Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of Rebellion, Series I, Volume 21 by United States Department of the Navy

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Language: eng
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Publisher: United States Department of the Navy
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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WEST GULF BLOCKADING SQUADRON. 529

[Telegram.]

WASHINGTON, August 14, 18642 p. m.

Our official information extends oniy to the passage of the forts by the fleet and Grangers landing on Dauphin Island. Through the rebel papers we learn that Forts Gaines and Powell were captured and destroyed. I have seen nothing to indicate that either Fort Morgan or Mobile had been taken, and I have no reason to hope that the fleet or Grangers command will be able to open up the Alabama River. Your dispatch * will be sent to General Grant for his reply.t

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General SHERMAN, Major-General and Chief of Staff. Near Atlanta, Ga.

Instructions from Rear-Admiral Farragut, U. S. Navy, to Captain Jenkins, U. S. Navy, before departure of the former on a reconnoissance off Mobile.

FLAGSHIP HARTFORD, Mobile Bay, August 15, 1864.

CAPTAIN: I propose going up the bay to-day to look at the obstruc- tions and defenses of Mobile, and wish you to look after the work of the fleet in my absence. Lieutenant Tyson is working with the Army engineers on shore, planning a battery of four IX-inch guns to assist in the reduction of Fort Morgan. The monitor Manhattan and ram Tennessee will be here to assist the army in bombarding it; necessarily I shall take the other two up with me. I will not send the mail to New Orleans until to-morrow, as I under- stand there is no boat to take the mail for some days yet. The Buckthorn goes to Pensacola for provisions and repairs at 9 or 10 oclock. Give the army any assistance you can. Ihopetobedownby4or 5 oclock this evening. Very respectfully and truly, D. G. FARRAGUT, Captain T. A. JENKINS, Rear-Admi rat. Comdg. 2d Div. Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, Mobile Bay.

Report of Rear-Admiral Farragut, U. S. Navy, regarding a reconnoissance off Mobile. No. 348.] U. S. FLAGSHIP HARTFORD,

Mobile Bay, August 16, 1864. SIR: I have the honor to report to the Department that yesterday I made a reconnoissance in the Metacomet, accompanied by the Seima, several gunboats and light-draft ironclads, in the vicinity of Mobile, approaching within 3 ~ miles of the city. *See A. W. R., vol. 38, part 5, page 482. tSee A. W. R., vol. 38, part 5, page 488, Grant to Shermen, 8:30 p. m. N W RvoL 213

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580 WEST GULF BLOCKADING SQUADRON.

We discovered that the rebels had sunk the Nashville, the vessel intended for an ironclad, across the channel, completel~. obstructing it, with the addition of a row of piles guarded by forts. Until these obstructions can be removed there will be no possibility of our reaching Mobile with any of our light-draft vessels. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, D. G. FARRAGUT, Rear-Admiral, Oomdg. West Gulf Blockading Squadron. Hon. GIDEON WELLES,

Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C.

[Telegram.]

BUTLERS HEADQUARTERS, August 17, 1864. (Received 10:15 p. m. 18th.)

Hon. G. V. Fox: The following is from the Richmond Sentinel of the 17th: Mobile, August 15.This evening two monitors and five gunboats crossed Dog River

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