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The Daily Dispatch: March 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], The U. S. Fleet for the South. (search)
remaining portion of her coal; and the general bustle of getting ready for sea was to be observed, although actual orders had not been received. The following is a list of the officers for the present trip: Lieut. Commanding, J. H. Strong; Lieutenants, J. M. Arnold, C. C. Carpenter, C. Hatfield; Master, not yet on board; Surgeon, Delaven Bloodgood. The Harriet Lane has recently been placed in perfect order for active service. Her original armament consisted of four twenty-five pound Dahlgren guns and one thirty-two pounder. Recently she received an addition to her powerful batteries in the shape of three long thirty-two pounders. The larger guns are placed in the ports about the paddle boxes; the twenty-four pounders are fixed aft. Her complement of small arms are very strong and of the best kind. It consists of Minnie rifled muskets, Sharpe's improved pistols, Colt's navy revolvers, navy boarding pistols and the improved navy cutlass. There is also on board a twelve pound