Tales of Whalers in the Civil War 387 



Among the whalemen captured by the Sbenan- 

 doah on June 27, especial mention must be 

 made of Captain Thomas G. Young, of the bark 

 Favorite, of Fairhaven. When he saw that the 

 cruiser was really an enemy, he loaded his whal- 

 ing guns and such muskets as were on board, 

 hoisted the old flag, and mustered his crew for a 

 fight. He then took his station on the roof of the 

 cabin and when the boat from the Shenandoab 

 approached to demand his surrender, he shouted: 



"Boat ahoy!" 



"'Ahoy!'" responded the officer in charge, to 

 quote the story as told in Hunt's The Sbenandoab. 



"Who are you, and what do you want?' was 

 his next salutation. 



"We come to inform you that your vessel is a 

 prize to the Confederate steamer Shenandoab' 



"I'll be d d if she is, at least just yet, and 

 now keep off or I'll fire into you!' 



"The old Spartan began to squint along his 

 bomb gun, and the men to handle their muskets 

 in such a decidedly businesslike manner, that it 

 was perfectly apparent that he intended to carry 

 his threat into execution. 



