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RECOLLECTIONS OF A

REBEL REEFERBYJAMES MORRIS MORGANWith IllustrationsBOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

THE RIVERSIDE PRESS CAMBRIDGE

1917Page verso COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY JAMES MORRIS MORGAN

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published April 1917TO

MY BELOVED WIFE

FRANCES F. MORGAN

BUT FOR WHOSE DEVOTION AND TENDER NURSING OF ME

THROUGH WEARY YEARS OF ILL HEALTH THESE

"RECOLLECTIONS"

WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN WRITTEN Page viiPREFACE SAID a writer in Blackwood's Magazine many years ago:"None but kings and egoists are fit to indite the record of theirlives. The king knows himself to be the first of his world, andwhat to the king is knowledge is to the egoist a confident belief.Pride, then, personal and overwhelming, is essential to the perfectautobiography; and if the pride be simple enough, we mayperhaps dispense with the other great quality--self-knowledge.For though it obscure reality, pride can create a phantom at onceimproving and consistent. Nequidquam sapit qui sibi non sapit,wrote Cicero." The following account of some of my experiences in life willhave at least the merit of simplicity, and, the story being aboutmyself, I ask indulgence for its unavoidable egotism. It has been said that "adventures come only to him who seeksthem," but I am doubtful of the correctness of this adage, for Ican truthfully say that I had as little to do with the shaping of mycourse in life as has an empty bottle thrown overboard in mid-ocean.I spent the most important years of a boy's life, thosebetween fifteen and nineteen, so far as education and theformation of character are concerned, tied to a sword and in themidst of a most cruel war, and when peace came I was waftedhither and thither, the sport of the fickle winds of varying fortune;and, having "sailed 'neath alien skies and trod the desert path,"naturally I imagine that I have met with some adventures out ofthe usual run of the average schoolboy's experiences, and if Ihave written some of them down, it has been with the laudabledesire of amusing other people rather than personal vanity ordesire for notoriety. Its novelty is anotherexcuse for this volume. The shelves oflibraries are filled with "Recollections,""Reminiscences," Page viiiand "Services Afloat," written by admirals, but whoever before saw the memoirs of a "Reefer," unless it was thoseof "Mr. Midshipman Easy," and he, being a mythical person, ofcourse did not write them himself. I make no apology for its manyfaults and shortcomings, for were it told in a scholarly mannerand in the rounded periods and faultless language of a Macaulay,it would not be the story of a midshipman who had fewopportunities of acquiring an education, and neglected the fewwhich came in his way, as the story will make apparent to thedullest landlubber. If I have omitted tomention one or two affairs of honor inwhich I took part, either as principal or second, I trust that my notdoing so will not be regarded as evidence that I have any doubtas to the correctness of my attitude on those occasions. I do notmention them because I have passed the threescore years andten and do not wish to offend the sensibilities of the living, or toreawaken old feuds in a State where one of my daughters andmy grandchildren live. If I mention an unfortunate shooting affair which occurred inColumbia, South Carolina, it is because the bloody tragedybecame a matter of record in the courts. Other personalencounters are recounted because they had an amusing side tothem.J. M. M.

CONTENTSCHAPTER I

Childhood--"Billy Bowlegs"--The Choctaws--Blowing up andburning of the steamboat Princess--Charloe and Katish--Throwingthe lasso--Buck-jumpers . . . . . 1CHAPTER II

Unlucky in love--The home of a Louisiana aristocrat--Hospitalityand lengthy visits--The sugar-house--Appointed a midshipman--Theonly Southern man who could not whip ten Yankees--Religiousmania--Fortress Monroe--Mexican pulque . . . . . 11CHAPTER III

Annapolis--"Old Ironsides"--The habit of command--Show remarkableleniency toward the midshipman's hereditary enemies, the commandantand lieutenants--The "Brood of the Constitution"--"Bill Pip," our firsthero--Other heroes--Skating on thin ice--The bilged--Secession . . . . . 21CHAPTER IV

