Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-08-18
OFFICIAL REPORT OF ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.

/
Since the foregoing was prepared for the press
we have received the preliminary report of Admi-
raj Farragut, which we insert below. /; relates
only to the first days conflict and is confined main
ly to modest statement of the results of the bril-
liaut operations which have shed new lustre
upon the annals of our navy:
FLAGSHIP HARTFORD, MOBILE BAY, AUG. 5, 1864
Hon. GIDEON WELLEs Secretary Of the Navy.
SIR l have tho honor to report to the Department
that this morning entered Mobile bay, passing between
Forts Morgan and Gaines and encounterng the rebel
Tennessee and the gunbosts Of the enemy, viz Selma
Morgan and Gaines
The attacking fleet was under way by As A. NJ. in the
following order:
Brooklyn with the Octorora her port side Hartford,
with the Metacomet Richmond, with the Port Royal;
Lackawanna with the Seminole Monongahela, with the
kennebec Ossspee, with the Itasca; aud Oneida with
the Galena On the starboad of the feet the proper
position of the monitors iroa-cads
The wind light from the southwark and westward
the ky cloudy with very little sun.
Fort Morgan opened upon at minutes past SEVEN
and after this tho action became lively. IA we
steamed up the main ship channel there some fiji
Guilty ahead and the Hartford passed on ahead of the
Brooklyn At forty minutes past the monitor Te-
cumseh was struck by torpedo and sank, going down
very rapidly and carrying with her all Of her officers and
crew with the exception of the pilot and eight men,
who saved by boat that sent from the Metacomst
alongside of The Hartford had passed the forts be-
fore eight O'clock, and finding myself raked by the rebel
gunboats, ordered the Meacomet TO off and go 10
pursuit of Them of which the Selma she succeeded
in capturing.
All the vessels had passed the forts by hacpast eight
o'clock, but the rebel Tennessee still apparently
unnjurad in Signal once made to all the
feet to return again and attack the RAM only With ha
guas but with orders to her down full speed be
M0nongahela was the first that struck her, and though
she have Injured her badly yet did not sncceed in dis
aoing her. The Lackawanna also struck her, but nero
tusy and the flagship Der q severe shock with Der
bow and abe passed. poured her whole port broadsd
nto her-sod ench shot and thirteen pounds Of powder
at distance of not than twelve feet The onclsds
closing upon her. and the Hartford and the rest of
the feet We're bearing down upon her, when, at 10 A. NJ
she surrendered The rest of the rebel feet viz Goresn
and Gaines, succeeded in getting back under the protec
ton of the guns of Fort Morgan This TERMINATED the ao
ton If the day.
Admiral Buchanan sent me Dis sword, being himself
badly wounded with compound fracture of the leg
which, til supposed, will have to be amputated Having
had many OF Ny own men wounded aud the surgeon of he
Tennessee being very desrous to have Admiral buchanan
removed to hospital sent fac of truce to the com
L H.
Page, to say that he would allow the wounded OF the
feet us well his to be taken to Pensacola where
they could be btte caged for than here would send out
of cur vese provided she would be permitted 70 re-
tnro bringing back nothing that did not take Gn
Page asented, and the Metacomet was nstched abcut
- O'clock -...
The list OF uae' Or our part as far as yet asc ran
ei are as fGiio~s:
RIG RI Hartford, ~ killed, % wounded Brooklyn
killed, % wounded; Lsckaosna a killed, w,uuiedi
Onrida kreJ, % w"unde +; MononRahela wounded
Metacnmet i KILLED, wounded; O-sPper, killed
wounded Richmond, 2 wounded; Galena, i wounded
in all, al killed aud 6o wounded
On the rebel ram Tennessee captured ab ut
ty officers and about hundred aud seventy The
list of the formsris as follows:
Admiral +. Buchanan Commander James ID Johnsou
Lieuts Wm. L.. Bradford A. Wharton, and b Me-
| Dermutt Masters j. X. DeMahy aud Ii. w P,rrn;
| Fleet Surgeon ID. Cunrsd Assistant Surgeon K c.
Bewles FIRST Assistant Engineer g. ID Lining, Second
Assistant Engineer OCnnurl Second Assistant Engi
| aeer John Hays, Third Assistant Engineer o. Benson,
Tbird Assistant Engineer W. Patterson, Paymastrrs
Clerk II Cobe0, Masters Mates w A Forre.t -
Beebe and NJ, Carter Bostswan John McC redie Gun
| IL S Smith.
On the Selma taken about ninety officers and men
OF the Ulcers have only heard the Of two VIZ
Commander Peter H Murphy, Lieut. and Executive Off.
| Ger j. II. Comstock, who killed
will send detailed despatch by the first opportunity
| Enclosed is Hst of killed and wounded on board The
| Hartford.
| Very respectfully, your obedent servant
| d, G. FARRAGUT,
| Rear Admiral Comdg w. G b. Squadron.
List of killed and counded on hoard The United States
Hartford IN The action ,oh The rebel Fort Morgan
| KnIEp-D4vd Morrow, qnarter-gunaer VIM Oscood
ordinary seamsni Thomas Baine, Benjamin Har err