The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1

by Willis J. Abbot

PART IV.
BLUE JACKETS IN TIME OF PEACE.

• CHAPTER I.
• 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 Arctic Waters.—The Disaster at Samoa.—The Attack on the "Baltimore's" Men at Valparaiso.—Loss of the "Kearsarge."—The Naval Review.
• CHAPTER II.
• 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 Branch of the Service.—The Work of the Seagoing Militia in Summer.
• CHAPTER III.
• 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 New Devices of Naval Warfare.—The Torpedo, the Dynamite Gun, and the Modern Rifle.—Armor and its Possibilities.

PART V.
THE NAVAL WAR WITH SPAIN.

• CHAPTER I.
• The State of Cuba.—Pertinacity of the Revolutionists.—Spain's Sacrifices and Failure.—Spanish Barbarities.—The Policy of Reconcentration.—American Sympathy Aroused.—The Struggle in Congress.—The Assassination of the "Maine."—Report of the Commission.—The Onward March to Battle.
• CHAPTER II.
• 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.—Dull Times for the Blue-jackets.—The Discovery of Cervera.—Hobson's Exploit.—The Outlook.
• CHAPTER III.
• The Spanish Fleet makes a Dash from the Harbor.—Its total Destruction.—Admiral Cervera a Prisoner.—Great Spanish Losses.—American Fleet Loses but one Man.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

VOLUME ONE

• [Spilling Grog on the "Constitution" before going into Action. Frontispiece.]
• [Commodore Esek Hopkins.]
• [Siege of Charleston, S.C., May, 1780.]
• [Captain John Paul Jones quelling the Mob at Whitehaven, Scotland, Nov., 1777.]
• [The Action between the "Bon Homme Richard" and the "Serapis," September 23, 1779.]
• [Commodore Barry.]
• [Shortening Sail on the "Lancaster"—The Oldest Cruiser in Commission.]
• [Commodore Decatur.]
• [Derelict.]
• [Cutting Away the Flag.]
• [Commodore Perry.]
• [Barney Regains his Ship.]
• [Toasting the Wooden Walls of Columbia.]
• [Commodore Macdonough.]
• [Hull Makes a Reconnoissance.]
• [The British Squadron.]
• [Lieut. Allen Fires a Shot.]
• [Commodore Rogers Hails.]
• [Explosion on the "President".]
• ["Hull Her, Boys!"]
• [Loading.]
• [Ready to Board.]
• [Engagement of the Frigates "United States" and "Macedonian," Christmas Day, 1812.]
• [Assuming to be British Men-of-War.]
• [Marines Picking Off the Enemy.]
• [In the Cross-Trees.]
• [Perry's Recruits.]
• [Drilling the Raw Recruits.]
• [Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie.]
• [Perry's Victory—The Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813.]
• [Making Ready to Leave the "Lawrence".]
• [Awaiting the Boarders.]
• ["I am Commodore Rogers".]
• [Beating to Quarters.]
• [The Last Shot of the "Chesapeake".]
• [On Board the "Chesapeake".]
• [The Peruvian Privateer.]
• [The Duel at the Galapagos Islands.]
• [Firing the Howitzer.]