Out of the United States Navy--Complete disguise--Captain Maynadier,U.S.A.--Passing through the Union and Confederate lines--Senator Wigfalland President Andrew Johnson--Montgomery, Alabama--PresidentJefferson Davis and Judah P. Benjamin--Tender services and sword tothe Confederacy--Declined with thanks--The "Marseillaise" . . . . . 34CHAPTER V

Arrive in New Orleans--Brother Harry killed next morning in aduel--Home-coming in Baton Rouge . . . . . 41CHAPTER VI

Volunteers--Lonely--Captain Booth, late U.S.A., finds use for me--Pensacola--"Give them a little more grape, Captain Bragg" . . . . . 44CHAPTER VII

The sloop-of-war McRae arrives at Baton Rouge--Receive warrant as amidshipman and ordered to the McRae--Fail to get through theblockade--Attack on Federal fleet at the Head of the Passes Page x--Heroes until a newspaper "Mahan" discovered that we ought to havetowed the whole Federal fleet up to New Orleans in triumph . . . . . 51CHAPTER VIII

The McRae made flagship of the Mississippi flotilla--CommodoreHollins--Appointed aide-de-camp to the commodore--IslandNo. 10--New Madrid--The Swamp Fox of Missouri--Maskedbatteries--Wanted to challenge a major--U.S. ironclads pass IslandNo. 10--Stung--New Madrid and Island No. 10 evacuated--"Savez" Readadministers a lesson in discipline to the volunteers--Gunboats pretty badly cut up byshore batteries--Go back to New Orleans--Fort Jackson under heavybombardment from Porter's mortar fleet--Commodore Hollins relievedfrom his command--Farragut passes the forts--Death of CaptainHuger and sinking of the McRae . . . . . 60CHAPTER IX

Farragut's fleet at New Orleans--Mob threatens to kill his officerswho demand the surrender of the city--Farragut threatens todestroy the city if a hair of their heads is hurt--Pierre Soul'shypnotic fore-finger saves the critical situation--I take to theswamp--The "Irreconcilable Home Guard"--Reach GeneralLovell's camp at Amite--Reach Norfolk in time for theevacuation--Richmond--The battle between the U.S. IroncladsGalena, Monitor, and Naugatuck and Drewry's Bluff batteries--Battle ofSeven Pines (Fair Oaks)--Seven Days' Battle . . . . . 75CHAPTER X

Charleston--Commodore Ingraham--C.S. Ironclad Chicora--The looting of my home in Baton Rouge--George Hollins dies ofyellow fever--The Honorable George A. Trenholm--Navalofficers "never unbutton their coats"--Ordered abroad . . . . . 89CHAPTER XI

Run through the U.S. blockading fleet--Out of our reckoning--Bermuda--Blockade-runners throw money into the street--Commodore Wilkes'sfamous ship San Jacinto gives us a scare--Halifax--Sail for England incompany with some of Her Majesty's Life Guardsmen . . . . . 98CHAPTER XII

Liverpool--London--Visit "Hill Morton," near Rugby--Ordered tothe C.S.S. Alexandra--Snubbed--Ordered to Paris--Ordered toLondon--Birthday properly celebrated--Damn the Page xiMarquis of Westminster and lose my only friend--Meet severalMr. Grigsons . . . . . 106CHAPTER XIII

White Haven--The active tug Alar--Meet the Japan, which turns outto be the Confederate cruiser Georgia--Ushant Island--Break neutrality laws,and away to sea--Hoist Confederate flag, but don't use it much--Captureour first prize, the clipper ship Dictator--Treatment of prisoners--Cape Verde Islands--Narrowescape from U.S.S. Mohican--Crew of Dictator ship with us--Chasing ships . . . . . 113CHAPTER XIV

