The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-30
10 PLANNED THE GREAT RICHMOND REUNION
Task Has Been Difficult,
But Everybody Work
ed With Will.


n whicliS one of the monitors was M
sunk and many OF the wooden ships
damaged, Buchanan wounded, the
steering gear OF the Tennessee was shot
away and she surrendered The wooden
ships escaped to Mobile. The battle Of
New Orleans and some minor fights on
tho rivers 3of louisiana constitute III
naval record. The iron-
cads We're not finished when Tnrragut
passed tho forts with the largest fleet
America had ever assembled. The fight gH
was most desperate, many officers and
men OF the Confederate States navy 5
were killed and wounded, but the In
evltable could not be overcome, and
defeat was the result.
The great event, Of the Mississippi
river was, the run OF. the ironclad, q
vessel covered with railroad iron,
through the combined fleets of Admit
rails Fnrragut and Davis, above Vicks-
burg. The Arkansas, for that was
her name, commanded by Captain
Brown, having among her officers
Lieut.. John Grimbal of South Carolina.
and Master Richard II. Eascot, OF South
Carolina, was built at Memphis, Tenn,
but was forced to go UP the iazoo
river to compilation account of the
fail OF Memphis. and with imperfect
machinery and her smok rid
der ran the gauntlet OF over 400
heavy guns and reached vlclssburg
with slight loss after inflicting con-
siderable damage on the Federal fleet,
especially the Queen of the West and
Carondelett which We're compelled
to run ashore to keep from sinking.
c.troycd by Crew.
The loss of the Federals was over 100,
while that of. the Confederatcs was
under TO- Several attempts were made
to destroy the Arkansas without sue
cess. and finally, IN an attack upon tho
lower United States lleet, her engines
entirely gave out and she was brought
alongside OF the bank and there de-
stroyed by her crew. 10 escaped to
I shore. 5s5i III Il
This is but a faint idea Of the naval
service on the rivers, Space will8not
permit to give even an outline of
their many daring acts, and we turn
to the cruisers II
Il The sumter; under Raphael Seml1aes, 81
escaped from New Orleans She was5n
propeller bark rugged. and among her
officers we find Lieut. w r. Evans.
South Carolina: Lieut.. John NJ. Strib-
Hing South Carolina Her armament
consisted of five guns. no follow
Semmes around the world with tho
Sumter and afterwards the Alabama,
1 lighting the wide expanse OF ocean
4 with burning American sNips. would
| be 4 task for which some better writer
| would be required. Suffice that after
wearing out the Sumter's machinery
she was sold at Gibraltar. and Selnmes
unfurled his flag on tho Alabama.sf
/ and was the terror to American COM
mcrce until meeting the Kearsarge.
| The Alabama's ammunition was de-
i fcctiye from long storage, and the
4 kearsargeH having chains over her
sides as protection, the Alabama was
a sunk. but Semmes and some others
OF her crew We're rescued by the Eng-x
4 fish yacht Deerhound
/ Previous to this event Se,nmes ran
\ his vessel near Galveston. Texas, and
4 was pursued by the United States gun
n boat Hatteras Until night, when Sem
4 mes turned upon her and with ono
n broadside sent her to the bottom of
4 the Gulf.
A Semmcs captured with the Sumter
i and either released on bond or burned
4 is United States vessels and with tho
4. Alabama 50 United States vessels. ~
4 The Florida. another bark. was met
out at sea and her armament put upons'
her and turned over to her officers
Lieut. Maftltt commander. Among his
olhcers was the master. George D. &
Bryan of South Carolina who came to-
4 Bcrmuda. There the crew were takens
with yellow fever. Some died, among
4 them Eugene Maffitt, q stepson OF tho
4 captain. 90
+. Passed Over Rnr.
II With hardly we'll men to manage theS
ship and not enough to fight her, Cap-
. tain Maflitt determined to run for
mobile and inter hard run and
showers Of shot and shell from the
! Federal fleet he passed over the bar,
and came to anchor In Mobile bay;
a When she had recruited her crew she
sailed again, under Captain Maf1itt,
! whose health failed, and in turn Lieu-5
. tGrant Barney took command. He, too
having failed in health. the command
was given to Captain Charles NJ. Morris,
! OF South Carolina, who commanded her
until. BY trcachery, she was captured.
! In the harbor of Bahia, Brazil. Tho
l United States agreed to return her to-
; 1.-THE Brazilian government, but by de-;
3 sign. claimed to DO accident, she was
run into and sunk by a United States
J vessel In Hampton Roads. The Flor;
Ida captured. burned or ransomed
J. ttlrty-seven United States vessels.
! Among the vessels captured by tile
I Florida was the brig Clarence OF Ball
!, t!more. Upon this vessel Il six pound
: howitzer was mounted and under COM
mand of Lieutenant c. w. Read, who.i
though scarcely over twenty one years
of5age, had q remarkable career in the
Confederate naval service.
: The cruiser Georgia was commanded
!, by Commander W. l.. Maury, and
!; among her officers were Lieutenants
!. w. H. Evans and John Fl. lngrahanl
= and Past Midshipman John L. Walker,
!, Of South Carolina Her captures were
= nine United States vessels. K.
The cruiser Shenandoah wavi the last
: Of tho Confedcracy. She carried the
!, flag. and was destroying commerce.
= when the war had been ended six
, months. Finding it out from an ENG
u lish vessel she dlsmounted, her guns
, and sailed around Cape Horn, and at
l. Liverpool, November 8, 1866, surrender
!! cd to the English governments She
. was a steamer. ship rugged. commanded
y by Lieutenant Wardell. OF Maryland
b John Grimbal of South Carolina, was
" a lieutenant on board of her. Her cap-
:, lures We're thlrty-slx United States yes
? sells. SE
Tho ronclad Stonewall was the only
/, ironclnd built abroad that the Confed-
= eracy succeeded In getting. The war
:, was over before she had a chance to
do MI Il inc. Inn ~ Il.