The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21


10 escape u1dcr sail She ran aground
IN the attoinpt We then tooK position
under her stern, and lcw raktnp
Snota brought down her lng.
mo surrendered frigatc VAS now
lyins under o,ir guns protccteda 10y
;hrcc whit" i'e.s lying from her pcak
and 'nasts. Buchanan lad aS,eudcJ
10 tie upper deck. Parker ii the
beaufort. HAD by order gone along
side The prize TO take on the prisoners
preparatory to setting the vessel on
hfc. SharpshooterS on shore opened
ire OH ltm killing several Of their
own mon prisoners on the Beaufort
and parker was forced to draw OF.
Rag Lieutenant Minor then volun-
tered TO board the Congress In one.
OF thc ships boats. He had reached
" point Il little over 100 yards from
the Congress, his boat also bearing 81
"hitc Nag. when suddenly buchanan.
in ringing voice / can never iorge,.
celled down the hatchway under which
was standing
Fired on White Flag.
"Destroy that - ship! She's hrins
on our white ila.f"
IT was even so incredible as il may
seem Minor was shot through tho
stomach. and one OF his men had an
eye ghot out.
shot I'm the thigh from the same
treachcrous source Wc had thought
mat th!s last shot had been fred by.
u sharpShootcr on shore, but q few
years ago ! received letter from an
"N-federal officer in BOSTON saving
mat inan there a former marine in
The Congress. boasted Of having shot
i'uchanan while himself protected by
q white Tag.
Dearly did they pay for their un
parallelen treachery We raI,cd hor
iore and aft with hot sho, and srcl
til out OF pitt we stopped without
waiting for orders
The loss ~ the Congress In killed
ana wounded was l2l-more imam s.
per cent with MS OF the navy IL was
real civil war On both side va
were lighting men with whom ,yc bnd
'"'eiA ultimately associated in a com
mon profession We all knew one an
oihef personally OF By reputatio,,
" hcn Parker stepped on the deck Of
ne CONGRESS he saw thcro the dead
oouF OF her commanding officer. Lou
.tHaht Joe Smith. Tho two mon had
.'e'l classmates mt Annapolis and inti-
80, Irienas ana messmates Tor more
man one long cruise at sea
On our way hack across tho ~
. mat nisht we gathered about tic
htatero"in in which our wounded com
H"n"sr was lying In n voice nlled
Win emotion he said My brother.
ihyfnhSter Buchanan. was on boa I'd
nc '-onsress' In the border states
iamiI'es were often divided
After the tight wa. over Cntcsbv
Jones. who had succeeded 10 tbs co,,,.
mind passed my station while on his
i'unuS aoout the ship. ~ pretty good
cay work" | said 10 him
Yes Was his answer. "b,,. :, is
~ "I'r' Inc Minnesota, tho Roanoke
ana the 81. Lawrence are on the wnv
w To cngacc US"
but Wien these great slllne saw
'h' "ad haroened 10 their consorts
'lsy mad no stomach Tor the Grh, hut
Hs We pressed them at long 49,.
ouf way over to our batteries a.,
HeWeH's Point, they shook the Loavo,,S
"hI "a" earth with the ,hunders 81
their broadsides. Tho ST Iavr.,,l
uIed serenty-two shots and her com
"Id""tF REPORTS and says that ono az
our smells passed through the star
III" quarter OF his shin, doing CON
siderable damage
wing of Sewells Point. We sent
our dead aud wounded on shore o.
lttie wooden vessels had ,rc,,o-e',
Tear US and an impronptu Reunion
vas ned on board the Wright, h,,
t'e cinc"rs OF tho several vessel. !
noticed That the uniform Of Wobb ~
me 4en@er was riddled by Minnie
Ihat night as officer Of the decl, :
had the middle watch from - ~
~ about two bells u o'clocll
tncre was a sudden lighting nm nr ~,
n.y. Followed hy heavy explosion j.,
thc erection OF Newport News ma
n'e mad reached the magazine of INA
Congress VI me
Win The first light Of tho mornipe,
'uh"ay' March ., 1852, we looked
OUT over the bay. There was
nc minnesota lying aground v.b.r.
she had struck the evening before nnd
nt',s her was tho strangest looI5inf,
'!"'' We mad ever seen befor.
reese on . raft, rs she was dcsipn,,.,i
~ correspondent. James Ba,rn,,
IL Was the Monitor
W. r4ned' 10 carly breakfast ana
Nheh II was over VIC weighed ,nnt..r
ana steamed toward tb4 NJ Ni,, IhchoF
10 renew the battle. rho Wnni,or
came boldly out to meet MS ana ~.
pes"h me first battle between irnr.
IN the narroE channel the AIoni,or
"'9 every ADVANTAGE. for she Iro,r
yHE zen rect OF water. and the N.ir
Eihla tWcnty-threc foe:. lIcr ,,yo
''4'-i''Sn guns, thoroughly nrotoCt-
Cd we're really moro formidable tban
cur ten guns of from six to nin..inri,
vhhhre, and pointing through onrn
ports. We never got sight OF her Guns
except when they were about To rrn
into US. Then the turret slowlv
turned. presenting TO US its solid sido
ana enabled the gunners to load
without danger
The first shots exchanged wcr. ut
long range, but the vessels soon came
to Close quarters. as near at times as
tiiIY yards, The Monitor circled aroma
and around Us. receiving our ire as
she went, and DELIVERING her own.
Wo saw ourselves burst into frag-
mcnts against her turrct
Once called Jones attention - nv
men standing At rest 1T is a waste
"i ammunition" | said. Ito lire at her
The Monitor Retreats
Never mind he said. as ne uasscd
on. we are getting ready to ram her"
We did ran, her, but whether he
cause our prov was gone or because,
we eased up too soon. we ala not do
her any apparent injury However,.
about that time the Monitor save un
Tia hght and rctrcated out OF cur
range into shoal water. where She wns