May 9th. At nine A. M., inspected crew at quarters; Albatross under way at ten A. M., steaming up the river; at four P. M., the Albatross returned from up the river and anchored ahead of us; at ten thirty P. M., heard very heavy firing from the southward and eastward; heard the last report at eleven twenty.
Cruise of the U.S. Flag-Ship Hartford – From the Personal Journal of Wm. C. Holton.
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