Philips fighting both batteries at intervals…. We opened fire upon Fort Jackson and also upon Fort St. “ Commences with light breezes from NE, fine weather….
Brooklyn, which recorded the following in its logbook: Meanwhile, among the ships nearby was the U.S.S. Philip….” Page from the Logbook of the USS Hartford, 24 April, 1862 ( NAID 167171004) At 4:15, smoke so thick, could not see to steer, grounded on a shoal near fort St. Received various shots through the hull, spars and rigging. Steaming past forts, engaging Fort Jackson, with port battery and receiving a galling fire from St. Hartford, as the ship sailed its way up the mouth of the Mississippi River: It was 70 degrees early in the morning on April 24, 1862, according to that day’s entry in the logbook of the U.S.S. Today’s post was written by Gina Perry, Archives Specialist at the National Archives in Washington, DC
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