Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States
CHAPTER LVIII.
The Evacuation of Richmond by the Army--The Destruction of the James River Fleet--The Sailors of the Fleet converted into Soldiers--Their helpless Condition without any Means of Transportation--The Conflagration of Richmond, and the Entry of the Enemy into the Confederate Capital--The Author improvises a Railroad Train, and escapes in it, with his Command, to Danville, Va. 807