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Encounter of the Ram
Tennessee with Farragut's
Fleet in Mobile Day, as
Described by the Tennes
se e's Surgeon.
We Can Absolutely Promise the Big
gest and Best Bargains of a Lifetime.
Bargains Never So Great.
Every Stock Appeals Direct to Your Purse, as the
Money-Saving Chance of the Year.
We Make No Statements That Facts Are Not Back of.
We Stand Squarely On Dh,Vac Nw- Cr I aw;
Every Representation. When We Say Our Prices Are Lowest,
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From tho New York Sun.
On the start of Admlrnl Franklin
Buchanan of the Confederate navy ns
licet surgeon on the ram Tennessee
in his fight with Farragut's lleot In
Mobile Bay was Dr. Conrad, now of
Winchester, Va. Dr. Conrad recently
told tho following story of tho experi
ences inside the Tennessee on that oc
casion: The hay of Mobile was of Infinite use
and lmportanco to tho Confederates,
who guarded and held it by two forts,
Morgan and Gaines, at Us entrance.
By holding It they held safe the city
of Mobile from attack by water; it
could only be captured by a combined
nrmy nnd navy attack, so It was a safe
depot for blockade runners, easy to go
out of and enter, and If it was such to
the Confederates how much greater
was It to the Federals? For they were
compelled to keep their large blockade
fleet outside, exposed to all the storms
of the Gulf. They could only be vic
tualed nnd watered by going away,
one at a time, to Pensacola, their only
port; their sick had to be transported
to'-thc samo place and the wear and
tear both to vessels and crews was
fearful, as a constant, vigilant nnd
never-ceasing watch, both by ofllcers
and men, had to be kept up day and
night.
The officers were In three watches,
the men In two, guarding themselves
ngalnst night attneks by torpedo boats
or assault by the Confederate gun
boats and seeing that no vessel came
out and that none went In. AH this
had to be endured or tho bay cap
tured and held by the fleet. This was
finally determined on by Farragut,
nnd he only awaited the arrival of
Ironclads to make sure his end. Find
ing this plan determined on the Con
federates bestirred themselves. At the
hamlet of Selma, on tho river above,
ttuy built one Ironclad on the plan of
the Merrlmac, their resources being
exhausted to do even this. Slowly
the wooden structure approached
completion, then more slowly was it
ironed all over above tho water line,
then, towed down to Mobile, whore It
was equipped with S-inch rifle guns.
Then, when officers nnd men, pro
visions and water had been taken on
board, all ready for action, she start
ed down the bay, nearly thirty miles,
to go outside In rough water and at
tack the enemy's wooden fleet before
tho Ironclads arrived. On arriving at
the bar of sand caused by Dog Run
emptying Into the bay, it was found
that the bar had shoaled to such an
extent that the Ironclad, now chris
tened the Tennessee, drew three feet
more water than there was under her.
The only expedient that offered Itself
which was safe and speedy was to
build of huge square timbers two enor
mous airtight tanks, each as high as a
twp-story house. They were to he
towed alongside of the ram and sunk
to the water's edge by opening the
valves. Then, all lashed together se
curely, making one vessel, as It were,
of them, the water was pumped out
of these tanks, and, tho air entering,
they, by their buoyancy, lifted the
huge ship clear of the bottom. Then
steam tugs towed her over the bar.
This was done In May, 1S64.
Finally one day we were towed over
the bar down the bay. Then, casting
loose, we steamed out to attack the
Federal fleet. Beaching the passage
between the two forts, we encountered
rough water and found that, owing to
want of buoyancy, -we were In great
danger of being waterlogged and sunk
by the amount of water that swept In
board. The ram lay deep In the water,
solid and motionless as a cast Iron
platform or raft, and every sea tum
bling over her came inboard In such
masses that the fires In the engine
room were nearly put out and the .ip
ty vessel Itself fllled with salt water.
Discomfited, we put back under tho
fort in smooth water, and nil thought
of attacking the fleet outside was dis
missed. Then the defects which this
short cruise of ten hours had develop
ed were looked Into. Our engines had
been taken from an old river boat.
They vera weak and old, and could
only force us through the water about
two miles an hour. They could not be
strengthened by any method. The rud
der chains, by which the ship was
steered, were found to be exposed to
the enemy's shot, being In their whole
length outside the Iron deck; they
were covered over by a slight coating
of Iron rail. The capacity of the ram
inboard to accommodate her crew was
fearfully deficient. All ofllcers nnd
men, when the weather admitted, slept
outside on top of the Iron shleiu and
decks, but In rainy times it was awful
to endure such close quarters at night.
