Most of the other ships in Mitchell's squadron were small, makeshift gunboats. There was also a number of fire rafts readied to be set afire and set adrift to flow with the current into the midst of the wooden Union fleet.
Against these combined defenses, Farragut, flying his flag on the USS Hartford, brought seventeen ships carrying 154 guns and a squadron of 20 mortar boats under Commander D.D. Porter.
--Old B-Runer
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