VOLUME TWO

• Destruction of the "Maine," Havana Harbor, Feb. 15, 1898. Frontispiece.
• The Fight with the "Boxer".
• The Surrender of the "Boxer".
• On the Way to Lake Erie.
• Hiram Paulding Fires the Guns.
• The Captain of the "Reindeer".
• The End of the "Reindeer".
• Lieut. Richmond Pearson Hobson, who Sank the "Merrimac" in Santiago.
• Harbor, June 3, 1898.
• The Descent of Wareham.
• Sharp-Shooters.
• The March on Washington.
• Planning the Attack.
• Response to the Call for Volunteers to Accompany Hobson on the "Merrimac".
• The "President" Tries to Escape.
• Battleship "Massachusetts".
• Prison Chaplain and Jailer.
• The Last Volley of the War.
• New U. S. Torpedo-Boat "Talbot".
• The "Hartford," Farragut's Flagship.
• Departure of a Naval Expedition from Port Royal.
• Fort Moultrie.
• Anderson's Command Occupying Fort Sumter.
• Major Robert Anderson.
• The "Morris"—Torpedo-Boat of the Smallest Type—46-½ Tons Displacement, 800 Horse-Power.
• Blockading the Mouth of the Mississippi.
• Flag of the Confederacy.
• Naval Patrol on the Potomac.
• Attack on the Hatteras Forts.
• Spanish Merchant Steamer "Catalina" Captured by the Cruiser "Detroit," April 24, 1898.
• Flag of South Carolina.
• Nassau: The Haunt of Blockade-Runners.
• Cotton Ships at Nassau.
• Marines Saluting on the "Lancaster"—Our Oldest Naval Vessel in Active Service.
• Fortress Monroe.
• Du Pont's Expedition Off Cape Hatteras.
• The Opening Gun.
• Engagement of the "Monitor" and "Merrimac," March 9, 1862.
• A River Gunboat.
• Engagement of the "Kearsarge" and "Alabama," June 19, 1864.
• Rescue of Capt. Semmes.
• The "Nashville" Burning a Prize.
• Fort Pensacola.
• Levee at New Orleans Before the War.
• Farragut's Fleet Engaging the Enemy near New Orleans, April 26, 1862.
• Breaking the Chain.
• Farragut Engaging the Port Hudson (La.) Batteries, March, 1863.
• The "Arkansas" under Fire.
• Farragut's Fleet Engaging Forts Jackson and St. Philip and Confederate Fleet on the Mississippi River, below New Orleans, April 25, 1862.
• The Launching of the Battleship "Iowa".
• Passing the Vicksburg Batteries.
• Bailey's Dam on the Red River.
• Engagement Between the U. S. Flagship "Hartford" and the Confederate Ironclad "Tennessee," Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864.
• Warships off Charleston Harbor.
• Battle of Mobile Bay—Union Fleet Engaging Fort Morgan and Confederate Vessels, August 5, 1864.
• Forward Turret of Monitor "Terror".
• Torpedo-Boat "Cushing".
• Dynamite Cruiser "Vesuvius".
• Ensign Worth Bagley, of the Torpedo-Boat "Winslow," Killed May 11, 1898.
• Partial View of the Wreck of the "Maine".
• Dewey's Victory—The Naval Fight in Manila Bay, May 1, 1898.
• The Defeat of Cervera's Fleet—The "Colon" Running Ashore.
• The Naval Board of Strategy, 1898.
• Rear-Admiral William Thomas Sampson.
• Bombardment of San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 13, 1898.
• Rear-Admiral George Dewey.
• Admiral Sampson's Fleet off Puerto Rico, in Search of Cervera's Vessels, May 1, 1898.
• Admiral Cervera's Fleet Approaching Santiago, May, 1898.
• Commodore John Crittenden Watson.
• General Miles's Expedition to Puerto Rico, as seen from the Deck of the "St. Paul".
• Hobson Sinking the "Merrimac" in the Entrance to Santiago Harbor, June 3, 1898.
• Rear-Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.
• Monitors at League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia.
• Training Ship "Alliance"—Type of the Last Wooden Sloops-of-War.
• Training Ships "Portsmouth" and "Lancaster" at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
• "Racing Home"—The Battleship "Oregon" on her way from San Francisco to Key West.
• Hammock-Inspection on a Battleship.
• Armored Cruiser "New York" on her way to Puerto Rico.
• New York's Welcome to the Battleship "Texas".
• Spanish Merchant Steamer "Panama," Captured April 25, by Lighthouse Tender "Mangrove".
• Forward 13-inch Guns on Battleship "Indiana".
• Forward Deck of Dynamite Gun-Vessel "Vesuvius".
• Hospital Ship "Relief".
• Religious Service on Battleship "Iowa," off Havana.
• The Battleship "Maine" Leaving New York for Havana.
• Bombardment of Matanzas, Cuba, by the "New York," "Cincinnati," and "Puritan," April 27, 1898.
• Ironclads in Action.
• Bombardment of Forts at Entrance of Santiago Harbor, Cuba, May 6, 1898.
• Torpedo-Boat "Ericsson".
• Deck-Tube and Projectile of a Torpedo-Boat.
• Crew of the "Indiana" Watching the "New York" Capture a Prize.
• Hurry-Work at Night on Monitor "Puritan" at League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia.