Cruise and Captures of the Alabama
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Chapters (45)
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS
- CRUISE AND CAPTURES OF THE ALABAMA.
- CHAPTER I.
- ENGLAND AND THE BLOCKADE.
- CHAPTER II.
- ESCAPE OF THE “290.”
- CHAPTER III.
- ARMING AT THE AZORES.
- CHAPTER IV.
- SEMMES AND HIS OFFICERS.
- CHAPTER V.
- DESTRUCTION OF THE WHALERS.
- CHAPTER VI.
- BURNING THE GRAIN FLEET.
- CHAPTER VII.
- SETTLING A “YANKEE HASH.”
- CHAPTER VIII.
- OFF DUTY AMUSEMENTS.
- CHAPTER IX.
- DODGING THE SAN JACINTO.
- CHAPTER X.
- CAPTURE OF THE ARIEL.
- CHAPTER XI.
- RECREATION AT ARCAS KEYS.
- CHAPTER XII.
- FIGHT WITH THE HATTERAS.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- ESCAPE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- IN AMBUSH ON THE HIGHWAY.
- CHAPTER XV.
- ADMIRAL WILKES IS MISTAKEN.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- STREWING THE SEA WITH VALUABLES.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- HIDE AND SEEK WITH THE VANDERBILT.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- PALSIED COMMERCE IN THE FAR EAST.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- A NEW ADVERSARY.
- CHAPTER XX.
- BATTLE WITH THE KEARSARGE.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- CONCLUSION.
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