We bore it In June and July, under the
sloping sides of the shield, in shape
like the roof of a square house about
twelve feet in height and forty-eight
In length. On July 26 Admiral Hu
chunan and staff came aboard, for,
from his infprmatlon, a fight was im
minent. On Aug. 1, 18C4, we saw a decided
increase in the Federal fleet, which
was then listlessly at anchor outside of
Fort Morgan, in the Gulf. This rein
forcement consisted of ten wooden
frigates, all stripped to a "girt line"
and clean for -action, their topmasts
sent down on deck and devoid of every
thing that seemed like extra rigging,
They appeared like prize fighters ready
for the ring. Then wo know that
trouble was ahead, and wondered to
ourselves why they did not enter tho
bay. On Aug. 2 we noticed another
addition to tho already fnrmi.inKu
fleet four strange looking, long, black
monsters, me new Ironclads, and they
were what tho Federate hml lwn ,
anxiously waiting for. At the distance
of four miles their long, dark lines
could only be distinguished from the
sea, on which they sat motionless, by
th,o continuous volume of thick -smoke
Issuing from their low smokestacks,
which appeared to come out of the
ocean Itself. These curious-looking
craft mado their advent on the even
ing of Aug. 4, and then we know thut
the "guge of battle" was offered.
"Wo hud been very uncomfortable
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r5were $5.90,
Cu now
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Reduced to $2.95.
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Crash Skirts that were 7.,
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Have been 59
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week
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Skirts Of good muslin,
cut full, with heavy tucked
flounce, were 75c. Now 59c
Drawers Of good mus
lin, plain and with tucks,
were 19c. Now 15c
Banner Bargain Giving in
Dress Goods and Silks.
Black Crepons an entirely new line of them
with an exquisitely woven chain stitch, 45 inches
wide. Regular price $1.50. This week M 9C
only pl.ZrJ
20 patterns in 23 inches large and small
Checked Silks, in blue and white and green and
white both large and small checks. Reg- ZQ-
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4-in. Black Figured Dress Goods, in very
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This week J7k
20-in. Checked Silks.delicate colorings. CQ
Positively worth 75c yd. This week only.. 37L
27-in. China Silks, in full line of colorings,
fine quality, Regular price 50 cents. This A 'J -
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Great Offering in
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gf Fine En-
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Large Frying Pans 19c
Oat Meal Cookers 34c
Tea Kettles 39c
Soup Ladles 5c
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3-Part Dinner Pail 89c
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Aurora Coffee, in' pound
packages 12Jc
Rolled Oats, 8 lbs, for 25c
Choice Mixed Tea, lb 25c
California Hams 6Jc
Fancy Sugar Cured
Hams 8Jc
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Good serviceable quality Brown Muslin, 36-inch 3c
Very best quality, Silver Grey or Mourning Prints 4Jc
Extra good quality 36-inch Brown Muslin 5c
Duck Colored Percales, 36-inch brand new 64c
Extra fine quality 42-inch Brown Musljn 8c
32-inch extra heavy White Shaker Flannel 8c
Superior quality of very heavy Blue Denim 10c
Blue and White Stripe Ticking, extra value 10c
Very good quality 10-4 Bleached Sheeting 12c
Bleached Fringed Towels, good quality 5c
Extra Size Hemstitched Bleached Huck Towels... 16c
Hemmed Bed Spreads fine quality 69c
Dinner, 25c
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Fine Ribbons.
1 ,600 yards
superior quali
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This week,
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Axminster Carpets the $1.35 grade made,
laid and lined, per yard 90c
Body Brussels, made, laid and lined $1.00
Tapestry Brussels, some patterns which cannot
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All Wool Ingrains, per yard 50c
Wilton Velvets, unequaled for durability, made,
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Moquette Rugs, 27x65, very handsome patterns,
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sending your goods to you.
for many weeks on board the Ten
nessee, In consequence of the prevail
ing heavy rains wetting the decks, and
the terribly moist, hot atmosphere,
which was like that oppressiveness
which precedes a tornado. It was,
therefore, impossible to sleep Inside;
besides, from the want of properly
cooked food and the continuous wet
ting of the decks at night, the officers
and men were rendered desperate. We
knew that the Impending action would
soon be determined one way or the
other, and every one looked forward to
It with a positive feeling of relief.
