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Hardships And Dangers Of The Blockade

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
February
Year
1883
Copyright
Public Domain
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M. Quad in Detroit Free Presa. It is doubtful if any blookada over recognizod by the world was more strictly onforced or of more damage to the blockaded. No onè expeoted that it conld be mado so stringent thatnothing could slip through. That waa the aim, of course, buttho Fedérala laborod under nany burdens. In the first place the Confederatea purchased the very lateat craft afloat Iu the next, bad weathor waa an advantaao to them. Acain. thev would takn such desperate chances as dambfounded brave men. In a dozen instances they came down the harbor at a speed of fourteen or fif teen miles an hour, and plunged straight through the lleet and took the chances. Some were uot even hit by the hot fire instantly opened, while others took from threo t six canuon balls into Nassau as relies. Federal bistory fawns upon the admíralo, puffs the commodores, and pats the commanders on the back: but ït stops there. There is oever a word of praise for the thousands who ondurod the hardships and braved the dangeo-s of the blockading stations. Indeed, but for an occasional magazine article or a newspaper sketch, ths country would have forgotten that we had anything afloat eicept a few iron-clada.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat