. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . orts, slippingsafely by the blockading fleet and back again till her shrewd Captain Willie felt that hecould gi^e the slip to anything afloat. On her last trip she had safely gotten by the Federalvessels lying off the harbor of Wilmington, North Carolina, and was dancing gleefully onher way with a bountiful cargo of cotton and turpentine when, on September 10, 1864,in latitude 3i° N., longitude 76° W., a vessel was sighted which rapidly bore down uponher. It proved to be the Santiago de Cuba, Captain O. S. Glisson. The rapidity wit
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . orts, slippingsafely by the blockading fleet and back again till her shrewd Captain Willie felt that hecould gi^e the slip to anything afloat. On her last trip she had safely gotten by the Federalvessels lying off the harbor of Wilmington, North Carolina, and was dancing gleefully onher way with a bountiful cargo of cotton and turpentine when, on September 10, 1864,in latitude 3i° N., longitude 76° W., a vessel was sighted which rapidly bore down uponher. It proved to be the Santiago de Cuba, Captain O. S. Glisson. The rapidity withwhich the approaching vessel overhauled him was enough to convince Captain Willie thatshe was in his own class. The Santiago de Cuba carried eleven guns, and the Vancehumbly hove to, to receive the prize-crew which took her to Boston, where she was con-demned. In the picture we see her lying high out of the water, her valuable cargo havingbeen removed and sold to enrich by prize-money the officers and men of her fleet captor. yyyy^y^^^^^yy^y^y^^^^y.^ .//////yyyyyjyy^/^/^y/yjjj.
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