Scott, Emma Look Mrs., 1858- · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 119
The firesof the Cumberland, as she approached, had noeffect upon her armored sides. Into the Cumberland she ran her powerful ironprow, crashing in her timbers and strewing herdecks with the maimed, the dead, and dying. Again she turned her attention to the Congress,remembering also the frigate… … And the flag, as if defying the fate that threatenedits destruction, still flew above the masthead. THE FLAG OF THE CUMBERLAND 103 sinking, her men ascended to the spar deck andfought till the waters engulfed them. The lastshot was fired from a gun half submerged in thewater. As the ship settled to…
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