The Life of John Ancrum Winslow: Rear-admiral, United States Navy, who Commanded the U.S. Steamer "Kearsarge" in Her Action with the Confederate Cruiser "Alabama" |
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action Adams Admiral Alabama American anchor April army arrived Azores battle blockade board the Kearsarge boats Boston Boston Navy Yard Brest Cadiz Cairo Callao Captain Newton Captain Semmes Captain Winslow capture Channel Cherbourg coal coast command commenced Commodore Confederate cruiser crew cruise Cruz Dayton Deerhound despatch Dover duty England English Fayal fight fire flag Florida flotilla Fort Pillow France French Georgia Gibraltar GIDEON Government gunboats guns harbor inform the Department Islands John JOHN ANCRUM WINSLOW June Kearsarge's leave letter Lieutenant Louis Madeira Mexican Mexico miles Minister Mississippi naval Navy Department obedient servant officers ordered Ostend Pensacola port prisoners Queenstown Raphael Semmes Rappahannock rebel received repairs respectfully river sail Secretary sent shell ship shore shot soon squadron steam steamer Tampico U. S. S. Cumberland U. S. S. Kearsarge United Vera Cruz vessel Washington WESTERN FLOTILLA wounded yacht yesterday
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Page 260 - This recommendation is specially made in order to comply with the requirements of the ninth section of the aforesaid act, which is in the following words, viz: That any line officer of the Navy or Marine Corps may be advanced one grade if upon recommendation of the President by name he receives the thanks of Congress for highly distinguished conduct in conflict with the enemy or tor extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession.
Page 224 - ... friends, I have been educated in the belief that an English ship is English territory, and I am therefore unable even now to discover why I was more bound to surrender the people of the Alabama whom I had on board my yacht than the owner of a garden on the south coast of England would have been if they had swum to such a place and landed there, or than the mayor of Southampton was when they were lodging in that city, or than the British government is now that it is known that they are somewhere...
Page 158 - ... in either of which cases the authorities of the port, or of the nearest port, as the case may be, shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of such period of twenty-four hours...
Page 127 - Queenstown immediately. I directed the men to be held at Brest, in apprehension, if they were turned ashore, they would join the Florida, resolving as soon as the Kearsarge left Brest again to put them ashore at Cork.
Page 214 - Kearsarge had only 120 tons in, but as an offset to this, her sheet chains were stowed outside — stopped up and down as an additional preventive and protection to her more empty bunkers.
Page 260 - Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Page 247 - James S. Thornton, the executive officer of the Kearsarge, will be recommended to the Senate for advancement ten numbers in his grade, and...
Page 246 - Government at this victory over a vessel superior in tonnage, superior in number of guns, and superior in the number of her crew. The battle was so brief, the...
Page 212 - ... stern, our fire was reserved. Two minutes had not more than elapsed before she again opened on us with the two guns on the port side. This drew our fire again, and the Kearsarge was immediately steamed ahead and laid across her bows for raking. The white flag was still flying, and our fire was again reserved.
Page 211 - Alabama and rake her, if he did not prevent it by sheering and keeping his broadside to us. He adopted this mode as a preventive, and as a consequence the Alabama was forced, with a full head of steam, into a circular track during the engagement.