The Republican journal., 1911-04-06

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| very lew minutes by heavy vessels go
ing at great speed, with three of her
wrought iron mort shutters tanned
while half closed, her steering gear and
ner smoke stack shot away, the Tennes-
see ialo at last on the water like log, q
Target Tor her foe. Then Captain John
s.on' repairing to the berth deck, where
aunirai Buchanan laid under the sur
seon 3 hands with fractured leg, sor-
roWIuiiy reported to his superior that
.s was no longer possible. "Do
tns pest you can, Johnston" was the
aumrafs reply. ''and when all is done
surrender. When Capt. Johnston re-
1urneo to the pilot house he beheld the
usslpee approaching at full speed, while
me IRE OF each of the rest of our YES
Ssls was increasing in intensity. The
tennessee had already done her best,
Siid tnere was no time for dilly dallying.
90, TO stop further effusion of blood,
fastening to the top of the shield, ex-
posed to perfect storm of shot and
sneil, this truly brave man hauled down
with his own hands the Confederate en-
sign, 1t had been raised in triumph; it
was Is, lowered without dishonor
The captured officers and men were
transferred to the Ossipee and soon af-
Ter sent to Pensacola, and it is pleasant
10 Know that ever after they spoke
warmly Of the hospitality extended to
'hem by their captors.
AS soon as the Naval fight had ended
IN Mobile Bay, DeGraff's flotilla, an
cnoreo near Grants Pass, began the
Smelling of Fort Powell The fort re-
turned the fire in very brisk manner
LOT time, but about three 0 clock in the
afternoon the Chickasaw came across the
pay and took up position on the east side
o. the fort, distance about 700 yards,
ana opened such brisk fire of shot and
shell that the fort was able to reply with
only one gun, a heavy Brooks gun, and
IN the night the garrison was with
draWn, the guns spiked and the fort
blown up. The garrison, Col. Williams
and l40 men, escaped to Mobile in safety
During the morning of the 9th of Au-
gust the fleet was occupied in repairing
damages. We had now full control OF
Mobile Bay, except in the vicinity of
Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan. These
TWO strongholds were yet to be reduced,
ana preparations were made for the
commandment of Fort Gaines on the
morrow. The Chickasaw got underway
little before sunset and dropped sever
al shells into the fort as forerunner of
what was to come the next day. The
beselglng army meanwhile had mounted
two 3O-pounders and four ~ Founders and
were hard at work putting down plat
forms for other guns. But Admiral Far
ragut, knowing full well that the fort
could not hold out long against such fire
as would be brought to bear upon it, and
wishing to spare the further effusion of
blood, sent flag of truce boat to the
fort, after ordering the Chickasaw to
withdraw, with the request that Col.
Anderson, the commandant of the fort,
and his staff, would come to see him on
board the Hartford. Col. Anderson ac-
copied the invitation and was accom-
panied by Major Brown. Both were very
kindly received on board the Hartford,
and by the admiral in his cabin. There
were present at this interview, besides
the admiral and the two confederate of
ficers, Major General Gordon Granger,
Captain Percival Drayton, Major James
E. Montgomery, Assistant Adjutant
General and chief of staff to General
Granger of the 18th army corps. The
admiral then said. to General Anderson
that he had sent for him to advise the
immediate surrender of the fort. ''Surv
rounded on three sides by my vessels,
and on the fourth by the army" said he,
you cannot possibly hold it. Submit
then, like man, to this hard necessity
and prevent further loss of blood and
life
General Anderson at once saw the
force of the Admiral's advice and ap-
preciated its humanity But Major
it out" Admiral Farragut said to him
hot ha
the last man to advise surrender as
long as there was hope of preventing
it; adding with much feeling: Gentle
men, if hard fighting could save that fort
| would advise you to fight to the death;
but by all the laws of war you have not
a chance of saving it, The Major adj
mitted that it was forlorn hope, and
finally agreed that the surrender was
necessary, and it was then and there
agreed that the surrender should take
place the next morning at 8 o'clock.
The officers then took d glass Of wine
together and signed the papers relating
to the surrender, and the meeting broke
up. Captain Drayton of the navy and
Major Montgomery of the army were
appointed by their respective chiefs to
take possession of the fort on the NOR
row, in the name of the army and navy
of the United States. Accordingly at 9
a. m. of the 7th Drayton and Montgom-
cry were admitted to the fort and few
hours later the besieging army, conduc-
ted by Major Montgomery, appeared be-
fore its walls. Then the garrison march
ed out and stacked their arms, the Of
fcers delivered up their swords, and Fort
Gaines passed into Federal hands, strik-
ing It's flag to the navy. The Confeder-
ates were embarked in transports to be
taken to New Orleans and the Union
troops took possession.
Immediately after the surrender of
Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan was formally
asked by Admiral Farragut and General
Granger to surrender. But General Page,
the commander of the fort, declined to
surrender and expressed determination
to defend it to the last extremity, and
preparations were at once made by the
combined forces to reduce it. August
9th, General Changers command, now
reinforced by three new regiments, en-
barked for Navy Cove, four miles from
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