The terror of these Confederate vessels had driven our commerce from the sea, or had compelled our merchant vessels to sail under foreign flags, and had enormously increased the rate of insurance to those who kept the sea under our flag.
Hoar highlights the impact of Confederate vessels on American commerce during the Civil War.
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One of the virtues of General Sheridan was that he knew when to act without orders.
But, as I have already said, when the time came, he always subordinated his own desire to what he deemed the welfare of the public.
But their names were wanting from the honorable roll of the men who accomplished them.
However any political antagonist might dislike him, every antagonist must respect him, and nobody could laugh at him.
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