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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Craven, Tunis Augustus MacDONOUGHonough 1813- (search)
Craven, Tunis Augustus MacDONOUGHonough 1813- Naval officer; born in Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. 11, 1813; entered the United States navy as midshipman in February, 1829. He was commissioned lieutenant in 1841, and made commander in 1861. In command of the iron-clad Tecumseh, he perished when she was blown up by a torpedo in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864, he then holding the rank of commodore.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mobile, Ala. (search)
ht of the battle, he ascended the rigging, when Captain Drayton, fearing he might be dislodged by a sudden shock, sent up a man with a line, which he passed around the admiral and made it fast. In this position he went into the battle, boldly sailing in between the forts, and delivering terrific broadsides of grapeshot, first upon Fort Morgan. The monitor Tecumseh, which led the National vessels, was struck by the explosion of a torpedo directly under her turret, carryingdown with her Commander Craven and nearly all of his officers and crew—only seventeen of 130 being saved. Farragut ordered the Hartford to push on and the others to follow, unmindful of torpedoes. The forts were silenced by the storm of grape-shot poured upon them, but as the National fleet entered the bay the Confederate vessels opened upon them. The ram Tennessee rushed at the Hartford, but missed her. The fire of the three gunboats was concentrated on the flag-ship. The fight was short. One of the Confederate