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The Daily Dispatch: may 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Uprising of the South. (search)
t before last a large detail from the army were employed in throwing heavy stones into her hold. This consumed nearly the whole night. In the meantime, Commander Renshaw, Col. Stephens, and Capt. Lovell and a party of officers, proceeded in one of the little steamers to the channel, and by sounding ascertained the proper placrge brig and three large scows, heavily loaded with stones, were fastened to the two little tug steamers, and, under the command of Capt. Lovell, assisted by Commander Renshaw, and superintended by Col. Stephens, Chief of Engineers, were then noiselessly conveyed about two miles out towards the point where the obstructions were to tions, prompt measures were taken to sink the vessels. This was done by scuttling, and the brig and three scows were just thirty-five minutes in sinking. Capt. Renshaw, with his little tug, remained until the vessels had entirely disappeared, but the men on the steamers expected every moment to hear the whizzing of the big sh