The History of Our Navy from its Origin to the Present Day Volume III (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. 3 (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. 71796
- 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 — CHAPTER I WHEN PORTER SWEPT THE PACIFIC
- 5.CHAPTER II PORTER’S GALLANT ACTION AT VALPARAISO
- 6.CHAPTER III TALES OF THE YANKEE CORVETTES
- 7.CHAPTER IV MYSTERY OF THE LAST WASP
- 8.CHAPTER V ON THE UPPER LAKES IN 1814
- 9.CHAPTER VI TO DEFEND THE NORTHERN GATEWAY
- 10.CHAPTER VII MACDONOUGH’S VICTORY ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN
- 11.CHAPTER VIII SAMUEL C. REID OF THE GENERAL ARMSTRONG
- 12.CHAPTER IX A YANKEE FRIGATE TAKEN BY THE ENEMY
- 13.CHAPTER X THE NAVY AT THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
- 14.CHAPTER XI ONCE MORE THE CONSTITUTION
- 15.CHAPTER XII IN THE WASTES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
- 16.CHAPTER XIII IN BRITISH PRISONS
- 17.CHAPTER XIV STORIES OF THE DUELLISTS
- 18.CHAPTER XV AMONG THE WEST INDIA PIRATES
- 19.CHAPTER XVI DECATUR AND THE BARBARY PIRATES
- 20.CHAPTER XVII LED A HARD LIFE AND GOT FEW THANKS
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO
- 22.CHAPTER XIX EXPEDITION IN AID OF COMMERCE
- 23.APPENDIX NAVAL CALLS
- 24.INDEX
- 25.Transcriber’s Notes
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