The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1

While France and England were waging a desperate and bloody war, the United States was like a shuttlecock, being struck repeatedly by the diplomatic battledores of each nation....

THE GATHERING OF THE WAR-CLOUD. -- THE REVOLUTION ENDED, BUT THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE YET UNFOUGHT. -- OUTRAGES UPON AMERICAN SAILORS. -- THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. -- IMPRESSMENT. --...

The rejoicing over the success of the "Constitution" had not died away in the United States when the English newspapers began to appear with elaborate articles, showing just why...

THE WAR ON THE OCEAN. -- COMMODORE RODGERS'S CRUISE. -- THE LOSS OF THE "NAUTILUS." -- FIRST SUCCESS FOR THE BRITISH. -- THE ESCAPE OF THE "CONSTITUTION." -- THE "ESSEX" TAKES T...

WAR WITH THE SAVAGES. -- THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE TYPEES. -- DEPARTURE FROM NOOKAHEEVAH. -- THE "ESSEX" ANCHORS AT VALPARAISO -- ARRIVAL OF THE "PHOEBE" AND "CHERUB." -- THEY CA...

Let us now abandon for a time our consideration of the progress of the great naval war on the ocean, and turn our attention to a humbler theatre, in which the drama of battle wa...

Not many months had elapsed after the close of the war between the United States and France, when the pride of the nation in the navy that had won such laurels in that conflict...

LAST YEARS OF THE WAR. -- DISASTROUS EXPEDITION TO THE PENOBSCOT. -- WHOLESALE CAPTURES ON THE NEWFOUNDLAND BANKS. -- FRENCH SHIPS IN AMERICAN WATERS. -- TAKING OF CHARLESTON. -...

CAREER OF PAUL JONES CONCLUDED. -- THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE "BON HOMME RICHARD" AND THE "SERAPIS." -- TREACHERY OF LANDAIS. -- JONES'S GREAT VICTORY. -- LANDAIS STEALS THE "ALLIAN...

The year 1813, that brought to American sailors upon the lakes such well-earned laurels, opened auspiciously for the stars and stripes upon the ocean. It will be remembered that...

EVENTS OF 1776. -- THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE REGULAR NAVY. -- THE "LEXINGTON" AND THE "EDWARD." -- MUGFORD'S BRAVE FIGHT. -- LOSS OF THE "YANKEE HERO." -- CAPT. MANLY, AND THE "DE...

While the "President" was thus roaming the seas, almost within sight of the shores of the British Isles, events were occurring along the American coast which were little likely...

A STIRRING YEAR. -- THE BOMBARDMENT OF TRIPOLI. -- DECATUR'S HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT. -- LIEUT. TRIPPE'S BRAVERY. -- LIEUT. SPENCE'S BOLD DEED. -- SOMERS'S NARROW ESCAPE. -- THE FLOA...

THE CAREER OF PAUL JONES CONTINUED. -- HIS SEARCH FOR A SHIP. -- GIVEN COMMAND OF THE "BON HOMME RICHARD." -- LANDAIS AND HIS CHARACTER. -- THE FRUSTRATED MUTINY. -- LANDAIS QUA...

MORE VIGOROUS POLICY. -- COMMODORE MORRIS SENT TO THE MEDITERRANEAN. -- PORTER'S CUTTING-OUT EXPEDITION. -- COMMODORE PREBLE SENT TO THE MEDITERRANEAN. -- HIS ENCOUNTER WITH A B...

CRUISE OF THE "ESSEX." -- A RICH PRIZE. -- THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER. -- CAPE HORN ROUNDED. -- CAPTURE OF A PERUVIAN PRIVATEER. -- AMONG THE BRITISH WHALERS. -- PORTER IN COMMAND OF...

WORK OF THE PRIVATEERS. -- THE "GEN. HANCOCK" AND THE "LEVANT." -- EXPLOITS OF THE "PICKERING." -- THE "REVENGE." -- THE "HOLKAR." -- THE "CONGRESS" AND THE "SAVAGE." -- THE "HY...

