Volume 2 / Part 4 — CHAPTER XXIX.
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Naval Affairs (continued).—Farragut demands the Surrender of New Orleans.—Reply of the Mayor.—United States Flag hoisted.—Advent of General Butler.—Barbarities.—Antecedents of the People.— Galveston.—Its Surrender demanded.—The Reply.—Another visit of the Enemy's Fleet.—The Port occupied.—Appointment of General Magruder.—Recapture of the Port.—Capture of the Harriet Lane.— Report of General Magruder.—Position and Importance of Sabine Pass.—Fleet of the Enemy.—Repulse by Forty-four Irishmen.— Vessels captured.—Naval Destitution of the Confederacy at first.— Terror of Gunboats on the Western Rivers.—Their Capture.—The most Illustrious Example.—The Indianola.—Her Capture.—The Ram Arkansas.—Descent of the Yazoo River.—Report of her Commander.— Runs through the Enemy's Fleet.—Description of the Vessel.—Attack on Baton Rouge.—Address of General Breckinridge.—Burning of the Arkansas.