CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NAVY. S
CHAPTER II. BIDDLE AND THE "RANDOLPH." T
CHAPTER III. WAR ON THE ENEMY'S COAST.
CHAPTER IV. PAUL JONES'S CRUISES. S
CHAPTER V. BARRY AND BARNEY. D
CHAPTER VI. HOSTILITIES WITH FRANCE. J
CHAPTER VII. TRIPOLI.
CHAPTER VIII. IMPRESSMENT. E
CHAPTER IX. THE WAR OF 1812. THE "CONSTITUTION" AND THE "GUERRIERE." D
CHAPTER X. THE FIRST SLOOP ACTION.
CHAPTER XI. DECATUR AND BAINBRIDGE. J
CHAPTER XII. CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE. T
CHAPTER XIII. THE CRUISE OF THE "ESSEX." O
CHAPTER XIV. PERRY AND LAKE ERIE. R
CHAPTER XV. THE SLOOP ACTIONS. S
CHAPTER XVI. MACDONOUGH AND LAKE CHAMPLAIN. O
CHAPTER XVII. STEWART AND "OLD IRONSIDES." D
CHAPTER XVIII. THE WAR WITH ALGIERS. W
CHAPTER XIX. THE WAR WITH MEXICO. W
The Boys of 1812 AND OTHER NAVAL HEROES
THE BOYS OF '61;
Or, Four Years of Fighting. By Charles Carleton Coffin. Fully illustrated. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt.
THE BOYS OF 1812,
And Other Naval Heroes. By Prof. J. Russell Soley. Illustrated from original drawings. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt.
IN PREPARATION.
SAILOR BOYS OF '61.
By Prof. J. Russell Soley.
BY
JAMES RUSSELL SOLEY
AUTHOR OF "THE BLOCKADE AND THE CRUISERS"
BOSTON
PUBLISHED BY ESTES AND LAURIAT
Copyright, 1887,
By Estes and Lauriat.
University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
