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United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 6.47
The career of the Confederate Cruiser Stonewall. By Captain Thomas J. Page, C. S. N. [The history of the Confederate vessels which, despite great obstacles, made themselves the terror and the scourge of the merchant marine of the United States, and forced her powerful navy to treat them with respect, would form a most interesting chapter in the true story of our great struggle. The career of the Stonewall was a glorious one, and our readers will thank us for the interesting narrative o as no man-of-war was seen throughout the entire passage to Havana, although the conclusion was inevitable that she must call either at Bermuda or Nassau to replenish her bunkers. That her departure from Lisbon was speedily made known in the United States cannot admit of a doubt. Her arrival at Ferrol had been made the subject of diplomatic correspondence with the Government at Madrid, and before her departure from Lisbon she was honored with a visit from a gentleman attached to the American
Mare Cantabricum (search for this): chapter 6.47
mblem at her peak, the token of the nationality of the vessel, and announced her The Stonewall --ever to be remembered name, given at the baptismal font of the Bay of Biscay. Certain preliminaries, the shipping of men, assignment to specific duties, &c., having been gone through with, the deck was soon cleared of the various artmusic, though it comes from nature's roughest cut, whose melody touches the soul and causes a responsive vibration of the tenderest chords of the heart. The Bay of Biscay, whose normal condition is that of a boisterous sea, lay like a mirror, reflecting the bright rays of the sun; while balmy air, fanned into the gentlest of brevere gale. To run the risk of being wrecked on the iron-bound coast of Spain, should the hoped for port not be reached, was preferable to being swamped in the Bay of Biscay. From the best data available, under the circumstances, an imaginary position was assigned the vessel and a course determined upon, which it was hoped would l
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): chapter 6.47
s built with the knowledge and sanction of the late Emperor of France, and on the eve of her completion and readiness for delivery it was rumored that she was designed for the Confederate Government. Every ship then being built in Europe acquired this reputation. This rumor reached the ears of the Emperor, and he was officially informed, from high authority, that if this or any other such vessel should be permitted to leave France and fall into the possession of the Confederate Government, Mexico would be made untenable ground for French troops. However impotent such a threat may have been at that time, it had the desired effect. The Emperor was truly sensitive on this Mexican question. His policy there was unpopular in France, and he was not the man to long debate which of the two to choose when compliance with his word pointed to the right and self-interest to the left. He ran no risk in laying an injunction on his friend and ship builder, that no vessels, under his construct
France (France) (search for this): chapter 6.47
The Stonewall, a small twin-screw ironclad man-of-war, was built in France by the then most eminent constructor in the Empire. Her tonnage, the was built with the knowledge and sanction of the late Emperor of France, and on the eve of her completion and readiness for delivery it was that if this or any other such vessel should be permitted to leave France and fall into the possession of the Confederate Government, Mexico sitive on this Mexican question. His policy there was unpopular in France, and he was not the man to long debate which of the two to choose wcharge of a Danish merchant captain and crew, she was dispatched to France. Before leaving port a Confederate navy officer, who was curiousd the invitation of the builder's agent and took passage in her for France. She had scarcely got fairly into the North sea when the weather, engineers. She weathered that gale and arrived off the coast of France in clear weather and a smooth sea, where — a very singular coincide
Sacramento (California, United States) (search for this): chapter 6.47
was immediately recognized by the Government at Madrid, so soon as counter representation was presented, and that international comity usually extended to belligerents was not denied the Stonewall. Neither was it withheld from the powerful man-of-war Niagara, for she too had put into Ferrol, not crippled nor in want of repairs, but simply to pay a visit, to enjoy the hospitalities of the port, or, as was said, to look after the Stonewall. On the same errand arrived the man-of-war steamer Sacramento in the port of Corunna, situated in the same crescent of the coast and distant from the entrances to. Ferrol only a few miles; so near that the departure of a vessel from the latter would be seen from the former. The telegraph wires had been brought into requisition, and these two powerful men-of-war summoned to seek out and arrest the mad career of this rebel rover. They found her, but what then? If actuated simply by curiosity to see and learn something of this novel specimen of nav
