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| The Constitution and Guerrière. (From a French water-color drawing in the possession of Mr. W. C. Crane), [Frontispiece.] |
| English Vessel of One Hundred Guns. (From an engraving by Verico), | [3] |
| A Frigate with her Sails Loose to Dry. (From a wood-cut in the “Kedge Anchor”), | [5] |
| John Rodgers. (From the portrait by Jarvis at the Naval Academy), | [9] |
| The Little Belt Breaking up at Battersea. (From an engraving by Cooke of a drawing by Francia), | [12] |
| The Section of a First-rate Ship. (From an old engraving), | [17] |
| A Brigantine of a Hundred Years Ago at Anchor. (From a picture drawn and engraved by Baugean), | [22] |
| An English Admiral of 1809. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), | [24] |
| Representation of a Ship-of-war, Dressed with Flags, and Yards Manned. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), | [27] |
| The Internal Arrangements and Stowage of an American Sloop-of-war. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), | [28] |
| Guns Secured for a Gale. (From the “Kedge Anchor”), | [30] |
| David Porter. (From an engraving by Edwin of the portrait by Wood), | [35] |
| Fight of the Essex and the Alert. (From an old wood-cut), | [41] |
| An English Thirty-gun Corvette. (From an engraving by Merlo in 1794), | [45] |
| Sir John Thomas Duckworth. (From an English engraving), | [48] |
| Isaac Hull. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington, of the painting by Stuart), | [54] |
| The Constitution’s Escape from the British Squadron after a Chase of Sixty Hours. (From an engraving by Hoogland of the picture by Corné), | [57] |
| Towing a Becalmed Frigate. (From a picture drawn and engraved by Baugean), | [59] |
| Chase of the Constitution off the Jersey Coast. (From the painting by Inch at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [65] |
| The Constitution Bearing Down for the Guerrière. (From an old wood-cut), | [71] |
| Action between the Constitution and the Guerrière.—I. (From the painting by Birch at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [77] |
| Action between the Constitution and the Guerrière.—II. (From the painting by Birch at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [81] |
| The Constitution in Close Action with the Guerrière. (From an old wood-cut), | [83] |
| Action between the Constitution and the Guerrière.—III. (From the painting by Birch at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [85] |
| Diagram of the Constitution-Guerrière Battle, | [87] |
| Action between the Constitution and the Guerrière.—IV. (From the painting by Birch at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [89] |
| Sir James Richard Dacres. (From an English engraving published in 1811), | [93] |
| Medal Awarded to Isaac Hull after the Capture of the Guerrière by the Constitution, | [102] |
| Jacob Jones. (From an engraving by Edwin of the portrait by Rembrandt Peale), | [105] |
| Diagram of the Wasp-Frolic Battle, | [108] |
| The Wasp Boarding the Frolic. (From an old wood-cut), | [111] |
| The Wasp and Frolic. (From an original water-color by H. Rich, at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [113] |
| James Biddle. (From an engraving by Gimbrede of the portrait by Wood), | [115] |
| Medal Awarded to Jacob Jones after the Capture of the Frolic by the Wasp, | [118] |
| Capture of the Macedonian. (From an engraving in Waldo’s “Decatur”), | [123] |
| Diagram of the Battle between the United States and Macedonian, | [127] |
| Battle between the United States and the Macedonian. (From an engraving by Duthie of the drawing by Chappel), | [129] |
| The Battle Between the United States and the Macedonian. (Drawn by a sailor who was on the United States. From the original drawing at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [135] |
| Stephen Decatur. (From the portrait by Thomas Sully at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [145] |
| Medal Awarded to Stephen Decatur after the Capture of the Macedonian by the United States, | [150] |
| Billet-head of the Constitution. (From the original at the Naval Institute, Annapolis), | [153] |
| Diagram of the Battle of the Constitution and Java, | [158] |
| The Battle between the Constitution and the Java.—I. (“At five minutes past three o’clock, as the Java’s foremast fell.” From an engraving by Havel, after a sketch by Lieutenant Buchanan), | [159] |
| The Battle between the Constitution and the Java.—II. (“At half-past four o’clock, as the Constitution began to make sail.” From an engraving by Havel, after a sketch by Lieutenant Buchanan), | [163] |
| The Java Surrendering to the Constitution. (From an old wood-cut), | [167] |
| Medal Awarded to William Bainbridge after the Capture of the Java by the Constitution, | [175] |
| The Hornet Blockading the Bonne Citoyenne. (From an old wood-cut), | [180] |
| Diagram of the Hornet-Peacock Battle, | [183] |
