JULY 29TH
The USS Mount Vernon and USS Mystic capture blockade-runner British brig Napier near Wilmington.
Rear Admiral Farragut writes about Union land losses back east and how Union generals are deceived by false reports of Confederate strength, saying, "The officers say I don't believe anything. I certainly believe very little that comes in the shape of reports...I mean to be whipped or to whip my enemy, and not be scared to death."
JULY 31ST-AUGUST 1ST
Confederate batteries at Coggins' Point attacked Union forces on the James River and sink two Army transports. USS Cimarron returned fire. Commander Woodhull (a good name for a sailor) wrote in praise of Gunner's Mate John Merrett, who was very ill and waiting transfer to a hospital but nonetheless manned his station in the powder magazine. "Merrett is an old man-of-warsman; his discipline, courage and patriotism would not brook inaction when his ship was in actual battle. His conduct, I humbly think, was a great example to all lovers of the country and its cause...it is the act of a fine speciman of the old Navy tar."
Not Too Sick to Fight. --Old B-Runner
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