Show pis s Of tIlE NAVY 1 I II I f I N Act of Knightly Chivalry in inthe inthe AN the Battle of Mobile Bay That 0 Cost Him His Life As the Moni Monitor Monitor tor Tecumseh Sank He and John Collins Met at the Pilot House Lad Ladder Ladder der v After You Pilot Said the j Commander Stepping Aside to Give First Chance for Life to the Pilot x And Collins Escaped r A t n hn 11 EX E n er will forget torget Sir Philip For more hit hl spirit lias hns lie be an all to the J i h At t the battle of ot ho hoI I 1 l e his some somo somei i r C calil the tho or of ot the en nil was wat not n wiring such sue 11 armol when a II bullet hullet his hili thigh and ho he was wall belli from the he ho for tor water The Tho day tia frightfully hot and the rover fever of ot Mud I upon him Ho wall only 32 d mom t inan In England l n Iet and and the t 11 t man of hili time ho was the fm 1 rite of ot Quoin Queen it II tool toola a I In PC time lime to loJ got get the rind win n it t arrived Sidney r i the bottle I to 10 put It to tu Ms his M td ir An All ho be It lie ho caw I W 1110 r i 1 a U d ln whoso 01 MO 1 nn Iho ho water with the of ot U e II to him Mild ohl Sidney nd then lie ho died I ns liS WIX tut this net lIet neti i J Sidney 81 that of ot Tunis Ma In tho of or van JIll more In III ii ar In no w ui there thero any Hi i K t I iiri It If tho Joy tho Iho hurl In r H a II lowly Sol BUt auf f r lip K might bo fused furnishes In III 11 I on for tho surely i ru frio a has hall us inspiring nn n II asp Ii of ot Craven j i pit 11 tho n 1111 rid 1 t I ravn ra n h ul l dl II Airi I I ails n Know tho battle of ot Mo I ji best t by b tho Iho that Karra K 1 i a hc hI I to I the tho nf of tho Iho r r rd tho thu light from that t c ri fI P urn It WIS ono one nf ot tho K aien 1 i of 0 tho Civil wor Mo lo 11 t i 11 the III mn moat l c n the and the th Hoot im rat commanded wan WR tho iti ms formidable lo ver In tho of one man IIan up UI to that time It wj fa wre than the thO combined to fleets of ot n nd that met mCI nt lit Trafalgar To load hl hili great greal Into tho bay and nile open tho Iho battle choA tho monitor ch which Tunis No man In the navy nav the tho I on onor onor or more Hr H wan wa of ot tho navy nan born 1 rn UIA father nn an officer In tho nivy hi mother WRit an a LL of or Com CU Commodore CUIn In doro Ills brother la aa nn an and hi nun nn of oC tho admiral 18 a n Ho himself the navy when ho wo 16 In the th Mexican ull in Ii I of ot the Dale he taken part tinder Commodore Stockton In tho trimmest of oC California At the thc oi ii Ing of ot the Ihl Civil war It was through his hlA that the for tor nt lit Key West at had lInd been falling Into th hands of ot tho eon Con Confederate federate loiter ho hod boon placed In charge of ot th and boen b en to tho renit NH for fOI that man whom ho o the th Ruml r were pan American After ACler n find II en 1 hunt hUlit ho he caught him In Gibraltar anti and p IliK Ilig him n LL 0 for Cr two tIVO months only in I a soil him by b clever cleor In discharging hi IM crow and hi hip On hl return homo Craven Cran wn WitH malIc of tho oh and amt to tho Jame river A Ate few months laler In hr he wan ordered to Join tho fleet that Admiral wan 1111 bUng for 01 tho Iho attack on Mobile THE No N precaution prO that t Ingenuity roll had been overlooked by b tho th dm 11 to tho of ot Mobile J Jort rt on Oil Dauphin Is b Island bland land was well equipped and had a n gar ilson of or SM MI men Fort Powell com commanded tho principal pa si to 10 l lOund fort Morgan I n tho th chief fortification had tiers f t gun and hurl had a R of HO 10 Tho channel had two row of or tor IH doc The force of or the Con Confederate on federate In chargo chorgo of ot Admiral who ho had Ixon com COlli ot at the at I I i I r nORd Ho HI In tho nn In r m moro powerful than t that hr g nr wa exposed and her lit 10 1 wins t lou lj Mow sin Tin re r was no look Inck of dar InK ing In Had It lint I MI for rOI nn accident ho might rne startled III world When hen the northern WH Willi planned a n He started one dork nt ht to In togo InJO go JO out engage en oge the Meet lIet with Ills his great Ilot Ironclad Ho JIo t the Ihl of oC Iho Union vessels could do lit tle to the sides sId of oC his hili worship He 11 hod little douht f t the ability or 01 the t tit nil 1111 wooden ships of ot th squadron they Ihl destroyed he I Intended to rupture Fort nt Next he hI would a 1 for Now Noll Orleans and ond r Ink such suh Union roseola pol