DOC The Triangle Fire: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Cultural Editions) by Jo Ann Argersinger in History

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Excerpt from The Kearsarge-Alabama Battle: The Story as Told to the Writer by James Magee of Marblehead; Seaman on the KearsargeThe flag was run up in a ball to mast head; and orders given to one of the men that if we should go down; to pull the halliards and go down colors flying. We did not fire on them after they struck their flag. The boat from the Alabama came alongside; and Lieutenant Wilson delivered up his sword and surrendered the ship; and told the Captain if he did not make haste and get out boats to save life; that there would be a good many go down in the Alabama.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work; preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases; an imperfection in the original; such as a blemish or missing page; may be replicated in our edition. We do; however; repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.