Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 442
flashing oars striking time to a martial dirge as the neatlydressed sailors rowed to an open space on the landing, bearingthe leaders who should lead no more. On the vessels at anchor,with flags at half-mast the minute-guns at intervals broke thesilence and woke echoes along the rocky coast. In the… … Oliver Hazard Perry. 430 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. were laid in the new-made graves and the farewell volley rever-berated through the wild recesses of the dim old forest On the afternoon of this mystery veiled and decisive combat,as the thunders of the guns rolled over the sun-lit…
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