Life of Andrew Hull Foote: Rear-admiral United States NavyHarper & Brothers, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... tion and apology ; and , to his infinite satisfaction , the young rogue was released with a severe reprimand . Other anecdotes are told , quite as trivial in themselves , which , however , are characteristic of the spirit of the boy ...
... tion and apology ; and , to his infinite satisfaction , the young rogue was released with a severe reprimand . Other anecdotes are told , quite as trivial in themselves , which , however , are characteristic of the spirit of the boy ...
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... tion of the lungs , and occasionally made a voyage to the West Indies , in the capacity of supercargo of one of his own vessels . As these absences were infrequent , the going and coming produced a strong impression upon the imagination ...
... tion of the lungs , and occasionally made a voyage to the West Indies , in the capacity of supercargo of one of his own vessels . As these absences were infrequent , the going and coming produced a strong impression upon the imagination ...
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... , who had some show of legaliza- * William A. Browne , of Cheshire , Connecticut . + Hildreth's History of the United States , vol . ii . , p . 38 . Among the Pirates of the Gulf . 27 tion , 26 Life of Admiral Foote .
... , who had some show of legaliza- * William A. Browne , of Cheshire , Connecticut . + Hildreth's History of the United States , vol . ii . , p . 38 . Among the Pirates of the Gulf . 27 tion , 26 Life of Admiral Foote .
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... tion , degenerated into regular pirates , who , later in the eight- eenth century , in Captain Kidd's time , were the terror of the seas , and who with waning power continued their depreda- tions until their final extinction by the ...
... tion , degenerated into regular pirates , who , later in the eight- eenth century , in Captain Kidd's time , were the terror of the seas , and who with waning power continued their depreda- tions until their final extinction by the ...
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... The Royalists at the time were in constant expecta- tion of a heavy naval reinforcement from Spain . The 12th of this month the Asia and Constantia arrived , the former a 74 - gun ship , the latter a 22 - gun brig . The Patriots ' force at.
... The Royalists at the time were in constant expecta- tion of a heavy naval reinforcement from Spain . The 12th of this month the Asia and Constantia arrived , the former a 74 - gun ship , the latter a 22 - gun brig . The Patriots ' force at.
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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