No act of his useful and honorable life has been so widely known or will be so long remembered as his dispatch to the Treasury agent at New Orleans to take possession of a revenue cutter whose commander was suspected of disloyalty and of a design to transfer his vessel to the Confederate service.
Blaine reflects on a significant action taken by Dix that demonstrated his commitment to the Union during the Civil War.
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