... was offensive as well as defensive, and compelled three of the Confederate gun-boats to surrender to him before the Varuna, Captain Boggs, and the Oneida, Captain Lee, came to his rescue. Then the Cayuga , which had been struck forty-two times during the struggle, and much damaged in spars and rigging, moved up the river pursuant to Farragut's orders to Bailey as leader of the fleet. The Varuna wa...