. The naval history of the United States. hree men remained on her deck. So, silently and grimly, she rushedthrough the fleet, and finally passed the last frigate. Quarter of an hourlater she anchored under the guns of Fort Morgan. She had receivedeight shots in her hull, and her masts were chipped by dozens of fragments BLUE-JACKETS OF »6i. 787 of shell After refitting, the Florida waited nearly a month for a chanceto get out again. Finally the moment arrived ; and she made her escape,though chased for four hours by the blockaders. Once on the open sea,she began the regular career of Confeder
. The naval history of the United States. hree men remained on her deck. So, silently and grimly, she rushedthrough the fleet, and finally passed the last frigate. Quarter of an hourlater she anchored under the guns of Fort Morgan. She had receivedeight shots in her hull, and her masts were chipped by dozens of fragments BLUE-JACKETS OF »6i. 787 of shell After refitting, the Florida waited nearly a month for a chanceto get out again. Finally the moment arrived ; and she made her escape,though chased for four hours by the blockaders. Once on the open sea,she began the regular career of Confederate cruisers, burned unarmed ships,and avoided war-vessels, until she was run down in a neutral port by aUnion man-of-war, whose commander acted in utter defiance of all theruies of modern warfare. In the career of the Florida, after her escapeirom Mobile, there was nothing of moment; and her capture, treacherousas it was, brought more discredit upon the Northern arms than did herdeoredations work injury to the Northern
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