The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897, vol. 2 (of 4)

A Fair Estimate of the Number of Americans Enslaved by the Press-Gangs--A Braggart British Captain’s Work at Sandy Hook--A Search for the _Guerrière_--Attack on the British Ship...

The Silly Cry of “On to Canada!”--The Naval Forces of the United States Compared with Those of Great Britain--The Foresight and Quick Work of Captain Rodgers in Getting a Squadr...

Captain David Porter’s Ideas about Training Seamen--The Guns of the _Essex_--Taking a Transport out of a Convoy at Night--A British Frigate Captain who was Called a Coward by hi...

Story of the _Constitution’s_ Escape from a British Squadron off the Jersey Beach--Four Frigates and a Liner were after her--For more than two Days the Brave Old Captain Stood a...

The British Captain could scarcely Believe that a Yankee would be Bold Enough to Attack him, and was Sure of Victory in Less than an Hour, but when the Yankees had been Firing a...

When the Second Yankee _Wasp_ Fell in with the British _Frolic_--They Tumbled about in the Cross Sea in a Way that Destroyed the British “Aim,” but the Yankees Watched the Roll...

Story of the Second Frigate Duel of the War of 1812--The _Macedonian_ was a new Ship, and had been Built with a full Knowledge of the Yankee Frigates--Whipped, but not Destroyed...

The British had Plenty of Pluck, and Lambert was a skilful Seaman; but his Gunners had not Learned to Shoot, while the Yankees were able Marksmen--The _Java_ was Ruined beyond R...

The Remarkable Battle between the Yankee _Hornet_ and the British _Peacock_--The British Ship was so Pretty she was Known as “The Yacht,” but her Gunners could not Hit the Broad...

The Yankees had Won so Often that they were Underestimating the Enemy and were Over-confident in Themselves--A Mixed Crew, Newly Shipped, Untrained and Mutinous, Ten Per Cent. o...

Property Afloat as a Pledge of Peace--Foreign Aggression had Taught the Americans how to Build and Sail swift Cruisers--Odd Names--The First Prizes--Commodore Joshua Barney and...

It was a beautiful Region unmarred by the Hand of Man in those Days--The Long Trail to Oswego--The First Yankee War-ship on Fresh Water--The British Get Ahead of us on Lake Onta...

Building War-ships and Gun-boats in the Wilderness--Lifting the Vessels over a Sand-bar--Fortunately the British Commander was Fond of Public Entertainments--The two Squadrons a...

Two of the Enemy’s Vessels that Tried to get Away--A Yankee Sailor’s Reason for Wanting one more Shot--When Perry Returned to the _Lawrence_--The Dead and Wounded--Effect of the...

The Capture of York (Toronto) by the Americans--A Victory at the Mouth of the Niagara River--British Account of the Attack on Sackett’s Harbor--Tales of the Prudence of Sir Jame...

She was Captured by the _Pelican_, a Vessel that was of slightly superior Force--A Clean Victory for the British, but one that in no Way Disheartens the Fiercest of the American...

There was never a more fortunate Vessel than the Clipper-schooner _Enterprise_--As originally Designed she was the Swiftest and Best All-around Naval Ship of her Class Afloat--M...

Even in the worst View of them they are Worth Consideration--The Best of them Described--The Hopes of those who, like Jefferson, Believed in them--Reasons for their General Wort...

A FAIR ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS ENSLAVED BY THE PRESS GANGS--A BRAGGART BRITISH CAPTAIN’S WORK AT SANDY HOOK--A SEARCH FOR THE _GUERRIÈRE_--ATTACK ON THE BRITISH SHIP...

THE SILLY CRY OF “ON TO CANADA!”--THE NAVAL FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES COMPARED WITH THOSE OF GREAT BRITAIN--THE FORESIGHT AND QUICK WORK OF CAPTAIN RODGERS IN GETTING A SQUADR...

CAPTAIN DAVID PORTER’S IDEAS ABOUT TRAINING SEAMEN--THE GUNS OF THE _ESSEX_--TAKING A TRANSPORT OUT OF A CONVOY AT NIGHT--A BRITISH FRIGATE CAPTAIN WHO WAS CALLED A COWARD BY HI...

