Abraham Lincoln : a history . ht to thepoint of prohibiting the building and the fitting outof Confederate ships of war in British ports; andalso how Napoleon III. had been convinced by Get-tysburg and Vicksburg that a brusque treacherywas more expedient than the fulfillment of hispromises to Mr. Slidell. Most of the rebel ramsand ironclads built in Confederate waters had cometo miserable ends before reaching the open power of the rebel navy was therefore strictlycircumscribed in the latter years of the war, andthe few cruisers which were left afloat could donothing more than destroy
Abraham Lincoln : a history . ht to thepoint of prohibiting the building and the fitting outof Confederate ships of war in British ports; andalso how Napoleon III. had been convinced by Get-tysburg and Vicksburg that a brusque treacherywas more expedient than the fulfillment of hispromises to Mr. Slidell. Most of the rebel ramsand ironclads built in Confederate waters had cometo miserable ends before reaching the open power of the rebel navy was therefore strictlycircumscribed in the latter years of the war, andthe few cruisers which were left afloat could donothing more than destroy an occasional vessel indistant waters. Although using no weapon butthe torch they were still able to inflict considerabledamage upon unarmed and peaceful commerce;but after a few months passed in alternate arsonand evasion they all finished their careers in waysmore or less ignoble. In the spring and summer of 1863 the cruiserFlorida, under the command of Captain J. N. Maffitt,burned a large number of small trading vessels on. REAR-ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES. THE LAST DAYS OF THE KEBEL NAVY 129 the American coast,1 and one of her tenders entered,in June, the harbor of Portland, Maine, and de-stroyed a United States revenue cutter lying then crossed the Atlantic and took refuge inthe harbor of Brest. She remained there all theautumn, repairing and refitting in a governmentdock. A large portion of her crew left her at thatport, and the work of filling their places withBritish sailors was slow and The autumnand a part of the winter passed in this way, and itwas late in February before the Florida, now undercommand of Lieutenant , began anothercruise in the West Indies and on the Americancoast. She made few depredations, however, dur-ing the summer, and on the 4th of October an-chored in the harbor of Bahia in Brazil. The thor-ough refitting she had received in the French port,the light work she had done during the summer,had left her in nearly perfect con
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