. 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 . must notremain in harbor longer than twenty-four hour!, andtherefore Captain Winslow of the Federal vessel had c\ er\reason to believe he might engage the cruiserin combat. This belief was made a certainty, whenCaptain Semmes, of the Alabama, announcedto the commercial agent of the Confed-eracy, that he would fight the Kearsargeas soon as he could make the necessaryarrangements, and this information wascommunicated to the commercial agent
. 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 . must notremain in harbor longer than twenty-four hour!, andtherefore Captain Winslow of the Federal vessel had c\ er\reason to believe he might engage the cruiserin combat. This belief was made a certainty, whenCaptain Semmes, of the Alabama, announcedto the commercial agent of the Confed-eracy, that he would fight the Kearsargeas soon as he could make the necessaryarrangements, and this information wascommunicated to the commercial agent ofthe United States. It is well known that the Federal vesselwaited from Wednesday until Sunday mormugfor her adversary, and then, just as the bell of theKearsarge was tolling for religious service, the cruiser made her appearance. It has been told many times, how the Kearsarge ran six or seven milesfrom the coast, in order that she might well clear neutral waters, and thenthat the duel began by each ship steaming around a common center, from aquarter of a mile to a half mile from her adversary, making seven completecircles before the duel was John A Winslow. 688 THE STORY OF Many times also has the peculiar incident of the signal of victory beingdisplayed from the Kearsarge by a shot from the enemy, been related, untilall know that the Federal vessels colors were stopped at the mizzen, andthat the last broadside of the careening Alabama, passing high over the Kear-sarge, carried away the halliards, thereby unfurlingthe flag which Captain Winslow had arranged w^iththose on shore, should be his signal of victory. It is also well known that this naval duel wasfought in the presence of twenty thousand spec-tators clustered on the heights of Cherbourg, thebieakwater, the vessels of the harbor, and everya\ailable point of vantage; excursion trains hav-ing been run from Paris to enable the curious towitness what a landsman seldom has the op-portunity of seeing. On board the
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