n were there Next he h planned to go to north and nt At tark tok New XI York notion or nut Hut It wan n not to be I The nIl h started out to 10 operations the Ih Ten 01 ron ran aground l It took a 1 In to 10 get the th afloat n ln and orul then thon all chance of or surprising the niP fleet had the Ihl y anchored under tho guns JUns of Fort nA OF nAY BAY It was 1011 shortly 6 G In III the tho morning of oC Aug 5 6 1661 that I with four monitors 21 t wooden crossed Id tho bur bar and moved l majestically up lip the channel In linn IIno Tho I Hartford was wall tho flagship and the ad nd I mimI miral In order to 10 have a II clear view Ie I of oC nil all that thai took look position In I tho main shrouds on th 1119 port side When hon tho battlo opened and smoke ob I his hIli Vo I he went high or 01 and higher Ills HIR men mell alarmed fa tor his hiM Insisted on lashing him tt to tho th There spyglass In hand he h gave gae his orders At n few fOw minutes before 7 the T cum leh opened tho contest Craven eran fir Ins two t U shells at 0 t Kort Morgan moro SO 0 minutes there no from Crom the Ih tort fort Then Theil there therl 1011 a n putt puff of ot smoke n flash of ot flame flam tho Alent guns of ot tho Iho fort begun to hurl nt tho fleet Tho monitors moved so slowly that tho wooden woodell vessels overtaken them Apparent ly I th fort paid l little to 10 tin tilt monitors Us ir ro for tho wooden ship plan lA ti h r I mp tho o channel dOt cloo under tinder tho rUn of Fort Morgan Mor n where ah d chan nel had been left Itt for tor the blockade run ners When tho th tIro of or the flee Ot wn concentrated on the Ihl tort fort the th TIn Ten and gunboats seen peen coming out from behind Tort Morgan 01 0 n They took position within tho line IIno of ot torpedoes opened on tho approaching fleet Soon Poon the smoke was so denso that only now then could coul those tho on the ship clearly co Cf the fort or thoM thon In tho fort get a n clear vim of ships hips OF TUB JU H climbing higher rr 11 In tho rigging saw faw with tho Tecumseh her nt lit tho head hlad of lit tho column and make for the tho Tennessee eager nger Ui tu with the Ironclad luid IcIer deter mined to run fol lh rut n n clio dlo went UIO mon 1101 toward tho and then Iud sud denly there wan a II muffled explosion n I great groat volume of ot water shot Into Inlo the Iho nIl air tho th Tecumseh lurched to ort herself again and then tipping until her hOr tern stern was high out of oC water sud ud y sank from view To add to tn this traced disaster threatened tho fleet In oring orInI to avoid old tho torpedoes the thu had been bl n so 0 embarrassed by b th heavy heRvy lire of ot tho fort and tho title tide that tho Iho not only got out of position but bul so tangled that there wm wn imminent danger of or collisions With consummate skill disentangled tho ver 1111 and ond th n thorn was waR only ne course to follow tollo If 1 victory WOM n t bo his hi portion ho ordered nr ere the tho mil to mom go ahead re regardless of As s for himself lie pent ent the directly Into Inlo the tho thenet net Torpedoes her Ier side IIII but Lut did lItI not explode Hut when tho Hart lIart ford had paused sunken unken explosives tho Tennessee was awaiting her hr A Ashot shot from Crom the ce tore lore a great frent hole In the tho idile of at the and then thell the Ironclad come came on to ram her heras as OR had IIII rammed minK the Cumberland l two tara with the In Hampton The Tho gear ot Uie Ule Tonne so wn wile faulty J dodged dd ed th tb blow Next the tried to wun Ih hut but tailed Then Thon sho ho down the channel to 10 at r tack tacit tho th remaining vessels s while Far up the Ih A r JC from t fleet glanced n tho UIO Iron Hides ur tho thu Ten lell IW without Hut If It the of ot tho Union did dl l Injury tho sumo sallie was IUS tru true of at the shots fired by b tho Tennessee Tenne ee Through or bud gunnery gunnel most of oC her shot target Tho ma mn machinery chinery of tho rum mm too worked to 10 poorly that 11 bad In handling tho veel He Jle tried to ram the I d soon was d by 11 Union Thoy rhu rhul poured l n II terrific the th Iron tides of ot tho big bliT and tho th tried to turn tho table lable on by ramming the th Tenne tec I eO The blow was WIS only a 1 glancing ont one but It hurt and a II little later tho thu Tennessee oe took position near neur l Full ol t Morgan to 10 make hasty repairs re Bay In jK 1 HO lon of or Kur ut On of at tho three tho Selma had be Le n fI