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but “waiting elsewhere” was terribly hard on them.
The Confederate Steam Ship, Rappahannock, in the harbour of Calais, afforded little comfort to those who waited to go home. ■*T>ne of the latest reports of the Flag Officer, Samuel Barron, to Hon. S. H. Mallory, Secretary of the Confederate Navy, contained the following:
“The Rappahannock lies in die basin at Calais still. The water has been recently let out, which rendered the removal of much of the weight out of die ship necessary; and the authorities have offered storehouse for the safekeeping. There are on board only officers and men enough to take care of Government property.”
About the only comfort that the officers and crews of the Confederate ships had to count/On as they waited in many parts of Europe for permission to return to their homes, was that Commander James D. Bullock, whom they loved and respected, waited with them.
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