The Doldrums--Water-spouts--Bahia--Meet the Alabama--Changing ofthe Confederate flag--Corsairos--Brazilian ball--MidshipmanAnderson makes a pillow out of Captain Semmes--U.S.S. Niagaraand Mohican on our trail--"Does he want his pretty paint spoiled?" -- Refusedpermission to depart after 4 P.M.--Brazilian battery fires one shot as wepass out . . . . . 124CHAPTER XV

"Tempest in a teapot"--Capture clipper ship George Griswold of NewYork--Burn bark Good Hope of Boston--Funeral at sea--Bark Seaver goesto assistance of the Good Hope and is captured--Transfer prisoners tothe Seaver . . . . . 133CHAPTER XVI

Barren island of Trinidad--The natural monument--Surf five hundred feethigh--Battle in the air between frigate bird and sailor lad--Capture ofsplendid ship Constitution loaded with coal and missionaries--Georgia,by mistake, fires into the Constitution--Capture of ship City of Bath--Despoiled of $16,000 of our hard-earned wealth by trick of skipper'swife--Learnof the death of "Stonewall" Jackson--The Cape of Good Hope . . . . . 140CHAPTER XVIII

Simon's Town--The Alabama had just sailed from the port--Two of theGeorgia's engineers, the boatswain, gunner, and several seamen get "coldfeet" and leave us--Our first lieutenant, Mr. Chapman, ordered toEurope--Visit the city of Cape Town Skippers of burned ships notfriendly and disposed to start a rough-house--H. M. troopshipHimalaya--"Dixie"--Exciting experience with Malay fishermen -- Albatrossand Cape pigeons--Meet the tea fleet--Also the U.S.S.Vanderbilt--Myriads of fish follow the Georgia making the ocean at nightappear to be in flames . . . . . 147 Page xiiCHAPTER XVIII

The prize Bold Hunter, abandoned and on fire, runs down and seriouslydamages the Georgia--Mirage at night--Peak of Teneriffe--Santa Cruz -- Battlewith a Frenchman--Rescue French brig Diligente--Captain Mauryill--Sailorsget at the spirit-room--Mutiny . . . . . 156CHAPTER XIX

Cherbourg--Letters from home tell of the deaths of my two brothers,captains in Stonewall Jackson's corps--French fleet arrives tokeep us in order--Great storm and loss of flagship's launch andcrew--Impressive military pageant at funeral--Captain Mauryrelieved from the command of the Georgia. The C.S.S.Rappahannock--Kearsarge and Tuscarora waiting for us outside . . . . . 165CHAPTER XX

Leave Cherbourg--Storm off Cape Trafalgar--Coast of Morocco--Anchorin the open sea near the Great Desert--Caravans--Moors bringfish--Ancient Moor swims to the ship--We returnvisits and are kicked into the sea--We bombard the troglodytes--Giveup hope that the Rappahannock will meet us--Weighanchor and have a narrow escape from shipwreck and falling intothe hands of the Moors . . . . . 172CHAPTER XXI

Bordeaux--U.S.S. Niagara and Sacramento wait outside for us--Twofine sloops-of-war intended for the Confederacy lay near, butbeyond our reach--Escape from the United States men-of-warLiverpool--A hero at last--Georgia put out of commission--Georgiacaptured by U.S.S. Niagara--Last of the Georgia--Men-of-war,privateers, and pirates . . . . . 180CHAPTER XXII

Paris--Alabama sunk by Kearsarge--Havre--Southampton--Orderedto return to the Confederacy--Halifax--Sail for Bermuda and passengersmistake us for pirates--St. George's, Bermuda--Take passage in theblockade-runner Lillian--Chased by U.S.S. Shenandoah and havenarrow escape running through blockading fleet off Wilmington . . . . . 187CHAPTER XXIII

Shells dropping in the grass-grown streets of Charleston, South Carolina--Mr.Trenholm is Secretary of the Confederate Treasury--Columbia--Mr.Trenholm's beautiful villa--Go to Richmondand ask the millionaire Secretary for the hand of his daughter--Mrs.Trenholm calls on Mrs. (?) Stephens . . . . . 197 Page xiiiCHAPTER XXIV

