Life of Andrew Hull Foote, Rear-admiral United States Navy: With a Portrait and IllustrationsHarper, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... opened our battery upon him . I then left Captain Hastings and cruised for the Flying Fish several days , and at length fell in with the object of my search . I sent the purser , Mr. Watmough , on board to ask an apology and an ...
... opened our battery upon him . I then left Captain Hastings and cruised for the Flying Fish several days , and at length fell in with the object of my search . I sent the purser , Mr. Watmough , on board to ask an apology and an ...
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... opened to him . The sloop - of - war Portsmouth was one of the finest vessels at that time in the American Navy . She was a ship of splen- did qualities , a very fast sailer , and with a new and heavy battery . In this " battery " of ...
... opened to him . The sloop - of - war Portsmouth was one of the finest vessels at that time in the American Navy . She was a ship of splen- did qualities , a very fast sailer , and with a new and heavy battery . In this " battery " of ...
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... opened upon us with two successive discharges of round shot and grape , which fell thick and fast around us , one of them striking the water within two blades of the oars ; the last discharge was made after the boat's head was turned ...
... opened upon us with two successive discharges of round shot and grape , which fell thick and fast around us , one of them striking the water within two blades of the oars ; the last discharge was made after the boat's head was turned ...
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... opened on the two nearest forts . After an interval of five min- utes the fire was briskly returned until 7.45 , when it materially slackened . The storming - party , consisting of two hundred and eighty - seven persons -officers ...
... opened on the two nearest forts . After an interval of five min- utes the fire was briskly returned until 7.45 , when it materially slackened . The storming - party , consisting of two hundred and eighty - seven persons -officers ...
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... opened their fire on the three remaining forts , which was at first briskly returned . During the action Edward Riley ( O. S. ) was mortally wounded aboard the Levant , and died this evening . The fort nearest the ships having been ...
... opened their fire on the three remaining forts , which was at first briskly returned . During the action Edward Riley ( O. S. ) was mortally wounded aboard the Levant , and died this evening . The fort nearest the ships having been ...
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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