Chapter 12 No.12

Take Command of the "Whisper."-High Rates of Freight.-Confederate Money and Sterling Exchange.-An Investment in Cotton.-The Ill-fated Ironclad.-The Point Lookout Expedition and its Failure.-A Faithful Servant and a Narrow Escape.-Futile Projects.-Wilmington during the War.-Light Houses re?stablished.-Gloomy Prospects of the South.

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