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that the Confederate troops on his right and left had surrendered, and
that further resistance was useless and could only end in the
destruction of the sailors. Tucker, believing that the battle had only
commenced, refused to surrender, and held his position until reliable
information, which he could not doubt, reached him of the surrender of
General Ewell and his army corps. The naval brigade surrendered by
Tucker numbered some three hundred sailors, who, the opposing force
said, did not know when they were whipped. Tucker's sword, which he
rendered to General Keifer, was returned to him some years after the
war by that gentleman, then a prominent member of Congress.

Tucker was sent North and confined as a prisoner of war until the
entire cessation of hostilities, when he was released on parole. On
his return to Virginia he found that both the Confederate and State
Governments were things of the past, and that he would have to mend
his broken fortunes, if mend them he could, by engaging in the
business pursuits of civil life. He succeeded, not without difficulty,
in obtaining employment as an agent of the Southern Express Company,
and was stationed at Raleigh, North Carolina, to take charge of the
business matters of the Company in that city.

[Footnote 1: The _Keystone State_ did not surrender, rescue or no
rescue, and her escape ought probably to be regarded as a rescue.]

PART III.

TUCKER OFFERED THE COMMAND OF THE PERUVIAN FLEET, WITH THE
RANK OF REAR ADMIRAL--ARRIVES IN LIMA--NO PRECEDENT FOR
THE RETURN OF MONEY--COMMISSIONED A REAR ADMIRAL IN THE
NAVY OF PERU--COMMANDS THE ALLIED FLEETS OF PERU AND
CHILE--SPANISH WAR--TUCKER'S PLAN FOR A NAVAL CAMPAIGN;
PROJECTED EXPEDITION AGAINST MANILA--CESSATION OF
HOSTILITIES--TUCKER RETIRES FROM THE COMMAND OF THE
FLEET, AND IS APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF THE PERUVIAN
HYDROGRAPHICAL COMMISSION OF THE AMAZON--CROSSES THE
ANDES AND REACHES THE AMAZON--EXPLORES THE YAVARI
RIVER--ORDERED TO THE UNITED STATES TO SUPERINTEND THE
BUILDING OF AN EXPLORING STEAMER--RETURNS TO THE AMAZON
WITH STEAMER _Tambo_. EXPEDITION UP THE UCAYALI AND
EXPLORATION OF THE TAMBO RIVER--ORDERED TO THE UNITED
STATES TO PROCURE A STEAMER OF LIGHT DRAUGHT OF
WATER--RETURNS TO THE AMAZON WITH STEAMER
_Mairo_--SECOND EXPEDITION UP THE UCAYALI--CANOE
EXPE