Life of Andrew Hull Foote: Rear-admiral United States NavyHarper & Brothers, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... thing , and developing but one idea at a time , he soon exhausted what he had to say , though it was generally found that he struck at the heart of the matter , and said the true and weighty word . It is related of him , however , that ...
... thing , and developing but one idea at a time , he soon exhausted what he had to say , though it was generally found that he struck at the heart of the matter , and said the true and weighty word . It is related of him , however , that ...
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... thing but still life on shore , had found its right direction . On the 4th of December , 1822 , he was appointed acting midship- man , and was stationed on board the schooner Grampus , under Commander Gregory , in whose fleet , upon the ...
... thing but still life on shore , had found its right direction . On the 4th of December , 1822 , he was appointed acting midship- man , and was stationed on board the schooner Grampus , under Commander Gregory , in whose fleet , upon the ...
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... thing . It swept this curse from the seas . Not unfrequently the wily foe , who eluded pursuit in a thou- sand ways , turned and challenged the avengers of blood to hand - to - hand conflict . For six months of the time officers were ...
... thing . It swept this curse from the seas . Not unfrequently the wily foe , who eluded pursuit in a thou- sand ways , turned and challenged the avengers of blood to hand - to - hand conflict . For six months of the time officers were ...
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... thing brilliant , but as being the letter of a manly youth : " DEAR FRIEND , 6 " U. S. FRIGATE UNITED STATES , ' CALLAO , PERU , Sept. 15 , 1824 . I have so much to communicate that this small sheet will admit of giving no more than a ...
... thing brilliant , but as being the letter of a manly youth : " DEAR FRIEND , 6 " U. S. FRIGATE UNITED STATES , ' CALLAO , PERU , Sept. 15 , 1824 . I have so much to communicate that this small sheet will admit of giving no more than a ...
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... things , and that would do for him . But , after getting on the station , upon a beautiful moonlight night , while riding quietly at anchor , the same officer and himself being on duty , the lieutenant spoke to him again about the ...
... things , and that would do for him . But , after getting on the station , upon a beautiful moonlight night , while riding quietly at anchor , the same officer and himself being on duty , the lieutenant spoke to him again about the ...
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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