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Identifier: abrahamlincolnba02newy (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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the Varunadelivered such of her port broadside guns ascould be brought to bear. The StonewallJackson, having no need to strike again, backedclear, steamed about four miles up the river,and was beached on the opposite bank, fired,and deserted. Her wreck is there now. Hav-ing but one gun, and that mounted aft, shedid not fire it. Within two minutes after theStonewall Jackson struck the Varuna the latterfinished sinking, leaving her topgallant fore- 45i engine, and a large piece of the walking-beamwere shot away; the latter fell on the cylinder-head and cracked it and filled the engine-roomwith steam, driving every man out of it. Thehead of the jib was now hoisted, and with astrong current on the port bow, assisted bythe headway left on the vessel, we succeededin reaching the river bank just above the Varu-naswreck, where the anchor was let go to pre-vent drifting into deep water to sink, the lastheavy firing having struck the vessel on andunder her water-line. At this place she was de-
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THE STONEWALL JACKSON. castle out of the water, and upon it her crewtook refuge. The United States ships Oneida, Iroquois,Pensacola, Finola, and Cayuga were now rap-idly approaching and near at hand. I starteddown-stream to meet and try to ram one ofthem. On passing abreast the Varuna somethoughtless man, knowing her forecastle riflewas loaded, fired it and killed and woundedfive of our men, one officer included. HadI returned the fire with our after gun, whichwas loaded with canister, at the crowd ofpeople closely packed upon and near thatlittle shelf, the damage to life and limb wouldhave been fearful. But not a shot did we fireat her after she was disabled. We had proceeded down-stream but a shortdistance when Mr. Duke, the first lieutenant,then at the conn,* where, though wounded, hehad remained throughout the fight doing hisduty like a brave man, exclaimed, Why do this ? We have no men left; Ill be if I stand here to be murdered, so he slappedthe helm hard a-starboard. As we came

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