href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@22305@[email protected]#chapter1_15" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">The Navy Disbanded.—Aggressions of Barbary Corsairs.—A Disgraceful Tribute.—Bainbridge and the Dey.—Gen. Eaton at Tunis.—A Squadron sent to the Mediterranean.—Decatur and the Spaniards.—The "Enterprise" and the "Tripoli."—American Slaves in Algiers.

PART II.
BLUE JACKETS OF 1812.

• CHAPTER I.

  The Gathering of the War-Cloud.—The Revolution ended, but the War for Independence yet unfought.—Outrages upon American Sailors.—The Right of Search.—Impressment.—Boyhood of Commodore Porter.—Early Days of Commodores Perry and Barney.—Burning a Privateer.—The Embargo.—War Inevitable

• CHAPTER II.

  War with France.—The Building of a Navy.—First Success for the Americans.—Cutting out the "Sandwich."—The "Constellation" and "L'Insurgente."—The "Constellation" and "La Vengeance"

• CHAPTER III.

  Proposed Reduction of the Navy.—Renewal of British Outrages.—The Affair of the "Baltimore."—Attack on the "Leander."—Encounter between the "Chesapeake" and "Leopard."—The "President" and "Little Belt"

• CHAPTER IV.

  The War on the Ocean.—Commodore Rodgers's Cruise.—The Loss of the "Nautilus."—First Success for the British.—The Escape of the "Constitution."—The "Essex" takes the "Alert."—The "Constitution" and the "Guerriere"

• CHAPTER V.

  An International Debate.—The "Wasp" and the "Frolic."—The "United States" and the "Macedonian."—Ovations to the Victors

• CHAPTER VI.

  Bainbridge takes Command of the "Constitution."—The Defeat of the "Java."—Close of the Year's Hostilities on the Ocean.

• CHAPTER VII.

  The War on the Lakes.—The Attack on Sackett's Harbor.—Oliver Hazard Perry ordered To Lake Erie.—The Battle of Put-in-Bay.

• CHAPTER VIII.

  On the Ocean.—The "Hornet" sinks the "Peacock."—The Blockade.—Adventures of the "Sally."—Hostilities on Chesapeake Bay.—The Cruise of the "President".

• CHAPTER IX.

  Decatur blockaded at New York.—Attempts to escape through Long Island Sound.—The Flag-Ship struck by Lightning.—Torpedoes.—Fulton's Steam-Frigate.—Action between the "Chesapeake" and "Shannon".

• CHAPTER X.

  Cruise of the "Essex."—A Rich Prize.—The Mysterious Letter.—Cape Horn rounded.—Capture of a Peruvian Privateer.—Among the British Whalers.—Porter in Command of a Squadron.—A Boy Commander.—The Squadron lays up at Nookaheevah.

• CHAPTER XI.

  War with the Savages.—The Campaign against the Typees.—Departure from Nookaheevah.—The "Essex" anchors at Valparaiso.—Arrival of the "Phœbe" and "Cherub."—They capture the "Essex."—Porter's Encounter with the "Saturn."—The Mutiny at Nookaheevah.

• CHAPTER XII.

  Capture of the "Surveyor."—Work of the Gunboat Flotilla.—Operations on Chesapeake Bay.—Cockburn's Depredations.—Cruise of the "Argus."—Her Capture by the "Pelican."—Battle Between the "Enterprise" and "Boxer."—End of the Year 1813 on the Ocean.

• CHAPTER XIII.

  On the Lakes.—Close of Hostilities on Lakes Erie and Huron.—Desultory Warfare on Lake Ontario in 1813.—Hostilities on Lake Ontario in 1814.—The Battle of Lake Champlain.—End of the War upon the Lakes.

• CHAPTER XIV.

  On the Ocean.—The Work of the Sloops-of-War.—Loss of the "Frolic."—Fruitless Cruise of the "Adams."—The "Peacock" Takes the "Épervier."—The Cruise of the "wasp."—She Captures the "Reindeer."—Sinks the "Avon."—Mysterious End of the "Wasp".

• CHAPTER XV.

  Operations on the New England Coast.—The Bombardment of Stonington.—Destruction Of the United States Corvette "Adams."—Operations on Chesapeake Bay.—Work of Barney's Barge Flotilla.—Advance of the British Upon Washington.—Destruction of the Capitol.—Operations Against