1840 History UNITED STATES NAVY War of 1812 USS CONSTITUTION Ships U.S. Military

1840 History UNITED STATES NAVY War of 1812 USS CONSTITUTION Ships U.S. Military

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1840 History UNITED STATES NAVY War of 1812 USS CONSTITUTION Ships U.S. Military:
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AMERICAN NAVAL BATTLES; Being a Complete History of the Battles Fought by the Navy of the United States, From Its Establishment in 1794 to the Present Time; Including The Wars With France and Tripoli; The Late War with Great Britain, and With Algiers; With an Account of the Attack on Baltimore, and of the Battle of New Orleans. Published in 1840 by Charles Gaylord, Boston. 7.5” x 5” full leather binding with spine label. “Embellished with Twenty Elegant Engravings, Representing Battles, &c.” 278 pages.

Condition: GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. Good, considering the age. Outer leather binding has some wear but not too bad. Text is firmly bound. Pages have some foxing and toning as you might expect after 177 years. Several pages have short edge tears. No loose or missing pages. Later owner’s name inside front cover, member of US Navy. Good overall.

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Description:

A wonderful account of the United States Navy’s early exploits dating from the establishment of the Navy in 1794 through its first major military conflicts -- the War of 1812, and the Barbary Wars, also known as the Tripolitan and Algerine Wars.

Many historic battles and incidents are covered, including the clash between the HMS “Boxer” and USS “Enterprise,” the Battle of Plattsburg and other engagements upon the Great Lakes, the attack on Tripoli, the capture of the “Philadelphia, the exploits of the USS Constitution (“Old Ironsides”), and many more.

Illustrated with 20 antique full-page woodcut engravings depicting battle scenes, etc.

Contents Are:

  • Origin and Establishment of the Navy

  • Naval Force in 1801

  • Captain Truxton

  • Capture of the Insurgente

  • Action between Constellation and Vengeance

  • Captain Little – Frigate Boston

  • Capture of Le Berceau

  • Captain Sterrett

  • Action with a Tripolitan

  • Schooner Experiment – Lieutenant Stewart

  • Capture of the Diana

  • Operations in the Mediterranean under Commodore Preble

  • Commodore Preble’s interview with the emperor of Morocco

  • Loss of the frigate Philadelphia

  • Burning of the Philadelphia

  • Attack on Tripoli

  • President and Little Belt

  • The President and Little Belt

  • President and Belvidere

  • Escape of the Constitution from a British squadron

  • Capture of the Guerriere

  • First cruise of the Essex and capture of the Alert

  • Cruise of the Wasp and capture of the Frolic

  • Capture of the Wasp

  • Second cruise of Commodore Rogers

  • Capture of the Swallow

  • Cruise of the Argus

  • Cruise of the United States

  • Capture of the Macedonian

  • Capture of the Java

  • Lieutenant Aylwin

  • Hornet and Bonne Citoyenne

  • Capture of the Peacock

  • Chesapeake and Shannon

  • Letter of Commodore Broke

  • Death and funeral obsequies of Lawrence and Ludlow

  • Blockade of New London

  • Capture of the Eagle

  • Third Cruise of the President

  • Cruise of the Congress

  • Argus and Pelican

  • Death and Funeral of Captain Allen

  • Enterprise and Boxer

  • Funeral of Lieutenant Barrows and Captain Blythe

  • Letter from Captain Hull

  • Letter from Lieutenant McCall

  • Captain Hull’s card

  • Captain Hull’s letter to Commodore Bainbridge

  • Cruise of the Essex in the Pacific Ocean

  • Action in the Harbor of Valparaiso and the loss of the Essex

  • Return of Captain Porter

  • The Alligator

  • Commodore Rodgers

  • Peacock and Epervier

  • Cruise of the Wasp

  • Capture of the Reindeer

  • Capture of the Avon

  • Loss of the President

  • Capture of the Cyane and Levant

  • Blockade of Chesapeake and Delaware Bays

  • Schooner Lottery

  • Privateer Dolphin

  • Attack on Havre de Grace

  • Attack on Crany Island

  • Attack on Hampton

  • Schooner Asp

  • Torpedo

  • Attack on Lewistown

  • Gunboat Action

  • Events on Lake Erie

  • Capture of the British Fleet

  • Event on Lake Ontario

  • Events on Lake Champlain

  • Battle of Plattsburg

  • Letter of Commodore McDonough

  • Attack on Baltimore

  • Battle of New Orleans

  • President and Plantagenet

  • Escape of the Constitution from the Tenedos and Endymion

  • Hornet and Penguin

  • Escape of the Hornet

  • The Atlas

  • The Young Eagle

  • The Montgomery

  • The Dolphin

  • The Rolla

  • The Hazard

  • The Comet

  • The General Armstrong

  • The Young Teazer

  • The Decatur

  • The Saratoga

  • Letter from Captain Gamble

  • Sketch of the Algerine War

  • Naval Poetry

  • List of the American Navy

    • Remember folks, this is an 1840 original. This book is 177 years old.

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