"Pride goeth before a fall"--Humiliated and sent to school--Arealistic war college--Call a commander "My man," and orderhim forward--Assault on Fort Harrison--General Lee appearson the battle-field--Repulsed--I prove to be something of asprinter . . . . . 204CHAPTER XXV

I finally become a passed midshipman--Battery Semmes--TheDutch Gap Canal--Mortar pits and rifle pits--The lookouttower--Trading with the enemy --Pickett's famous divisioncharges a rabbit--A shell from a monitor destroys my log hut--Goodmarksmanship--An unexploded shell--General Lee inspectsbattery--Costly result of order to "give him a shot infifteen minutes"--Demonstration against City Point--Confederateironclads badly hammered--"Savez" Read cuts boomacross the river--A thunderous night . . . . . 212CHAPTER XXVI

The Confederate "White House"--President Davis gives an impromptulecture on bridle bits--Letter of Mrs. Jefferson Davisdenying truth of anecdote relating to President Buchanan, Mrs.Joseph E. Johnston, and herself--The Southern soldiers andgirls dance, flirt, and marry, oblivious of the signs that the "dbcle"draws near . . . . . 220CHAPTER XXVII

Ordered to accompany Mrs. Davis and party south--No Pullmancars in those days--President Davis bids his family good-bye--Insolentdeserters insult Mrs. Davis at Charlotte, North Carolina--A Hebrewgentleman gives her shelter--Midshipmen guarding the Confederacy'sgold escort her to Abbeville, South Carolina--President Davis andhis Cabinet at Abbeville . . . . . 228CHAPTER XXVIII

President Davis departs from Abbeyville--I carry communication toGeneral Fry at Augusta, Georgia--United States troops occupyAbbeville. We bury the silver chests--Paroled at Washington,Georgia--Accompany Mr. Trenholm to Columbia, where hebuys a home--Mr. Wagner, of Fraser, Trenholm & Co., pays toavoid arrest in Charleston, and Mr. Trenholm is arrested inColumbia--Placed in the common jail--Mrs. King hides the goldunder the Federal commander's nose--General Gillmore, U.S.A.,treats Mr. Trenholm magnanimously . . . . . 238 Page xivCHAPTER XXIX

Mr. Trenholm and others of Mr. Davis's Cabinet imprisoned in FortPulaski--I make a hurried trip to New Orleans to engage counsel--Iget married--Study (?) law--General Daniel E. Sicklesorders Mr. Trenholm's home returned to him--I become awidower--Yellow fever saves me from being on board of thefated Evening Star . . . . . 253CHAPTER XXX

Try cotton-planting with the usual saiIor's success--Better successfollowing the hounds--Charles Astor Bristed; "Man is a gregariousanimal"--Drayton Hall--Discovery of the phosphaterocks--Visit Philadelphia--Go on the New York Yacht Clubcruise--General McClellan--General W. S. Hancock viewsthe yacht race . . . . . 259CHAPTER XXXI

Receive a commission as captain in the Egyptian Army--Hurriedtrip to Egypt with nineteen other ex-Union and Confederateofficers--Alexandria--Call an Oriental bluff--Cause smallpanic in hotel by opening windows during the "kempsine"--Inuniform--Presented to the Khedive--American officers inKhedive's army--Letters of President Davis and General R. E.Lee . . . . . 266CHAPTER XXXII

The Egyptian Army--Eunuchs important beings--Polyglots--Anecdote (fromcourt gossip) about the two Schnieders--Adventuresses--Thepermanent Secretary--The bounding horse Napoleon--Didn'tcut His Highness--Napoleon gets me in and out of trouble about being toofresh with a Princess, a flower, and a dainty lace handkerchief--TheKhedive orders a wedding to amuse the EmpressEugnie--Divorce--Harems(pronounced hareems) . . . . . 274CHAPTER XXXIII

