Life of Andrew Hull Foote, Rear-admiral United States Navy: With a Portrait and IllustrationsHarper, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... shot of the frigate . The attack commenced with every prospect of crowning the Royalists victors ; but their want of courage enabled the brig to haul under cover of the frigate before she received any serious injury . After a spirited ...
... shot of the frigate . The attack commenced with every prospect of crowning the Royalists victors ; but their want of courage enabled the brig to haul under cover of the frigate before she received any serious injury . After a spirited ...
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... shot daily , and is well provisioned . 66 We have less opportunity for enjoying ourselves on shore than we had in Chili , as Lima is nine miles distant , and Chorilos a small place containing but a few huts . A party of us visited Lima ...
... shot daily , and is well provisioned . 66 We have less opportunity for enjoying ourselves on shore than we had in Chili , as Lima is nine miles distant , and Chorilos a small place containing but a few huts . A party of us visited Lima ...
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... shot when the water is smooth enough ; but with the shells keep the gun up about half a degree , so that the shot may not touch first nearer than 500 yards , as the water is apt to extinguish the priming of the fuse . In a second this ...
... shot when the water is smooth enough ; but with the shells keep the gun up about half a degree , so that the shot may not touch first nearer than 500 yards , as the water is apt to extinguish the priming of the fuse . In a second this ...
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... shot and shell . I should judge , howev- er , from the changes now taking place , that the shells are gaining favor ; for instance , the Princess Royal was just recommissioned , having been paid off only a few days before , and her ...
... shot and shell . I should judge , howev- er , from the changes now taking place , that the shells are gaining favor ; for instance , the Princess Royal was just recommissioned , having been paid off only a few days before , and her ...
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... shots and combustibles ; and thus for three weeks he preserved an armed neutrality , and protected American inter ... shot was fired , which fell a short distance from the boat ; this was soon followed by another , which struck still ...
... shots and combustibles ; and thus for three weeks he preserved an armed neutrality , and protected American inter ... shot was fired , which fell a short distance from the boat ; this was soon followed by another , which struck still ...
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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