[Dewey and Other Naval Commanders by Edward S. Ellis]@TWC D-Link bookDewey and Other Naval Commanders CHAPTER XXIX 16/48
In addition to the men lost on the _Tecumseh_, there had been 25 killed and 28 wounded on the _Hartford_, 11 killed and 43 wounded on the _Brooklyn_, the total of all, including those lost on the _Tecumseh_, being 145 killed and 170 wounded.
The Confederate loss was 12 killed, 20 wounded and 280 prisoners. Fort Powell was subjected to a severe bombardment that afternoon and on the following night was abandoned and blown up.
Fire being opened on Fort Gaines, it also surrendered.
Fort Morgan, the only fort in the possession of the enemy, surrendered August 23, before an attack of the navy and the land forces under General Granger from New Orleans. Soon after this splendid victory Admiral Farragut went North, where he was received with all possible honors.
The war ending soon after, his inestimable services came to a close.
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