. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . itions atthe gun in action. On board the faster vessels Mhich acted as scouts on theouter line of the blockading squadrons, things often reacheda ])itch of great excitement. The appearance of low-lying,black lines of smoke against the horizon late in the afternoonwas a sure 2:)recin-sor of the dash of a runner, either to makel^ort or to reach shoal water along the beach—anyhow, to getthrough if possible. IJich as were the hauls, hoAvever, when thevessel was captured, they did not begin to compare in valueAvith those taken from outw
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . itions atthe gun in action. On board the faster vessels Mhich acted as scouts on theouter line of the blockading squadrons, things often reacheda ])itch of great excitement. The appearance of low-lying,black lines of smoke against the horizon late in the afternoonwas a sure 2:)recin-sor of the dash of a runner, either to makel^ort or to reach shoal water along the beach—anyhow, to getthrough if possible. IJich as were the hauls, hoAvever, when thevessel was captured, they did not begin to compare in valueAvith those taken from outward-bound blockade-runners loadedwith cotton. Some of the blockading vessels had once been inthe very business themselves, and there are instances of chaseslasting fifty-six hours before the rvmner either escaped or wasbrought to, with most of her cargo jettisoned. In 18(53, onenoted blockade-runner loaded to the gunwales with cotton,brought as prize-money to the captain of the vessel thatcaptured her twenty thousand dollars, and even the cabin-boj^s [284:. fS:^
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