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The Koszta Case. -- The Second Franklin Relief Expedition. -- Foote at Canton. -- "Blood is Thicker Than Water".
PART III.
BLUE JACKETS OF '61.
CHAPTER I.
The Opening of the Conflict. -- The Navies of the Contestants. -- Dix's Famous Despatch. -- The River-gunboats.
CHAPTER II.
Fort Sumter Bombarded. -- Attempt of the "Star of the West" to re-enforce Anderson. -- The Naval Expedition to Fort Sumter. -- The Rescue of the Frigate "Constitution." -- Burning the Norfolk Navy-Yard.
CHAPTER III.
Difficulties of the Confederates in Getting a Navy. -- Exploit of the "French Lady." -- Naval Skirmishing on the Potomac. -- The Cruise of the "Sumter"
CHAPTER IV.
The Potomac Flotilla. -- Capture of Alexandria. -- Actions at Matthias Point. -- Bombardment of the Hatteras Forts.
CHAPTER V.
The "Trent" Affair. -- Operations in Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. -- Destruction of the Confederate Fleet.
CHAPTER VI.
Reduction of Newbern. -- Exploits of Lieut. Cushing. -- Destruction of the Ram "Albemarle".
CHAPTER VII.
The Blockade-runners. -- Nassau and Wilmington. -- Work of the Cruisers.
CHAPTER VIII.
Du Pont's Expedition to Hilton Head and Port Royal. -- The Fiery Circle.
CHAPTER IX.
The First Ironclad Vessels in History. -- The "Merrimac" sinks the "Cumberland," and destroys the "Congress." -- Duel between the "Monitor" and "Merrimac".
CHAPTER X.
The Navy in the Inland Waters. -- The Mississippi Squadron. -- Sweeping the Tennessee River.
CHAPTER XI.
Famous Confederate Privateers, -- The "Alabama," the "Shenandoah," the "Nashville".
CHAPTER XII.
Work of the Gulf Squadron. -- The Fight at the Passes of the Mississippi. -- Destruction of the Schooner "Judah." -- The Blockade of Galveston, and Capture of the "Harriet Lane".
CHAPTER XIII.
The Capture of New Orleans. -- Farragut's Fleet passes Fort St. Philip and Fort Jackson.
CHAPTER XIV.
Along the Mississippi. -- Forts Jackson and St. Philip Surrender. -- The Battle at St. Charles. -- The Ram "Arkansas." -- Bombardment and Capture of Port Hudson.
CHAPTER XV.
On To Vicksburg. -- Bombardment of the Confederate Stronghold. -- Porter's Cruise in the Forests.
CHAPTER XVI.
Vicksburg Surrenders, and the Mississippi is opened. -- Naval Events along the Gulf Coast.
CHAPTER XVII.
Operations about Charleston. -- The Bombardment, the Siege, and the Capture.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Battle of Mobile Bay.
CHAPTER XIX.
The Fall of Fort Fisher. -- The Navy ends its Work.
PART IV.
BLUE JACKETS IN TIME OF PEACE.
CHAPTER I.
Police Service on the High Seas. -- War Service in Asiatic Ports. -- Losses by the Perils of the Deep. -- A Brush with the Pirates. -- Admiral Rodgers at Corea. -- Services in Arctic Waters. -- The Disaster at Samoa. -- The Attack on the "Baltimore's" Men at Valparaiso. -- Loss of the "Kearsarge." -- The Naval Review.
CHAPTER II.
The Naval Militia. -- A Volunteer Service which in Time of War will be Effective. -- How Boys are trained for the Life of a Sailor. -- Conditions of Enlistment in the Volunteer Branch of the Service. -- The Work of the Seagoing Militia in Summer.
CHAPTER III.
How the Navy has Grown. -- The Cost and Character of Our New White Ships of War. -- Our Period of Naval Weakness and our Advance to a Place among the Great Naval Powers. -- The New Devices of Naval Warfare. -- The Torpedo, the Dynamite Gun, and the Modern Rifle. -- Armor and its Possibilities.
PART V.
THE NAVAL WAR WITH SPAIN.
CHAPTER I.
The State of Cuba. -- Pertinacity of the Revolutionists. -- Spain's Sacrifices and Failure. -- Spanish Barbarities. -- The Policy of Reconcentration. -- American Sympathy aroused. -- The Struggle in Congress. -- The Assassination of the "Maine." -- Report of the Commission. -- The Onward March to Battle.
CHAPTER II.
The Opening Days of the War. -- The First Blow struck in the Pacific. -- Dewey and his Fleet. -- The Battle at Manila. -- An Eye-witness' Story. -- Delay and Doubt in the East. -- Dull Times for the Blue-jackets. -- The Discovery of Cervera. -- Hobson's Exploit. -- The Outlook.
CHAPTER III.
The Spanish Fleet makes a Dash from the Harbor. -- Its total Destruction. -- Admiral Cervera a Prisoner. -- Great Spanish Losses. -- American Fleet Loses but one Man.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOLUME ONE
Spilling Grog on the "Constitution" before going into Action. Frontispiece.
Commodore Esek Hopkins.
Siege of Charleston, S.C., May, 1780.
Captain John Paul Jones quelling the Mob at Whitehaven, Scotland, Nov., 1777.
The Action between the "Bon Homme Richard" and the "Serapis," September 23, 1779.
Commodore Barry.
Shortening Sail on the "Lancaster"--The Oldest Cruiser in Commission.
Commodore Decatur.
Derelict.
Cutting Away the Flag.
Commodore Perry.
Barney Regains his Ship.
Toasting the Wooden Walls of Columbia.
Commodore Macdonough.
Hull Makes a Reconnoissance.
The British Squadron.
Lieut. Allen Fires a Shot.
Commodore Rogers Hails.
Explosion on the "President".
"Hull Her, Boys!"
Loading.
Ready to Board.
Engagement of the Frigates "United States" and "Macedonian," Christmas Day, 1812.
Assuming to be British Men-of-War.
Marines Picking Off the Enemy.
In the Cross-Trees.
Perry's Recruits.
Drilling the Raw Recruits.
Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie.
Perry's Victory--The Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813.
Making Ready to Leave the "Lawrence".
Awaiting the Boarders.
"I am Commodore Rogers".
Beating to Quarters.
The Last Shot of the "Chesapeake".
On Board the "Chesapeake".
The Peruvian Privateer.
The Duel at the Galapagos Islands.
Firing the