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.

CHAPTER II

8 pages in this part of The Naval History of the United States.

Chapter II (II)

WAR WITH FRANCE. - THE BUILDING OF A NAVY. - FIRST SUCCESS FOR THE AMERICANS. -CUTTING OUT THE "SANDWICH." - THE "CONSTELLATION " AND…

Chapter II (III)

AL FORT SUMTER BOMBARDED.-ATTEMPT OF THE "STAR OF THE WEST" TO RE-ENFORCE ANDERSON. THE NAVAL EXPEDITION TO FORT SUMTER. - THE RESCUE OF…

Chapter II (IV)

THE NAVAL MILITIA. -A VOLUNTEER SERVICE WHICH IN TIME OF WAR WILL BE EFFECT- IVE.-HOW BOYS ARE TRAINED FOR THE LIFE OF A SAILOR…

Chapter II (V)

THE OPENING DAYS OF THE WAR. - THE FIRST BLOW STRUCK IN THE PACIFIC, - DEWEY AND HIS FLEET. - THE BATTLE AT MANILA. - AN EYE-WITNESS'…

Chapter II (VI)

HILE it was chiefly in expeditions against the buccaneers, or in the defence of merchantmen against these predatory gentry, that the…

CHAPTER II: Phipps

This expedition was under the command of Sir William Phipps, a sturdy colonist, whose life was not devoid of romantic episodes. Though his…

CHAPTER II: Quebec

Phipps had rallied his scattered fleet, and had proceeded up the great river of the North to within three days' sail of Quebec, when the…

CHAPTER II: Frontenac

This man was Frontenac, then governor of the French colony, and one of the most picturesque figures in American history. A soldier of…

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