AUGUST 13TH
Admiral Du Pont reporting on Confederate rams and ironclads at Charleston and Savannah wrote that the CSS Savannah was more of a floating battery with eight ten-inch guns. Has list, leaks and not enough power to go against the stream. It definitely wasn't the Fingal. (Probably referring to the CSS Georgia.
The Charleston vessels weren't ready yet and he was hoping would move along slowly.
The success of the CSS Virginia caused the Confederacy to make every effort to launch ironclads, but lack of critical material and industrial facilities prevented their rapid deployment. And lack of power was a huge problem.
AUGUST 15TH
Commander Wilkes, commanding the James River Flotilla to cover McClellan's left wind withdrawing from Harrison's Landing.
Old B-Runner
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