. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . BLOCKADE RUNNER BLOCKADE RUNNER • COL. LAMB. Blockade Running. 357 written, for the survivors are modest men, and time has ob-literated from their memories many incidents of this extra-ordinary epoch. Amidst impenetrable darkness, withoutlightship or beacon, the narrow and closely watched inlet wasfelt for with a deep sea lead, as a blind man feels his wayalong a familiar path, and even when the enemys fire wasraking the wheel-house the faithful pilot, with steady handand iron nerve,
. Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina, in the great war 1861-'65 . BLOCKADE RUNNER BLOCKADE RUNNER • COL. LAMB. Blockade Running. 357 written, for the survivors are modest men, and time has ob-literated from their memories many incidents of this extra-ordinary epoch. Amidst impenetrable darkness, withoutlightship or beacon, the narrow and closely watched inlet wasfelt for with a deep sea lead, as a blind man feels his wayalong a familiar path, and even when the enemys fire wasraking the wheel-house the faithful pilot, with steady handand iron nerve, safely steered the little fugitive of the sea toher desired haven. It might be said of him as of the ISTan-tucket skipper, that he could get his bearings on the darkestnight by a taste of the lead. These are the naiues of some of the noted blockade-runnersand their pilots, well known in Smithville thirty odd yearsago: Steamer Corntibia, afterwards called The Lady Davis, Morse; steamer Giraffe, afterwards known as the R. , Archibald Guthrie; steamer Fannie, Henry Howard;steamer TJansa, J. I^. Burruss; steamer
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