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.

Commodore Macdonough

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

Commodore Macdonough

quarters. The mob blocked all the roadways leading to the water-front. With cutlasses and guns they attacked the sailors on "L'Agile,"…

Commodore Macdonough: Retaliation

But the career of the "Retaliation" under the American flag was neither long nor glorious. Ill luck seemed to attend the vessel in all her…

Commodore Macdonough: Sandwich

Having arrived at the determination to take the "Sandwich," the next problem to be solved was, how shall she be taken? Obviously the first…

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