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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Official reports of actions with Federal gunboats, Ironclads and vessels of the U. S. Navy, during the war between the States, by officers of field Artillery P. A. C. S. (search)
l and upper works; had one man killed and five wounded. The U. S. S. Estrella received three shot; had two men killed and one mortally wounded. The U. S. S. Calhoun was struck by eight shot or shell; received no serious damage; no casualties reported. The U. S. S. Diana received three shell, her rudder was rendered uselesstwo soldiers killed, and one man mortally wounded. The Diana received three shots; as her rudder was badly shattered, she had to be towed back to the bay. The Calhoun was struck eight times without serious damage. Captain Wiggins behaved nobly; the position of his vessel exposed him at once to the fire of the artillery on shorstructions, without success, after they had passed them. The iron covering of the Diana and Kinsman resisted perfectly their fire. Captain McLoefflin was——on the Calhoun with his company. He came on shore with his men and tried to get opposite the Cotton, but this boat had left when he arrived. We will take her if she is not su