Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-03-09
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$. n, Of this place. Though not intende'
for publication, We know II will be rea'
with interest by the many warm friends o
1t. Mcb., who will be pleased TO hear OF hi
promotion, and more particularly Of hi
safety from the enemy 9 bullets during th'
sangninary action in Mobile Bay, on th'
9th Of August last, aud his subsequent es
cape from Imprisonment. The letter is da
ted Noble, January Bird, on board the c. s
Ram Huntsville;
"Since leaving Shreveport which was on
the 4th of May, my life has been one Of nc
livily, accompanie by a little personal
danger - "0n my arri-
val here my promotion as Master was hand.
ed me, and ut the same time orders 10 re-
port on hoarl the gunboat "Gaines' for duty.
The next day my promotion 10 Second Lieu
tenant was received accompanied by orders
to tue iron clad ram "renncssee.' This
was about the middle of June, On the 9th
of August Admiral Furragut, U. ). Navy,
commanding fleet consisting of fourtec
wooden Men of War, and four iron clad
vessels attacked and passed The forts, at the
month Of this bay, and our little fleet, with
n loss TO himself of the iron clad "Tecum-
sch an all on board. We lost the "Selmn"
of four guns, captured. aud the Gaines of
six guns disabled. The "lcnnessee' and
Morgan eich of six guns the latter being
n woolen vessel could be OF no service aud
made her escape that night TO the city. The
battle commenced Mt O:45 A. NJ. aud lasted
l. 4 Hale IL tlat,
old Admiral Buchanan was just getting in
fighting trim, and after setting 10 rights
again, we headed for and bore down towards
the Yankee fleet, which was about three or
four miles off and il the act of anchoring;
il now consisted Of fourteen wooden vessels
and three iron clads, mounting two hundred
and sixty guns, and carrying upwards OF
four thousand men. We hnd six guns and
one hundred and eighty men. After ore
hours fighting with our ship disabled, the
Admiral wounded, and several killed and
wounded we surrendered, our vessel per-
feet wreck. Several oftheir largest vessels
ran into us at full speed, but did more arm
TO themselves than to us. Our sole conso-
lalion 49, that we killed more Of them ihnn
,hey captured Of u.s. We were constantly
in pistol shot Of them and, when not busy
at my gun, used my pistol Mt the men Oh
their decks. commanded n inch Brooke
gun, manned by twenty-five men; two Of
my men were killed and four or five wound
ed. The Admiral had his leg broke while
standing at my gun, and caught him as he
fell.
After remaining one week on board the
Yankee vessels we were sent 10 New Or-
leans for imprisonment. Two months alter
our Imprisonment ten of us, out of twenty
five who we're in one building, made our
escape The ladies Of New Orleans took
care of us and sent us within our lines.
am now second officer in command OF
this vessel We have fine set Of officers
and n fine crew.
This has been duh Christmas TO me, but
| have myself to thank for that, as plenty
of opportunities were offered me for enjoy
ing myself Mobile, Notwithstanding the
war; is a very gay city, and | have formed
many pleasant female acquaintance since
my return from New Orleans. My orpor-
tunities for making acqminiances in New
Orleans were limited, but was very much
pleased with the ladies generally. They
are the kindest and most patriotic people
the Coniedcracy.7