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h instance I replied, "Do as you choose." He finally said, "Well, I will go in the Catskill, and the next time with you." The Weehawken was lying about one thousand yards from Wagner, and the Catskill, with my gallant friend, just inside of me, the fire of the fort coming in steadily. Observing the tide to have risen a little, I directed the Weehawken to be carried in closer, and the anchor was hardly weighed when I noticed the Catskill was also under weigh, which I remarked to Capt. Calhoun. It occurred to me that Capt. Rodgers detected the movement of the Weehawken, and was determined to be closer to the enemy if possible. My attention was called off immediately to a position for the Weehawken, and soon after it was reported the Catskill was going out of action, with a signal flying that her Captain was disabled. He had been killed instantly. It is but natural that I should feel deeply the loss thus sustained; for the close and confidential relations which the