cup cap captured lured giving a 1 terrific tight light to tho Hartford and tho thu two hull hud been Lt n dilvon off but so 0 long as u thIS thu Tennessee remained eel was endangered He Ho to later In the day Hut But did dl l not wait to bo at attacked tacked So 80 soon an UI repairs were made matle he cum cuni out for u II with three monitors and 21 wooden ships AH A guns gUlls hud had proved ordered the I and Monon lonon Ui la to hI ram Ironclad The fhe succeed succeeded ed In striking her full rull but Uie Ule only damage to lo the tho lonn was the of ot n II slight loil tho prow of or the th v iu torn lorn olt Thon rhen the el This blow hurt Another er blow blo from the ni d the th leak In thu tho n R shot from tile the tho ar nt armor mor of the tho Ironclad NO although he must mu t havo known knon that t the struggle 01 was wait not content Getting clear of ot tho thoI I ho hC made madl to ram tho Hert Hertford ford The IllI them wa w whort short hort and the flagship seemed but tho faulty leering gear of ot tho lIu Ironclad tl th Hartford Tho fhe Ten Tell Tennessee ILc swerved werd and the v VH nol le earh Mh other othor Fulling in his hIli attempt to 10 ram tho 1 Buchanan that n 1 broadside hI fired at her Only one gun IUn was OS The rh r ron on tho was as os poor n II her hor steering gear H l the tho brond been beell delivered the no doubt would have been b n destroyed Now tho monitors came camo tip UI began to 10 h turner the Tennessee with their big hili K is Tho plates of ot tho Ironclad loosened K mo of ot othI he hI guns gull dismounted tho smoke k away With h hI rudder Hums hams K ii and smoke Oil the Ih cn n pouring into Inta the Ih M men wire IrO almost 11 determined to peek safety In III flight Ho He gave e orders to run for tor Fort Morgan A few rew moments Inter loter he foil oil desperately Ho turned the command over oel to Capt Johnston It WON WAll no nou use u There Ther no o oal Q for tho Ten Tennessee Her steam aa falling most moat of or her guns lIun were out of or commission and she onh grope along tho Union hung to her pounding her with their hen y shot Johnston with mulct n ion hauled down don the th slam and Intra bars and lna ran mn up the th white while flag This ended end one nf of thu most of tho great war Ill 1 YOU PILOT H It was Has not until battle closed that Farragut got the full Cull of or the h Graven Imd I l ld no attention to the of ot the forts II HIli one Idea was to grapple with the Tennessee Ienne to repeat In Mobil bay i c n what been lion done In Hampton Hilaria bv hy the tho Monitor to It the th The letter lUr lo to t the movement of or the he hall had gone Iono Into the pilot house Ii nIl stood tl beside John Colling the th pilot Tim orders of ot Farragut to his hi wpm II paM H to the H of or a u certain buoy buo In III order to avoid the torpedoes A movement of ot the Tennessee et led IId n to believe the tho big hh retreating Deter to force Coree the battle ho hn went to 10 the tho westward of Iho buoy over the line In of or torpedo In III order to en engage gage aJo her 1111 fh hal had reached but the th first nf of the when un Mn ex n explosion beneath her her from Ium to turned her hl until It as If It she topple over Oer on her hel port Hide and then when she par partially righted rl herself tipped her until her hr prow was WH submerged and her stern won I high In III the air and her screw was spinning at al a furlou rate rale As All the monitor tipped tIPI 1 Commander and Pilot Collins realizing the would sink pink In H few moment made a dash fin t the ln InK at It thu top lo of or the thc little III t Ie ladder loading from the pilot house Delay meant m death moment ell I wua Willi precious They reached the opening together The ladder wan wall so narrow that IhM only unit one could puss pass down at a I time A of or a l second the two t 11 men halted hailed at lit the top lop nf of the tho ladder Then with a 1 knightly will forever clothe Ills name raven stepped back After Artel Jou OU pilot ho hll wild Hut them w nn liD after for tor h Hy 11 the thc margin of or a second the th it got cl ar nf oC tho Iho Udder Then the 1 h monitor 1101 to 10 drop from under him It IRR 30 from the explosion on of ot the tho torpedo to In the Ih sinking nf lit thi th ship A bun th t t In nd fro in tho Iho hl and 1 flew of or the tl II l spot where whre the sank Mank III ern en n died 1111 hut hul After Atler u pilot will 11 as lie ris liS the endures I f op 1910 by h |