STORY OF THE _CONSTITUTION’S_ ESCAPE FROM A BRITISH SQUADRON OFF THE JERSEY BEACH--FOUR FRIGATES AND A LINER WERE AFTER HER--FOR MORE THAN TWO DAYS THE BRAVE OLD CAPTAIN STOOD A...

THE BRITISH CAPTAIN COULD SCARCELY BELIEVE THAT A YANKEE WOULD BE BOLD ENOUGH TO ATTACK HIM, AND WAS SURE OF VICTORY IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, BUT WHEN THE YANKEES HAD BEEN FIRING A...

WHEN THE SECOND YANKEE _WASP_ FELL IN WITH THE BRITISH _FROLIC_--THEY TUMBLED ABOUT IN THE CROSS SEA IN A WAY THAT DESTROYED THE BRITISH “AIM,” BUT THE YANKEES WATCHED THE ROLL...

STORY OF THE SECOND FRIGATE DUEL OF THE WAR OF 1812--THE _MACEDONIAN_ WAS A NEW SHIP, AND HAD BEEN BUILT WITH A FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE YANKEE FRIGATES--WHIPPED, BUT NOT DESTROYED...

THE BRITISH HAD PLENTY OF PLUCK, AND LAMBERT WAS A SKILFUL SEAMAN; BUT HIS GUNNERS HAD NOT LEARNED TO SHOOT, WHILE THE YANKEES WERE ABLE MARKSMEN--THE _JAVA_ WAS RUINED BEYOND R...

THE REMARKABLE BATTLE BETWEEN THE YANKEE _HORNET_ AND THE BRITISH _PEACOCK_--THE BRITISH SHIP WAS SO PRETTY SHE WAS KNOWN AS “THE YACHT,” BUT HER GUNNERS COULD NOT HIT THE BROAD...

THE YANKEES HAD WON SO OFTEN THAT THEY WERE UNDERESTIMATING THE ENEMY AND WERE OVERCONFIDENT IN THEMSELVES--A MIXED CREW, NEWLY SHIPPED, UNTRAINED AND MUTINOUS, TEN PER CENT OF...

PROPERTY AFLOAT AS A PLEDGE OF PEACE--FOREIGN AGGRESSION HAD TAUGHT THE AMERICANS HOW TO BUILD AND SAIL SWIFT CRUISERS--ODD NAMES--THE FIRST PRIZES--COMMODORE JOSHUA BARNEY AND...

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL REGION UNMARKED BY THE HAND OF MAN IN THOSE DAYS--THE LONG TRAIL TO OSWEGO--THE FIRST YANKEE WAR-SHIP ON FRESH WATER--THE BRITISH GET AHEAD OF US ON LAKE ONTA...

BUILDING WAR-SHIPS AND GUN-BOATS IN THE WILDERNESS--LIFTING THE VESSELS OVER A SAND-BAR--FORTUNATELY THE BRITISH COMMANDER WAS FOND OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS--THE TWO SQUADRONS A...

TWO OF THE ENEMY’S VESSELS THAT TRIED TO GET AWAY--A YANKEE SAILOR’S REASON FOR WANTING ONE MORE SHOT--WHEN PERRY RETURNED TO THE _LAWRENCE_--THE DEAD AND WOUNDED--EFFECT OF THE...

THE CAPTURE OF YORK (TORONTO) BY THE AMERICANS--A VICTORY AT THE MOUTH OF THE NIAGARA RIVER--BRITISH ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK ON SACKETT’S HARBOR--TALES OF THE PRUDENCE OF SIR JAME...

SHE WAS CAPTURED BY THE _PELICAN_, A VESSEL THAT WAS OF SLIGHTLY SUPERIOR FORCE--A CLEAN VICTORY FOR THE BRITISH, BUT ONE THAT IN NO WAY DISHEARTENS THE FIERCEST OF THE AMERICAN...

THERE WAS NEVER A MORE FORTUNATE VESSEL THAN THE CLIPPER-SCHOONER _ENTERPRISE_--AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED SHE WAS THE SWIFTEST AND BEST ALL-AROUND NAVAL SHIP OF HER CLASS AFLOAT--M...

