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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 11: military operations. (search)
Farragut, and of the eighteen mortar boats of Porter at the siege of Vicksburg, where the utter inefficiency of Porter's invention of the use of mortar boats in military operations was again fully dein warlike operations begun and has ended with Porter. To show the opinion of Admiral Farragut ass was stated to me in the presence of Commodore William Porter (a brother of Admiral Porter), who haAdmiral Porter), who had just before stated to me that that morning he went up with the iron-clad Essex, from which nobody m the Essex. I knew Wickliffe before I knew Porter and his reputation, so that I believed Wickliffe and not Porter, although in my first despatch about the battle of Baton Rouge, I gave Porter and Porter and the Essex the credit of having done that which Porter said they had done. Soon after, I was informePorter said they had done. Soon after, I was informed by Farragut from up river that Porter's account was not true, and I corrected my subsequent reportPorter's account was not true, and I corrected my subsequent report in that regard. It will be observed that I state that the Arkansas was put on shore. My ground [2 more...]