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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), How the Confederacy changed naval Warfare. (search)
se it upon them, when the swell of a passing steamer rolled over her, poured into the hatchway, and sank her instantly in deep water. Payne sprang out upon the tug; the two men next him followed; the other six went down with the boat. After a few days she was raised and again made ready for action, and again Payne and eight Confederate sailors volunteered, and again on the eve of starting, she filled and sank, and Payne alone escaped. A third time she was raised and taken in hand by McClintock, her owner, and his trained crew. In Stone River she gave an exhibition of her power to sink and travel at any depth below the surface. Presently she disappeared, and was not seen again till divers found her on the bottom of the river with her nine dead men. She was again raised and made ready for action, and Lieutenant Dixon, Twenty-first Alabama Regiment, and eight Confederate soldiers got permission to attack the Housatonic, a fine new corvette, just come down to join the fleet o