The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-01

H.
orsoil. Wiie Was tite gtest q
honor n the swediSli- American Hepunll-
csf { aSao Of nllnois witch eelebfete 2
Siif6Fv a. re ,AlOhitoE over the Con-
tfolfiidae 81 ChicaSa oil March
nSd "a His home, q No. g Han
tEooGtyn, last week, wen rseas-
edwita his yiait but slightly fatlggea,
~ TIE New York Hena14 WIN the
a Admiral John u NyoFden'
~ comm anded the Molitor p te
tth Il 3 AEefrinpac Haps Anti erion
m ~ sd GufHiYof 81 TIE crew OF tlae
Gnildt. 4, 4 -. y, .,
5000 4 hale and hearty Well built man
1S5biio fhe weight Of nearly seventy
fRrS Ynafa HA ma born q SWegetl ~ -
IdiS -, III ana went g 80 when ~
1S tVentysone ye9Ig OLD Ae e!ltl4 ~ y
In - ana lEVoq ~ Astl4 toli AVs
III: ~ SeSfs before the war Dc entered
AM FSyy md served six years on tne
\ Sioon % WRr Falmouth and the nEagat,e
fsenSfe respectively, on the SCUM
AilSIlcal station.
~ = r iI5h. with the rate Of QUAR-
tsfn.i = = 9 sailed with MY tour oiLl-
s fsf5 afId men on board the Moutt1F ttohl
NeW York for Hampton Roads, Va, -
llarc @ 1St3 The voyage Wca 2 l50E ~
one Tn 1lelllor NrEtye9 9 g ~ y, ~ ~
Eidn On HtuFtay. March ;, ana tes
e5SaGa t1enf took place on the day tol.
ioWinG, Sunday, between esyen ana
eISht O'clook Z. m
9tSEy oftbs Fight
The crew was composed largely Of
sWedt8h-AmerieanE.
Anderson's story Of tlls hGht with me
Aferftrnna 4 an Interesting one. The
Airs ~ lie Union were lying out q SEA
Fattih ready for aeeion with the Met-
fInRe The fFiS4tg Aln1esota ~
about TO engage the ConLeelets. g -. iF0tl'
Y cIad when tie Iefrin19G opened tire;
Iyhe Monitor steamed up between them
and capt1ln yH0Tdan signalled that ms
81 would bear the hFuut Of me az
no. The Minnesota then WithdfeW.
sf'6e C0ntlder1te vessel sent shot attef
NJ ana advanced on TIE GonitoL
isT'hers were only thFe9 shots hred by
TIE Monitor DURING the hght. hut they
were good onel. cold ana tsoe. SAN
Z u6rterfnlBtery Anderson, yesterday, an
M eyq tginSied and his wFInkled face
6i7lfld WIN ne "Reminiscences OF the ln-
Gi169t that was % Vitat IN 1MpoF tallce
z ~ ~ iaSefy 81 ttie nation. ''The shots
Ti.fs AIRED from two u-inCh guns, e1eh
Shof Weighing $50 pounds, / was shot
min of run No. 2, and 3 brave telloW
4. named Peterson was Shotm1n OF gun
No. ]. ~, ....a..
'iTlis INST shot struck the tortoise
AZ ahaIi lllGIt q the MeFTimac ~ she pore
X - IiIii1,T me {he shot glanced ID her
Jvitilout doing doing any damage. the
x second shot took the nag, the JACK tnat
she was Tying, out OF her.
ssEeEyeen the llrBt and the second
stotg q ahell from tho MeTrimae fell
4 neaF the ire house where Captain ~ OF
4 Don was standing. II exploded and
tF0ks q heavy iron bar. The powde!
and flying particles Of IRON an1 9Iss
fiiied the air, some Of them striking Gap
fsin Worden IA the eyes binding him.
While In great pain and da2ed BY the
ShociI OF the explosion, Captain Worden
feit hIs way out Of the pilot house ana
was attempting to 20 up on the turfet
Nrbefe hS would have been lh0t,I caught
rim ~ ne c0attait and pulled him back.
IGail, 'FYou are above me. captain, pat
< { can't 1T you 50 out there.
CEItloilr9 q Lieutenant Greene
.sThe third shot was a hummer. Pc
ssrson SAID TO me, Let % put another
shot in the guns and We did 80. We
double slotted them at the risk Of exc
pleding the guns, and - +he NerEiInae
attempted to run over ~ we fired,
b ,aThe double shot struck her exactly
IN the side and disabled her 90 that she
hauled away, with seven feet Of water
IN her hold, and went over to SeWnlla
Point, Wiiere the rebel batteries were.
"Iteutahant Daniel Greene took cons
1nana when the captain was compelled
70 retire. Captain Worden was Bubse-
quently Bont on board the nag ship
sSFh9 MAFTiH1Ac was IN . sinking con~
diEi6n when che Wa8 hauled away. IL
lieutenant Greene would have permits
Ted Il we would have followed and CAPS
tufed the rebel vessel"
Anderson said that the crew appealed
20 him to demand that Lieutenant
Greene hhhuld follow up the Nerfimao
and sink hor. They told him that he
was the Oldest seaman and they would
stand by him.
Chief Engineer Stamm came to him at
this juncture ana said that he hoped he
(AndaFsOn) was not going 70 lead n mu-
tiny. Anderson replied that he WINS not.
Th0ii thor asked Lieutenant Greene y
he was not going 70 follow the AlerTl'
mac and sink her.
Green rang four bells and then gave a
loud command TO 90 QneoQ tuu Gpeeu
But he wentrdoWn into the engine room
and ordered one bell. This was almost
1 standatill, as Il. allowed the tide 10
carry the boat further away from the
lfefFimac. Green committed suicide In
Baltimore several years ago. Hans Ans
defs6n BaId.
Suffers From an Inlay.
"A pilot who was IN the Confederate
service At the time Of the Monitor Sler-
rlmac light, according to Anderson's
story. said that the MerrimaC could have
been easily captured or sunk At the time
ahS was fyinB away from the Monitor.
'rVPhIie was In Chicago, heard that
q cousin Of Lieutenant Greene had come
from baltimore 20 contradict me-" said
Anderson, ."but did not SEQ him. nor
did hear from him during my stay In
that city"
Hans Anderson. who receives smnll
pension from the government, suffers
from a swollen ankle, the result Of an
injury he sustained while serving on
the Monitor. He was formerly em-
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