Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States
CHAPTER LIV.
Other Incidents of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge--The Rescue of a Portion of the Crew of the Alabama by the English Steam-Yacht Deerhound--The United States Government demands that they be given up--The British Government refuses Compliance--The rescued Persons not Prisoners--The Inconsistency of the Federal Secretary of the Navy 761