. Soldiers' and citizens' album of biographical record, containing personal sketches of army men and citizens prominent in loyalty of the Union; also a chronological and statistical history of the civil war, and a history of the Grand army of the republic, with portraits of soldiers and prominent citizens . Two miles would bring her with-in French waters but the attempt was too became disabled, the Kearsarge taking araking position and firing across her bows andSemmes run up the white flag. A small boatcontaining an officer came alongside the Kear-sarge and -Stated that she surrendere
. Soldiers' and citizens' album of biographical record, containing personal sketches of army men and citizens prominent in loyalty of the Union; also a chronological and statistical history of the civil war, and a history of the Grand army of the republic, with portraits of soldiers and prominent citizens . Two miles would bring her with-in French waters but the attempt was too became disabled, the Kearsarge taking araking position and firing across her bows andSemmes run up the white flag. A small boatcontaining an officer came alongside the Kear-sarge and -Stated that she surrendered and wasfast sinking. The boats of tlie conqueror wereiowered to save the enemys men from drown-ing, and Captain \¥inslow requested the com-mander of the Deerhound, which approached,to aid in the rescue. The men and officers ofthe xAlabama took to the water and forty, in-cluding Semmes, were picked up by the Deer-hound, which steamed for Clierbourg and herpassengers escaped capture through the clem-ency of Winslow. The latter took 70 prisonersand had the satisfaction and honor of riddingthe earth of a rebel privateer which had beenthe terror of the American shipping lor a longperiod. The loss in killed and wounded onthe Kearsarge was three; that of the Alabamaincluded nine killed and 21 6 lii/. v^vi- i^OCi^O-fS-. A HISTORY OB^ THE CIVIL WAR. 105 June 20.—Tlie figbtiug in front of Peters-burg, Va., was continued without accomplish-ing determinate results. From the IStli, whenthe siege proper began, to the 20th, the loss ofthe Federal forces before the city amounted to112 killed and 506 wounded, Generals Cham-berlain and Egan being among the latter. Tlienumber of missing was 800 in round numbers.—■General Abercrombie of the Army of the Poto-mac was attacked by a portion of the force ofGeneral Wade Hampton and the affair wasterminated by the arrival of General Sheridan,ihe attacks were made in the vicinity of and continued until tlie 24th.—At Li
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