The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-23

=. old navy, gave to the Confederate
c,.,os buchanan, Semmes, Waddell,
.~lollips and others of lower ranks, but
ssoual fidelity. 1t would be pleas
~, 10 linger on the others for awhile,
~, | am to speak this evening of
s-,nklin Buchanan, the hero Of Hamp-
can Roads and Mobile Bay" said Mr..
{. Tripre, in his address yesterday
.,.,in. ut the Y. NJ. G. A. Hall, at
). Celebration of Franklin buchanan
4 r,mp Of Confederate Veterans of the
,l:ry.,ixth anniversary of the famous
,accments between the Confederate
I ;ronclsi Merrimac and the United
>,at,, war ships Cumberland, Con.
.-.s.. Roanoke, Minnesota, St. Law
..n,e and the Monitor.
rl.usiin Buchanan" ne continu-
was born in Baltimore on the
! 18th day Of September, 1900. He
,,;endcd the best schools in our city
as; gaze early evidence Of a bias for q
I nautical life. When he was a mere
4 loy the exploits Of our young navy at
4 Trpoli excited universal attention at
4 home and abroad. Some Of it's heroes
] we're natives of his own State, and
\ their deeds were the talk of every
fresiIc. From them he cleaned the
Inspiration for his battle plans-'At-
tack everything, no matter what Odds
.Un January %, 1915, he received
j his appointment as midshipman. He
4 secured his commission as lieutenant
on January IL, 1925. after serving on
4 the ~frigates United States and Consti-
/ tuition was promoted to be command
j or on september s., 1871, and in April,
4 l>l2, was ordered to the command of
j the steam frigate Mississippi, and
4 afterwards to the Vincennes.
z III 1915 he organized tie Naval
Academy, at Annapolis, and was made
il superintendent. At the outbreak
4 Of the Mexican war he was detached
4 from the Naval Academy at his wi
request, and ordered to the command
4 Of the sloop-of-war Germantown, and
q took part in the bombardmcnt Of the
4 castle of San Juan d'Ulloe, in the
q capture Of Vera Cruz and of the city
4 ct Tobasco.
In 1852 We find him in command
j Of the steam frigate SusGuehanna, the
8 hag ship of Commodore Perry, on the
expedition to Japan. In September,
4 lS55. he was promoted to the rank of
captain, the highest grade at that time
in the navy, the title commodore"
being given by courtesy to a captain
4 in command of a squadron. In May,
1859, he was ordered to the command
! Of the Washington navy yard, and was
a relieved from duty there three days
after the 18th Of April, 1861.
lie retired to his Maryland home
aud in the next month resigned from
the 'nitcd States service. In Sep
tembcr, 1861, he was commiss .oned a
4 captain III the Confederate navy and
= began that career which has made his
name immortal.
at the suggestion Of Lieut.. G. NJ.
Brooke, the old frigate Merrimac,
shlch had been burnt and sunk when
the federal troops evacuated Norfolk,
y J was Heated and rebuilt as an ironclad,
and the name Virginia was given to
the remodclled vessel.
i Sailors had been hard to get, as We
we're not a NAUTICAL people, but they
4 we're obtained at isst by diligent
search through the armies. The off,
GERS under the command of Capt.
franklin Buchanan were men equal to
tine duty assigned them.
1T is the morning of the 7th of
March, 1862. The hour is noon and
= The day bright with sunshine. The
sentinel at Fortress Monroe, looking
toward Norfolk, notices a huge VOL
!uAlc OF smoke, like a great monster,
rolling and writhing in it's motion
4 .hiodgh the air, while beneath it o
auafk object is seer to move along,
slightly above the water line. with
sloping sides of iron and guns hidden
Ia inclosed %embrasures. What audac-
"y was this going out, without a trial
UP with the condemned engines of
ae old friggate, to attack The best
A,nips of the enemy's feet But slow
" and quietly, with the calmness of
certainty and the consciousness of
Il eoheealed destructive power, the Vir-
q gina steers straight to the frigate
cumberland, of thirty guns, lying off
se"port News and flying che enemy's
Jag. The captain goes on deck alone
ana demands the Cumberland's sur
q render. The answer is sNever!' Then
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