Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Capt. Semmes” in chapter 33 of Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders.:
...English yacht, the Deerhound, was upon the scene, and having been allowed by the Kearsarge to go to the rescue, steamed up in the midst of the drowning men, and rescued most of them from the water.
Capt. Semmes was taken by the Deerhound's boat from the water, as he was sinking for the last time.
He turned his face to the rescuing party, and said: I am Capt. Semmes-save me.
He was eagerly taken aboard ...
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