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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
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r, and commanded during the second daysfight. However, the Department thoughtother-wise,and selected Commodore Josiah Tatnall;apart from Lieutenant Jones, he was the bestman. He had distinguished himself in thewars of 1812 and with Mexico. No one stoodhigher as an accomplished and chivalrousofficer. While in command of the United Statessquadron in the East Indies, he was presentas a neutral at the desperate fight at thePeiho Forts, near Pekin, between the Englishfleet and the Chinese, when the first lost nearlyone-half of a force of twelve hundred engaged.Seeing his old friend Sir James Hope hardpressed and in need of assistance, having hadfour vessels sunk under him, he had hisbarge manned and with his flag-lieutenant,S. L). Trenchard, pulled alongside the flag-ship, through the midst of a tremendous fire, inwhich his coxswain was killed and several of hisboats crew wounded. He found the gallantadmiral desperately wounded, and all his crewkilled or disabled but six. Oftering his ser-
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LIEUTENANT L.KUKl.li U. MORKIS, ACTING COMMANDER ol-THE CUMBERLAND. In the absence of Captain Radford, the command of the Cuntbertaitddevolved upon the executive officer. Lieutenant Morris, from whoseofficial report we quote the following: At thirty minutes past three thewater had gained upon us, notwithstanding the pumps were kept activelyemployed to a degree that, the forward-magazine being drowned, we hadTo take powder from tlie after-magazine for the ten-inch gun. At tliirty-five minutes past three the water had risen to the main hatchway, an<l theship canted to port, and we delivered a parting fire — each man trjingto save himself by jumping overboard. Timely notice was given, ana allthe wounded who could walk were ordered out of the cockpit; but thoseof the wounded who had been carried into the sick-bay and on the berth-deck were so mam^led that it was impossible to save them. ... I shouldjudge we have lost upward of one hundred men. I can only sa\, in con-clusion, that all

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