. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ssion and great natural powers, made him peer of anysoldier. Sedate in mind and physically slow in movement, he yet aroused great enthusiasm. dlu iHrmnriam & Far, by gray Morgans walls. Looms the Mack , deck to rampart calls With the drums beat!Buoy your chains overboard, While the steam hums;Men! to the battlement, Farragut comes. See, as the hurricane Hurtles in wrathSquadrons of clouds amain Back from its path!Back to the parapet. To the guns lips,Thunder
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ssion and great natural powers, made him peer of anysoldier. Sedate in mind and physically slow in movement, he yet aroused great enthusiasm. dlu iHrmnriam & Far, by gray Morgans walls. Looms the Mack , deck to rampart calls With the drums beat!Buoy your chains overboard, While the steam hums;Men! to the battlement, Farragut comes. See, as the hurricane Hurtles in wrathSquadrons of clouds amain Back from its path!Back to the parapet. To the guns lips,Thunderbolt Farragut Hurls the black ships. Now through the battles roar Clear the hoy sings. By the mark fathoms four, While his lead the wheelmen five Nor by East keep her. Steady, but two alive: How the shells sweep her! Lashed to the mast that sways Over red the flame that plays Bound the torn the dying lips Framed for a cheer,Farragut leads his ships. Guides the line clear. On by heights cannon-browed,While the spars quiver; Onward still flames the cloudWhere the hulks shiver. [104 1. 9^ THE MOST FAMOUS OF AMERICAN NAVAL OIIT ONE OF HIS MOST DARING FEATS In his admirals uniform, I >uvc Far-ragut might contrast with pride hisstarl in life, in an obscure Tennesseetown at thr opening of the son of a veteran of the Revolu-tionary War, he early entered thenavy, and while yet a lad of thirteentook distinguished pari in the battlebetween the Essex and the British ves-sels, Plurbe ami Cherub. After ernisingall over the world, he was stationed,at the opening of the Civil War, inthe navy-yard in Norfolk, bound to the South by birthand strong family ties, he remained inthe national service without waver-ing. His capture of New Orleans inApril, 1862, when he ran by two forts
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