Forts Below New Orleans

Running the forts below New Orleans, April 24, 1862;

16, 800 mortar shells were fired at both forts.  Admiral Farragut's plan was to 

divide his naval force into three sections; 1st Div. (red), 2nd Div. (Blue - Center), 

3rd Div. Red-Blue.  Major ships by Division -- Red; USS Cayuga, USS Pensecola,

USS Mississippi, USS Varuna, USS Oneida, plus three gunboats-- 

Blue; USS Hartford, USS Brooklyn, USS Richmond -- Red-Blue; 

USS Iroquois and five gunboats.  These ships were met 

with the Confederate naval forces, plus CSS Manassus and Governor Moore.