CONTENTSCHAPTER I.[His Early Years]1II.[His Three Cruises]10III.[He Resorts to the Pen]26IV.[His Astronomical Work]44V.[His Wind and Current Charts]51VI.[His Physical Geography of the Sea]66VII.[His Extra-professional Interests]85VIII.[His Treatment by the “Retiring Board”]107IX.[Shadows of Coming Troubles]118X.[As His Friends and Family Knew Him before the War]128XI.[His Part in the Civil War: In Virginia]143XII.[His Part in the Civil War: In England]168XIII.[With Maximilian in Mexico]186XIV.[Reunited with His Family in England]202XV.[His Last Years in Virginia]220XVI.[His Posthumous Reputation]242