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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) | 28 | 2 | Browse | Search |
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The duel between the Alabama and the Kearsarge.
by John M. Browne, Surgeon of the Kearsarge.
Deck of a ship.
On Sunday, the 12th of June, 1864, the Kearsarge, Captain John A. Winslow, was lying at anchor in the Scheldt, off Flushing, Holland.
The cornet suddenly appeared at the fore, and a gun was fired.
These were unexpected signals that compelled absent officers and men to return to the ship.
Steam was raised, and as soon as we were off, and all hands called, Captain Winslow g ing to detain the Deerhound, since the conduct of the yacht was the necessary and logical consequence of his own act. The point where he was clearly in tile wrong was in making the request in the first place.
What he should have done, as Surgeon-General Browne clearly intimates, was to have steamed up close to the sinking Alabama, and saved her people himself, instead of remaining four hundred yards off.
It will be noticed that this statement leaves untouched the question of the right of a