, 1864-09-20
THE. OPERATIONS Nm
MOBILE BAY.
Admiral F'arragut:s Of
y. !. fetal Rport. = +.
Howkhe Forts and the Ram Tennes-
Eec> ESere Cnprured- -4FsrraEutss :
P1ot-lntcrest1ue Pnrttcuiafs.

The Army and Nary Journal for this week con-
tains the complete ohlclaI repurr ~ot Admiral Pay
zsgut Of the operations In Mobile Bay. 1T is IL.
Illustrated With very Interesting diagrams explains.
tory Of the different posi.lo1e Of The feet during
the action. We copy the material parts of this
interesting document: =
q. S. FLAGSHIP HARrroRD.t
HuauE Bar. Angus: L, 16S1 {
: SIR: had the houor to forward the Department
On the evenn: oE the 9Th los sant, report Of ny
osy, and which theneh ns hrie., conisised al the
the loss Of life, particularly this th1p, aud the
terrible dsastcr to the Tetunseh. the rcsu Of the
nchs1Sas glorious victory; and hare rczaon to
feet proud Of the Officers, Eeamen and Iuar1pee Of
the squadron under ny comnst d, for 1t has never
fallen to thl lot Of an officer 10 be thus sltuated
ard thus Fststained. Regular diecip'ine viii bs1ns
noen u any amount Of CndCrance, bat there Is q
ustursl fear Of hidden daIeers, par'icu1nrty u3en
go u1ully destructive Of human life a. tce rrpedo
which requires more than discipline 10 OVERCOME
FKEIlNKAH1 rLANs.
Preliminary to rtpurt ot the ncsion Of the eth.
desire to call the attention Of the Department u
tue preStoua ttrps taken In CONSULTATION with
Genesals cauby and Granger On the S.h of July.
had III interview With these ofieess on board the
hartford, on The tu91ec. Of an a1tack upsn Forts
Morzan md Gatrcf, at wtfcn 1t was a.iee1 that
Gen. Canoy would srpo all The troops be could
frare to cooperate watn the aect. Circumstances
ALontob1,eed Gen. Chnby to tu!oru. me that be
could not despatch aamcleu1 nnmpa- to iuveet
both forts, and In Eep1y. Suggested that Gaines
should be the drEt inrcsteG, etgacin5 to hare
fnfce In the Sound ready 70 protect 1he1auiin. OF
the army on Dauptln IsEacd IN the rear Of that
.ert "a s3d as.ie1e. L,sa;1 Commander DeKrAas
On tie 1T inttaIt General Granger Visited ae
again on the Hsrtfatd--In tie meantime the Te-,
comseh had sr1iycd at Pensacola. md Ca2E<Cra~
ftn informed me that be wou1d be sclnyt IN fou.
de1s tor any service. We, therefore, n1kd upon
tie 9Th Of August as The day for landg the troops
Al 4 MT eLnsaee1nto the bay, bai ewine 10 Delays
me. the Tecuus:h Vas nat ready. GensFal Grsn~
ger, however, 10 Ey 1uor.if :. tiOn, Ws up to the
.iuc, ard the troops actually laadsd On 1auphin
A. SUBSEQUENT events Proved, the delaz turned
Esscd dar1ne Ihs 4.h L. thEew1ae troops and sup;
i few days nfterwa1d. The Tecumseh asrised on
the eScuirg Of the 4th, and srerYthtn4 being pro-
pitt1a, proceeded 20 tho attack on The following
the vessels outede the bar which were oeztsned 10
participate 1u1he engagement wrfe all under way
BY forty mlnn.ee past five In The morning, in the
{uloBtng order, two abreast and la.hed together:
Brooklyn, Captain James Alden. with the Oc1o.
1u<a. Itutenant-Comnandsf c u. Green, on the
aestford, Captain Pescissl Dragton, with The
Metacome!, Lieutenant CoamAuoer j. E. Juue:4.
H1cemouo. Captain T. 4. Jcuk:ns, with tue Port
RuJ ii. Lieutenant Commander 3. Gherardt
Laekawanna, Captain J B: Marchand. with the
Seminole, Commander E. Donaldson.
Mononc.hela. Commander j. II. Etrong. With
tie Kennebec. Liease1ant Commander r. r. Nc-
Ose,pee, Commander ". Z. Leroy, Nth tho
1ta&ca. Icutcnant-Commander George Brown
G. eaa M 0 i. VIII T'a 'o'
Tho iron clscE Tecufnseh, Commander r Il n.
Cfa7e5. lie Manhattnn, Eommander J. =. 4. N:ca-
and the Cb}clat.w. lieutenant Commander T. Il.
Ptlktne. wire already ahead fnt.dc tho bar. and
had bern ordercd to take up their poziuons on the
n 114R HfA. ok hnf1r
them End Fort Morgan, for the double purpose of
kteptnr Gown the fire. from the water battery and
the psrapet guns Of The tort. as well a. to attsck
tire ram Tennessee as aooa ns the tort vas passed.
1t was only at lhe nrEent request Of the captains
AID ccntrnandfng Offices that yielded 10 the
Brooklyn being the lending ship Of the iuc u she
ior p'clin: up sorpeaoes, and 1,ecause ii their
jrd. 1e.t the 1sgship ought not TO be too much
exposed. This believe 10 be az error; for apsrt
Of rink in the pary,{t will always be the Elm Of
the enemy TO destroy the flagship, and, as Rti ap-
peslAn the eernel: suck aetempt WAs vcEs pes*1s-
be euccretiul.
fAseiSa TIE FORTE.
The attacking feet steamed steadily up the main
selp channel. the Tecumseh drinf the Gtet shot ut
upon us. and was replied to by lun IRON tie
Brooklyn. and immediately alter the action BECAME
u rs ,bs* sson as there
cautc witch dld not then clearly understand, bnt
in biz rtport orrested the saTxnse ri ~ trnIe
dte willie at Tie sine time he runs o s Ths fo,e
The uerjord moneni nnf ~ 9ppa taat Eessel and
seh, struck b. s1oroedo fisanne,e M t,,s, Inc Ieeu
tapeou.ly baeath he xayet carrrin anos! nstsn. n
her rajant commgnie& and rs,rTa ayt w. Win aeF
determ,net al onne ns ~ n.a Iea,y 81 aer csoF
to tsEe tic Iead and after orSens In wntenoeo
to tehd boat to eaye # possihc sp1 sne - 7aeomes
~ s,na followed on 16eir nfre1s eps aiasd aod
they NEE eotns to nvhje csata w,,F tha,Eg .nat
m.y5fer1 nchfef. steamed thrnn,h .4e.E COM
hnorsTherr TIA tsrntdoc* xe4T sn,nn"aa - tue
hee3 p5nE Thea buo1e had been Reev;oao,n 70 rare
-1oIntd ~ nv -Fjao IeuteunnL + rr;t1a11tso q.
Nstanm IN rsYerni R{rhIiY re.nnnn,.s snesa suSa
Thnvrb bh Rad 47nt ht.en abIr to disSnver th .
I ~ t6rne3ne4 cet we hail bet.n nsrarsd h1 rst
=. q md otheTs. OF IT, r e1,rsenrt Az,
hS,Ss . 4iat fro1n ,her Ewing harm snet;1e ~ ~,
~ G.,ar ~ .er wcrc nTni,ahir ,nnncunn. 49,, -
1pined ,o +.te III ch4r1ee of f1eIr .:Tnlosion.