. Tales and traditions of the lower Cape Fear, 1661-1896 . chivalrous soldier, is known to readersof American history. Of heroic mould and dignifiedaddress, he was A combination and a form indeed,Where every god did seem to set his seaLTo give the world assurance of a man/ When the Civil War came, it found him among themost beloved and honored officers in the service. Thetrial of his faith was brief and bitter. He could notfight against his home and loved ones, much as hehonored the flag which he had so long and so faithfullycherished. He was a Southron, and with many pangsof sincere regret he
. Tales and traditions of the lower Cape Fear, 1661-1896 . chivalrous soldier, is known to readersof American history. Of heroic mould and dignifiedaddress, he was A combination and a form indeed,Where every god did seem to set his seaLTo give the world assurance of a man/ When the Civil War came, it found him among themost beloved and honored officers in the service. Thetrial of his faith was brief and bitter. He could notfight against his home and loved ones, much as hehonored the flag which he had so long and so faithfullycherished. He was a Southron, and with many pangsof sincere regret he went with his native State for wealor wroe. His personal bravery during the war was wonderful;he never performed deeds of valor under temporaryexcitement, but acted with such coolness and daring asto command the admiration of superiors and inferiorsalike. He was severely wounded at the battle of WhiteRiver, and while on sick leave was ordered, at his ownrequest, to command the Confederate blockade-runner Eugenie, ?ipon which the writer made a voyage. On. Ca\\ mn jksirn Fry 148 one occasion the Eugenie1 grounded outside of FortFisher, while trying to run through the fleet in ship was loaded with gun-powder—the Federal Heetwas firing upon her—the risk of immediate death anddestruction to crew and ship was overwhelming. Frywas ordered by Colonel Lamb to abandon the vessel andsave his crew from death by explosion. He accordinglytold all who wished to go—as for himself, he wouldstand by the ship and try to save the powder^ whichwas greatly needed by the Confederate Government,Several boatloads of his men retreated to the fort; afew remained with Fry, the enemys shells falling thickand fast around them. In the face of this great lightened his ship, and upon the swelling tidebrought vessel and cargo safely in. Later on he commanded the steamer Agnes E. Fry,named in honor of his devoted wife. In this ship hemade three successful voyages, after which she w
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