CAREER OF NICHOLAS BIDDLE. -- HIS EXPLOIT AT LEWISTON JAIL. -- CRUISE IN THE "RANDOLPH." -- BATTLE WITH THE "YARMOUTH." -- THE FATAL EXPLOSION. -- SAMUEL TUCKER. -- HIS BOYHOOD....

THE CAREER OF PAUL JONES. -- IN COMMAND OF THE "PROVIDENCE." -- CAPTURE OF THE "MELLISH." -- EXPLOITS WITH THE "ALFRED." -- IN COMMAND OF THE "RANGER." -- SWEEPING THE ENGLISH C...

In May, 1636, a stanch little sloop of some twenty tons was standing along Long Island Sound on a trading expedition. At her helm stood John Gallop, a sturdy colonist, and a ski...

It is unnecessary to enter into an account of the causes that led up to the revolt of the American Colonies against the oppression of King George and his subservient Parliament....

NAVAL EVENTS OF 1778. -- RECRUITING FOR THE NAVY. -- THE DESCENT UPON NEW PROVIDENCE. -- OPERATIONS ON THE DELAWARE. -- CAPT. BARRY'S EXPLOITS. -- DESTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN FR...

CAREER OF PAUL JONES CONTINUED. -- HIS DESCENT UPON THE CASTLE OF LORD SELKIRK -- THE AFFAIR OF THE PLATE. -- THE DESCENT UPON WHITEHAVEN. -- THE BATTLE WITH THE "DRAKE."-LIEUT....

We have now heard of the exploits of some of the chief naval leaders of the war of the Revolution. But there were many dashing engagements in which the great commanders took no...

While it was chiefly in expeditions against the buccaneers, or in the defence of merchantmen against these predatory gentry, that the American colonists gained their experience...

As Hull and Decatur sat in the gayly decorated banquet-hall at New York, and, amid the plaudits of the brilliant assembly, drank bumpers to the success of the navy, they little...

In treating of the history of the navy during the war of the Revolution, we must always bear in mind the fact, that, during the greater part of that war, there was no navy. Inde...

THE NAVY DISBANDED. -- AGGRESSIONS OF BARBARY CORSAIRS. -- A DISGRACEFUL TRIBUTE. -- BAINBRIDGE AND THE DEY. -- GEN. EATON AT TUNIS. A SQUADRON SENT TO THE MEDITERRANEAN. -- DEC...

How the Navy has Grown. -- The Cost and Character of Our New White Ships of War. -- Our Period of Naval Weakness and our Advance to a Place among the Great Naval Powers. -- The...

Desultory Hostilities on the Ocean. -- Attack Upon Fort Bowyer. -- Lafitte the Pirate. -- British Expedition against New Orleans. -- Battle of the Rigolets. -- Attack on New Orl...

Police Service on the High Seas. -- War Service in Asiatic Ports. -- Losses by the Perils of the Deep. -- A Brush with the Pirates. -- Admiral Rodgers at Corea. -- Services in A...

The Navy in Peace. -- Surveying the Dead Sea. -- Suppressing the Slave Trade. -- The Franklin Relief Expedition. -- Commodore Perry in Japan. -- Signing of the Treaty. -- Troubl...

Events of 1776. -- The First Cruise of the Regular Navy. -- The "Lexington" and the "Edward." -- Mugford's Brave Fight. -- Loss of the "Yankee Hero." -- Capt. Manly, and the "De...

The Long Peace broken by the War With Mexico. -- Activity of the Navy. -- Captain Stockton's Stratagem. -- The Battle at San Jose. -- The Blockade. -- Instances of Personal Brav...

Operations on the New England Coast. -- The Bombardment of Stonington. -- Destruction Of the United States Corvette "Adams." -- Operations on Chesapeake Bay. -- Work of Barney's...

The Opening Days of the War. -- The First Blow struck in the Pacific. -- Dewey and his Fleet. -- The Battle at Manila. -- An Eye-witness' Story. -- Delay and Doubt in the East....

The Gathering of the War-Cloud. -- The Revolution ended, but the War for Independence yet unfought. -- Outrages upon American Sailors. -- The Right of Search. -- Impressment. --...

