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... fires of military glory connected with the sea . When those stories of combats on the ocean and on the great lakes were related with en- thusiasm at the family fireside or table , it is quite impossible that a mind so susceptible even ...
... fires of military glory connected with the sea . When those stories of combats on the ocean and on the great lakes were related with en- thusiasm at the family fireside or table , it is quite impossible that a mind so susceptible even ...
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... fire at her country's foes , and went down unconquered and unsullied in her pure renown . The effects of the temperance reform on the Cumberland were visible in the excellent discipline of the ship , showing that the moral element is ...
... fire at her country's foes , and went down unconquered and unsullied in her pure renown . The effects of the temperance reform on the Cumberland were visible in the excellent discipline of the ship , showing that the moral element is ...
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... fire department is excellent , as almost every thing you do is . The only fault , or rather imperfection in the system , is your too great zeal . When I see you with a project in hand to develop its usefulness , I think of the black ...
... fire department is excellent , as almost every thing you do is . The only fault , or rather imperfection in the system , is your too great zeal . When I see you with a project in hand to develop its usefulness , I think of the black ...
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... fire , and at once ordered a return fire . The brig passed our stern , when we exchanged names and a few words in a courteous manner . I felt as if the commander of the other vessel , having fired first ( although we re- turned it ) ...
... fire , and at once ordered a return fire . The brig passed our stern , when we exchanged names and a few words in a courteous manner . I felt as if the commander of the other vessel , having fired first ( although we re- turned it ) ...
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... fire from this vessel . " I regarded the occurrence as a mistake on your part arising from the obscurity of the night , and supposed that you would avail yourself of the earliest opportunity to explain it . 66 ' Subsequently , as the ...
... fire from this vessel . " I regarded the occurrence as a mistake on your part arising from the obscurity of the night , and supposed that you would avail yourself of the earliest opportunity to explain it . 66 ' Subsequently , as the ...
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A. H. FOOTE Admiral Foote Africa ANDREW HULL FOOTE Army attack Barrier Forts batteries battle BATTLE OF BELMONT BENTON boats Bureau of Equipment Cairo capture Carondelet Cincinnati Clarksville Cloth coast Columbus Commander Foote Commodore Commodore Foote Conestoga crew cruise Cumberland DEAR Department Donelson duty enemy fight fire Flag-Officer flag-ship FLAG-STEAMER fleet flotilla Foote's Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Pillow Gideon give gun-boats guns Halleck heavy Henry honor hope hundred iron-clad Island Joseph Smith land letter Lexington Lieutenant Foote Lieutenant-Commanding Louis Madrid Memphis miles Mississippi morning mortar-boats mortars Mound City Naval Forces Navy Yard night obedient servant officers Perry Phelps Pillow Pittsburg Pope port Portsmouth rams ready rebel received respectfully sailed sailors Secretary sent shells ship shore shot slaver soon squadron steamer Stembel Tennessee River thing tion troops vessels vols Washington West Western flotilla Western Waters wounded
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