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A Little Traitor to the South

By Cyrus Townsend Brady

2020-11-02 22:46:39

The tragic interlude" in this little war-time comedy of the affections really happened as I have described it. The men who went to their death beside the Housatonic in Charleston harbor were Lieutenant George F. Dixon of the Twenty-first Alabama In ... Read more
The tragic interlude" in this little war-time comedy of the affections really happened as I have described it. The men who went to their death beside the Housatonic in Charleston harbor were Lieutenant George F. Dixon of the Twenty-first Alabama Infantry, in command; Captain J. F. Carlson of Wagoner's Battery; and Seamen Becker, Simpkins, Wicks, Collins, and Ridgway of the Confederate Navy, all volunteers. These names should be written in letters of gold on the roll of heroes. No more gallant exploit was ever performed. The qualities and characteristics of that death trap, the David, were well known to everybody. The history of former attempts to work her is accurately set down in the text of the story. Dixon and his men should be remembered with Decatur, Cushing, Nields, and Hobson. Less

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Print pages72
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1515191605
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
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Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian, and adventure writer. His best-known work is Indian Fights and Fighters. He was born in Allegheny, Pennsy...

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