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Christy Passford now realized, for the first time, that he had / been taken by the enemy. War had actually been declared against the / Bellevite, and Major Pierson would undertake to perform the duty / assigned to him by Colonel Passford. The young man was determined to be / true to his colors under all possible circumstances; and therefore he / could do nothing, directly or indirectly, to assist in the capture of / the steamer.
Captain Passford, while he recognized the irregularity of his mission, / had come into the waters of Mobile Bay with no intention of committing / any depredations on the persons, property, or vessels of the / Confederacy. The Bellevite had not fired a shot, or landed a force, / in the enemy's country.