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Lovell, satisfied from the first that if the forts were passed the town was lost, prepared at once to evacuate it.Continuing Farragut Captures New

The occupation of the land by the army, and of the water by the navy, interposing by the nature of their operations between the city and the forts,

Only twenty minutes had elapsed since the forts opened upon the Cayuga, when Farragut's flag entered the battle.Continuing Farragut Captures New

Captains of Mississippi River steamboats, their commanders held to the full the common American opinion that the profession of arms differs from all

After passing the last battery, and thinking we were clear, I looked back for some of our vessels, and my heart jumped up into my mouth when I found I

At 2 a.m. the appointed signal was made, and at once was heard in every direction the clank-clank of the chains as the seamen hove the anchors to the

During that afternoon Farragut personally visited each ship, in order to know positively that each commander understood his orders for the attack, and

This is one of Mahan’s best passages on the strategy of naval warfare.Continuing Farragut Captures New Orleans,our selection from Admiral Farragut