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MAKE A MEME View Large Image Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) "Few incidents in the war displayed more courage and coolness than the action of Fog Boatswain ...

Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) &quot;Few incidents in the war displayed more courage and coolness than the action of Fog Boatswain ...

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Keywords: drawing (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) &quot;Few incidents in the war displayed more courage and coolness than the action of Fog Boatswain A. W. Pomeroy, of the United States frigate Niagara, in burning the Confederate brig Nonsuch near New Orleans. After setting the vessel on fire the Federal sailors were pulling back to the Niagara, when a shell struck the boat, throwing two of the officers in the water. The men were saved by a cutter dispatched from the Niagara.&quot; (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) "Few incidents in the war displayed more courage and coolness than the action of Fog Boatswain A. W. Pomeroy, of the United States frigate Niagara, in burning the Confederate brig Nonsuch near New Orleans. After setting the vessel on fire the Federal sailors were pulling back to the Niagara, when a shell struck the boat, throwing two of the officers in the water. The men were saved by a cutter dispatched from the Niagara."