"After getting beyond the range of the last guns she quickly hauled down the rebel flags and hoisted a white one.... The steamer is quite a valuable acquisition to the squadron...."
Du Pont added in a letter to senator Grimes: "You should have heard his [Smalls'] modest reply when i asked him what was said of the carry away of general Ripley's barge sometime ago. He said they made a great fuss but perhaps they would make more 'to do' when they heard of the steamer having been brought out."
--Old B-Runner
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