THE KEARSAGE AND THE ALABAMA
... Secretary Welles has sent to Captain Winslow of the Kearsage a recognition of his services in the de- struction of the Alabama. In this dispatch he re- quests Captain Winslow to express to the officers and crew of the Kearsage the satisfaction of the Government at the victory over a vessel superior in tonnage, superior in number of guns, and superior in the number of her crew. He then says:— ...