When this was done the line was formed in two columns, the monitors on the right, next to the fort, in the following order of battle:
Monitors—starboard column: Tecumseh, 1,034 tons, two guns, Commander T. A. M. Craven; Manhattan, 1,034 tons, two guns, Commander J. W. A. Nicholson; Winnebago, 970 tons, four guns, Commander Thomas H. Stevens; Chickasaw, 970 tons, four guns, Lieut.-commander George H. Perkins.
Wooden ships—port column: Brooklyn, twenty-four guns, Capt. James Alden; Octorara, six guns, Lieut.-commander Charles H. Greene; Hartford, twenty-one guns, Rear-admiral David G. Farragut, Capt. Percival Drayton; Metacomet, six guns, Lieut.-commander James E. Jouett; Richmond, twenty guns, Capt. Thornton A. Jenkins; Port Royal, six guns, Commander Bancroft Gherardi; Lackawanna, eight guns, Capt. John B. Marchand; Seminole, eight guns, Commander Edward Donaldson; Monongahela, eight guns, Commander James H. Strong; Kennebec, five guns, Lieut.-commander William P. McCann; Ossipee, eleven guns, Commander William E. Le Roy; Itasca, five guns, Lieut.-commander George Brown; Oneida, nine guns, Commander J. R. M. Mullany; Galena, ten guns, Lieut.-commander Clark H. Wells. The Octorara, Metacomet, and Port Royal were side-wheel double-enders; the others were screw ships. All had been built for the naval service.
The signal to move rose to the Hartford’s masthead at 5.30 o’clock, and by 6.10 the leaders were crossing the bar, heading for the narrow passway marked by the red buoy just under the heaviest guns of Fort Morgan.
- B. Brooklyn.
- B1. Brooklyn backlog.
- C. Chickasaw.
- H. Hartford.
- L. Lackawanna.
- M. Monongahela.
- Mh. Manhattan.
- O. Ossipee.
- On. Oneida.
- R. Richmond.
- R1 Richmond backing
- T. Tecumseh.
- T1. Tecumseh, Position of Wreck.
- Ts. Tennessee (Confederate.)
- W. Winnebago.
I. Position of vessel when Tecumseh struck the Torpedo.
II. Position of vessels when Tennessee passed down the Union line.
III. Conflict of Tennessee with the fleet.
IV. Selma surrenders.