March 26th. At ten A. M., beat to quarters, and loaded port battery with 10-sec. shell. At eleven fifteen hove up port anchor, beat to general quarters, and steamed down past Warrenton, firing our port battery into the enemy’s casemates, but received no return. Came to anchor below Warrenton. Weather still stormy.
Cruise of the U.S. Flag-Ship Hartford – From the Personal Journal of Wm. C. Holton.
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