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heard was given by my staff officer, Major Bell, in answer to a lady who asked him to describe it. He said: “Imagine all the earthquakes in the world, and all the thunder and lightning storms together, in a space of two miles, all going off at once; that would be like it, madam.”
It is needless to tell of individual gallantry and courage where all did so well, but I may say that the Hartford bore the brunt of the battle.
The gallant Farragut stood in the fore-rigging with his glass in his hand.
He was under the fire of both forts at the same time.
The rebel ram pushed a fire-raft against his ship's side, setting
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