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Christy Passford was astounded and confounded when he read the / commission. He modestly believed that he had already been promoted / beyond his deserving, though no one else, not even his father, thought / so. He had not sought promotion at any time, and he had been hurried / through four grades in something over three years. He was the heir of / millions, and he had given all his pay to wounded sailors and the / families of those who had fallen in naval actions.
His share of the prize money resulting from the captures in which he had / taken part as commander or in some subordinate position had made him a / rich man; and with his mother's assistance, he was disbursing no small / portion of his wealth among those who had been deprived of their support / by the casualties of the war. He had not expected or even hoped for any / further promotion, though the newspaper had extolled to the skies his / brilliant exploit in the Gulf.