The Naval Militia. -- A Volunteer Service which in Time of War will be Effective. -- How Boys are trained for the Life of a Sailor. -- Conditions of Enlistment in the Volunteer...

Career of Nicholas Biddle. -- His Exploit at Lewiston Jail. -- Cruise in the "Randolph." -- Battle with the "Yarmouth." -- The Fatal Explosion. -- Samuel Tucker. -- His Boyhood....

Privateers and Prisons of the War. -- The "Rossie." -- Salem Privateers. -- The "Gen. Armstrong" gives Battle to a British Squadron, and saves New Orleans. -- Narrative of a Bri...

Career of Paul Jones Concluded. -- The Battle between the "Bon Homme Richard" and the "Serapis." -- Treachery of Landais. -- Jones's Great Victory. -- Landais steals the "Allian...

On the Ocean. -- The Work of the Sloops-of-War. -- Loss of the "Frolic." -- Fruitless Cruise of the "Adams." -- The "Peacock" Takes the "Epervier." -- The Cruise of the "Wasp."...

The State of Cuba. -- Pertinacity of the Revolutionists. -- Spain's Sacrifices and Failure. -- Spanish Barbarities. -- The Policy of Reconcentration. -- American Sympathy arouse...

Last Years of the War. -- Disastrous Expedition to the Penobscot. -- Wholesale Captures on the Newfoundland Banks. -- French Ships in American Waters. -- Taking of Charleston. -...

Capture of the "Surveyor." -- Work of the Gunboat Flotilla. -- Operations on Chesapeake Bay. -- Cockburn's Depredations. -- Cruise of the "Argus." -- Her Capture by the "Pelican...

Work of the Privateers. -- The "Gen. Hancock" and the "Levant." -- Exploits of the "Pickering" -- the "Revenge." -- the "Holkar." -- The "Congress" and the "Savage." -- The "Hyd...

The Navy Disbanded. -- Aggressions of Barbary Corsairs. -- A Disgraceful Tribute. -- Bainbridge and the Dey. -- Gen. Eaton at Tunis. -- A Squadron sent to the Mediterranean. --...

A Stirring Year. -- The Bombardment of Tripoli. -- Decatur's Hand-to-Hand Fight. -- Lieut. Trippe's Bravery. -- Lieut. Spence's Bold Deed. -- Somers's Narrow Escape. -- The Floa...

Cruise of the "Essex." -- A Rich Prize. -- The Mysterious Letter. -- Cape Horn rounded. -- Capture of a Peruvian Privateer. -- Among the British Whalers. -- Porter in Command of...

War with the Savages. -- The Campaign against the Typees. -- Departure from Nookaheevah. -- The "Essex" anchors at Valparaiso. -- Arrival of the "Phoebe" and "Cherub." -- They c...

On the Lakes. -- Close of Hostilities on Lakes Erie and Huron. -- Desultory Warfare on Lake Ontario in 1813. -- Hostilities on Lake Ontario in 1814. -- The Battle of Lake Champl...

Career of Paul Jones Continued. -- His Search for a Ship. -- Given Command of the "Bon Homme Richard." -- Landais and his Character. -- The Frustrated Mutiny. -- Landais quarrel...

Naval Events of 1778. -- Recruiting for the Navy. -- The Descent upon New Providence. -- Operations on the Delaware. -- Capt. Barry's Exploits. -- Destruction of the American Fr...

The War on the Ocean. -- Commodore Rodgers's Cruise. -- The Loss of the "Nautilus." -- First Success for the British. -- The Escape of the "Constitution." -- The "Essex" takes t...

More Vigorous Policy. -- Commodore Morris sent to the Mediterranean. -- Porter's Cutting-Out Expedition. -- Commodore Preble sent to the Mediterranean. -- His Encounter with a B...

The Career of Paul Jones. -- In Command of the "Providence." -- Capture of the "Mellish." -- Exploits with the "Alfred." -- In Command of the "Ranger." -- Sweeping the English C...

Career of Paul Jones Continued. -- His Descent upon the Castle of Lord Selkirk. -- The Affair of the Plate. -- The Descent upon Whitehaven. -- The Battle with the "Drake." -- Li...