Life of Andrew Hull Foote: Rear-admiral United States NavyHarper & Brothers, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... guns that his rank was entitled to . Our time was now pretty actively employed , the revolutionary state of the ... gun - boats . No signs of an attack were made by the Spaniards until Sunday , the 5th of this month , when the gun ...
... guns that his rank was entitled to . Our time was now pretty actively employed , the revolutionary state of the ... gun - boats . No signs of an attack were made by the Spaniards until Sunday , the 5th of this month , when the gun ...
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... guns ( say 8 - inch ) . " Your largest pieces are 32 - pounders of 33 cwt . If so , they are good guns , and at half a mile would tell effectively ; * even beyond that they would not be comfortable customers for an enemy . Always ...
... guns ( say 8 - inch ) . " Your largest pieces are 32 - pounders of 33 cwt . If so , they are good guns , and at half a mile would tell effectively ; * even beyond that they would not be comfortable customers for an enemy . Always ...
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... guns . While dressing I heard a musket fire , and at once ordered a return fire . The brig passed our stern , when we exchanged names and a few words in a courteous manner . I felt as if the commander of the other vessel , having fired ...
... guns . While dressing I heard a musket fire , and at once ordered a return fire . The brig passed our stern , when we exchanged names and a few words in a courteous manner . I felt as if the commander of the other vessel , having fired ...
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... gun - deck battery is now composed of eight 65 - pounder guns . ' Before there were 32 - pounders on that deck . There is , moreover , a marked sentiment growing up in En- gland favorable to heavy guns , and a disposition to rival us ...
... gun - deck battery is now composed of eight 65 - pounder guns . ' Before there were 32 - pounders on that deck . There is , moreover , a marked sentiment growing up in En- gland favorable to heavy guns , and a disposition to rival us ...
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... gun for gun . ' That is going it heavy , and rather bluffs the notion of some of our own officers , who opposed even 9 - inch guns , on the ground that they were too heavy , and stick to it still , though they weigh 9000 pounds , and ...
... gun for gun . ' That is going it heavy , and rather bluffs the notion of some of our own officers , who opposed even 9 - inch guns , on the ground that they were too heavy , and stick to it still , though they weigh 9000 pounds , 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 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