Excerpt from An Englishman's View of the Battle Between the Alabama and the Kearsarge: An Account of the Naval Engagement in the British Channel on Sunday, June 19th, 1864 U. S. S. S. Kearsarge, off dover, July 13, 18645. M. Edge, esq., london, M y Dear Sir I have read the proof Sheets of your pamphlet entitled The Alabama and the Kearsarge - An Account Of the Naval Engage ment in the British Channel on Sunday, June 19, 1864. I can fully endorse the pamphlet as giving a fair, unvarnished statement of all the facts, both prior and subsequent to the engagement. With my best Wishes, I remain, With feelings of obligation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.