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Title: The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: White, Annie Randall
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Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
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■ CAPTAIN CHARLES WILKE. FEEDING THE FOE. 204 AN ADMIRALS JOKE.
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to them. All theprisoners taken atVicksburg andthose at Port Hud-son were paroled,under the supposi-tionthat theywould return totheir homes, andawait a proper ex-change. War has itshumor as well aspeace. The helpafforded by Port-ers fleet and Far-raguts had beenconsiderable dur-ing the siege. TheConfederates hadsunk the Indian-ola, one of Portersboats, and weretrying to raise it,when they saw amonitor coming down full upon them. Admiral Porter had fittedup an old flatboat with pork barrels for smoke stacks, and furnacesmade from mud, in which a fire had been started. He sent itsailing down the river, with not a human being on board, to theevident terror of the Confederates, who were watching her andwho fired point blank at her, without stopping the supposedmonitor. Dreading lest they would lose their prize, they promptlyblew up the Indianola, before they discovered that they were sold. HORACE GREELEY. CHAPTER XIX.

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