PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON.

GEN. ANTHONY WAYNE.

MAJ. JOHN STEWART.

LIEUT.-COL. DE FLEURY.

CAPTURE OF MAJ. ANDRE.

GEN. NATHANIEL GREENE.

GEN. HORATIO GATES.

GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN.

JOHN EAGER HOWARD.

COL. WILLIAM A. WASHINGTON.

MAJOR HENRY LEE.

GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT.

GEN. E. P. GAINES.

GEN. JAMES MILLER.

MAJOR-GEN. JACOB BROWN.

MAJOR-GEN. RIPLEY.

GEN. PETER B. PORTER.

ALEXANDER MACOMB.

GEN. ANDREW JACKSON.

GEN. ISAAC SHELBY.

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.

LIEUT.-COLONEL CROGHAN.

PAUL JONES.

CAPT. THOMAS TRUXTUN.

COM. EDWARD PREBLE.

CAPT. ISAAC HULL.

CAPTAIN JACOB JONES.

CAPT. STEPHEN DECATUR.

COMMODORE BAINBRIDGE.

OLIVER HAZARD PERRY.

COMMODORE ELLIOTT.

LIEUT. WILLIAM BURROWS.

LIEUT. EDWARD R. M'CALL.

CAPT. JAMES LAWRENCE.

CAPTAIN THOMAS MACDONOUGH.

CAPT. ROBERT HENLEY.

CAPTAIN STEPHEN CASSIN.

COMMODORE WARRINGTON.

CAPTAIN JOHNSTON BLAKELEY.

CAPT. CHARLES STEWART.

CAPTAIN JAMES BIDDLE.

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MEMOIRS
OF THE
GENERALS, COMMODORES, AND OTHER COMMANDERS,

WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN THE
AMERICAN ARMY AND NAVY
DURING THE
WARS OF THE REVOLUTION AND 1812,

AND

WHO WERE PRESENTED WITH MEDALS BY CONGRESS,
FOR THEIR GALLANT SERVICES.

BY THOMAS WYATT, A.M.,
AUTHOR OF THE “KINGS OF FRANCE,” ETC. ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY EIGHTY-TWO ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL
FROM THE ORIGINAL MEDALS.

PHILADELPHIA:
PUBLISHED BY CAREY AND HART
MDCCCXLVIII.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by
CAREY AND HART,

In the office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

T. K. & P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS,
No. 1, Lodge Alley.