History of the United States of America . he shore; andhad the action continued from the firstin parallel lines, with her head to shore,the line of jurisdiction would no doubthave been reached. . The effectof the training of our men was evident *nearly every shot from our guns wastelling fearfully on the Alabama, andon the seventh rotation on the circulartrack, she winded, setting foretrysailand two jibs, with head in shore. Nodoubt, Semmes would have been onlytoo glad to get off in this way, but hisvessel was now at the mercy of theKearsarge, and a few more shots settledthe affair. A white fl
History of the United States of America . he shore; andhad the action continued from the firstin parallel lines, with her head to shore,the line of jurisdiction would no doubthave been reached. . The effectof the training of our men was evident *nearly every shot from our guns wastelling fearfully on the Alabama, andon the seventh rotation on the circulartrack, she winded, setting foretrysailand two jibs, with head in shore. Nodoubt, Semmes would have been onlytoo glad to get off in this way, but hisvessel was now at the mercy of theKearsarge, and a few more shots settledthe affair. A white flag was run up;an officer came on board the Kearsargeand said the Alabama was sinking;Winslow ordered instant aid to savelife, and begged Lancaster, who hadcome alongside in the Deerhound, totake part in the same work of human-ity; and in fifteen or twenty minutes,the noted cruiser went down to herignoble grave. To Capt. Winslowsastonishment and disgust, the Deer-hound, having picked up Semmes andsome forty of the crew, sneaked av, ay. Ch. XIV.] DESTRUCTION OF THE ALABAMA AND FLORIDA. 479 to the English coast before she couldbe prevented. The course of Semmesin throwing his sword into the sea afterhis surrender of the Alabama, and hismeanly running away as he did, fixedupon him an indelible stigma, whichcan never be effaced.* This remarkable contest, so brief andso decisive, produced a profound im-pression abroad as well as at home, andit afforded a significant warning to suchas might at any time be disposed totrespass upon the rights and immuni-ties of the United States. Capt. Wins-low received the especial thanks of thenavy department, under date of July6th : I congratulate you, said thesecretary, on your good fortune inmeeting this vessel, which had so longavoided the fastest ships, and some ofthe most vigilant and intelligent offi-cers of the service; and for the abilitydisplayed in this combat you have thethanks of the department. You willplease express to the officers and
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