The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-24

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OPERATIONS m A0BIL1 BAY
AAa'l Rassegus's O0elal Report
The Army and Navy journal, Of las
WEEK, contains the complete Official repor
of Admiral Farragut Of the operations ii
Mobile Bay. II - Illustrated with very in
tefesting diagrams explanatory Of the diff
hfoot positions Of the 6oet during the &C
tion. We copy the material parts Of thi,
interesting document: "a,
44ss4 u. s. FLAGoHI1 HARTFORD.
BE- QonlL8 Ray, Aug. II.
SIN: had the honor 70 Seward the Do
partment On tho evening Of The 5th inst, ,
IT, noFninG Of that day, and which
th6ugA bri1 conAained al he principa
lActe 81 The attack. Notwithstanding thu
- Of 0fA particularly On this shipS and
- tarrihle oioas1or 70 the Tbcumseh. ~
Noult Of IT, light No. q gloriOus victory
apd have reason to1ee1 proud Of tho on
ar, seamen and marines Of tie squadror
uD1er my command 1be g. hos never fallen
to the lot Of IN ofncer TO be thus situated
Will bring men toAnysam0unt Of endur-
ance, but thero = . natuFnl fear Of hidden
dangers, perticularly when "a awfully do.
structive Of human life - the torpedo,
which requires more than discipline to
ovorcpme. s48 bsnlssasfHU Ns1e3.a r.
a4Is4 - PREIiAlNA1Y rLAN0.s As0aa.
Preliminary 70 = report or the setton u
~ 9Th, ] 0eGoTo - call ehe attention Of the
Dlpartment 70 tho PREVIOUS steps taken in
011ulta&io0 with Generals Candy and
01angeroA tho eth Of July. had an In.
.tarviswWifh these 0nlcefs on board the
Hartford, N the sub5eCt OF an attack upou
Forts Morgan and Gaines, at which IL was
agr0od that Gen. Candy would send al the
troop ~ could spare to Co-OpefGte with
the neet. Circumstances soon oblieed
General Canby 70 Inform me that he could
not dispatco . su@oieot number to invest
both sosts. and in reply I suggested that
inet6Aavo'a fbroe II sthe Sound ready %
profess thu landing ofNthe army on sDan-
phin IalAnd, IN tho rear Of that fort, and /
0iUBed IAsuk Com'dr Do KRAFT, Of the
O1n01augn, tnthAt duty. bis -
O9tho 1T Instant Gen. Granger visited
- agAin On the Hartford In the mean
tn ~ TooumDoh had arrived at Penea-
ccla and Capt. Craven informed me that he
would b readyln four days for my serv-
Y. We, thsrseess, nxed upon ne 4th Of
August - the day for thelandihg II the
owing 70 delays mentioned In Capt. Jenk-
inS Communicates - me, the TbCumseh
was not ready. Gen. Granger, however,
b my modification Was mp % the time.
"a tie troops actually landsd on Dauphin
A. subssquent events proved, the delay
mrned to our advnutaee, as the rebels
vsre busily engaged during the 4th in
aIowing troopa and supplies into Fort
doys afterward. als.1-
The Tecumssh arrived on the evening Of
0e 4th, and everything being propitious,
proceeded 70 the attack on the following
morning. As mentiohed in INV previous
dispatch, the vessels outside tho bar which
were designated 70 participate in the en-
elgement, were Al under way by forty
minutes past five ih the morning, in the
nllowing order, two abreast and dashed
0gethOrS f&tKEf s-sSAgI @Ess SEc4A
Brooklyn, j. Captain James Alden. with
v Octorora, sLieutenant-C Com mander g.
y. Green. on the port side. sas
Hartford, Captain ePercival Dravtop.
With the MetaComat, Lieutenant Dom.
mAndeR b. Gherardi. i'sm 8.ss.1 $50 s.. "a
Lackawanna, Captain ]. B.Narchand
w the Seninols, Commands e. Don.
Sesons.hs s., Commander q i &, =. s.,,,. :.
S,fa the ksnebec. LieutsnaAt-C Commanded
onainaea. C0mpnandar 10 n 49,