Chapter I: Front Matter

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.

THE BOYS OF 1812
AND OTHER NAVAL HEROES

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.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NAVY. 11

II. BIDDLE AND THE "RANDOLPH." 28

III. WAR ON THE ENEMY'S COAST. 35

IV. PAUL JONES'S CRUISES. 42

V. BARRY AND BARNEY. 60

VI. HOSTILITIES WITH FRANCE. 85

VII. TRIPOLI. 104

VIII. IMPRESSMENT. 150

IX. THE WAR OF 1812.--THE "CONSTITUTION"
AND THE "GUERRIÈRE." 157

X. THE FIRST SLOOP ACTION. 177

XI. DECATUR AND BAINBRIDGE. 183

XII. CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE. 196

XIII. THE CRUISE OF THE "ESSEX." 210

XIV. PERRY AND LAKE ERIE. 246

XV. THE SLOOP ACTIONS. 263

XVI. MACDONOUGH AND LAKE CHAMPLAIN. 280

XVII. STEWART AND "OLD IRONSIDES." 292

XVIII. THE WAR WITH ALGIERS. 307

XIX. THE WAR WITH MEXICO. 318

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

BRIG, HEAD ON _Titlepage_

"THE CUTLASS BREAKS AT THE HILT." _Frontispiece_

"BOLD AND HARDY MEN WHO HAD FOLLOWED THE SEA
SINCE THEY WERE BOYS." 16

"HE SENT COLONEL GLOVER AND MR. PALFREY IN HOT HASTE
TO RAISE THE MINUTE-MEN." 21

NICHOLAS BIDDLE. 30

HE TOUCHED AT A SMALL TOWN IN IRELAND FOR SUPPLIES. 40

THE "DRAKE" SURRENDERS TO THE "RANGER." 47

"THE SLOOP WAS SWALLOWED UP IN THE SEETHING WATERS." 73

HEAVING THE LEAD ON BOARD THE FRIGATE. 81

"EVERYWHERE THE SHIP-YARDS WERE BUSY." 91

DAVID PORTER. 95

"IT WAS TWILIGHT BEFORE HE CAME UP WITH HER." 99

THOMAS TRUXTUN,--FROM MEDAL VOTED BY CONGRESS. 102

"CROWDING ON THE RAIL WITH THEIR SCIMITARS." 109

COMMODORE EDWARD PREBLE. 114

"HE CUT AWAY THE ANCHORS, ... BUT STILL THE SHIP
HUNG FAST." 117

"THE LIGHTS COULD BE SEEN GLITTERING IN THE HOUSES." 127

"THE 'PHILADELPHIA' LIGHTS THEM ON THEIR WAY." 131

STEPHEN DECATUR. 135

"AMONG THESE WAS ONE SIXTY-FOUR, THE 'AFRICA.'" 161

"A SQUALL OF WIND AND RAIN PASSED OVER US." 167

CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL. 171

"SHE LAY A HELPLESS WRECK IN THE TROUGH OF THE SEA." 173

"JACK LANG, A BRAVE AMERICAN BLUE-JACKET, LEAPED
FIRST." 179

"THE SHIPS WERE STEERING TO THE EASTWARD ON
PARALLEL COURSES." 189

JAMES LAWRENCE. 197

"ALONG THE SHORE, UPON EVERY HILL-TOP AND HEADLAND,
PEOPLE HAD GATHERED." 203

"WHEN THE 'ESSEX' ARRIVED OFF THE ISLAND SHE LAY
TO." 213

APPROACHING THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 222

"'WE SURRENDER,' AND DOWN CAME THE FLAG." 225

"MOSTLY CARRONADES." 239

"A SQUALL STRUCK HER AND CARRIED AWAY HER
MAIN-TOPMAST." 241

OLIVER HAZARD PERRY. 247

"A SINGLE GUN BOOMED FROM BARCLAY'S SHIP." 255

"CALLING AWAY HIS BOAT, HE ROWED UNDER THE ENEMY'S
FIRE." 259

"THE 'PELICAN' WAS GUIDED TO HER BY THE SMOKE OF
THE BURNING MERCHANTMEN." 265

CAPTAIN LEWIS WARRINGTON. 270

"ONE ROUND SHOT ENTERED HER AFTERMOST PORT." 277

"ON THE STOCKS, AND NEARLY FINISHED, THE FINE
FRIGATE 'CONFIANCE.'" 283

CAPTAIN CHARLES STEWART. 296

"ACCOMPANIED BY ABDALLAH THE DRAGOMAN, I LEFT THE
CANAL." 313

THE BOYS OF 1812,
AND
OTHER NAVAL HEROES.