The Naval History of the United States

Abbot's fighting history of the American navy — privateers and frigates, the Bon Homme Richard and the Constitution, told battle by battle with the smoke still in the rigging.

Table of Contents

Peter Fenelon Collier, Publisher

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CHAPTER I

5 pages

CHAPTER II

8 pages

CHAPTER III

4 pages

CHAPTER IV

11 pages

CHAPTER V

11 pages

CHAPTER VI

THE CAREER OF PAUL JONES. - IN COMMAND OF THE "PROVIDENCE." - CAPTURE OF THE "MELLISH." - EXPLOITS WITH THE "ALFRED." - IN COMMAND OF THE…

CHAPTER VII

11 pages

CHAPTER VIII

6 pages

CHAPTER IX

11 pages

CHAPTER X

14 pages

CHAPTER XI

3 pages

CHAPTER XII

4 pages

Page

2 pages

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WORK OF THE PRIVATEERS. - THE "GEN. HANCOCK" AND THE "LEVANT." - EXPLOITS OF THE "PICKERING" THE "REVENGE." - THE "HOLKAR." - THE…

CHAPTER XV

216 - THE NAVY DISBANDED. - AGGRESSIONS OF BARBARY CORSAIRS. - A DISGRACEFUL TRIBUTE. BAINBRIDGE AND THE DEY. - GEN. EATON AT TUNIS. - A…

Mediterranean

PORTER'S CUTTING-OUT EXPEDITION. - COMMODORE PREBLE SENT TO THE MEDITER- RANEAN. - HIS ENCOUNTER WITH A BRITISH MAN-OF-WAR. - THE LOSS OF…

CHAPTER XVII

3 pages

The War. - the End

264 PED 1 BVINBRIDGE LIKE COND OF THE COMLION - THE DELEYL OF THE VAV CГOBE OB ДHE XEVE, HOLLOW THE OCEVU IIV ЯHTЧAHO CHAKAH BRVI konяли…

Outrages Upon American Sailors. - the Right

OF SEARCH. - IMPRESSMENT. - BOYHOOD OF COMMODORE PORTER. - EARLY DAYS OF COMMODORES PERRY AND BARNEY. - BURNING A PRIVATEER. - THE EMBARGO…

Var Shthtiw Raw

PROPOSED REDUCTION OF THE NAVY. - RENEWAL OF BRITISH OUTRAGES. - THE AFFAIR OF THE "BALTIMORE." - ATTACK ON THE "LEANDER." - ENCOUNTER…

Chyllek XIII

RUHA CHAPTER V. 117гon чo гoлo 23 ЯHT O AN INTERNATIONAL DEBATE. - THE "WASP" AND THE "FROLIC." - THE "UNITED STATES" AND THE "MACEDONIAN."…

CHAPTER XIII

ON THE LAKES. - CLOSE OF HOSTILITIES ON LAKES ERIE AND HURON. - DESULTORY WARFARE ON LAKE ONTARIO IN 1813. - HOSTILITIES ON LAKE ONTARIO IN…

CHAPTER XIV

2 pages

CHAPTER XVI

12 pages

CHAPTER XVIII

THE LONG PEACE BROKEN BY THE WAR WITH MEXICO. - ACTIVITY OF THE NAVY. -CAPTAIN STOCKTON'S STRATAGEM. -THE BATTLE AT SAN JOSE. -THE…

CHAPTER XIX

THE NAVY IN PEACE.-SURVEYING THE DEAD SEA. - SUPPRESSING THE SLAVE TRADE.- THE FRANKLIN RELIEF EXPEDITION. - COMMODORE PERRY IN JAPAN…

Volume One

Spilling Grog on the "Constitution" before going into Action. Frontispiece Commodore Esek Hopkins TRA Siege of Charleston, S. C., May, 1780…

Volume Two

1912 Destruction of the "Maine," Havana Harbor, Feb. 15, 1898 • • A • • e e M • • • Frontispiece The Fight with the "Boxer " The Surrender…

Blue Jackets of '76

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Of the Buccaneers' Power

6 pages

Opening of the American Revolution. - The

4 pages

Commodore Esek Hopkins

5 pages

Capt. Manly

6 pages

John B. Hopkins

A long list of lieutenants was also provided, among whom stands out boldly the name of John Paul Jones. John Manly, whose dashing work in…

English Channel. the Descent Upon

WHITEHAVEN. - W E HAVE already spoken of the farcical affair between the fleet under Ezekiel Hopkins and the English frigate "Glasgow," in…

At White Haven, Scotland, Nov., 1777

9 pages

Leith Threatened. - the Dominie's Prayer

8 pages

In the Storm. - Arrival in America

7 pages

The Battle of the Kegs

7 pages

Commodore Barry

7 pages

Victory and Defeat. - Capt. Barry And

4 pages

U. S. Cruiser in Commission

7 pages

Ties. -the Old Jersey Prison-Ship

10 pages

Corsairs. - a Disgraceful Tribute. - Bain

BRIDGE AND THE DEY. - GEN. EATON AT TUNIS.

Slaves in Algiers

6 pages

Commodore Decatur

9 pages

Blje-Jackets of '76

their gaze riveted upon the spectral form of the ketch, as she slowly receded from their sight. Fainter and fainter grew the outline of her…

War Inevitable

2 pages

Cutting Away the Flag

3 pages

Edwin Bouldin

5 pages

Commodore Perry

Several days passed, as the "Sampson" lay becalmed in the tropics. Barney, though too old a sailor to be cast down by misfortune…

Barney Regains His Ship

of ceaseless watchfulness and grave anxiety for Capt. Barney. At night he never closed his eyes, but took his sleep by day in an armchair…

Clue-Jackets of 1812

3 pages

Bermudian Privateer

2 pages

CHAPTER 11

3 pages

Toasting the Wooden Walls of Columbia

into the water, and, after a graceful dip, rode buoyantly on the placid surface of the Delaware. While the ships were building, the…

Commodore Macdonough

3 pages

Hull Makes a Reconnoissance

4 pages

The British Squadron

4 pages

Lieut. Allen Fires a Shot

3 pages

Commodore Rodgers Hails

6 pages

Ready to Board

6 pages

Christmas Day, 1812

2 pages

Hull, Jones

Then came more cheers from the pit; and more than one glazed hat soared over the heads of the audience, and fell on the stage, - a purely…

The Ocean

S Hull and Decatur sat in the gayly decorated banquet-hall at New York, and, amid the plaudits of the brilliant assembly, drank bumpers to…

Assuming to Be British Men-Of-War

to convey to England. For him to give battle to the "Hornet," would therefore be unwise, as he would put in jeopardy this money which it…

Marines Picking Off the Enemy

sprit were so shattered by shot, that they were on the point of giving way; and, as the ships met, the mizzen-mast fell, crashing through…

In the Cross-Trees

2 pages

Perry's Recruits

harbor of Erie, the entrance to which was closed by a bar. To cross this bar, the ships would have been obliged to send all heavy ordnance…

Drilling the Raw Recruits

6 pages

Awaiting the Boarders

3 pages

Beating to Quarters

3 pages

Up at Nookaheevah

3 pages

The Peruvian Privateer

3 pages

The Duel at the Galapagos Islands

2 pages

Firing the Howitzer

10 pages

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