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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 7.51 (search)
as not obeyed. Soon after the fight began, Admiral Farragut, finding that the low-hanging smoke from the guns interfered with his view from the deck, went up the rigging of the mainmast as far as the futtock-shrouds, immediately below the maintop. The pilot, Martin Freeman, was in the top directly overhead, and the fleet-captain was on the deck below. Seeing the admiral in this exposed position, where, if wounded, he would be killed by falling to the deck, Fleet-Captain Drayton ordered Knowles, the signal-quartermaster, to fasten a rope around him so that he would be prevented from falling. [See p. 407.] Finding that the Brooklyn failed to obey his orders, the admiral hurriedly inquired of the pilot if there was sufficient depth of water for the Hartford to pass to the left of the Brooklyn. Receiving an affirmative reply, he said: I will take the lead, and immediately ordered the Hartford ahead at full speed. In turning to clear the Brooklyn's stern, the Hartford went ahe
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 7.54 (search)
staff to the admiral, becoming solicitous lest even a slight wound, a blow from a splinter, or the cutting away of a portion of the rigging, might throw the admiral to the deck, sent the signal-quartermaster aloft with a small rope, to secure him to the rigging. The admiral at first declined to allow the quartermaster to do this, but quickly admitted the wisdom of the precaution, and himself passed two or three turns of the rope around his body, and secured one end while the quartermaster (Knowles) fastened the other. The admiral remained aloft until after we had passed Fort Morgan. While leaning against the futtock-shrouds, he was near enough to the pilot — who was in the maintop, just over his head — to communicate with him. He was at all times visible to Captain Drayton and the flag-lieutenant (myself), who were standing on the poop-deck, and conversed with him several times during — the action. Lieutenant A. R. Yates, now Commander in the United States Navy, who was acting <
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in the Appomattox campaign. (search)
y E. Davies: 1st N. J., Col. Hugh H. Janeway, Maj. Walter R. Robbins; 10th N. Y., Col. M. Henry Avery; 24th N. Y., Col. Walter C. Newberry, Lieut.-Col. Melzer Richards, Maj. William A. Snyder; 1st Pa. (5 co's), Maj. Hampton S. Thomas; A, 2d U. S. Art'y, Lieut. James H. Lord. Second Brigade, Col. J. Irvin Gregg, Capt. Samuel B. M. Young: 4th Pa., Lieut.-Col. Alender P. Duncan; 8th Pa., Lieut.-Col. William A. Corrie; 16th Pa., Lieut.-Col. John K. Robison, Maj. William H. Fry; 21st Pa., Col. Oliver B. Knowles; H and I, 1st U. S. Art'y (detached with Art'y Brigade, 9th Corps), Lieut. Chandler P. Eakin. Third Brigade, Col. Charles H. Smith: 1st Me., Lieut.-Col. Jonathan P. Cilley; 2d N. Y., Mounted Rifles, Maj. Paul Chadbourne, Col. John Fisk; 6th Ohio, Capt. Matthew H. Cryer, Capt. Frank C. Loveland; 13th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Stephen R. Clark. Army of the James, Maj.-Gen. Edward O. C. Ord. Headquarters Guard: D, 3d Pa. Art'y, Capt. Edwin A. Evans; I, 3d Pa. Art'y, Capt. Osbourn Wattson.