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Prisoners of War. -- The End.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Long Peace broken by the War With Mexico. -- Activity of the
Navy. -- Captain Stockton's Stratagem. -- The Battle at San Jose. -- The
Blockade. -- Instances of Personal Bravery. -- The Loss of the
"Truxton." -- Yellow Fever in the Squadron. -- The Navy at Vera Cruz.
-- Capture of Alvarado.
CHAPTER XIX.
The Navy in Peace. -- Surveying the Dead Sea. -- Suppressing the
Slave Trade. -- The Franklin Relief Expedition. -- Commodore Perry in
Japan. -- Signing of the Treaty. -- Trouble in Chinese Waters. -- 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