Egyptian Army splendidly drilled in manual of arms and tacticsAmerican officers dine with the Effendina--Sham battle--Napoleon disgracesme--Feast of the Doss--Marriage of theNile--Offend Arabi Bey and am sent to Rosetta--Sailing onthe great canal--Rosetta--A deserted palace--See ghostswhich turn out to be lepers--Accept hospitality of an Armenian--Commanderof garrison not overjoyed to see me . . . . . 287 Page xvCHAPTER XXXIV

Khedive always just to the American officers, but it was difficult toobtain an audience with him--Go to Alexandria with GeneralLoring and occupy a royal palace--Difficult to get paid--Rowwith customs officials--An Egyptian military banquet--I havenot rank enough to entitle me to a seat at the table--Cabalformed against General Stone--I am sent to the staff of RatibPasha, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Army . . . . . 296CHAPTER XXXV

Ratib Pasha--Attempted suicide gained him promotion--Ratib ispresented to a pretty soubrette, and calls on her accompaniedby his staff--The commander-in-chief is peeved--The Abyssiniancampaign--Ratib Pasha the only court favorite faithfulto the Khedive Ismail in the hour of humiliation and sorrow--TheDuke of Hamilton, General Mott, and the duel that didnot come off . . . . . 301CHAPTER XXXVI

The Franco-Prussian War--Apply for leave to go toFrance--Wrecked--Paris in sackcloth and ashes--Agenerous Jew . . . . . 310CHAPTER XXXVII

Return to America--Tired of the Egyptian service, but the Khedivedeclines to allow me to resign--Grants me a furlough with permissionto go home--Determine again to become a farmer--"Woe to them thatgo down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses"--Columbia, SouthCarolina--Become lord and master of the great Hampton plantation--Abachelor's mnageand appetite--A lively fox hunt in which the wily Carpetbag Governmentis run to cover--Matches cost only five cents a box--Trial JusticeSam Thompson . . . . . 315CHAPTER XXXVIII

The name Galapagos inspires the preacher--I take Northern friendsto a prayer meeting--"Getting glory"--A chicken thief and abulldog get hitched together--Death of Hector as a consequence--Thepreponderance of the evidence--Ball toilets in the middleof the day and champagne orgies on the main street--Thecomptroller of the State opens fire on the house of Colonel Black,U.S.A., the commandant--Moses, promised immunity, givestestimony in the fraudulent bonds case--Questions of personalprivilege--Nancy Eliot . . . . . 323 Page xviCHAPTER XXXIX

Corrupt judiciary--Melton voted for Seymour and Blair, but bet hismoney on Grant--Feud between Attorney-General Melton andColonel Montgomery in which Mr. Caldwell was killed and I waswounded . . . . . 332CHAPTER XL

Cotton-picking by moonlight--Swindled by a carpetbagger out ofmy hay crop--Legislative debates--Confiscation by taxation--Poverty no barto marrying and giving in marriage--Hound dog gives the alarm and saves my family from deathwhen house catches fire--Pay taxes in a novel way, and sellHampton plantation--Move to Charleston . . . . . 340CHAPTER XLI

Friendly shooting-match--Dancing the "Too Ral Loo"--Negromobs--Dawson wounded--U.S. Regulars attacked withstones--General Hunt, U.S.A., takes command of the rifle clubs--Thisaction costs General Hunt his promotion on retirement--Feud betweenGovernor Chamberlain and Captain Bowen, the sheriff of CharlestonCounty . . . . . 348CHAPTER XLII

Captain Dawson, editor of the "Charleston News and Courier,"denouncesBowen as the assassin of Colonel White--Bowen bringslibel suit--Eli Grimes, the actual murderer, located--I go toLeesville and bring Grimes to Charleston to testify--Grimesattempts to kill himself--Grimes's sensational testimony--Mistrial . . .. . 353CHAPTER XLIII

Exciting political campaign of 1875--I return to Columbia--Thedual legislature--Hamilton, negro member of the legislature,makes a Democratic speech--The military evict the Democratsfrom the capitol . . . . . 360CHAPTER XLIV

