AUGUST 9TH, 1864: The ram Tennessee, whose big guns had so valiantly fought to defend Mobile Bay on August 5th, now in Union hands, bombarded Fort Morgan.
Her log recorded this date: "At 10 a.m. having no steam up in the vessel, the USS Port Royal took us in tow down towards Fort Morgan. Anchored between the Middle Ground and the fort and opened out battery upon the fort."
At 10 p.m. Winnebago towed Tennessee back up to her anchorage.
The sight of their former ship, the CSS Tennessee, now turning its guns against them must have been quite disheartening to the fort's beleaguered defenders.
--Old B-Runner
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