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قراءة كتاب Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker
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John Randolph Tucker
LIFE OF REAR ADMIRAL
JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER
COMMANDER IN THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES, CAPTAIN
AND FLAG-OFFICER IN THE NAVY OF THE CONFEDERATE
STATES, REAR ADMIRAL IN THE NAVY
OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU AND PRESIDENT
OF THE PERUVIAN HYDROGRAPHICAL
COMMISSION OF THE AMAZON
WITH AN APPENDIX
CONTAINING NOTES ON NAVIGATION OF THE UPPER
AMAZON RIVER AND ITS PRINCIPAL
TRIBUTARIES
By CAPTAIN JAMES HENRY ROCHELLE
AND CONTAINING A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE
AUTHOR, AND PORTRAITS OF ADMIRAL
TUCKER AND CAPTAIN ROCHELLE
WASHINGTON
The Neale Publishing Company
431 Eleventh Street
MCMIII
Copyright, 1903,
BY MATTIE R. TYLER.
CONTENTS.
| A Sketch of the Author | 9 |
| Death of Captain Rochelle | 17 |
| Prefatory Note | 18 |
PART I. |
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| The Tuckers—Birth of John Randolph Tucker. Boyhood—Appointed a Midshipman in the United States Navy—First Cruise—"The Roaring Lads of the Brandywine"—Passes Examination for Promotion—Appointed a Past Midshipman—Promoted to the Rank of Lieutenant—Marriage—Mexican War. Capture of Tobasco—Commands United States Bomb-Brig Stromboli—Made a Commander—Commands United States Receiving Ship Pennsylvania—Ordnance Officer at the Norfolk Navy Yard—Resigns on the Secession of Virginia | 19 |
PART II. |
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| Appointed a Commander in the Virginia Navy—In Charge of the Defenses of James River—Transferred to the Confederate States Navy—Placed in Command of the Patrick Henry—Fitting Out Under Difficulties—First Partially Armored American Vessel. Lieutenant Powell's Plan for Armored Gunboats—Officers of the Patrick Henry—Guarding James River—Scaling the Guns—"Naval Skirmish"—A Flag Which Was Not Presented—Battle of Hampton Roads. Sinking of the Cumberland; An American Vengeur—Burning of the Congress—Combat Between the Virginia and the Monitor—Flag-Officer Tatnall Takes Command of the Confederate Squadron—Sally Into Hampton Roads—Plan for Carrying the Monitor by Boarding—Evacuation of Norfolk—Towing Unfinished Gunboats to Richmond—Federal Squadron Enters James River—Crews of the Patrick Henry, Jamestown and Virginia man the Naval Batteries at Drewry's Bluff—Action at Drewry's Bluff—The Galena; A Well-fought Vessel. Repulse of the Federal Squadron—Tucker ordered to Command the Iron-clad Steamer Chicora at Charleston—Successful Attack on the Blockading Squadron—Tucker Posted and Appointed Flag-Officer of the Charleston Squadron—Commanding Officers of the Charleston Squadron—Dupont's Attack on Charleston—Confederate Torpedo-Boats at Charleston; Damage Done By Them—Charleston Naval Battalion Serving With the Army—Evacuation of Charleston—One Battalion of the Charleston Squadron Serves With the Army at Wilmington—Tucker, With the Charleston Squadron Brigade, Marches through North Carolina and Arrives at Richmond—Tucker Ordered to Command at Drewry's Bluff—Confederacy at its last gasp—Evacuation of Richmond—Tucker not informed of the intention to Evacuate Richmond—Succeeds in joining his brigade of sailors to Major-Gen. Custis Lee's Division—Action at Saylor's Creek; didn't know they were whipped, thought the fight had just begun—Surrender—Prisoner Of war—Released on parole—Employed by the Southern Express Company | 23 |
PART III. |
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| Tucker Offered the Command of the Peruvian Fleet, With the Rank of Rear Admiral—Arrives in Lima—No Precedent for the Return of Money—Commissioned a Rear Admiral in the Navy of Peru—Commands the Allied Fleets of Peru and Chile—Spanish War—Tucker's Plan for a Naval Campaign; Projected Expedition Against Manila—Cessation of Hostilities—Tucker Retires From the Command of the Fleet, and Is Appointed President of the Peruvian Hydrographical Commission of the Amazon—Crosses the Andes and Reaches the Amazon—Explores the Yavari River—Ordered to the United States to Superintend the Building of an Exploring Steamer—Returns to the Amazon With Steamer Tambo. Expedition up the Ucayali and Exploration of the Tambo River—Ordered to the United States to Procure a Steamer of Light Draught of Water—Returns to the Amazon With Steamer Mairo— | |