Life of Andrew Hull Foote: Rear-admiral United States NavyHarper & Brothers, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... the Perry on the African Coast .. 66 CHAPTER VII . Cruise of the Perry - continued .. 75 CHAPTER VIII . Private Journal on the Perry ... 89 CHAPTER IX . Literary Labors . 97 CHAPTER X. Page Cruise of the Portsmouth and Taking of.
... the Perry on the African Coast .. 66 CHAPTER VII . Cruise of the Perry - continued .. 75 CHAPTER VIII . Private Journal on the Perry ... 89 CHAPTER IX . Literary Labors . 97 CHAPTER X. Page Cruise of the Portsmouth and Taking of.
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... coast to embark upon the adventurous life of the sailor . The love of the sea is one of those instincts that are original in the nature of some . This only is to be said of our hero's youth , that his earliest recollections were of ...
... coast to embark upon the adventurous life of the sailor . The love of the sea is one of those instincts that are original in the nature of some . This only is to be said of our hero's youth , that his earliest recollections were of ...
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... coast of Africa , he afterward held his first separate command . The Gram- pus belonged to the elder Commodore David Porter's squad- ron , which was sent out in 1823 to break up the piratical nests among the West India Islands . He thus ...
... coast of Africa , he afterward held his first separate command . The Gram- pus belonged to the elder Commodore David Porter's squad- ron , which was sent out in 1823 to break up the piratical nests among the West India Islands . He thus ...
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... coast of St. Do- mingo , and Port Royal , in Jamaica - they committed such an- dacious and successful robberies on the Spanish - American cities as to win almost the honors of legitimate heroes . The original buccaneers , however , who ...
... coast of St. Do- mingo , and Port Royal , in Jamaica - they committed such an- dacious and successful robberies on the Spanish - American cities as to win almost the honors of legitimate heroes . The original buccaneers , however , who ...
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... coast expe- riences : " We are now lying in an open roadstead unprotected from the sea , consequently the motion is very troublesome , and the surf at times so heavy as to render landing dangerous . It is necessary to make this the port ...
... coast expe- riences : " We are now lying in an open roadstead unprotected from the sea , consequently the motion is very troublesome , and the surf at times so heavy as to render landing dangerous . It is necessary to make this the port ...
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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 Canton capture Carondelet Cincinnati Clarksville coast Columbus Commander Foote Commodore Commodore Foote Conestoga crew cruise Cumberland DEAR deck Department Donelson duty enemy feel fight fire Flag-Officer flag-ship FLAG-STEAMER fleet flotilla Foote's Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Pillow Gideon give gun-boats Halleck 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 Washington Western flotilla Western Waters wounded