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

He sent for them, not because he wanted to make up his mind, but because it was made up, and he wished at once to impart to them his purposes and

Wait for the forts to fall or of speed by them to destroy the resources upon which they depended?Continuing Farragut Captures New Orleans,our

While these various accessory operations were going on, Admiral Farragut's mind was occupied with the important question of carrying out the object of