| John T. Shubrick. (From an engraving by Gimbrede), | [185] |
| The Hornet Sinking the Peacock. (From an old wood-cut), | [186] |
| Medal Awarded to James Lawrence, after the Capture of the Peacock by the Hornet, | [191] |
| James Lawrence. (From an engraving by Edwin of the portrait by Stuart), | [195] |
| Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Bart. (From a lithograph of the portrait by Lane), | [201] |
| James Lawrence. (From an engraving by Edwin), | [205] |
| The Chesapeake and Shannon.—Commencement of the Battle. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), | [207] |
| The Chesapeake and Shannon.—After the First Two Broadsides from the Latter. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), | [211] |
| Diagram of the Chesapeake-Shannon Battle, | [213] |
| “Don’t Give Up the Ship!”—Death of Captain Lawrence. (From an engraving by Hall of the picture by Chappel), | [215] |
| The Chesapeake and Shannon.—The Shannon’s Men Boarding. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), | [219] |
| The Fight on the Chesapeake’s Forecastle. (From a lithograph in the “Memoir of Admiral Broke”), | [223] |
| The Shannon taking the Chesapeake into Halifax Harbor. (From an engraving at the Navy Department, Washington), | [227] |
| “In Memory of Captain James Lawrence.” (From an old engraving), | [231] |
| Ship’s Papers of the William Bayard in 1810, signed by Napoleon. (From the original at the Naval Institute, Annapolis), | [236–7] |
| Battle between the Schooner Atlas and two British Ships, August 5, 1812. (From a lithograph in Coggeshall’s “Privateers”), | [243] |
| The Rossie and the Princess Amelia. (From a lithograph in Coggeshall’s “Privateers”), | [249] |
| Battle between the Schooner Saratoga and the Brig Rachel. (From a lithograph in Coggeshall’s “Privateers”), | [255] |
| Jesse D. Elliott. (From a lithograph at the Navy Department, Washington), | [260] |
| Sackett’s Harbor, 1814. (After an old engraving), | [264] |
| Map, Scene of Naval Operations on Lake Ontario, 1812–1813, | [266] |
| Captain Woolsey. (From a painting at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [269] |
| Wilkinson’s Flotilla. (From an old wood-cut), | [272] |
| Detroit in 1815. (After an old engraving), | [274] |
| Capture of the British Brigs Detroit and Caledonia, October 12, 1812. (From a wood-cut prepared under the supervision of Lieutenant Jesse D. Elliott himself), | [277] |
| O. H. Perry. (From an engraving by Forrest of the portrait by Jarvis), | [281] |
| Port of Buffalo in 1815. (After a contemporary engraving), | [284–5] |
| Map of the Battle of Lake Erie, | [293] |
| Perry and his Officers on Board the Flag-ship Lawrence, Preparing for the Engagement. (From an old wood-cut), | [303] |
| Diagram of Perry’s Victory—the Approach. (After Ward’s “Naval Tactics”), | [304] |
| The Battle of Lake Erie. (From an old engraving), | [308] |
| First View of Perry’s Victory. (From an engraving of a drawing by Corné), | [310] |
| “Perry’s Sieg.”—A German View of the Victory on Lake Erie. (From an old engraving), | [312] |
| Diagram of Perry’s Victory.—Positions at Height of Battle, | [314] |
| Second View of Perry’s Victory. (From an engraving of a drawing by Corné), | [316] |
| Perry Transferring his Colors. (After the painting by Powell), | [319] |
| “We have met the Enemy and they are Ours.” (From the “Naval Monument”), | [324] |
| Stephen Champlin. (From a painting at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [327] |
| The Medal Awarded to Oliver H. Perry after his Victory on Lake Erie, | [334] |
| Medal Awarded to Jesse D. Elliott, | [335] |
| Map of Niagara River, | [340] |
| The Death of General Pike. (From an old wood-cut), | [342] |
| The Niagara River and Scenes from the War of 1812. (From an engraving in Hinton’s “History of the United States”), | [343] |
| Isaac Chauncey. (From an engraving by Edwin of the portrait by Wood), | [345] |
| Captain Sir James Lucas Yeo. (From an engraving by Cook of the portrait by Buck), | [347] |
| Buffalo, N. Y., Burned by the British, December 30, 1813. (From an old wood-cut), | [354] |
| The Argus Burning British Vessels. (From an old wood-cut), | [361] |
| The Argus Captured by the Pelican, August 14, 1813. (From an engraving by Sutherland of the painting by Whitcombe), | [365] |
| The Enterprise and Boxer. (From a wood-cut in the “Naval Monument”), | [377] |
| Diagram of the Enterprise-Boxer Battle, | [378] |
| Medal Awarded to Edward R. McCall after the Battle between the Enterprise and the Boxer, | [385] |
| Old-time Naval Gunnery. (From a wood-cut), | [391] |
| John Cassin. (From a lithograph at the Navy Department, Washington), | [399] |
| Joshua Barney. (From an engraving of the painting by Chappel), | [404] |
| Map of Chesapeake Bay, | [411] |
| The Flag of Fort McHenry—After the British Attack in 1814. (From a photograph at the Naval Academy, Annapolis), | [415] |
| The Capture of Washington. (From an old wood-cut), | [416] |