Admiral Farragut

Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Series I, vol. vi, p. 583.

13

Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Series I, vol. vi, p. 566.

14

Ibid., p. 578.

15

Those three were: First, a direct naval attack upon the works; second, running by the works; third, a combined attack by army and navy.

16

Captain Bailey commanded the Colorado frigate, which drew too much water to cross the bar. Anxious to share in the fight, he obtained from the flag-officer the divisional appointment.

17

See page 62 (#x2_x_2_i23).

18

See Walpole's Life of Lord John Russell, vol. ii, pp. 349-351.

19

North American Review, vol. cxxix, p. 347.

20

Ibid., vol. cxxix, p. 348.

21

The full text of this order was as follows. It committed the department to nothing.

"Navy Department, October 2. 1862.

"Sir: While the Mississippi River continues to be blockaded at Vicksburg, and until you learn from Commander D. D. Porter, who will be in command of the Mississippi squadron, that he has, in conjunction with the army, opened the river, it will be necessary for you to guard the lower part of that river, especially where it is joined by the Red River, the source of many of the supplies of the enemy. I am respectfully, etc.,

"Gideon Welles.

"Secretary of the Navy."

That five months elapsed between the date of this order and Farragut's action, without anything more definite, shows clearly that the department took no responsibility. On the other hand, it is right to say that it showed a generous appreciation of the effort, and did not complain about the losses.

22

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, vol. i, p. 461.

23

"The campaign of the Baltic will always be in the eyes of seamen Nelson's fairest claim to glory. He alone was capable of displaying such boldness and such perseverance; he alone could face the immense difficulties of that enterprise and triumph over them."—Jurien de la Gravière, Guerres Maritimes.

24

The signal in the United States Navy for the engines to be driven at high speed.

25

Before the admiral's departure from New York he gave a grand reception on board the flag-ship, which was attended by the President and his Cabinet and by many of the most prominent people of the Metropolis, including several hundred ladies.—Editor.

26

Captain Jervis and Earl St. Vincent were the same officer under different appellations.