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 III

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

Chapter III

OPENING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. - THE AFFAIR OF THE SCHOONER "ST. JOHN." - THE PRESS-GANG AND ITS WORK. - THE SLOOP "LIBERTY."…

Chapter III (II)

DIFFICULTIES OF THE CONFEDERATES IN GETTING A NAVY. - EXPLOIT OF THE "FRENCH 694 LADY." - NAVAL SKIRMISHING ON THE POTOMAC. - THE CRUISE OF…

Chapter III (III)

HOW THE NAVY HAS GROWN. -THE COST AND CHARACTER OF OUR NEW WHITE SHIPS OF WAR. OUR PERIOD OF NAVAL WEAKNESS AND OUR ADVANCE TO A PLACE…

Chapter III (V)

N OT many months had elapsed after the close of the war between ☑ the United States and France, when the pride of the nation in the navy…

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