. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . EVIEWS CO. THE HARTFORD JUST AFTER THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY This vivid photograph, takenin Mobile Bay by a war-timephotographer from New Or-leans, was presented by CaptainDrayton of the Hartford toT. W. Eastman, U. S. N., whosefamily has courteously allowedits reproduction here. Never wasexhibited a more superb moralethan on the Hartford as shesteamed in line to the attack ofFort INlorgan at Mobile Bay onthe morning of August 5, \ery man was at his stationthinking his own thoughts inthe suspense of that the quarterd
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . EVIEWS CO. THE HARTFORD JUST AFTER THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY This vivid photograph, takenin Mobile Bay by a war-timephotographer from New Or-leans, was presented by CaptainDrayton of the Hartford toT. W. Eastman, U. S. N., whosefamily has courteously allowedits reproduction here. Never wasexhibited a more superb moralethan on the Hartford as shesteamed in line to the attack ofFort INlorgan at Mobile Bay onthe morning of August 5, \ery man was at his stationthinking his own thoughts inthe suspense of that the quarterdeck stood Cap-tain Percival Drayton and hisstaff. Near them was thechief - quartermaster, John , ready to hoist thesignals that would convey Far-raguts orders to the fleet. Theadmiral himself was in the port [242]. main shrouds twenty-five feetabove the deck. All was silenceaboard till the Hartford wasin easy range of the fort. Thenthe great broadsides of the oldship began to take their part inthe awful cannonade. Duringthe early part of the actionCaptain Drayton, fearing thatsome damage to the riggingmight pitch Farragut over-board, sent Knowles on hisfamous niission. I went up,said the old sailor, with apiece of lead line and made itfast to one of the forwardshrouds, and then took it aroimdthe admiral to the after shroud,making it fast there. The ad-miral said, Never mind, Im allright, but I went ahead andobeyed orders. Later Farragut,undoing the lashing with hisown hands, climbed higher still. QUARTERMASTER KNOWLES
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