I had been sleeping on the deck of
the admiral's cabin for two or three
nights when at daybreak on Aug. G the
old quartermaster came down the lad
der and, rousing us with his gruff
voice, said:
"Admiral, the officer of the deck bids
me report that the enemy's fleet Is un
der way."
Jumping up, still half asleep, we
came on deck, and sure enough there
was the enemy heading for the passage
past the fort. The admiral of sixty
years, with his countenance rigid and
stern, showing a determination for bat
tle In every line, then gave his only or
der: "Get under way, Capt. Johnson.
Head for the leading vessel of the ene
my, and fight each one as It passes.
The fort and fleet by this time had
opened lire, and the Tennessee replied,
standing close In and meeting each
foremost vessel as It came up. Wo
could see two long lines of men-of-war,
the Innermost was composed of
the four monitors, and the outer of the
ten wooden frigates, all engaging the
fort and fleet. Just nt the moment we
expected the monitors to open lire upon
us there was a halt In the progress of
tho enemy's fleet. We observed that
one of the monitors was apparently at
a standstill. It "laid to" for a moment,
seemed to reel, then slowly disappeared
In the Gulf. Immediately Immense
bubbles of steam, us large as caldrons
rose to the surface of the water, nnd
only eight men could be seen In the
turmoil. Boats were Bent to their les
cue, both fiom the fort and fleet, and
they were saved. Thus the monitor
Tecumseh, at the beginning of tho
light, struck by the torpedo, went to
her fate at the bottom of the Gulf,
where she still lies. Sunk with her wo.j
her chlvnlrlo commander, T. A. M. Cra
ven. Tho pilot, an engineer, and two
seamen were the only survivors picked
up by the Federal boats, and they were
on duty In the turret.
Tho pilot, with whom I sometime af
terward conversed at Pensacola on the
subject, told mo that when the vessel
careened bo that water began to run
Into the mouth of turret he and Capt.
Craven were on tho ladder together,
tho captain on the top step with the
way open for hla easy and houuiable
escape. Tho pilot said:
"No, sir!" replied Capt. Craven. "Af
ter you, pilot; I leavo my ship last!"
Upon this the pilot sprung up and
Craven went down, thus sacrificing
himself through a chlvalrlc sense of
duty.
There was dead silence on board tho
Tennessee. The men peered through
the portholes at the awful catastrophe
nnd spoke to each other only In whis
pers, for they all knew that tho samo
fato was probably awaiting us, for we
wero then directly over tho "torpedo
bed," und shut up tightly as wo were
in our "Iron capsule" In a moment It
might jirovc our
At this Juncture the enemy's leading
vessel "backed water" and stocred to
one side, which arrested the progress
of the whole squadron. Hut nt this
supreme moment the second vessel, Ad
miral Farragut's flagship, the Hart
ford, forged ahead, and Farragut,
showing the nerve nnd determination
of the officer and the man, gave the
order:
"Damn tho torpedoes! Go ahead!"
Away he went crashing through their
bed to history anil renown. Some of
the officers told me afterward that they
could hear the torpedoes snapping un
der the bottoms of their ships and that
they expected every moment to bu
blown Into high air. The slightest de
lay at that time on the part of Farra
gut, subjected as he was to the tenlble
tiro of the fort and fleet, would have
been disaster, defeat and the ptobable
loss of his entire squadron, but he
proved to be the man for the emergen
cy. Wo In the Tennessee, advancing very
slowly, at tho rate of about two miles
an hour met the leading vessels of
the enemy as they passed and fought
them face to face, but their lire was so
destructive, continuous, nnd severe
that after wp emerged from it there
was nothing left standing as large ns
your little linger. Nverything hud been
shot away smokestacks, boats, davits,
stanchions, and, in fact, "fore and aft"
our deck had been swept nbsolutely
clean. A few of our men were slightly
wounded, and when the last vessel had
passed us and been fought in turn we
had been in action more than an hour
nnd 11 half, and then the enemy's fleet,
somewhat disabled, of course, kept on
up the bay and anchored about four
miles nwny. So ended the first part of
the light. Farragut had already won
half the battle. He had passed the fort
and fleet, and had ten wooden vessels
and three monitors left In good lighting
trim.
Neither the ofllcers nor men of either
fleet had as yet been to breakfast, und
the order was given, "Go to breakfast."
