. Stories of the Civil War . ve condemned you as a spy. You die at THE PERILS OF A SPY S LIFE 153 eight to-morrow morning. I will send the chaplain toyou, and I hope you will prepare to meet your fate. At the appointed hour the next morning the poorfellow was brought out and hanged, in the presence ofthe entire brigade. 154 STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR XXVII HOW ADMIRAL FARRAGUT WAS LASHED TO THERIGGING Some day you will read all about the brilliant navalfight for the possession of Mobile Bay. The brave Admiral Farragut had de-termined to make the at-tempt on Thursday, August4, 1864, but was delay
. Stories of the Civil War . ve condemned you as a spy. You die at THE PERILS OF A SPY S LIFE 153 eight to-morrow morning. I will send the chaplain toyou, and I hope you will prepare to meet your fate. At the appointed hour the next morning the poorfellow was brought out and hanged, in the presence ofthe entire brigade. 154 STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR XXVII HOW ADMIRAL FARRAGUT WAS LASHED TO THERIGGING Some day you will read all about the brilliant navalfight for the possession of Mobile Bay. The brave Admiral Farragut had de-termined to make the at-tempt on Thursday, August4, 1864, but was delayedbecause one of his ironcladsdid not arrive. The vesselarrived at sunset, and Far-^ ragut gave orders for thefleet to move at day opened with adense fog which hid theforts in the bay, and madethe great men-of-war andblack ironclads look like so many phantoms. Thefog soon lifted, and at an early hour the whole fleetwas under way. Now was fought one of the mostbrilliant naval contests of modern times. By this vie-. DAVID G. FARRAGUT. HOW FARRAGUT WAS LASHED TO THE RIGGING 155 tory the port of Mobile was closed against blockade-runners. During the fight an incident happened which caughtthe public fancy at the time, and has since become fixedin the popular mind as an incident of deep historicalinterest for all time. At the beginning of the action, Admiral Farragutwas standing in the main port rigging, which positionenabled him to overlook the other vessels of the also gave him command of both his own flagship andthe Metacomet. The latter vessel was lashed on to theport side of the Hartford, for the purpose of carryingthe flagship inside the bay in case her machinery shouldbe disabled. A slight breeze was blowing the smokefrom the Union guns on to Fort Morgan. Soon thesmoke gradually obscured the admirals view, and healmost unconsciously climbed the rigging, ratline byratline, in order to see over it, until finally he foundhimself in shrouds, some little distan
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