Stories of Our Naval Heroes, by Rev. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, ed

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Editor

Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, 1843-1930

Title

Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read

Credits

Produced by Emmy, Tor Martin Kristiansen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

United States. Navy -- Biography

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Text

eBook-No.

32273

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32273

Release Date

May 6, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.REV. JESSE LYMAN HURLBUT, D.D.
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER I — THE FIRST SEA FIGHT OF THE REVOLUTION — The Burning of the "Gaspee" in Narragansett Bay
6. 6.CHAPTER II — A BRITISH SCHOONER CAPTURED BY FARMERS IN 1775 — Captain Jerry O'Brien Leads the Patriots of 1775
7. 7.CHAPTER III — BENEDICT ARNOLD, THE SOLDIER-SAILOR — A Novel Fight on Lake Champlain
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — CAPTAIN PAUL JONES — The Greatest of America's Naval Heroes
9. 9.CHAPTER V — HOW PAUL JONES WON RENOWN — The First Great Fight of the American Navy
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — CAPTAIN BUSHNELL SCARES THE BRITISH — The Pioneer Torpedo Boat and the Battle of the Kegs
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — CAPTAIN BARRY AND HIS ROWBOATS WIN A VICTORY OVER THE BRITISH — A Gallant Naval Hero of Irish Blood
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — CAPTAIN TUCKER HONORED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON — The Daring Adventures of the Hero of Marblehead
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — THE LAST NAVAL BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION — The Heroic Captain Barney in the "Hyder Ali" Captures the "General Monk"
14. 14.CHAPTER X — THE MOORISH PIRATES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN — Our Navy Teaches Them a Lesson in Honor
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — THE YOUNG DECATUR AND HIS BRILLIANT DEEDS AT TRIPOLI — How Our Navy Began and Ended a Foreign War
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — THE GALLANT "OLD IRONSIDES" AND HOW SHE CAPTURED THE "GUERRIERE" — A Famous Incident of the War of 1812
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — A FAMOUS VESSEL SAVED BY A POEM — "Old Ironsides" Wins New Glory
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — THE FIGHT OF CAPTAIN JACOB JONES — The Lively Little "Wasp" and How She Stung the "Frolic"
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — CAPTAIN LAWRENCE DIES FOR THE FLAG — His Words, "Do Not Give Up the Ship," Become the Famous Motto of the American Navy
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — COMMODORE PERRY WHIPS THE BRITISH ON LAKE ERIE — " We Have Met the Enemy and They Are Ours "
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — COMMODORE PORTER GAINS GLORY IN THE PACIFIC — The Gallant Fight of the "Essex" Against Great Odds
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — COMMODORE MacDONOUGH'S VICTORY ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN — How General Prevost and the British Ran Away
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — FOUR NAVAL HEROES IN ONE CHAPTER — Fights With the Pirates of the Gulf and the Corsairs of the Mediterranean
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — COMMODORE PERRY OPENS JAPAN TO THE WORLD — An Heroic Deed Without Bloodshed
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI — CAPTAIN INGRAHAM TEACHES AUSTRIA A LESSON — Our Navy Upholds the Rights of an American in a Foreign Land
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII — THE "MONITOR" AND THE "MERRIMAC" — A Fight Which Changed All Naval Warfare.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII — COMMODORE FARRAGUT WINS RENOWN — The Hero of Mobile Bay Lashes Himself to the Mast
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV — A RIVER FLEET IN A HAIL OF FIRE — Admiral Porter Runs by the Forts in a Novel Way
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV — THE SINKING OF THE "ALBEMARLE" — Lieutenant Cushing Performs the Most Gallant Deed of the Civil War
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI — HOW THE "GLOUCESTER" REVENGED THE SINKING OF THE "MAINE" — Deadly and Heroic Deeds in the War With Spain
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII — THE GREAT VICTORY OF MANILA BAY — Dewey Destroys a Fleet Without Losing a Man
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII — HOBSON AND THE SINKING OF THE "MERRIMAC" — An Heroic Deed Worthy of the American Navy
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX — SAMPSON AND SCHLEY WIN RENOWN — The Greatest Sea Fight of the Century — Transcriber's Notes:

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