The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-10-01

from the decks of their ship, and they
cheered to. After that they paid little
or no attention to the noise of the bat
tie, their work occupied them.
After forts Jackson and St. Philip
were subdued, dinner was served on
the Brooklyn and the dead were buried.
Then up anchor, and the steamer
steamed for New Orleans. On the way
up the Union vessels silenced two rebel
batteries situated on the river border of
the plains where Pakenham and Jack
son fought the battle of Jan. s, 1915.
The Brooklyn arrived at New Orleans
about p. M.
Nine miles above New Orleans the
rebels had heavy battery, with its
guns trained up stream, they having ex-
pected Commodore Foote from ABOVE,
instead of Farragut from below. Sun
day, April 26, the Brooklyn found the
battery deserted, the big guns spiked
and their carriages burning.
All the available boats were collected
at New Orleans aud with them crews
from the fleet went down to the forts,
which, meantime, had surrendered to
Porter, and brought up Buffers troops
to guard New Orleans city.
The Brooklyn was next detailed to
reconnoitre up stream and went as far
as Nicksburg, finding nothing of I'M
portance. AT that time there were no
rebel soldiers in Nicksburg. From New
Orleans she was again ordered up
stream and went again toEicksburg and
back to Orleans. On this trip they
found pile of coal at Baton Rouge.
The owner charged SIG per ton for it
and didn't want to let the Brooklyn
have it. She got it. however, but how
much the owner was paid, or whether
Uncle Sam ever paid him anything, is
more than our fireman knows about the
affair.
On a third trip up the river the Brook
lyn and consorts conveyed the troops
commanded by Gen. Williams and
Il , 4,
attack Nicksburg, which had been occu-
pied by the rebels. This was in June,
1862. The rebel Notifications were at
tackled, and two divisions of Farragut's
fleet including the Brooklyn, passed
up the river to above the forts. When
they got there they banked their fires
and were at work on repairs when the
rebel ram, Arkansas, came through, fir
ing promiscuously, without doing much
damage, and got under the guns at
Nicksburg. Farragut came back past
Nicksburg, and on the oath of July the
whole feet started for New Orleans
Gen. William 5 command was landed at
Baton Rouge and wont into camp there.
4 few days after the ram Arkansas
came down the river with 4 land force
under Gen. John c. Breckenridge. and
! opened a general engagement, III which
tho ArItancno woo destroyed and our
Gen. Williams was killed. The Union
forces held the place, and our shps
went on to New Orleans, where the
| Brooklyn, Richmond and Hartford
| were repaired. Then the Brooklyn went
to the Mobile blockade for the remain
der Of that year.
In the latter part of Decent Der the
| Brooklyn was ordered back to New Or
leans. January LIST, 1868, Magruder at
tackled Galveston and captured the
Harriet Lane and the Westtield. Capt.
Renshaw, Capt. Wainwright and Lieut.
Lee, of the Lane, were killed. January
18th the news reached New Orleans, and
the Brooklyn was detailed 10 90 to Cal
weston. January llth the Alabama hove
| in sight oft Galveston and the gunboat
Atlas, a converted transport, went ont
meet her and was sunk. Her captured
crew was taken by the Alabama to
Kingston, Jamaica.
The Brooklyn remained on the Texas
| coast blockade, cruising all along be-
tween Sabine Pass and the Rio Grande
until, in July, she went back to New
Orleans and was ordered to repair and
proceed to the Brooklyn navy yard.
On arrival there, the ship was put out
of commission and the crew had ten DAYS
at liberty. This WIS in August, 1868.
When the crew reported on board the
North ro'Ina, at Cobb Dock, the men
were distributed on several war vessels
Eourke, with half his mates, was sent to
the Richmond, commanded by Capt.
Jenkins.
The Richmond let New York on tie
18th Of October, 1868, and proceeded to
New Orleans and thence to blockade
duty off Mobile. She remained there
until, on August ), 1864, forts Gaines
Morgan and Powell We're captured. In
this the monitor Tecumseh was lost, she
being destroyed by torpedo or harbor
mine. Capt. Craven and all his crew
except six men, were lost with her.
When going in Rourke and his mates
hcard several torpedo caps explode I'M
der the Richmond, aud men of other
vessels heard them under theirs. but
| luckily, none of the tOrpedoes were
fired. 1t was on this occasion that Far
ragut was reported to have said: on
your torpedoes; 90 ahead ~ The Rich
mond lost % men in the engagement
with the forts and 50 or more men went
down with the recumseh
About month after a good many
torpcdoes were lifted out of the bav for
examination. One of them was being
lifted by the crew O! the Narcissus when
1t exploded and killed several of the
men.
Nothing else occurred until in Noven-
Der, when Rourke's enlistment time
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