The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . ave her a broadside which cut away hei* mizzen mast and madegreat havoc among them. We perceived her sinking,-at thesame time saw that her main topgallant sail was on fire, whichran down the rigging and caught a hogshead of cartridges underthe quarterdeck and blew it up. At this time from one of their forward guns there came intothe port where I commanded a charge of grape shot. With threeof them I was wounded, one between my neck bone and wind-pipe, one through my jaw lodging in the roof of my mouth, a
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The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . ave her a broadside which cut away hei* mizzen mast and madegreat havoc among them. We perceived her sinking, -at thesame time saw that her main topgallant sail was on fire, whichran down the rigging and caught a hogshead of cartridges underthe quarterdeck and blew it up. At this time from one of their forward guns there came intothe port where I commanded a charge of grape shot. With threeof them I was wounded, one between my neck bone and wind-pipe, one through my jaw lodging in the roof of my mouth, andtaking off a piece of my tongue, the third through the upper lip, taking away part of the lip and all of my upper teeth., I wasimmediately taken to the cockpit, to the surgeon. My gun wasfired only once afterward; I had fired nineteien times. I layunattended to, being considered mortally wounded and waspast by that the wounds of those more likely to live might bedressed. I wias perfectly sensible and heard the surgeonsremark: Let Little lay. Attend to the others first. He will die. 110. Captain Luther Ijittle (The scars and disfigurement left by wounds received in the action with the AdmiralDuff have been faithfully reproduced by the painter; Captmn Luther Littles Own Story Perceiving me motion to him he came to me and began towash off the blood, and dress my wound. After dressing thelip and jaw he was turning from me. I put my hand to myneck, and he returned and examined my neck, pronouncing itthe deepest wound of the three. I bled profusely, the surgeonsaid two gallons. By this time the enemys ship was sunk and nothing was tobe seen of her. She went down on fire with colours flying.Our boats were injured by the shots and our carpenters wererepairing them in order to pull out and pick up the men of theEnglish that were afloat. They succeeded in getting fifty-five, one half wounded and scalded. The first lieutenant told me that such was their pride whenon the brink of a watery