. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . n oiu* battery for use at Port Royal; secondly, that as there were alarge number of women and children and mails and specie bound to variousports, the capture would seriously inconvenience innocent persons and mer-chants; so that I had determined, before taking her, to lay these mattersbefore him for more serious consideration. J I returned immediately to the Trent and informed Captain Moir that Cap- i I gave my real reasons some weeks after- for the South, and felt that she would
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . n oiu* battery for use at Port Royal; secondly, that as there were alarge number of women and children and mails and specie bound to variousports, the capture would seriously inconvenience innocent persons and mer-chants; so that I had determined, before taking her, to lay these mattersbefore him for more serious consideration. J I returned immediately to the Trent and informed Captain Moir that Cap- i I gave my real reasons some weeks after- for the South, and felt that she would be glad toward to Secretary Chase, whom I met by chance have so good a ground to declare war against theat the Treasury Department, he having asked me United States. Mr. Chase seemed surprised, andto explain why I had not literally obeyed Captain exclaimed, You have certainly relieved the Gov-Wilkess instructions. I told him that it was eminent from great embarrassment, to say thebecause I was impressed with Englands sympathy least.—D. M. P. CAPTAIN WILKESS SEIZURE OF MASON AND SEIDELL. 141 lilliM Wlifilim. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, SECRETARY OF STATE. FROM A DAGUERREOTYPE TAKEN ABOUT 1851. tain Wilkes would not longer detain him, and lie might proceed on his steamers soon separated, and thus ended one of the most critical eventsof our civil war. We went up the coast from St. Augustine to the blockadingfleet off Charleston, and thence to Fort Monroe, from which point we wereordered first to New York and afterward to Boston, with the prisoners. Whenwe reached the outer roads of Boston I escorted the four gentlemen to FortWarren, and parted from them with expressions of the most pleasant char-acter ; for everything had been done by Captain Wilkes and his officers tomake them feel at home while on board the vessel. Mr. Eustis and myselfhad several conversations as to the probable reception of the news in Englandand on the Continent. He maintained from the first, that Englan
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