 "Arizona" and "Granite City" then began to withdraw; so Lt. Johnson, with no possibility of saving his ship, ordered her Parrott gun spiked; her magazine flooded; and her signal book and spy glass destroyed.He then had her flag hauled down and a white flag hoisted.Confederate cotton-clad steamer CSS "Uncle Ben" then pulled up to "Sachem" and towed the gunboat to Sabine City.