. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . live one to the bank aiid lowered him down. His comrades managed to getover their scare long enough to take him on board, and, of course, I wentback for the other. I got them both, and the Confederates did not get me,though they tried mighty hard. The way the bullets flew around there for afew minutes was a caution ; but after one of them struck so close as to sendsand in my eyes, it made me mad, and I didnt think much of anything aboutth
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . live one to the bank aiid lowered him down. His comrades managed to getover their scare long enough to take him on board, and, of course, I wentback for the other. I got them both, and the Confederates did not get me,though they tried mighty hard. The way the bullets flew around there for afew minutes was a caution ; but after one of them struck so close as to sendsand in my eyes, it made me mad, and I didnt think much of anything aboutthe danger. You never find a sailor leaving one of his mates in such a pre-dicament as the wounded fellow was, and it strikes me that that portion ofthe army which was on the Commodore at the time have good reason to holdtheir tongues about us fellows, who, according to their yarns, had no march-ing to do, and precious little fighting. Seaward is now captain of a schooner sailing from Portsmouth, N. H.,and when his crew see the medal which he sometimes disjDlays, they can butrealize that, in time of danger, the last to desert them will be their AMERICAN HEROISM. 687 CHAPTER LXXVI. The Keaksarge and the Alabama — The Spectacular Naval Battle of History—Eighteen Medals Won — On Board a Mississippi Tin-Clad — The Red River Expedition — The Storv op a Boy — The Varuna at New Orleans — One of Her Crew — The Tacony at Plymouth — Spiking a Gun and Winning a Medal. THE KEAKSARGE AND THE ALABAMA. THE story of the duel between the Kearsarge and the Alabama, June 19,1864, has been told so often, and with such fidelity to detail, as torender any detailed account of the action here is well known that the Alabama put in at Cherbourg, while theKearsarge was lying at anchor in the Scheldt, off Flush-ing, Holland, and immediately upon the telegram tronithe United States minister to France, announcing thearrival of the Confederate ship, the Kearsai-ge too
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