased him. It was an ingenious and spirited versifica-tion of the General Orders printed at page 221 of this wrote a note to the author, who proved to be Henry Howard. ^^ THE RIVER FIGHT—BROWNELLS POEM. 251 Brownell (born in Providence, 1820; died in Hartford, 1872).In a correspondence which ensued, Brownell expressed a strongdesire to witness a naval battle, and Farragiit assured him hewould give him an opportunity. This promise was redeemedby his appointment as acting ensign on the flag-ship Hartford,and he participated in the fight at Mobile. He subsequentlyembodied his General Orders in this longer poem : THE RIVER FIGHT. (Mississippi River, April 24, 1S62.) Do you know of the dreary Land, If land such region may seem,Where tis neither sea nor nor good dry land, But the nightmare marsh of a dream —Where the Mighty River his death-road takes,Mid pools, and windings that coil like snakes,(A hundred leagues of bayous and lakes,) To die in the great Gulf Stream ? No coast-line clear and true,(Granite and deep sea blue,) On that dismal shore you pass —Surf
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