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killed, 66 wounded, and 31 drowned miss-
ing while 24 had succeeded in reaching
shore. But 76 men were left un wounded,
and many of these had been bruised or other-
wise injured. Porter himself was knocked
down by the windage of a passing shot.
While the young midshipman, Farragut, was
on the ward-room ladder, going below for
gun-primers, the captain of the gun directly
opposite the hatchway was struck full in the
face by an 18-pound shot, and tumbled back
on him. They fell down the hatch together,
Farragut being stunned for some minutes.
Later, while standing by the man at the wheel,
an old quartermaster named Francis Bland,
a shot coming over the fore-yard took off the
quartermaster s right leg, carrying away at
the same time one of Farrasfut s coat tails.
The old fellow was helped below, but he died
for lack of a tourniquet, before he could be
attended to.
Nothing remained to be done, and at 6.20
the Essex surrendered and was taken posses-
sion of. The Phoebe had lost 4 men killed,
including her first lieutenant, William Ingram,
and 7 wounded the Cherub^ i killed, and 3,
including Captain Tucker, wounded. Total,
5 killed and 10 wounded.^ The difference in
1 James says that most of the loss was occasioned
by the first three broadsides of the Essex this is not
surprising, as in all she hardly fired half a dozen, and
the last were discharged when half of the guns had
been disabled, and there were scarcely men enough to
man the remainder. Most of the time her resistance
was limited to firing such of her six long guns as would
bear.\n \n
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