Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . dis-charged their volle^-sat each other. Dewey did splendidservice with the WestGulf squadron, andmay be said to havereceived his first realbaptism of fire, whenFarragut ran thegauntlet from the forts below New Orleans, and forced the surrenderof that stronghold. A later enterprise on the same river resultedin the grounding of the Mississippi in the middle of the night oppo-site port Hudson, where she was riddled with shot and set afire bythe enemys batteries, so that officers and crev\ had to abandon her and. OFFICER LEAVING
Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . dis-charged their volle^-sat each other. Dewey did splendidservice with the WestGulf squadron, andmay be said to havereceived his first realbaptism of fire, whenFarragut ran thegauntlet from the forts below New Orleans, and forced the surrenderof that stronghold. A later enterprise on the same river resultedin the grounding of the Mississippi in the middle of the night oppo-site port Hudson, where she was riddled with shot and set afire bythe enemys batteries, so that officers and crev\ had to abandon her and. OFFICER LEAVING THE BURNING SHIP MISSISSIPPI. ADMIRAL GP:0RGE DEWEY. 221 make their way as best the} coukl to the other shore before the hainesreached her magazine and she exploded. The waters of the Mississippi, which is at the best a treacherousriver, were being fairly churned into fountains of foam by th_ shot andshell, and the explod-ing hot metal was run-ning into the water atevery seeming inch ofspace. In the midstof all this a sailor whojumped overboard wasstruck. He was toobadl} wounded to the water. Lieu-tenant Dewey saw thisincident in all the dark-ness and fearful noise,and without hesitationhe jumped overboard,put his arm around thewounded sailor, heldhim until he got hisstrength again, andhelpedhim into shallowwater. Then he went back to his ship and ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^. ^^^_^ ^,^. ^ ,^,^^,^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^remained there until ^ JUMPED from THE BURNING SHIP, every man had left. This was an action after Farraguts own heart,and the admiral
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