. 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 . ng tiik Fiuk. the Oneidas wheel was shattered by a solid shot,leaving all the work of steering to be done on the Galena. Then it was that the Tennessee advanced, pouring such a fire into thesetwo vessels that the pilot of the Galena, who until this moment had remainedbravely at his post, ran into the cabin to hide himself, and JVhirtin was leftat the wheel, steering ])]indly through a narrow channel with death lurkingbeneath every wave. I
. 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 . ng tiik Fiuk. the Oneidas wheel was shattered by a solid shot,leaving all the work of steering to be done on the Galena. Then it was that the Tennessee advanced, pouring such a fire into thesetwo vessels that the pilot of the Galena, who until this moment had remainedbravely at his post, ran into the cabin to hide himself, and JVhirtin was leftat the wheel, steering ])]indly through a narrow channel with death lurkingbeneath every wave. It may, perhaps, be said with truth that sheer luck guided the helms-man, but there must have been plenty of pluck behind it, to have induced AMERICAN HEROISM. 719 him to remain at his station when men who had been longer in the service,and were in less exposed positions, were fleeing in terror from the fearfulshower of missiles. On the Lackawanna. George Taylor, armorer on the U. S. Lackawanna, in the engagement inMobile Bay, was wounded and on his way below when a shell was explodedby the enemy over the shell-room. With bare hands he extinguished the. A Personal Encounter. fire, which otherwise would have destroyed the ship through igniting theammunition. John Smith, captain of forecastle, was first captain of a gun and, findingthat he could not sufficiently depress his piece when alongside the Confederateironclad Tennessee, threw a hand holystone into one of the ports at a Con-federate who was using abusive language against the crew of the ship. The complete list of the medal-winners in the various ships will befound in the appendix. A. H.—4] 720 THE STORY OF CHAPTER LXXIX. How A GrNBOAT Captcred a Fort — The Gunboat Marblkhead — The Station at Stono River — Christmas Morning, 1863—The Concealed Fort on the Bank—The Sudden Attack — The Defeat and Abandonment op the Fort — Briep Sketches of Sailors Who Won Distinction. By CAPTAIN K. W. MEADE. V. S. N. I HAVE be
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