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Hartford (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.4
lain sight on the left bank, just below Fort St. Philip, was the Hartford, with a fire-raft alongside and with flames running up the rigging on the tarred rope to the mast-head. The tug Mosher was near by, but I did not see the ram Manassas. It was evidently Craven's intention when he saw Farragut's trouble to go to his rescue. As the engine stopped, the Brooklyn dropped down, her head swinging to starboard, until she was on a line between Fort Jackson and the Hartford. The Flag-ship Hartford attacked by a fire-raft, pushed by the Confederate tug-boat Mosher. Commander Albert Kautz, who was at this time lieutenant on the Hartford, in a letter to the Editors thus describes this memorable scene: no sooner had Farragut given the order hard-a-port, than the current gave the ship a broad sheer, and her bows went hard up on a mud bank. As the fire-raft came against the port side of the ship, it became enveloped in flames. We were so near to the shore that from the bowsprit we
Fort Jackson (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.4
n Russell Bartlett, U. S. N. Aspect of Fort Jackson in 1885. from the summit of the levee look Porter, in command of the mortar-fleet at forts Jackson and St. Philip. From a photograph. vesseld be with our port battery directed against Fort Jackson on the right bank. My two crews manned the the shot and shell from Forts St. Philip and Jackson passing over us and bursting everywhere in the to the stock at this point by a shot from Fort Jackson.--J. R. B. A few moments later there was a was hulled a number of times; one shot from Fort Jackson struck the rail just at the break of the pohe river, throwing shells and shrapnel into Fort Jackson as fast as the guns could be loaded and firrough my coat-sleeve. Just after passing Fort Jackson we saw a bright glare on the starboard quar starboard, until she was on a line between Fort Jackson and the Hartford. The Flag-ship Hartford. The Brooklyn remained under the fire of Fort Jackson until Craven saw Farragut free from the fir
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 2.4
ned that it must and should be done, even if half the ships were lost. A final council was called on the afternoon of the 23d, and it was decided to attempt the passage that night. In July, 1861, I was on board the steam frigate Mississippi when she made a visit to the Southwest Pass, and having been sent to the Powhatan, commanded by Lieutenant D. D. Porter, near by, I walked up and down the quarter-deck with the commanding officer. He was very much exasperated that the department at Washington delayed sending vessels of proper draught to enter the river, and said that if he had half a dozen good vessels he would undertake to run by the forts and capture New Orleans. Admiral Porter has already recounted in this work the prominent part that he took in the opening of the Mississippi, and I therefore omit further reference to it.--J. R. B. The present article is intended merely as a personal narrative of the passage of the forts as seen from the deck of the Brooklyn. This vess
Brooklyn (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.4
s to hang the chain-cables along each side, abreast of the engine and Section of chain armor placed on the side of the Brooklyn to protect her boilers. From a sketch lent by Commander Bartlett. boilers. A jack-stay, or iron rod, was fastened by mor me to be at my guns, I stood on the port ladder with my head above Rear-Admiral Thomas T. Craven, in command of the Brooklyn at New Orleans. From a photograph. the rail, where I could watch our approach to the forts, and I mounted this ladder sr way. All hands had been on deck since midnight to see that everything about the deck and guns was The course of the Brooklyn in the passage of the forts. From a drawing lent by Commander J. R. Bartlett. B--Brooklyn, and course taken. H--Hsized river steamer coming down on us, crowded with men on her forward deck, as if ready to board. The order had The Brooklyn attacked by the Confederate ram Manassas. The Manassas was described by her commander, Lieutenant Warley, as a tug-bo
West Point (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.4
, I stood on the port ladder with my head above Rear-Admiral Thomas T. Craven, in command of the Brooklyn at New Orleans. From a photograph. the rail, where I could watch our approach to the forts, and I mounted this ladder several times to see what was going on as we advanced. On the poop were Captain Craven, Midshipman John Anderson, who had volunteered a few days before from the Montgomery, which did not take part in the action, Captain's Clerk J. G. Swift, afterward a graduate of West Point and a lieutenant in the army, and two quartermasters. There was a small piece of ratline stuff carried around the poop, about waist-high. Captain Craven stood at the forward edge of the poop with his hands on this line, and did not move during the whole passage. I had the good fortune during the war to serve with many brave commanders, but I have never met in the service, or out of it, a man of such consummate coolness, such perfect apparent indifference to danger as Admiral Craven. As
