AUGUST 8TH
Confederate Secretary of Navy Mallory wrote Commander Bulloch in London that he was glad the Navy's credit (access to money) was good in England and needed to be maintained. He was endeavoring to secure more funds, but the interest rate was 200-210%. John Fraser & Co. of Charleston was handling the funds (also having a branch in England).
AUGUST 10TH
Rear Admiral Farragut reported that he had partially destroyed Donaldsonville, Louisiana, in reprisal for guerrillas firing on his ships from there.
AUGUST 11TH
Rear Admiral Farragut received his promotion from flag officer to rear admiral and "hoisted my flag at the main." He lauded his fleet, "Let it be your pride to show the world that danger has no greater terror for you in one form than in another; that you are as ready to meet the enemy in the one shape as in the other, and that you, with your wooden vessels, have never been alarmed by fire rafts, torpedoes, chain booms, ironclad rams, ironclad gunboats, or forts."
Old B-Runner
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