These reports relating to the capture of the USS Morning Light on January 12, 1863, by Confederate "Cotton Clads" off of Sabine Pass, Texas, are in Volume 19 of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion.
Report by (Union) Rear-Admiral Farragut (January 29, 1863) of the capture of the USS Morning Light (pages 553 and 554)
Report by (Union) Commodore H.H. Bell (January 24, 1863) of orders he gave to recapture or sink the USS Morning Light (page 554)
Report of (Union) Lieutenant-Comander Read, (January 26, 1863) commanding U. S. S. New London (pages 555 and 556)
Order of (Union) Commodore H.H. Bell (January 24, 1863) to Commander Read to recapture or sink the USS Morning Light (page 556)
Report of (Union) Acting Master Dillingham (April 1, 1863) to Commodore H. H. Bell (pages 556, 557, and 558)
Report by (Union) Surgeon J. W. Sherfy (April 12, 1864) of the Capture of the USS Morning Light (pages 558, 559, 560, 561, and 562)
Abstract log of the (Union) U.S.S. Tennessee, Acting Master Childs, U.S. Navy, Commanding, (pages 562, 563, and 564).
Report by (Confederate) Major Watkins, (January 21, 1863) of the Capture of the USS Morning Light (page 564)
Report by (Confederate) Major Watkins, (January 21, 1863) of the Capture of the USS Morning Light (pages 564, 565, and 566)
Report of (Confederate) Major-General Magruder (January 24, 1863) to in General S. Cooper,Richmond, Virginia (page 567)
Supplemental report by (Confederate) Major Watkins, (March 14, 1863) of the Capture of the USS Morning Light (pages 567, 568, 569, and 570)
The naval fight off Sabine - Special to the Houston Telegraph (pages 570, 571, 572, and 573)
Letter from (Union) Rear-Admiral Farragut (January 27, 1863) to Commander Alden (pages 584, and 585)
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