For us on the Tennessee to eat below
was simply Impossible, on account of
the heat and humidity. The heat was
terrlllc. Intense thirst prevailed. The
men rushed to the 'scuttle butts," or
water tanks, and drank greedily. Soon
"hard tack" and coffee were furnlhed,
tho men all eating standing, creeping
out of the ports of the shield to get a
little fresh air, the officers going to the
upper deck. Admlrnl Buchnnun, grim
silent and rigid with prospective light
ing, was stumping up and down tho
deck, Inme from a wound received In
his first engagement in the Merrlmac,
und in about fifteen minutes we on
served that instead of heading for tho
fcafa "lee" of tho fort, our Iron prow
was pointed for the enemy's fleet. Sup
pressed exclamations were beginning to
be heard from the ofllcers and crew.
"The old admiral has not had his
fight out yet. He Is heading for thnt
big fleet. Ho will get his fill of It up
there," they said.
Slowly and gradually this fact be
came apparent to us, and I, being on
his staff and In close association with
him, ventured to nsk him:
"Are you going Into that llc-et, ad
mlial?" "I am, sir," was his reply. 'Without
Intending to be hcaid by him, I said to
an officer standing near me:
"Well, we'll never come out of there
whole."
Iluchanan had heard my remark, and,
turning mound, said sharply:
"That's my lookout, sir!"
And now began the second part of
tho llsht. I may as well explain why
lie did this much-criticised und desper
ate deed of darlnjr. He told me his
'easons long afterward, as follows: He
had only six hours' coal on board, und
lie Intended to expend that In lighting,
lie did nut mean to be trapped like a
int In a hole and made to surrender
without a struggle. Then he meant to
go to the lee of the fort and assist Gen
el al Page In the defence of the place.
This calculation was unluckily pre
vented by the shooting away of the
rudder chains of the Tennessee In this
serond engagement. As we approached
the enemy's fleet, one after another of
Farruguts ten wooden frigates swept
out In a wide circle, and by the time
we reached the point where the moni
tors wero a huge leading frigate was
coming at us nt the rate of ten miles
nn hour. A column of white foam,
foimed of the "dead water" piled in
front of its bows many feet high.
Heavy cannonading from the .monitors
was going on at this time, when this
leading wooden vessel came rapidly
bearing down on us, bent on the de
struction of the formidable mm, which
we on board the Tennessee fully real
ized as the supreme moment of the
test of our strength. We had escaped
from the "torpedo bed" safe and were
now to take our chances of being run
under by the heavy wooden frigates
that were fast nearlng us.
Captain Johnson, in the pilot house,
now gave the word to Ulcers and men:
"Steady yourselves when she strikes;
stand by and bo ready."
Not a word was heard on the deck
under Its shelving roof, wheie the offi
cers and men, standing by their guns,
appeared, silent nnd rigid, awaiting
their fate. Captain Johnson shouted
out:
"We are nil right. They can never
run us under now."
As he spoke the leading vessel had
struck against our overhang with tre
mendous Impact, had shivered Its iron
prow In the clash, but only succeeded
In whirling the Tennessee around as
If she were swung on a pivot. I was
sitting on tho combing of the hatch,
having nothing to do as yet, a close
observer as each vessel In turn struck
us, and our "black wales" came In
contact. At a distance of ten feet they
poured their broadsides of twenty 11
inch guns Into us. This continued for
more than an hour, and as each ves
sel "rammed" the Tennessee nnd slid
alongside they discharged their broad
sides fast and furious, so thnt the nolso
was one continuous deafening roar.
You could only hear voices when close
to the speaker, and the reverberation
was go great that bleeding ut the nose
was not Infrequent.
Soon the wounded began to pour
down to me. Stripped to their wnlst,
tho white skins of tho men exhibited
curious dark blue spots. I found that
unburnt cubes of cannon powder thut
had poured Into the port had perforated
the llesh and mnde these great blue
ridges under the skin. Their sufferings
wero very severe, for It was as If they
hud been shot with hot bullets, but no
serious effects followed. All tho wooden
vessels, disabled and their prows brok
en off, anchored In succession over a
mile away. Then Admiral Farragut
signalled to the monitors;
"Destroy tho rum!"