EVEN IN THE WORST VIEW OF THEM THEY ARE WORTH CONSIDERATION--THE BEST OF THEM DESCRIBED--THE HOPES OF THOSE WHO, LIKE JEFFERSON, BELIEVED IN THEM--REASONS FOR THEIR GENERAL WORT...

cruising in Brazil, 152; fight with the British frigate _Java_, 153–173; wounded, 155; conducts his ship while his wounds are being dressed, 156; paroles 378 of the _Java’s_ cre...

Barry, Captain John, i. 39; commands American brig _Lexington_, 63; cruises off Virginia capes, 64; encounters British tender _Edward_, 64; sinks the _Effingham_, 188; captures...

Buchanan, Flag Officer Franklin, iv. 188; his difficulty in finding a crew, 195; wounded, 210; his report of the fight, _ib._; Confederate fleet of, at Mobile, 380; sends the _T...

Butler, General Benjamin F., sent to attack the forts on Hatteras Islands, iv. 100; his report at, 107; occupies New Orleans, 338, 339; his plan for blowing up Fort Fisher, 508–...

capture of the _Detroit_, 276, 278, 279; in command of the _Niagara_, 292; brings up the gun-boats, 322; criticized for inactivity, 335, 336; acts as second to Commodore Barron...

_Florida_, Confederate cruiser built at Liverpool, iv. 416; her first voyages, 417; Captain John Newland Maffitt appointed to command of, 418; is fired at by Captain Preble of t...

his sincere desire to stop the traffic, 364; captures the slave-ships _Martha_ and _Chatsworth_, 364–366; the “original prohibitionist of the navy,” 367; is sent to Canton to pr...

assembles a fleet at Paducah, 255; inspects the crews, 256; seeming insolence of Captain Walke to, 266; joins the expedition to Fort Donelson, 268; is seriously wounded, 271; ag...

Galveston, Texas, blockaded by the _South Carolina_, iv. 44; bombarded by Captain James Alden of the Federal frigate _South Carolina_, 121; the foreign consuls protest against t...

Jones, Captain Jacob, encounters the _Frolic_ in a gale, ii. 106; captures the _Frolic_, 107–117; surrenders the _Wasp_ and the _Frolic_ to the frigate _Poictiers_, 118, 119; re...

challenges Captain Greene, _ib._; compelled to raise the blockade, 180; recaptures the _William_, 181; captures the _Resolution_, _ib._; is chased by the _Peacock_, 182; the _Pe...

repairs to Vergennes, Vt., _ib._; in command of a squadron, 144, 145; his careful preparations, 147–150; his squadron assembled, 152; an interested audience, _ib._; the battle o...

Morris, Captain Charles, wit of, in an emergency, ii. 58; shot through the body in the _Guerrière_ fight, 88; placed in command of the _Adams_, iii. 57; runs the blockade in the...

_Peacock_, British brig, encounters the American sloop _Hornet_, ii. 181; the battle, 183; her captain killed, _ib._; sinks, 184; good treatment of the officers and men by the A...

Porter, Midshipman David, assists Lieutenant Rodgers in charge of captured French frigate _Insurgent_, i. 323; sent to Tripoli, 335; sent from the _Enterprise_ to take possessio...

brings the ship safely into St. Kitts, _ib._; ready to move his fleet in one hour, ii. 28; starts to intercept a big fleet of merchantmen, 29; chases the _Belvidera_, _ib._; fir...

Stewart, Captain Charles, sails from Boston, iii. 242; overhauls and captures the British war-schooner _Picton_, _ib._; falls in with the British frigate _La Pique_, 243; finds...

_Sumter_, Confederate cruiser, iv. 407; Captain Semmes takes command of, 408; captures the _Abby Bradford_, 412; cruises in the Caribbean Sea, 413; on the Brazil coast, 414; is...

In the original book, the index entries for "Biddle, Captain Nicholas" referring to Volume II. actually refer to his nephew, "Biddle, James", and some of those are in Volume III...