Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  Captain Theodorus Bailey

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                                   BAILEY
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   BAILEY, CAPTAIN THEODORUS, commanded the first division of gunboats,
   and ranked next to Farragut at the taking of New Orleans, in 1862. He
   took a notable part in the hotly-contested advance up the Mississippi,
   and when the conquerors finally lay off the Crescent City, he claimed
   the priviledge of going ashore to claim its surrender. Accompanied
   only by Lieutenant George H. Perkins, and wearing only side arms, he
   landed and began a march through the crowded streets that was full of
   peril. The populace, almost crazed with rage and disappointment,
   thronged about these two silent men, threatening them and brandishing
   knives and revolvers in their faces. The slightest provocation would
   certainly have wrought their destruction. But they controlled
   themselves and marched straight to the City Hall, about a mile from
   the landing, and there made their demand upon the mayor of the city. A
   Southern observer of this incident said it was the bravest act he ever
   witnessed.