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Covering almost a year of Loring\'s service, I Held Lincoln describes the lieutenant\'s command of the gunboat USS Wave , the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, the surrender of his ship, and his capture by the Confederates.
Loring was a sailor who just wanted to return home, where the biggest story of his life awaited him.
He commanded no armies and devised no grand strategies.
Benjamin Loring (1824-1902) lived the life of an everyman Civil War sailor.
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