Report (starting at the bottom of this page), dated April 12, 1864, by John W. Sherfy, U. S. Navy, Surgeon of the U. S. Morning Light when it was captured by Confederate "Cotton-Clad" steamers, to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy (Page 1 of 5). This report is in Volume 19 of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion.
Champaign City, Champaign County, Ill., April 12, 1864.
Sir: At the request of Acting Master John Dillingham, late commander of the U. S. ship Morning Light, and yet a prisoner in Texas, I have the honor of submitting the following report of the capture of that vessel on the 21st of January, 1863, off Sabine Pass. It also fulfills the order of Admiral Farragut, in his letter of permission to go north, dated March 21, 1864, a copy of which, with other papers referred to, is herewith enclosed.
I can not claim for this report that technical accuracy of detail which would characterize one form Captain Dillingham himself, but present it simply as a correct memorandum of the main facts in connection with that event.
An attack on the blockade at Sabine, consisting of the Morning (This report is continued on page 559)
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