History of the Twenty-sixth Maine Regiment [electronic resource] . p, that she had suffered no vital damage, theadmiral glanced about him to note the position and conditionof the remainder of his fleet. But not a vestige of one of theboats met the anxious gaze of the chieftain. The sky asternwas still aglow from the fiercely burning fires, and reflectedthere in bold relief were masts and spars that gradually fadedfrom view, while the sullen and irregular boom of heavy gunsfrom the bluffs warned Farragut that his foes were far frombeing subdued. Suddenly, a vivid column of light shot onhigh and
History of the Twenty-sixth Maine Regiment [electronic resource] . p, that she had suffered no vital damage, theadmiral glanced about him to note the position and conditionof the remainder of his fleet. But not a vestige of one of theboats met the anxious gaze of the chieftain. The sky asternwas still aglow from the fiercely burning fires, and reflectedthere in bold relief were masts and spars that gradually fadedfrom view, while the sullen and irregular boom of heavy gunsfrom the bluffs warned Farragut that his foes were far frombeing subdued. Suddenly, a vivid column of light shot onhigh and it was reported from the masthead that a large shipcould be seen on fire, and that it appeared to be the Mis-sissippi. At four oclock in the morning the Mississippiblew up with a dull roar, resembling distant thunder, andshook the ground where the Twenty-Sixth was standing,four miles away At this time came orders to be in readiness to retreat, asthe object of the expedition had been accomplished, whichproved to be the passing of Farragut s fleet by Port M500 CX hoc HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH MAINE REGIMENT. -/ At 3 p m. on the fifteenth, the Twenty-Sixth quietly fellinto line and after waiting one hour took up the line ofmarch. Just at the time they received the word forward,march ! it commenced to rain, and the Twenty-Sixth beingthe rear guard, following in wake of heavy teams and bat-teries, the roads became almost impassable and the mud wasankle deep. At last the batteries became fast in the mudin the swampy road, known as the cross-roads, and here in afearful rainstorm we bivouaced, and where the Twenty-Sixthstacked arms the water in many cases covered the locks oftheir guns. Thus they spent the night, some seekingshelter in trees, others standing, while some procured railsfrom a fence and made up a bed in the water. We remainedhere at the cross-roads until the sixteenth, 11 , withoutany supper the night before or breakfast in the receiving our
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