In his exultation on the result of the expedition, Weitzel poetically telegraphed on January 14th, ‘The Confederate States gunboat Cotton is one of the things that were.’
Thirty-five years have passed since the J. A. Cotton perished gloriously between the banks which she had so gallantly guarded. The deeds of this champion of our imperiled bayous will not soon be forgotten in the war traditions of our Louisiana waterways.
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