. St. Nicholas [serial] . e fight, Dewey stood on the bridge, amidshot and shell. Whenever the guns flashed out inthe darkness, the sailors saw him holding the rail,giving orders calmly, as if a battle were an every-day affair. When the Confederate iron-clad, Pensacola, triedto ram the Mississippi^ Dewey never lost his pres-ence of mind. By -a quick move, the Mississippiavoided the Pensacola, and, passing by, poured sucha broadside into it that her crew ran her praised the young lieutenant warmly forhis brave conduct in the battle. About a year later the Mississippi, when tryin
. St. Nicholas [serial] . e fight, Dewey stood on the bridge, amidshot and shell. Whenever the guns flashed out inthe darkness, the sailors saw him holding the rail,giving orders calmly, as if a battle were an every-day affair. When the Confederate iron-clad, Pensacola, triedto ram the Mississippi^ Dewey never lost his pres-ence of mind. By -a quick move, the Mississippiavoided the Pensacola, and, passing by, poured sucha broadside into it that her crew ran her praised the young lieutenant warmly forhis brave conduct in the battle. About a year later the Mississippi, when tryingto pass the forts at Port Hudson, ran vessel was directly in the range of the forts,and there was no hope of saving her. Shot aftershot crashed through her sides. The officers who had the task of saving the crewnever returned to the ship when they reached rest of the crew were saved by Dewey, whomade several trips to a near-by ship before he savedthe rest of the crew. I920.] ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE 953.
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