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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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I
cannot
take
leave
of
the
name
of
this
gallant
officer,
who
rendered
such
services
to
science
and
to
his
country,
without
a
word
of
tribute
to
his
memory.
Lieutenant
Berryman
is
in
his
grave.
He
died
in
the
navy
of
his
country,
worn
out
by
his
devotion
to
her
service.
When
the
great
civil
war
broke
out,
he
was
placed
in
a
position
most
painful
to
a
man
of
large
heart,
who
loved
at
once
his
country
and
the
state
in
which
he
was
born.
He
was
a
Southerner,
a
native
of
Winchester,
Va.,
and
was
assigned
to
duty
in
the
South.
At
the
first
attack
on
Southern
forts
and
arsenals,
he
was
in
command
of
the
Wyandotte,
in
the
harbor
of
Pensacola,
in
Florida.
His
officers,
who
were
nearly
all
Southerners,
were
in
secret
sympathy
with
the
rebellion.
All
the
influences
around
him,
both
on
ship
and
on
shore,
were
such
as
might
have
seduced
a
weaker
man
from
his
loyalty.
But,
to
his
honor,
he
never
hesitated
for
a
moment.
He
stood
firm
and
loyal
to
his
flag.
Not
knowing
whom
to
trust,
he
had
to
keep
watch
day
and
night
against
surprise
and
treachery.
It
was
the
testimony
of
Lieutenant
Slemmer,
then
in
command
of
Fort
Pickens,
that
but
for
the
ceaseless
exertions
of
Lieutenant
Berryman
not
only
the
ship
but
the
fort
would
have
been
lost.
But
this
service
to
his
country
cost
him
his
life.
His
constant
exertions
brought
on
a
brain
fever,
of
which
he
died.
His
wife,
also
a
native
of
Winchester,
when
the
war
came
near
her
early
home,
removed
to
Baltimore,
saying
that
"she
would
not
live
under
any
other
flag
than
that
under
which
her
husband
had
lived
and
died."
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