 | United States. Navy Department - 1864 - 854 pages
...this her boats were seen to be lowering, and an officer in one of them came alongside, and informed us the ship had surrendered and was fast sinking. In...high out of the water as her stern rapidly settled. The fire of the Alabama, although it is stated she discharged three hundred and seventy or more shell... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...this, her boats were seen to be lowering, and an officer in one of them came alongside, and informed us that the ship had surrendered and was fast sinking....the head as she sunk, and her bow rising high out of tho water as her stern rapidly settled." Lancaster — a virtual ally and swift witness for Semmes... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - United States - 1865 - 1244 pages
...her boats were seen to be lowering, and an officer, in one of them, came alongside, and informed us the ship had surrendered, and was fast sinking. In...high out of the water as her stern rapidly settled. "The fire of the Alabama, although it is stated she discharged three hundred and seventy or more shell... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 944 pages
...her boa:s wr.-¿ seen to be lowering, and an officer in one of them came alongside, and informed из the ship had surrendered, and was fast sinking. In...her mainmast, which had been shot, breaking near the bead аз she sank, and her Ьо\т rising high out of the water аз her stern rapidly settled." In... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 872 pages
...alongside, and informed us tie ship had surrendered, and was fast sinking. In twenty minutes from tlus time the Alabama went down, her mainmast, which had been shot, breaking near the head a ehe sank, and her bow rising high out of the water as her stern rapidly settled." In allusion to... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1866 - 808 pages
...this, her boats were seen to be lowering, and an officer in one of them came alongside, and informed us that the ship had surrendered and was fast sinking....high out of the water as her stern rapidly settled." Lancaster—a virtual ally and swift witness for Semmes—who was close at hand, watching every motion... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...across her bows for raking. The white flag was still 3ying, and the Kearsarge's fire was again 366 reserved. Shortly after this, her boats were to be seen lowering, and on officer in one of them came alongside and stated that the ship had surrendered, and was fast sinking.... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1867 - 848 pages
...this, her boats were seen to be lowering, and an officer in one of them came alongside, and informed ns that the ship had surrendered and •was fast sinking....high out of the water as her stern rapidly settled." Lancaster — a virtual ally and swift witness for Semmes-^who was close at hand, watching every motion... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1879 - 680 pages
...laid across her bows for raking. The white flag was still flying, and the Kearsarge's fire was again reserved. Shortly after this, her boats were to be...which had been shot, breaking near the head as she sank, and her bow rising high out of the water, as her stern rapidly settled. At precisely twenty-four... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Children's stories - 1880 - 322 pages
...this her boats were seen to be lowering, and an officer in one of them came alongside and informed us the ship had surrendered and was fast sinking. In...high out of the water as her stern rapidly settled. The fire of the " Alabama," although it is stated she discharged three hundred and seventy or more... | |
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... side. This drew our fire again, and the Kearsarge was immediately steamed ahead and laid across her bows for raking. The white flag was still flying, and our fire was again reserved. Shortly after this, her boats were seen to be lowering, and an officer,... 