Soon these thrco grim monsters, at
thirty yards distance, took their posi
tion on each quarter of the Tennessee
as she lay nearly motionless, her rud
der having been shot away with grape
In the flght. We knew that we were
hopelessly disabled, and that victory
was impossible, as all we could do was
to move around very slowly in a circle,
and the only chance left to us was to
crawl under the shelter of Fort Mor
gan. For an hour and a half the mon
itors pounded us with solid shot llred
with a charge of sixty pounds from
their 11-Inch guns, determined to crush
In the "shield" of the Tennessee. Thirty
pounds of powder wns the "regulation
amount." In the midst of this continu
ous pounding the port shutter of one of
our guns was Jammed by a shot, mak
ing It Impossible to work the piece.
The Admlial then sent for some of the
llremen from below to drive the bolt
out. Four men came up and, two of
them holding the bolt back, the others
struck It with sledge hammers. While
they were working suddenly there was
a dull-sounding Impact, and at the
same instant the men whose backs
weie against the shield were blown to
pieces.
Engineer J. C. O'Connell, one of tho
others, had a pistol ball through his
shoulder,
"How in the world did you manage
to get this?" I asked him.
"Why, I was off watch and had noth
ing to do, so while tho Hartford wns
lying alongside of us a Yankee cursed
mo through the porthole and I Jabbed
him with my bayonet In the body, and
his comrade shot me with his revolver,"
he said.
Cutting the ball out, I proposed to
give him morphine, as he wus suffering
but he said:
"None of that for me, doctor. When
we go down I want to be up and take
my chances of getting out of some
porthole." Anothermanwns wounded In
the ear when lighting In the same man
ner us the engineer, but he ulways de
clared he got even by the use of his
bayonet. I mention these facts to show
how close the lighting was, when men
could kill each other through the port
holes of each vessel.
While attending the engineer Aide
Carter came down the ladder In great
haste and said:
"Doctor, the Admiral is wounded."
"Well, bring him below," I replied.
"I can't do it," he answered "haven't
time. I'm carrying orders for Capt.
Johnson."
So up I went, asking some officer
whom I saw:
"Where Is the Admiral?"
"Don't know," he replied. "We are nil
nt work loading nnd firing; got too
much to do to think of anything else."
Then I looked for tho gallant com
mander myself, and, lying curled up
under the sharp angle of the roof, dis
covered the old wliltu-hnlred man. Ho
was grim nnd silent and betrayed no
evidence of his great pain. I went up
to him and asked:
"Admiral, are you badly hurt?"
"Don't know," he replied, but I saw
one of hla legs crushed up under his
body and as I could get no help raised
him up with great caution, and clasp
ing his arms around my neck carried
him on my back down tho ladder to
the cockpit, his broken leg slapping
against me as wo moved slowly along.
After applying a temporury bandage
he sat up on tho deck and received re
ports from Captain Johnson regarding
tho progress of the light. Captain
Johnson soon came down In perton und
the Admiral greeted him;
"Well, Johnson, they have got inc.
You'll have to look out for her nowT
It Is your flght."
"All right," answered the Cuptuln,
"I'll do the best I know how."
In the course of half an hour Captain
Johnson again appeared below and re
ported to the Admiral that all the fri
gates had "hauled off," but that three
monitors had taken position on our
quarters. He added that we could not
bring a gun to bear and that the
enemy's solid shot were gradually
smashing In the "shield," and not hav
ing been able to lire for thirty minutes
tho men were fast becoming demoral
ized from sheer Inactivity, and that
from the smashlns of the shield they
were seeking shelter, which showed
their condition mentally.
"Well. Johnson," said the admiral at
this precailous Juncture, "flght to the
lat. Then, to save these brave men,
when theie Is no longer hope, surren
der." In twenty minutes more the firing
ceased, Capt. Johnson having bravely
gone up alon on the exposed roof with
a handkerchief on a boarding pike and
the surrender was effected. Then we
carried all our wounded upon tho roof
Into tho fiesh air, which they so much
needed.
From that elevated place I witnessed
the rush of the petty officers and men
of the monitors which were nearest to
us to board the captured ship, to pro
cure relics and newspaper renown. Two
men dressed In blue shirts, begrimed
and black with powder, rushed up to
the wounded admiral and demanded
his sword. His aide refused peremptor
ily, wheieupon one of them stooped as
If to take It, upon which Aide Forrest
warned him not to touch It, us It would
only be given to Admiral Farragut or
his authorized representative. Still the
man attempted to seize It, whereupon
Forrest knocked him off the "shield" to
the deck below. At this critical mo
ment, when a flght was Imminent, I
saw a boat nearlng, flying a captain's
pennant, and i wining down as it ramo
alongside, I recognized un old ship
mate, Capt. Le Hoy. Hurriedly ex
plaining to him our position, he mount
ed the shield, nnd assuming command,
he arrested the obnoxious man and sent
him under guard to his boat.
