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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., The Brooklyn at the passage of the forts. (search)
The Brooklyn at the passage of the forts. Commander John Russell Bartlett, U. S. N.
Aspect of Fort Jackson in 1885.
from the summit of the levee looking South from the River. From February 2d to March 7th, 1862, the United States steamer Brooklyn, Captain Thomas T. Craven, was engaged in blockading Pass a l'outre, one of the mouths of the Mississippi River.
It is impossible to describe the monotony of the life on board ship during this period.
Most of the time there was a dense fog, so thick that we could not see the length of the ship.
The fog collected in the rigging, and there was a constant dripping from aloft like rain, which kept the decks wet and made things generally uncomfortable.
No news was received from the North, and our waiting and watching seemed endless.
We had our routine of drill each day, but nothing to talk about.
Our only excitement was the lookout at the main-topgallant cross-tree, who was above the fog-bank, shouting Smoke h-oo!
It was a great re