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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
l gunners do not appear to have shown much skill, for none of their shots caused any serious damage to their adversaries. At the end of a quarter of an hour Blake, seeing his machinery shattered, his hull pierced at the water-line, and the water pouring in in every direction, was obliged to surrender. He was received with all his crew on board the Alabama just as his vessel was sinking. Semmes, satisfied with his brilliant success, paid no further attention to Galveston, and repaired to Jamaica, where we will leave him for the present. Commodore Bell had only arrived before Galveston on the 10th of January. The battle which had scattered the Federal fleet was fought on the 1st of the month. The entrance of the port was therefore free for the period of ten days. General Magruder hastened to take advantage of this to announce the raising of the blockade. He had a right to do so. The case was very different from that of Charleston, to which we have previously alluded. Neutral