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Secession of Virginia.--Service at Fort Powhatan.--Volunteers
at the Big Guns.--"Wide Awake" Clubs.--Want of preparation in
Virginia.--Fort Powhatan abandoned.--Service at Acquia
Creek.--The "Tigers."--Coal Mining on the Potomac. 15

CHAPTER II.

Ordered to New Orleans.--The Naval Fleet there.--The "River
Defence" Squadron.--The iron-clad "Louisiana."--Difficulty in
managing the Fleet.--Going down the River.--Want of
concert.--Admiral Farragut.--Our crew. 29

CHAPTER III.

The 24th April.--Passage of the United States Fleet.--After
the Storm.--The "River Defence" boats.--The Refuge in the
Bayou.--Surrender of the Forts.--Extracts from Commodore
Mitchell's official Report.--Council of War.--Destruction of
the "Louisiana."--Our Surrender.--General B. F.
Butler.--Transferred to the United States Frigate "Colorado." 44

CHAPTER IV.

Transferred to the "Rhode Island."--Meeting with an old
Friend.--Arrival at Fort Warren.--Treatment
there.--Correspondence, and its Result.--Prison
Life.--Exchanged.--The Crew at quarters.--Burial of the
"Unknown." 60

CHAPTER V.

A Brief Stay at Home.--Report to the War Department.--Instructions
to go abroad.--The Blockade-runner "Kate."--Voyage to
Nassau.--Yellow Fever.--The Undertaker.--Our Skipper "Captain
Dick."--The Major sick.--A Story for the Marines.--Arrival at
Cardenas.--The Coolies.--Arrival at Havana.--The American Consul
and I.--The Pirate Marti.--The Spanish Steamer.--Pretty
Harbors.--Captain Fry. 83

CHAPTER VI.

San Domingo.--The Island of Hayti and its Inhabitants.--St.
Thomas.--General Santa Anna.--The Mail Steamer Atrato.--Arrival
at Southampton.--English Scenery.--The Major Fails.--The
Giraffe purchased.--A Claim against the Confederate
Government.--The Hon J. M. Mason.--Credit of the Confederate
Government abroad.--An Improper Agent.--Captain Bullock.--The
Giraffe ready for Sea.--Glasgow.--Our Last Dinner.--Our Scotch
Landlady and Head Waiter.--We part with the Major.--Hot
Punch and Scotch Babies.--A Reminiscence. 100

CHAPTER VII.

Voyage to Madeira.--A Capital Sea-boat.--The Island
Ponies.--Mr. B. and his daughters.--Voyage to St. John's,
Porto Rico.--Run across the Bahama Banks.--Nassau during the
War.--High Wages and Low Characters.--Crew re-shipped.--Failu