Our three admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey; an authentic account of the heroic characters, distinguished careers, and memorable achievements of the three officers, who have attained the highest rank in the navy of the United States .. . a scathing fire in defiance of thegreatest danger from torpedoes and other ob-structions, inspired the whole fleet with confi-dence, and ensured the victory. * The officer who lashed Farragut to the rigging of the Hart-ford was lieutenant John Crittenden Watson, now (1899) Rear-Admiral and successor of Dewey in command of the U. S. Squadronin Manila Bay. In a
Our three admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey; an authentic account of the heroic characters, distinguished careers, and memorable achievements of the three officers, who have attained the highest rank in the navy of the United States .. . a scathing fire in defiance of thegreatest danger from torpedoes and other ob-structions, inspired the whole fleet with confi-dence, and ensured the victory. * The officer who lashed Farragut to the rigging of the Hart-ford was lieutenant John Crittenden Watson, now (1899) Rear-Admiral and successor of Dewey in command of the U. S. Squadronin Manila Bay. In a letter, written to his mother at the time,Watson describes his act in these words : At length I lashed himto the rigging with my own hands, having in vain begged him notto stand in such an exposed place Between the young lieutenantand his gallant commander there seems to have been a close andaffectionate regard, and Farragut specially mentions him in hisreport on the Battle of Mobile for bravery and faithful attention toduty. 4o OTJR THREE ADMIRALS. As at New Orleans, the Confederate fleet wasentirely destroyed, even including the ram Ten-nessee, which, defying the fire of the fleet andmenacing the flag-ship with destruction, was. RUNNING THE FORTS IN MOBILE BAY. finally compelled to surrender by the monitorswith their terrible Dahlgren guns.* One of the * The Dahlgren guns, so called from their distinguished inventorRear-Admiral Charles Adolph Dahlgren. are historic, not only inthe fact that they furnished the model and impetus for modern navalarmaments, but also for their wonderful part in saving the integrityof the Federal Union. They were many strides in advance of any-thing that preceded them, in scientific principles of construction,accuracy, power, and endurance : they necessitated iron-clad ships,and also set a period to the old theories of land fortification Theirdistinctive feature was a great thickness at the breach, with thebarrel rapidly tapering from the trunnions
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