Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Sumter in Trouble--Finds it impossible to coal, by reason of a Combination against her, headed by the Federal Consul-- Applies to the British Government for Coal, but is refused-- Sends her Paymaster and Ex-Consul Tunstall to Cadiz--They are arrested and imprisoned in Tangier--Correspondence on the Subject--The Sumter laid up and sold 329