Life of Andrew Hull Foote, Rear-admiral United States Navy: With a Portrait and IllustrationsHarper, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... heavy gale from the northeast , so that it car- ried away our topmast studding - sail boom , and sprung our mainmast . She took in hogsheads of water in the wardroom and steerage ; life- ropes were rove on the windward side of the ...
... heavy gale from the northeast , so that it car- ried away our topmast studding - sail boom , and sprung our mainmast . She took in hogsheads of water in the wardroom and steerage ; life- ropes were rove on the windward side of the ...
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... heavy thunder - storm , and one flash of lightning struck the ship , killing four men instantly and wounding several others dangerously , who , however , have recovered par- tially ; yet the greater part of them will never perfectly be ...
... heavy thunder - storm , and one flash of lightning struck the ship , killing four men instantly and wounding several others dangerously , who , however , have recovered par- tially ; yet the greater part of them will never perfectly be ...
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... heavy gales prevalent off the Cape . However , our time would have been rather more pleasant had the small- pox not have paid us a long and exterminating visit . We lost twelve valuable men by this disease , and at a time when the ship ...
... heavy gales prevalent off the Cape . However , our time would have been rather more pleasant had the small- pox not have paid us a long and exterminating visit . We lost twelve valuable men by this disease , and at a time when the ship ...
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... heavy as to render landing dangerous . It is necessary to make this the port of entry , as Callao is blockaded by a squadron consisting of seven sail , two of which are frigates . As soon as Callao falls we shall return to that port ...
... heavy as to render landing dangerous . It is necessary to make this the port of entry , as Callao is blockaded by a squadron consisting of seven sail , two of which are frigates . As soon as Callao falls we shall return to that port ...
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... heavy pivot- guns ( say 8 - inch ) . " Your largest pieces are 32 - pounders of 33 cwt . If so , they are good guns , and at half a mile would tell effectively ; * even beyond that they would not be comfortable customers for an enemy ...
... heavy pivot- guns ( say 8 - inch ) . " Your largest pieces are 32 - pounders of 33 cwt . If so , they are good guns , and at half a mile would tell effectively ; * even beyond that they would not be comfortable customers for an enemy ...
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A. H. FOOTE Admiral Foote Africa ANDREW HULL FOOTE Army attack Barrier Forts batteries battle battle of Belmont BENTON boats Bureau of Equipment Cairo Captain capture Carondelet Cincinnati Clarksville Cloth coast Columbus Commander Foote Commodore Commodore Foote Conestoga crew cruise Cumberland DEAR Department Donelson duty enemy feel fight fire Flag-Officer FLAG-STEAMER fleet flotilla Foote's Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Pillow Gideon give gun-boats guns Halleck heavy Henry honor hope hundred iron-clad Island Joseph Smith land letter Lexington Lieutenant Foote Lieutenant-Commanding Louis Madrid Memphis miles Mississippi morning mortar-boats mortars Mound City Naval Forces Navy Yard night obedient servant officers Perry Phelps Pillow Pittsburg Pope port Portsmouth rams ready rebel received respectfully sailed sailors Secretary sent shells ship shore shot slaver soon squadron steamer Stembel stream Tennessee River thing tion troops vessels vols Washington West Western flotilla Western Waters wounded