The Peninsula Campaign in Virginia Or Incidents And Scenes On the Battlefield
The Peninsula Campaign in Virginia Or Incidents And Scenes On the Battlefield
James Junius Marks
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The shore itself was crowded by a great multitude, waiting for the shock and end. The one hundred steamers and ships were with steam up and sails unfurled, and the sailors at the capstans to elevate the anchors, and be ready in a moment to glide out of danger. As yet but few outside of the fort knew of the arrival of the Monitor. The expectant multitude had not long to wait; the black smoke in the distance heralded the com- ing foe. At length her dark hull was seen, and in a few moments the cry... ran along the shore, "She is coming ! she is coming ! ' ' The excitement was in- tense : children climbed upon the shoulders of their fathers ; mothers held up their babes to look on the scene ; hundreds of negroes hung upon the branches of trees, and to every mast and yard-arm clung a multitude of sailors. The interest was so absorbing that few spoke : more and more distinct became the nearing vessel, attended, as on the previous occasion, by the two gunboats. The Merrimac steamed directly for the Minnesota.
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