The History of Our Navy from its Origin to the Present Day, Volume II (of 4)
by John Randolph Spears
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About this eBook
- Author
- Spears, John Randolph, 1850-1936
- Title
- The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897, vol. 2 (of 4)
- Original Publication
- United States: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.
- Credits
- Peter Becker, Charlie Howard, 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 -- History -- Spanish-American War, 1898
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 71795
- Release Date
- October 5, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY
- 5.CHAPTER I TROUBLES ON THE EVE OF WAR
- 6.CHAPTER II THE OUTLOOK WAS, AT FIRST, NOT PLEASING
- 7.CHAPTER III THE FIRST EXHIBIT OF YANKEE METTLE
- 8.CHAPTER IV A RACE FOR THE LIFE OF A NATION
- 9.CHAPTER V THE CONSTITUTION AND THE GUERRIÈRE
- 10.CHAPTER VI FOUGHT IN A HATTERAS GALE
- 11.CHAPTER VII BROUGHT THE MACEDONIAN INTO PORT
- 12.CHAPTER VIII WHEN THE CONSTITUTION SANK THE JAVA
- 13.CHAPTER IX WHIPPED IN FOURTEEN MINUTES
- 14.CHAPTER X LOSS OF LAWRENCE AND THE CHESAPEAKE
- 15.CHAPTER XI THE PRIVATEERS OF 1812
- 16.CHAPTER XII EARLY WORK ON THE GREAT LAKES
- 17.CHAPTER XIII THE BATTLE ON LAKE ERIE
- 18.CHAPTER XIV INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE ON LAKE ERIE
- 19.CHAPTER XV THE WAR ON LAKE ONTARIO
- 20.CHAPTER XVI LOSS OF THE LITTLE SLOOP ARGUS
- 21.CHAPTER XVII THE LUCK OF A YANKEE CRUISER
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII GUN-BOATS NOT WHOLLY WORTHLESS
- 23.APPENDIX TO VOLUME II PRIZE MONEY AND PAY IN 1812.
- 24.INDEX
- 25.Transcriber’s Notes
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