. The Civil War : the national view . within her jurisdiction; the United Statesdisavowed the act of Captain Collins and cited him to ap-pear before a court-martial; and amends were offered toBrazil—the United States navy being ordered to do honorsto the Brazilian flag. The officers of the Florida were re-leased and soon sailed for England. The Florida founderedwhile at anchor off Hampton Roads, on the 28th of No-vember. The Japan, also known as the Georgia, an Eng-lish built Confederate screw steamer, was captured, aftera destructive career, by the Niagara, of¥ the mouth of theTagus, In March
. The Civil War : the national view . within her jurisdiction; the United Statesdisavowed the act of Captain Collins and cited him to ap-pear before a court-martial; and amends were offered toBrazil—the United States navy being ordered to do honorsto the Brazilian flag. The officers of the Florida were re-leased and soon sailed for England. The Florida founderedwhile at anchor off Hampton Roads, on the 28th of No-vember. The Japan, also known as the Georgia, an Eng-lish built Confederate screw steamer, was captured, aftera destructive career, by the Niagara, of¥ the mouth of theTagus, In March. The Victor, another English built boat,refitted at Calais as the Rappahannock, was finally detainedby Napoleon III—after much turning and twisting ofcounsel and policy, and to the great discontent of the Rich-mond government. The Alabama, English built, and mostdestructive of Confederate privateers, was at last over-hauled by the United States ship Kearsarge, near Cherbourg,and on June 19th was sent to the bottom. Her crew and. ^■^/Ka^/^^ .^^^-^V^a^^t^ .^Y^^^L^iZlJ^ ^j2,-v«..e-V /yy^-^-G^ //l^-w-j-^srw^ia-^ , i^ 7 A--^^^^^ /^^T^-^^ f7\.t-^^--^^^^^^ /^^ A-^Uw? £5U^*^—^:7-j.^ A*«A Lincolns letter of grateful acknowledgment, written to Grant,July 13, 1863. i^ro/;; //^ original in possession of the Historical Societyof Pennsyluayiia. rHE FOURTH YEAR OF THE WAR 429 officers were rescued by the Deerhound, an English yacht,and by some French pilot boats. The Shenandoah, pur-chased by the Confederacy, in England, in September, 1864,began at once a destructive career, capturing and burn-ing whalers, merchantmen, fishing smacks and any othercraft flying the United States flag. Her course was in theSouthern seas, along the coast of Europe, of the UnitedStates, in Behring Sea and wherever American commercetracked the ocean. The Shenandoah survived the Confed-eracy, first hearing of its collapse, August 2, 1865. Arrivingin the Mersey, November 6th, she was speedily handed over
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