Life of Andrew Hull Foote, Rear-admiral United States Navy: With a Portrait and IllustrationsHarper, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... West Point but a few months - say from June to December - and in the latter part of the year 1822 , at the age of sixteen , he was transferred to the Navy . I 1 CHAPTER II . FIRST CRUISES AND SEA - LIFE . 24 Life of Admiral Foote .
... West Point but a few months - say from June to December - and in the latter part of the year 1822 , at the age of sixteen , he was transferred to the Navy . I 1 CHAPTER II . FIRST CRUISES AND SEA - LIFE . 24 Life of Admiral Foote .
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... months since . I am very well pleased with the service . I had a desire to visit foreign nations . The duty of the officers is nearly as hard as that of the men , as we have to be on the watch one third of the time day and night , four ...
... months since . I am very well pleased with the service . I had a desire to visit foreign nations . The duty of the officers is nearly as hard as that of the men , as we have to be on the watch one third of the time day and night , four ...
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... months of the time officers . were out boating on these stormy waters , and it is said that young Foote personally ... month he was warranted as midshipman . The Peacock belonged to the Pacific squadron , under Commodore Hull . Before ...
... months of the time officers . were out boating on these stormy waters , and it is said that young Foote personally ... month he was warranted as midshipman . The Peacock belonged to the Pacific squadron , under Commodore Hull . Before ...
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... month of January , it is useless to add we suffered from the in- clemency of the weather . You know by experience the cold weather which prevails in the mild climate of 41 ° ; then judge its severity in that of 60 ° , adding to this the ...
... month of January , it is useless to add we suffered from the in- clemency of the weather . You know by experience the cold weather which prevails in the mild climate of 41 ° ; then judge its severity in that of 60 ° , adding to this the ...
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... months constantly at sea . It would seem as if he had earned the right to a little rest at home ; but , as if it were expressly so planned by his superiors , he was to be allowed no time to display his midshipman's uniform ashore ; and ...
... months constantly at sea . It would seem as if he had earned the right to a little rest at home ; but , as if it were expressly so planned by his superiors , he was to be allowed no time to display his midshipman's uniform ashore ; and ...
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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