Austria (Austria) (search for this): chapter 6.47
could not condemn — the surest course by which to satisfy the complainants. This occurred previously to the action of the French Emperor — in the case before mentioned — an example he conceived worthy of his following. The Stonewall had not, at this time, been baptized with the ever memorable name she subsequently bore, for she was not then a Confederate vessel; and, after much circumlocution, fell into the hands of the Danish Government, at the time, be it remembered, while Prussia and Austria were at war with Denmark. How this occurred is not pertinent to this narrative. We can only conjecture that Prussian spies were not so wide-a-wake as had been some other detectives. She was taken to Copenhagen under the direction of Danish naval officers, in order to witness and test her capacity as a sea-going vessel. Her performance in the North sea some-what dampened the ardor of these hardy seamen of the North, for they looked upon her as being more of the amphibia kind than of that<
Norway (Norway) (search for this): chapter 6.47
the vessel throughout — her armament, gun-gear, projectiles, naval stores, &c.--for in her construction, equipment, &c., she was quite unique. Pleased with the appearance of the vessel and all on board, he accepted the invitation of the builder's agent and took passage in her for France. She had scarcely got fairly into the North sea when the weather, always boisterous in those latitudes in the winter season, became so bad that the captain conceived it prudent to put into Christiansand in Norway. Time was precious — for there were pressing obligations pending. Moreover, the captain and crew were to be discharged after the lapse of a limited time. Under these circumstances, the passenger, Mr. Brown,. whose status on board was known only to the captain, urged him to put to sea on the least abatement of the gale. They had been out in blue water only a few hours when the vessel began to exhibit her powers of diving and coming up, after the fashion of the porpois, as if for the amuse
Erie (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 6.47
of the Lisbon officials while these belligerents lay in their port, relief came at early dawn when they saw this troublesome little craft turn her bow towards the ocean and proceed down the river. On passing the Niagara and Sacramento (they had anchored about a mile below), the commander of the Stonewall was pleased to see on the quarter-deck of the Niagara his quondam shipmate and friend, bearing the rank of commodore. They had cruised in the West Indies on board of the same ship, the old Erie, when one was sailing master, the other a green midshipman. This midshipman, ere the end of the cruise, had seen some service, had passed some dangers during the three years spent in those boisterous latitudes. When the Erie was visited by that dire disease, the yellow fever, it pervaded the ship from cabin to forecastle, striking down the captain, most of the officers and forty of her crew in the course of a few days. The captain, ere he became too ill, gave this midshipman orders, with t
Cuba, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 6.47
of the Stonewall's reception here and that at Nassau! The sad intelligence here received, which I need not describe, was not to be questioned, and the feelings of both officers and men may be imagined, but not expressed. The little craft that had so bravely breasted the storms of tempestuous seas, to do her duty in a holy cause, found herself a useless hulk, an incumbrance. The political state of affairs in the Confederacy had not been as yet officially announced to the authorities of Cuba. When that shall have been done, the Stonewall would no longer be entitled to, the flag she so proudly bore off Ferrol. Negotiations were entered into with the authorities of Havana,. which resulted in the acceptance of the Stonewall as a present, subject to the decision of the Queen of Spain. By the terms of the agreement, there was advanced to the Stonewall the sum of $16,000 in order to pay the officers and crew what was due them, as set forth in the books of the paymaster. A much la
Copenhagen (Denmark) (search for this): chapter 6.47
e it remembered, while Prussia and Austria were at war with Denmark. How this occurred is not pertinent to this narrative. We can only conjecture that Prussian spies were not so wide-a-wake as had been some other detectives. She was taken to Copenhagen under the direction of Danish naval officers, in order to witness and test her capacity as a sea-going vessel. Her performance in the North sea some-what dampened the ardor of these hardy seamen of the North, for they looked upon her as being of life. She was not so dangerous. She was dangerous only when coming in conflict with one of her own kind; and even in this respect her reputation subsequently grew to vast proportions — far exceeding her capacity to do damage. Arrived in Copenhagen, the report as to her sea-worthiness was not favorable. Her good qualities were ignored, and her disposition to act the part of the leviathan exaggerated. Moreover, the war in which Denmark was engaged was speedily brought to a close and the
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