Stump the German

[David Lockmiller]

(09-06-2019 11:59 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote:  

(04-21-2019 04:49 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  ...and here on the battle:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_o...urg_(1864)

During the battle, over forty Confederate sailors were killed in action or drowned. Another seventy or so were picked up by Kearsarge. Thirty or so were rescued by Deerhound, a British yacht, which Captain Winslow asked to help evacuate Alabama's crew, and three French pilot boats. Captain Semmes and fourteen of his officers were among the sailors rescued by Deerhound. Instead of delivering the captured Confederates to Kearsarge, Deerhound set a course for Southampton, thus enabling Captain Semmes' escape. This act severely angered Kearsarge's crew, who begged their captain to allow them to open fire on the British yacht. Captain Winslow would not allow this, so the Confederates got away and avoided imprisonment. Three men were wounded aboard the United States' vessel, one of whom died the following day.

I wonder if President Lincoln learned about the Deerhound incident and then congratulated Captain Winslow on his decision.

For those who live near or visit Philadelphia and New York, you may be interested in seeing the paintings:

Édouard Manet produced two paintings of the fight, The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama, now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Kearsarge at Boulogne, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.