. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . eable order, relaid platforms, fished out tacklesfrom the Albemarle, got a few shells, etc., and waited. Idid not have to wait long. The fleet steamed up to theobstructions, fired a few shells over the town, steameddown again, and early next morning rounding tlieisland were in the river and opened fire. The two S-inch guns worked by Mr. Long andMr. Shelley did their duty, and I think did all that wasdone in the defense of Plymouth. The fire of the fleetwas concentrated on us, and one at least of the steamerswas so near that I could hear the
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . eable order, relaid platforms, fished out tacklesfrom the Albemarle, got a few shells, etc., and waited. Idid not have to wait long. The fleet steamed up to theobstructions, fired a few shells over the town, steameddown again, and early next morning rounding tlieisland were in the river and opened fire. The two S-inch guns worked by Mr. Long andMr. Shelley did their duty, and I think did all that wasdone in the defense of Plymouth. The fire of the fleetwas concentrated on us, and one at least of the steamerswas so near that I could hear the orders given to elevateor depress the guns. AMien I felt that by hanging on Icould only sacrifice my men and achieve nothing, I or-dered our guns spiked and the men sent round to theroad by a ravine. The crew left me by Captain Maffitt were good andtrue men, and stuck by me to the last. If any failed inhis duty, I never heard of it; and if any of them stilllive, I send them a hearty God bless you! A NOTE OF PEACE. REUNIONS OF THE BLUE AND THE LTHOUGH the horrorsof war are the more con-spicuous where the con-flict is between brothersand the struggle is a longand desperate one, theevidences are numerousthat, underneath the pas-sion and bitterness of our civil war, there werecounter currents of kindly feeling, a spirit ofgenuine friendliness pervading the opposingcamps. Thisfriendlinesswassomethingdeeperthan the expression of mere human instinct;the combatants felt that they were indeedbrothers. Acts of kindness to wounded ene-mies began to be noted at Bull Run, while inevery campaign useless picket firing was al-most uniformly discountenanced, and the menshook hands at the outposts and talked con-fidingly of their private affairs and their trialsand hardships in the army. This feeling, con-fined, perhaps, to men on the very front line,culminated at Appomattox, where the victorsshared rations with their late antagonists and generously offered them help in repairing thewaste
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