The History of Our Navy, Vol. 3 of 4 From Its Origin to the Present Day, 1775 1897 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The History of Our Navy, Vol. 3 of 4: From Its Origin to the Present Day, 1775 1897 OF great renown in the annals of the Ameri can Navy is the name of Porter, for the deeds of Captain David Porter With the little frigate Essex fill a large space in the story Of the War Of 1812; while those Of David D. Porter, the son Of Captain David Porter, during the Civil War, Of Which the story will be told farther on, raised him to the highest rank. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.