...e mean time, was having a rough time of it, as he said. While battling with the forts, a huge fire-raft, pushed by the Manassas, came suddenly upon him, all a-blaze. In trying to avoid this, the Hartford was run aground, and the incendiary came crashing alongside of her. In a moment, said Farragut, the ship was one blaze all along the port side, half way up to the main and mizzen tops. But thanks ...