Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-08-20

| We are indebted to the courtesy of an Off
Ger of the navy, who witnessed the naval
engagement in Mobile bay, on Friday last,
for the following interesting particulars
Between and 8 O'Clock on that morning
| the fleet moved in the following order
Four monitors and fourteen wooden vessels
the Tecumseh leading the former and the
Hartford (lagship of Admiral FarraguO the
latter, advanced. The monitors were the
| Tecumseh, Manhattan, WinnehaEo and
! Chickasaw. The wooden vessels followed
in Paris.
The rebel ram, the Tennessee, and gun
boats Selma, Morgan, and Gaines, were ly-
ing in wait under the guns of Fort Morgan,
ready to attack the Federal feet as it ap-
preached. 1t opened upon them with grape
and canister-the Hartford and other vessels
with such severity that nothing could with
stand the force of the terrific attack. The
! gunners of Fort Morgan, in the mean time,
were driven from their guns, SO fierce was
the fire from the Federal fleet.
The Tucumseh, in passing the fort, was
blown up 10y the explosion of o torpedo.
d, The captain and all on board, with the cx-
ception OF ten. sank with her. The Conied-
fcderate ram Tennessee. after first attacking
the fleet, as it advapSed, seemed to return
for shelter under the guns of Fort Morgan;
but, after the feet had proceeded some dis
tancc up the bay. stood toward them, rs if
to give battle whereupon the Hartford, the
| Monitors. and the wooden vessels on the
/ fleet, stood for her, and a most terrible en-
gagemCnt commenced. The Tennessee was
rammed by the Hartford, the Lackawanna
and the Monongahela--the Lackawanra
striking her under full headway, and all the
vessels delivering heavy fire at the same
instant. The manhattan, meantime, put
one solid l5-inch shot at her, which pcne
tratcd her armor through and through, and
| lodged on the opposite side.
Admiral Farragut, during the engagement
was stationed in the maintop, where he had
lashed himself in case he should receive a
wound, communicating his orders below
| through speaking tubes. After q most de-
termincd and gallant engagement, the Ten
neSSce showed a white flag ne q token of
surrender. An officer of the Federal fleet
| than boarded the Tennessee and demanded
the sword of Admiral Buchanan. which that
officer surrendered, and it was taken on
board the flagship. The Confederate Admi-
raj was wounded severely, and will probab-
iy have to suffer the amputation If a leg.
! The confederate gunboat Selma. in the
meanwhile. retrcatcd up the bav. and was
I followed by the Me;acomct, Lieut.. Com.
mandcr Jcwett, and Port Royal, Lieut.. Com
mandcr GhirardG. The Selma surrendered
to Lieut.. Jcwctt. The two other re6el gun
I boats. Morgan and Gaines. took refuge un-
der the guns of Fort morgan, and tsays our
in tormanO would probably be captured in
the course Of yesterday.
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The following account is furnished us 10y
\. c. Sterrctt, who was on III" gunhoat
Port Royal at the time OF the fight:
FRIDAY, Aug THE fleet, consisting oi
the Hartford, Brooklyn, Richmond, Lacka-
wanna, oSSipec, MononTahcla, Oneida, Ga
lena, Port Royal, Mttacumct, Ociorara, Sc.
minole, ltasca and the monitors Tecumseh
Manhattan, ChicGasUw and Winuehago, and
the AdminlS steam barge Loyal, got under
way at the anchorage oil the entrance to
Mobile bay AT sunrise, the Monitors in adj
vance and the wooden vessels going together
in pairs, the flagship taking the iead When
within point-blank range of Fort Morgan
the vessels ahead were slowed down to tn
able the line to close up, and at this time
the fort and rebel vessels opened tire ON the
fleet, which was returned from the one hun.
drcd-pounder PARROTS placed on the bows
Of our vessels in advance.
The Admiral waited until directly abreast
of Fort Morgan, when he delivered II sue
cessiOn Of brnadsidcS from the . inch guns
of the Hartford with such precision and
calling effect that the rebels were driven
away from their guns, and the water battery
and font were sienccd. At this time the
Monitor engaged the rebel iron-clad ram
Tennessee, which was discovered lying il
position 10 advance on our noble Admiral
At this moment the monitor Tecumsel
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