Life of Andrew Hull Foote, Rear-admiral United States Navy: With a Portrait and IllustrationsHarper, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... John A. Foote and George A. Jar- vis , Esq . , who have given me their kind counsel and assistance , I would also return thanks . NEW HAVEN , July , 1874 . J. M. H. I 1 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Page 13 Birth , Family , vi Preface .
... John A. Foote and George A. Jar- vis , Esq . , who have given me their kind counsel and assistance , I would also return thanks . NEW HAVEN , July , 1874 . J. M. H. I 1 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Page 13 Birth , Family , vi Preface .
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... kind ; and though he had no bad traits , he loved freedom and fun . The family consisted of robust boys , with no sis- ter's softening influence ; and many were the pranks of these youngsters , in which Andrew was the leader . One story ...
... kind ; and though he had no bad traits , he loved freedom and fun . The family consisted of robust boys , with no sis- ter's softening influence ; and many were the pranks of these youngsters , in which Andrew was the leader . One story ...
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... kind , and popular , and I do not remember of his ever being quarrelsome . " Such incidents of his youthful days might be multiplied ; it would , however , be interesting to inquire what it was that gave the first turn to his life , and ...
... kind , and popular , and I do not remember of his ever being quarrelsome . " Such incidents of his youthful days might be multiplied ; it would , however , be interesting to inquire what it was that gave the first turn to his life , and ...
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... kind , were rapid ; their results are open to every eye , and the world does not care very much to know about the early shaping influences of a power which is noiselessly gen- erated like electricity in the hidden springs of nature . In ...
... kind , were rapid ; their results are open to every eye , and the world does not care very much to know about the early shaping influences of a power which is noiselessly gen- erated like electricity in the hidden springs of nature . In ...
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... kind of compromise with his parents , since he had already declared his intention of going into the Navy , to which his mother was particularly opposed . We may , however , suppose that his school - years were not wholly lost time , as ...
... kind of compromise with his parents , since he had already declared his intention of going into the Navy , to which his mother was particularly opposed . We may , however , suppose that his school - years were not wholly lost time , as ...
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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