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Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 95
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92.-escape of the Florida.
Report of Commander Preble.
United States sloop-of-war St. Louis, Funchal roads, Madeira, March 1, 1 1/2 A. M., 1864.
sir: The Florida has succeeded in getting to sea. I shall follow at once, though hopeless of catching her out of port.
Nelson said, the want of frigates in his squadron would be found impressed on his heart.
I am sure the want of steam will be found engraven on mine.
Had the St. Louis been a steamer, I would have anchored alongside of her, and, unrestricted by the twenty-four hour rule, my old foe could not have escaped me. The Governor, true to his declared intention, would only allow her to take on board twenty tons of coal, sufficient to take her to the nearest port.
Her commander plead for sixty tons, next forty, asserting that he needed that much to ballast his vessel.
The Governor told him, at the suggestion of Mr. Bayman, that he came in without it, and he thought he could go without it; but if ballast was neede
Gideon Welles (search for this): chapter 95
Bayman (search for this): chapter 95
George Henry Preble (search for this): chapter 95
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92.-escape of the Florida.
Report of Commander Preble.
United States sloop-of-war St. Louis, Funchal roads, Madeira, March 1, 1 1/2 A. M., 1864.
sir: The Florida has succeeded in getting to sea. I shall follow at once, though hopeless of catching her out of port.
Nelson said, the want of frigates in his squadron would be found impressed on his heart.
I am sure the want of steam will be found engraven on mine.
Had the St. Louis been a steamer, I would have anchored alongside y men have been wild to fight, and I drew the shot from my guns the day she came in, fearing that in their excitement they would fire into her without orders, and break the neutrality of this port.
One thing is certain, the Florida does not intend to fight unless the chances are largely in her favor, for she skulked away from the old St. Louis.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Geo. Henry Preble, Commander U. S. N. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C.
Doc (search for this): chapter 95
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92.-escape of the Florida.
Report of Commander Preble.
United States sloop-of-war St. Louis, Funchal roads, Madeira, March 1, 1 1/2 A. M., 1864.
sir: The Florida has succeeded in getting to sea. I shall follow at once, though hopeless of catching her out of port.
Nelson said, the want of frigates in his squadron would be found impressed on his heart.
I am sure the want of steam will be found engraven on mine.
Had the St. Louis been a steamer, I would have anchored alongside of her, and, unrestricted by the twenty-four hour rule, my old foe could not have escaped me. The Governor, true to his declared intention, would only allow her to take on board twenty tons of coal, sufficient to take her to the nearest port.
Her commander plead for sixty tons, next forty, asserting that he needed that much to ballast his vessel.
The Governor told him, at the suggestion of Mr. Bayman, that he came in without it, and he thought he could go without it; but if ballast was neede
Thomas A. Dernin (search for this): chapter 95
John Nelson (search for this): chapter 95
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92.-escape of the Florida.
Report of Commander Preble.
United States sloop-of-war St. Louis, Funchal roads, Madeira, March 1, 1 1/2 A. M., 1864.
sir: The Florida has succeeded in getting to sea. I shall follow at once, though hopeless of catching her out of port.
Nelson said, the want of frigates in his squadron would be found impressed on his heart.
I am sure the want of steam will be found engraven on mine.
Had the St. Louis been a steamer, I would have anchored alongside of her, and, unrestricted by the twenty-four hour rule, my old foe could not have escaped me. The Governor, true to his declared intention, would only allow her to take on board twenty tons of coal, sufficient to take her to the nearest port.
Her commander plead for sixty tons, next forty, asserting that he needed that much to ballast his vessel.
The Governor told him, at the suggestion of Mr. Bayman, that he came in without it, and he thought he could go without it; but if ballast was needed
1864 AD (search for this): chapter 95
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92.-escape of the Florida.
Report of Commander Preble.
United States sloop-of-war St. Louis, Funchal roads, Madeira, March 1, 1 1/2 A. M., 1864.
sir: The Florida has succeeded in getting to sea. I shall follow at once, though hopeless of catching her out of port.
Nelson said, the want of frigates in his squadron would be found impressed on his heart.
I am sure the want of steam will be found engraven on mine.
Had the St. Louis been a steamer, I would have anchored alongside of her, and, unrestricted by the twenty-four hour rule, my old foe could not have escaped me. The Governor, true to his declared intention, would only allow her to take on board twenty tons of coal, sufficient to take her to the nearest port.
Her commander plead for sixty tons, next forty, asserting that he needed that much to ballast his vessel.
The Governor told him, at the suggestion of Mr. Bayman, that he came in without it, and he thought he could go without it; but if ballast was needed