. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . I^ra^^^ \\ . i:. Davis. PICKETTS RETURN FROM HIS FAMOUS CHARGE At (Gettysburg, (ieneral Pi. ke(t, atler his fanntus charL^e. which cunuTiaiided I lie admiration of bdth sides, reportedm ( Ieneral Let, • (ieneral, rny noble divisiun is swept away. ,v,j •■%Ji^. Drawn b\ J. Steeple Davis SHERMANS THREE SCOUTS Setting out at night they paddled continuously down the river until daylight, when they ran the boat among thereeds and remained in hiding until night came again. THE STORY OF AMERICA. 165 in English ports, scoured the seas
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . I^ra^^^ \\ . i:. Davis. PICKETTS RETURN FROM HIS FAMOUS CHARGE At (Gettysburg, (ieneral Pi. ke(t, atler his fanntus charL^e. which cunuTiaiided I lie admiration of bdth sides, reportedm ( Ieneral Let, • (ieneral, rny noble divisiun is swept away. ,v,j •■%Ji^. Drawn b\ J. Steeple Davis SHERMANS THREE SCOUTS Setting out at night they paddled continuously down the river until daylight, when they ran the boat among thereeds and remained in hiding until night came again. THE STORY OF AMERICA. 165 in English ports, scoured the seas and preyed upon American commerce every-where, until the American merchant flag was almost banished from the most famous of all these cruisers was the Alabama, commanded byRaphael Semmes. During her career she destroyed more than ten milliondollars worth of American shipping. For a long time her speed and the skilland daring of her commander kept her out of the hands of the American at last, in June, 1864, Captain Winslow, with the ship Kearsarge, cameup with her in the neutral harbor of Cherbourg, France. Determined to makean end of her, he waited, just outside the harbor, for her to come out. Semmessoon accepted the challenge, and the duel occurred on Sunday, June 19. Theshore was crowded with spe
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