Dewey and Other Naval Commanders

Project Gutenberg's Dewey and Other Naval Commanders, by Edward S. Ellis This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Dewey and Other Naval Commanders Author: Edward S. Ellis Release Date: December 8, 2005 [EBook #17253] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEWEY AND OTHER NAVAL COMMANDERS *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Paul Ereaut and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY, U.S.N. DEWEY AND OTHER NAVAL COMMANDERS. BY EDWARD S. ELLIS, A.M., Author of "A History of the World," " The People's Standard History of the United States," "A History of the State of New York," "Deerfoot Series," "Log Cabin Series," Etc. NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1899, BY JOHN HOVENDON. CONTENTS. CHAPTER INTRODUCTION I Admiral George Dewey—The Birth and Boyhood of George Dewey. II Dewey in the War for the Union. III Dewey in the War with Spain. THE REVOLUTIONARY BATTLES IV Birth of the American Navy—The Privateers— Capture of New Providence, in the Bahamas—Paul Jones—A Clever Exploit—A Skilful Escape—Fine Seamanship—An Audacious Scheme. V A Daring Attempt by Captain Paul Jones—Why It Failed—A Bold Scheme—Why It Did Not Succeed —The Fight Between the RANGER and DRAKE.