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 2.4
The Brooklyn at the passage of the forts. Commander John Russell Bartlett, U. S. N. Aspect of Fort Jackson in 1885. from the summit of the levee looking South from the River. From February 2d to March 7th, 1862, the United States steamer Brooklyn, Captain Thomas T. Craven, was engaged in blockading Pass a l'outre, one of the mouths of the Mississippi River. It is impossible to describe the monotony of the life on board ship during this period. Most of the time there was a dense fog, so thick that we could not see the length of the ship. The fog collected in the rigging, and there was a constant dripping from aloft like rain, which kept the decks wet and made things generally uncomfortable. No news was received from the North, and our waiting and watching seemed endless. We had our routine of drill each day, but nothing to talk about. Our only excitement was the lookout at the main-topgallant cross-tree, who was above the fog-bank, shouting Smoke h-oo! It was a great re
Buras (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.4
command of the mortar-fleet at forts Jackson and St. Philip. From a photograph. vessels, or, as the sailors beside the guns, with the shot and shell from Forts St. Philip and Jackson passing over us and bursting everyere in plain sight on the left bank, just below Fort St. Philip, was the Hartford, with a fire-raft alongside a of the bushes, and such a short distance above Fort St. Philip that we could distinctly hear the gunners in thad himself fired two of the broadside guns into Fort St. Philip. But the most uncomfortable position on board ly thirteen feet, sir. As we passed clear of Fort St. Philip, Captain Craven gave orders to load Section of Fort St. Philip during the engagement. The details of the Fort drawn from a photograph. the starboard batterout below the water-line. Just after leaving Fort St. Philip a shot came in on the starboard quarter and wenr silent, but poured its missiles of death into Fort St. Philip, opposite to which we had got by this time. I
Chalmette (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.4
. The fleet steamed up the river during the afternoon of the 24th until dark, and then came to anchor. Nothing of importance occurred during the passage. Soon after midnight a great blaze of light was seen up the river, and fearing fire-rafts, all the vessels got under way, and remained so until daylight, when they proceeded up the river toward New Orleans. At 6 o'clock we passed a large vessel loaded with cotton on fire, and at 7:30 passed two more in the same condition. Arrived at Chalmette, four miles below the city, we found that batteries had been erected on both banks, armed with field-pieces. A few broadsides made the troops leave their guns and disperse into the country. The Brooklyn fired 21 shells from the 80-pound Dahlgren into the battery on the left bank and a couple of broadsides into that on the right. The fleet steamed on to the city, passing close to the levees, which were swarming with people. They were simply a howling mob. The Confederate flags were fl
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 2.4
ckson in 1885. from the summit of the levee looking South from the River. From February 2d to March 7th, 1862, the United States steamer Brooklyn, Captain Thomas T. Craven, was engaged in blockading Pass a l'outre, one of the mouths of the Mississippi River. It is impossible to describe the monotony of the life on board ship during this period. Most of the time there was a dense fog, so thick that we could not see the length of the ship. The fog collected in the rigging, and there was a conf cotton. At last the spell was broken, for on the 7th of March the Hartford and Pensacola arrived with Captain D. G. Farragut, then flag-officer commanding the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, and we learned that we were going to open the Mississippi River. I had never met Farragut, but had heard of him from officers who were with him in the Brooklyn on her previous cruise. He had been represented as a man of most determined will and character — a man who would assume any responsibility t
Pensacola (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.4
any alarm, as the steam-pumps were able to keep her free, and in the course of a few days the leak diminished. It was not until the coal in the starboard bunker had been used up and the side of the ship was uncovered that we realized what a blow she had received from the Manassas. On the outside the chain had been driven its depth into the planking, and on the inside, for a length of five feet or more, the planking was splintered and crushed in. The only thing that prevented the prow of the Manassas from sinking us was the fact that the bunker was full of coal. The wound gave no trouble so long as we remained in the river, as the mud held in suspension in the river water filled up all the interstices between the fibers of the wood. When we went out to sea and rolled about a little, and the ship began to work, it was found that she leaked very badly, and she was obliged to go to Pensacola, heave down, and bolt on a large patch of plank to cover the spot where the ram had struck.
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