About the time the _Manassas_ was abandoned, the _Moore_, under Beverly Kennon, was overtaking the _Varuna_ not far from the quarantine station. The _Varuna’s_ captain was deceived by the _Moore’s_ false lights. So was one of the Confederate fleet--a swift vessel called the _Jackson_. The _Jackson_ fired with her one gun at both steamers, and then fled to New Orleans, where her captain set her afire and abandoned her. Then one of the guerrilla fleet, the _Stonewall Jackson_, came up near the two, and Kennon, on seeing her, opened fire on the _Varuna_. He expected the _Stonewall Jackson_ to come to his help, for the _Moore_, with only two thirty-two-pounders, was no match for the _Varuna_. Nevertheless, Kennon had to fight it out alone until victory was won. He was now close on the _Varuna’s_ quarter, where her broadside would not bear on him, but because of the height of his own ship’s bow he could not bring his gun to bear, so he depressed the muzzle of his gun and shot a hole through his own bow to make way for shot to be aimed at the _Varuna_. The next shot from the _Moore_ raked the _Varuna_, and to bring his broadside to bear, Captain Boggs, of the _Varuna_, put her helm over, and turned her across the course of the _Moore_. And that was a fatal error, for Kennon, instead of turning away, turned toward the _Varuna_ and drove the sharp bow of the _Moore_, crashing through her side. The _Varuna_ got in a raking broadside that was very destructive, but was herself cut through. The _Moore_ hauled off and kept on upstream, and then came the _Stonewall Jackson_ and rammed the _Varuna_ on the other side. The _Varuna_ was then headed to the easterly bank, where she sank, leaving her bow out of water. But neither the _Moore_ nor the _Stonewall Jackson_ escaped, for the _Oneida_ and _Cayuga_ came on and drove them both ashore. The _Moore_ was fired, but her crew surrendered when the _Pensacola_ came along. [Illustration: Forts. _Brooklyn._ _Hartford._ _Mississippi._ _Richmond._ Forts. The Battle of New Orleans. _From a painting by Admiral Walke._] Of the whole Confederate squadron only the _Louisiana_, the _McRae_, and the guerrilla _Defiance_ remained, and they were under the guns of Fort St. Philip. The _Defiance_ had been abandoned, but men from the _McRae_ took possession of her. The _Louisiana_, even as a floating battery, did nothing but fire a broadside or two at the passing squadron. [Illustration: Confederate Ironclad Ram _Stonewall Jackson_. _From a photograph._] The river was clear, save for two batteries of no account, as far as New Orleans, and at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, on April 25, 1862, the triumphant government squadron was before the Crescent City. It had lost only thirty-five killed and 128 wounded.