May 16th. After discharging through the night a line was attached to a kedge off our quarter, and a gunboat hauling at the same time, started her from the sand, and at ten o’clock the Hartford was again a thing of life. The day was spent in reloading.
Cruise of the U.S. Flag-Ship Hartford – From the Personal Journal of Wm. C. Holton
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