General M. C. Butler elected U.S. Senator by Democraticlegislature--Carpetbag conspiracy against Butler proves a fiasco--DonCameron, to the amazement of the country, forces the seating ofButler in the U.S. Senate--Senator Blaine traps Senator Vancewho was fond of practical jokes--Astonishing clash betweenSenators Bayard and Blaine--Visit of a Senate Committee tothe Indian Territory--Attempt to give a scolding to Chief Page xviiJoseph, of the Nez Percs Indians, and the result--The mountainwould not come to Mohammed, so Mohammed had to go tothe mountain--Joseph turns the tables on the Senators andadministers a stinging tongue-lashing--We leave Joseph, but donot feel very proud of ourselves . . . . . 370CHAPTER XLV

"Fighting Bob" Evans gets me employment with Governor AlexanderR. Shepherd and I go to Mexico--My brother, P. H. Morgan,is appointed U.S. Minister to Mexico--San Antonio, Texas,where we buy a herd of unbroken mules--The Caon de lasIglesias--Dangers of the mountain trail--Batopilas--TheSan Miguel silver mine--Governor Shepherd as an executive--Alaw unto himself, he wins the favor of Porfirio Diaz--InBonanza--My conducta carries a hundred and forty thousanddollars in silver bars to Chihuahua--Instinct of the mountainmule--Beware of the polite Mexican--Narrow escape from fallinginto the hands of Victoria, the Apache Chief--Themountaintrail strewn with silver bars . . . . . 383CHAPTER XLVI

Resign position as chief of conductas and start for home via Mazatlanand San Francisco--Alamos--Witness marriage betweena Mexican girl and a German--New York--A dress-suit mychief asset--Return to Mexico and become a civil engineer (?)--Primitivecoaching--Queretaro and its opal mines . . . . . 395CHAPTER XLVII

Leon, the city whose sole industry is the carving of leather and makingof saddles--Running trial lines on the gallop--La Piedad--Didn'tflop quick enough and got stoned--The brave peccary--Thestrangler tree--The tree that bleeds blood--Come upon a murderedman lying on the road--The volcano of Colima--General Grant only likesrebels who fought--Mr. Gilmorecomes near losing his life in the Jule River--Return to theStates to finance a silver mine . . . . . 401CHAPTER XLVIII

Return to Tampico and get shipwrecked on the bar--A squaw manwho was a quack doctor--Find a lake of asphalt and strike oil--Aprecarious ferry--Ill with fever and receive a matrimonial proposal . .. . . 410CHAPTER XLIX

Not even any money in oil, when I am interested--President Gonzalezand General Porfirio Diaz--Collapse of oil scheme--Encounter Page xviiicounter General Charles P. Stone by accident and get employment--TheStatue of Liberty--Swept to sea by harbor ice--Meet an old foe--Layinga corner-stone--General Winfield S. Hancock--Lecture my superiorofficer--I am appointed Consul-General to Australasia . . . . . 418CHAPTER L

My appointment as consul-general arouses great indignation amongSouthern office-seekers--Mr. Cleveland said he never wouldhave appointed me had he known I was a "pirate"--Torpedo,in the shape of a pamphlet, comes near blowing up my prospects--Mr.Secretary Bayard gets angry--Mr. Cleveland brushes the matter asideand wishes me bon voyage--Get married and start for San Francisco--Mr.Bayard recalls me to Washington by telegram--I sail forAustralia--Seventh-DayAdventists indignant when Captain skips Saturday at the one hundred andeightieth meridian . . . . . 424CHAPTER LI

Sydney's beautiful harbor--The authorities compliment me by givingme a private compartment for the journey to Melbourne andI am surprised to find myself a prisoner therein--BeautifulMelbourne and its suburbs--Sir Henry Loch, the Governor ofVictoria--My wife suddenly ennobled--Singular coincidenceof meeting a gentleman who had been a passenger on a ship wehad stopped on the high seas twenty-two years previously--WonderfulAustralian horsemanship . . . . . 431CHAPTER LII

