Our Three Admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey: An Authentic Account of the Heroic Characters, Distinguished Careers, and Memorable Achievements of the Three Officers Who Have Attained the Highest Rank in the Navy of the United States; With Portraits, Maps
Our Three Admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey: An Authentic Account of the Heroic Characters, Distinguished Careers, and Memorable Achievements of the Three Officers Who Have Attained the Highest Rank in the Navy of the United States; With Portraits, Maps,
Excerpt from Our Three Admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey: An Authentic Account of the Heroic Characters, Distinguished Careers, and Memorable Achievements of the Three Officers Who Have Attained the Highest Rank in the Navy of the United States; With Portraits, Maps, and Illustrations Besides these three, we might mention among the disciples of the Admirals Captain Charles E. Clark, who was ensign on the Ossipee in Mobile Bay; Captain Francis A. Cook, who was ensign on the Gen esee; rear-admiral john C. Watson, who was ...
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Excerpt from Our Three Admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey: An Authentic Account of the Heroic Characters, Distinguished Careers, and Memorable Achievements of the Three Officers Who Have Attained the Highest Rank in the Navy of the United States; With Portraits, Maps, and Illustrations Besides these three, we might mention among the disciples of the Admirals Captain Charles E. Clark, who was ensign on the Ossipee in Mobile Bay; Captain Francis A. Cook, who was ensign on the Gen esee; rear-admiral john C. Watson, who was lieu tenant on the Hartford, and rear-admiral Montgom ery Sicard, who was lieutenant on the Oneida. Captains Henry C. Taylor and Robley D. Evans were both ensigns in the North Atlantic Squadron, under Admiral Porter, and participated in his famous assault on and capture of Fort Fisher. The biographies included in this book were enlarged from those prepared originally for the National Cy c10padia of American Biography. They were care fully compiled from the best accessible authorities, and in order to insure the utmost accuracy. Were referred in each case to the judgment of close relatives of the subjects, as is the invariable rule in the preparation of sketches for this cyclopaedia. Thus the sketch of Farra gut was submitted to his son, Loyall Farragut, of New York City; that of Porter to his son, R. B. Porter, and that of Dewey to his son, George G. Dewey, of New York City, later to his sister, resident in Montpelier, Vt and finally to the Admiral himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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