Chapter 13 No.13

Cruise of the Chickamauga.-Mr. Mallory's inefficiency.-Troubles in Bermuda.-The three Weeks.-End of the Cruise.

In the latter part of September, 1864, I was ordered to the command of the "Chickamauga," a double screw steamer converted into a so-called man of war. She was one of those vessels before alluded to in this narrative, as partly owned b