Impecunious globe-trotters--Consular courts--Become skipper ofa water-logged bark against my wishes--A captain claims adollar a day for tuition in the culinary art--For obeying myinstructions an Australian court mulcts me for five hundred dollars,holding that despite my exequatur I am only a commercialagent--Grocer's assistant gets quite a large fortune--Manysupposed dead men live in the South SeaIslands--"Black-birders" . . . . . 438CHAPTER LIII

Vast estates--Australian hospitality--Kangaroo hunting--Thedingo--Rabbits in myriads--Aborigines--Marriage customsBlack trackers--Black swans--No songbirds, but manycurious birds--The "laughing jackass" always gets a laughwhen he tells a funny story--The "Ornithoryncus" . . . . . 445 Page xixCHAPTER LIV

Sir Henry Loch gives a fancy-dress ball in honor of the Queen'sJubilee--TheMelbourne Exhibition--Return to America via Suez Canal--Visitto the "Isle of France" (Mauritius)--Paul and Virginia musthavesatdown hard--Return to Melbourne--Secretary of State appointsa naval officer to take charge of appropriation for Americanexhibit--FirstWorld's Fair Commission ever to turn back a balance into theTreasury--Receive a medal--Leave Australia--Authorize captainof the Mariposa to return to Sydney--Samoans asswimmers--Resign . . . . . 453CHAPTER LV

"Cedarcroft"--Death of Captain Dawson--Ten years on a farm--Vagaries of the genus horse--Australian fox terriers . .. . . 459CHAPTER LVI

Visit Mrs. Jefferson Davis in New York--Accompany Mrs. Davis toRichmond--Unveiling of the memorial window to Mr. Davis--Makethe oration at the unveiling of the statuette to Mr. Davisin the Confederate Museum--The old Confederate "WhiteHouse"--Present my sword and letters from President Davisand General Lee to the Museum--Letter from Mrs. Davis onthe subject of Prince Polignac's canard about his mission toFrance for the purpose of selling the State of Louisiana . . . . . 463CHAPTER LVII

The hero of Manila Bay--Distinguished dead who were myfriends--Some learned societies which have honored me--"Peace atany price" . . . . . 468

CHAPTER LVIII

The "birth of a nation"--Assistant manager of the Washingtonbranch of the International Banking Corporation--Extractsfrom a diary kept on a journey to Panama--Meet my old classmatesAdmirals Coghlan and Glass, of the "Brood of the Constitution"--Myold hulk is laid up in ordinary waiting to be scrapped . . . . . 474INDEX . . . . . 483 Page xxiILLUSTRATIONSJAMES MORRIS MORGAN . . . . . FrontispieceMIDSHIPMAN JAMES MORRIS MORGAN, C.S.N., AT THE AGE OFFIFTEEN . . . . . 52U.S. SLOOP-OF-WAR RICHMOND, OF FARRAGUT'S FLEET.From a drawing made at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1872 . . . . . 56C.S. RAM MANASSAS, WHICH RAMMED THE RICHMOND. From a drawing by R. G. Skerrett . . . . . 56C.S.S. McRAE, COMMODORE HOLLINS'S FLAGSHIP, COALING ATBATON ROUGE, 1861 . . . . . 60U.S. IRONCLAD GALENA.From a drawing by R. G. Skerrett after photographs and official plans . . . . . 82C.S. IRONCLAD CHICORA, ON WHICH THE AUTHOR SERVED ATCHARLESTON.From a drawing by R. G. Skerrett . . . . . 82HON. GEORGE A. TRENHOLM, SECRETARY OF THE C.S. TREASURY.From a painting . . . . . 92CAPTAIN W. L. MAURY, COMMANDING THE GEORGIA.From a contemporary photograph taken at Cherbourg . . . . . 114C.S. CRUISER GEORGIA.From a photograph ta