. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . he threw up both arms,just in time to have them also carried away by another shot. At one gun, allthe crew on one side were swept down by a shot which came crashing through \ The gallantry of Nieldss conduct was all themore striking in view of the fact that in pullingto the TecnnmeJis wreck it was necessary to passaround the stern and under the broadside of theHartford and across the Brooklyns bow, thus plac-ing the boat directly in the line of fire of the fleetas well as of the f
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . he threw up both arms,just in time to have them also carried away by another shot. At one gun, allthe crew on one side were swept down by a shot which came crashing through \ The gallantry of Nieldss conduct was all themore striking in view of the fact that in pullingto the TecnnmeJis wreck it was necessary to passaround the stern and under the broadside of theHartford and across the Brooklyns bow, thus plac-ing the boat directly in the line of fire of the fleetas well as of the fort. In fact, as the boat at firstcarried no flag, Acting Ensign Whiting, in chargeof the forecastle guns on board the Hartford, was about to fire at her, when some one standingby informed him of her character and moment later, Nields himself observed theomission, and took the flag from its ease andshipped it. The rescued men were placed onboard the Winneljago, and Nields and his boatscrew, unable to regain their ship, joined theOneida, where they served during the remainderof the battle.— THE GALENA AFTER THE EIGHT IN MOBILE BAY. FROM A WAR-TIME SKETCH. 39° FARRAGUT AT MOBILE BAY. the bulwarks. A shell burstbetween the two forward gunsin charge of Lieutenant Ty-son, killing and wounding fif-teen men. Themast upon whichthe writer was perched wastwice struck, once slightly, andagain just below the foretopby a heavy shell, from a rifleon the Confederate gun-boatSelma. Fortunately the shellcame tumbling end over end,and buried itself in the mast,butt-end first, leaving the per-cussion-cap protruding. Hadit come point first, or had itstruck at any other part of themast than in the reenforcedportion where the heel of thetopmast laps the top of thelower mast, this contributionto the literature of the warwould probably have been lostto the world, as the distanceto the deck was about a hun-dred feet. As it was, the sud-den jar would have dislodgedany one from the c
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