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At Fort Hatteras, when the white flag appeared, cheer upon cheer went up from the fleet.
Our tars, who had entered into the contest with their whole soul, regarded the captives as their game, which they bagged with the utmost enthusiasm.
One gunner, who lost his rammer overboard, was in the water after it in a jiffy.
He returned with it before he was missed, swearing that he wasn't going to have his gun disgraced for want of a rammer.--Balt. American, Sept. 3.
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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