. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . is bodilysuffering, and I refused it. After twenty minutes or more I heard nearme some one call out, There is our first lieutenant, and the next momentI was pulled into a boat, in which was Captain Semmes, stretched out inthe stern-sheets, as pallid as death. He had received during the actiona slight contusion on the hand, and the struggle in the water had almostexhausted him. There were also several of our crew in the boat, and in afew moments we were alongside a little steam-yac
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . is bodilysuffering, and I refused it. After twenty minutes or more I heard nearme some one call out, There is our first lieutenant, and the next momentI was pulled into a boat, in which was Captain Semmes, stretched out inthe stern-sheets, as pallid as death. He had received during the actiona slight contusion on the hand, and the struggle in the water had almostexhausted him. There were also several of our crew in the boat, and in afew moments we were alongside a little steam-yacht, which had comeamong our floating men, and by throwing them ropes had saved many reaching her deck, I ascertained for the first time that she was theyacht Deerhowid, owned by Mr. John Lancaster, of England. In lookingabout I saw two French pilot-boats engaged in saving our crew, and finallytwo boats from the Kearsarge. To my surprise I found on the yacht , whom I had dispatched in the dingey to ask that boats be sentto save our wounded. He reported to me that our shot had literally torn. ASSISTANT-SURGEON DAVID HERBERT FROM A PORTRAIT IN THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. 6l2 CRUISE AND COMBATS OF THE ALABAMA:
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