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The Daily Dispatch: August 31, 1863., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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ner and the intermediate space. About the same time I moved up the entire available naval force, leading with my flag in the Wechawken, followed by the Catskill, Nahant, and Montank, the Passaic and Patapsco in reserve for Sumter; the Ironsides in position opposite to Wagner, and the gunboats named in the margin at long range, viz: Canandaigua, J. F. Green; Mahaska, Commander J. B. Creighton; Cimmarone, Commander A. K. Hughes; Ottawa, Lieut.-Commander J. L. Davis; Dal-Ching, Lieut.-Commander J. L. Chaplin; Ladona, Lieut.-Commander E. Brodhead. As the tide rose the Weehawken was closed to about four hundred and fifty yards off Wagner; the other three monitors followed, and the Ironsides was taken as near as her great draught of water permitted. After a steady and well-directed fire Wagner was silenced about thirteen minutes past 9 A. M., and the fire of our own vessels was slackened in consequence. Meanwhile the fire of our shore batteries was working effectually upon th