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equipped, and kept the blockaders at a respectful distance. Shots were frequently exchanged between them and the fort, and sometimes, when they ventured to anchor too near the coast, they were surprised by a ball from a cannon, run out behind a sandhill during the night.
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C. S. S. "FLORIDA" ENTERING MOBILE BAY, SEPT. 4, 1862.
FROM A PAINTING BY R. S. FLOYD.
The cruiser Florida was one of the ships built in England for the Confederacy, and turned over to its authorities out at sea.