The swotd was then given to Capt.
Giraud by Admiral Iluchnnan, to be
carried to Admiral Farragut. Our flug,
bmoke-htnlned und torn, had been
seized by the other man and hastily
concealed In his shirt bosom. He was
brought before Capt. I.e Hoj, and amid
tho laughter and Jeers of his compan
ions was compelled to diaw It forth
from his hiding place, and it was sent
on board the flagship.
Capt. Lo Roy, who wns an old friend
of us both, did everything In lits power
to aid his former shipmate, the wound
ed ndmiral. Ho brought a kind mes
sage fiom Admiral Furragut, In which
the latter expressed regret to hear of
Admiral Uuchanan's wound, and of
fered to do anything in his power,
wishing to know what he deslted. This
was accepted by Admiral Iluchanan In
the same kind spirit In which It was
given, and as one of the staff officers r
was sent on board the Hartford with
the icply that, appreciating the kind
message, ho had only to osk that his
fleet surgeon and his aides might be
allowed to accompany him wherever
he might be sent, until his recovery
from his wound.
Hoarding the Hartford by Capt. I.e.
Hoy's steam launch, und ascending by
the "man rcpe," I mounted the ham
mock netting, as the whole starboard
sldo amidships and tho gangway had
been carried nwny as I was afterward
told, by one of their own frigates hav
ing collided with the Hartford after
"ramming" the Tennessee. From the
hammock netting the scene was one of
carnage and devastation. Tho spar
deck was covered and littered with
broken gun carriages, shattered boats,
disabled guns, and a long line of dead
men dressed In blue, lying side jy side.
Tho two whole guns' crews were all
killed by splinters. I saw one ten feet
long and four Inches wide, and re
ceived my flist vivid lda of what a
splinter was. or what was meant by a
splinter.
Descending, we threaded our way,
and ascending the poop, where all the
officers were standing, I wns taken up
and Introduced to Admiral Farragut.
In the kindliest manner he Inquired re
garding the severity of the admiral's
wound, nnd then gave the necessary
orders to carry out Admiral Buchan
an's request. We then thought that
the admiral's leg would have to be am
putated that evening or the next morn
ing. In speuklng to the admiral about
his chances of recovery and tho pro
posed amputation, he replied:
"I have nothing to do with It. It 13
your leg now. Do your best."
It wus this spirit of firmness and,
equanimity which not only saved Ad
miral Buchanan's life, but ultimately
saved his leg also. Ho w'as taken on
board of Capt. James Jouett's ship, tho
Metacomet, which was temporarily
converted into a hospital. We remained,
on boa'd that night, and weio cared
fur In a very kind way by Capt. Jouett,
to whom Admiral Buchanan always ex
pressed himself as deeply Indebted, j
- , 1
The next morning1, at my suggestion,
a Hag of truce was sent to General
I'age, commanding Fort Morgan, rep
resenting our condlton, sending tho
names of our dead and woundea und
the great number of Federal dead and
wounded on board, and asking, in the
name of humanity, to l,e allowed to
pass the fort and convey them to tha
large naval hopltul at Pensacola,
where they nil could receive the fcame
treatment. To this ren'iest General
Pago promptly responded, and we
passed out, an! In eight hourj were nil
safely housed in tho ninp t hospital,
where wo wero treated by old naval
friends in the warmest nnd kindest
manner. Medical Director Turner was
In chnrge, and wo remained there until
December, when Admiral Buchanan,
being able to hobble mound on crutch
es, was conveyed to Fort Warren, with
his aides, and I was sent buck to Mo
bile, In Capt. Jouett's ship under a
Aug.
Dully with the admiral in tho hospi
tal ut Pensacolu for four months he ex
plulned his whole plan of action to mo
of thut second flght In Mobile Bay, aa
follows:
"I did not expect to do the passing
vesselrt any serious Injury. The guns
of Fort Morgan were thought capable
of doing that. I expected that the
monitors would then nnd there sur
round me und pound the shield In, but
when nil the Federal vessels hnd
passed up and anchored four miles
away, then 1 saw that a long siege
wns Intended by tho army and navy,
which, with Its numerous transiHirta
at anchor under Pelican Island, wero
deluu king nearly 10,000 Infantry. Hav
ing the example before me of tho blow-
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