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Title: The Naval History of the United States
Volume 2 (of 2)

Author: Willis J. Abbot

Illustrator: H. W. McVicar
W. C. Jackson

Release Date: August 24, 2008 [EBook #26416]

Language: English

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THE NAVAL HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES

BY

WILLIS J. ABBOT

With Many Illustrations
BY H. W. McVICAR AND W. C. JACKSON

_VOLUME TWO_

NEW YORK:
PETER FENELON COLLIER, PUBLISHER.

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
OF THE "ENTERPRISE" AND "BOXER." -- END OF THE YEAR 1813 ON THE
OCEAN.

With the capture of the "Chesapeake" in June, 1813, we abandoned our
story of the naval events along the coast of the United States, to
follow Capt. Porter and his daring seamen on their long cruise into
far-off seas. But while the men of the "Essex" were capturing whalers
in the Pacific, chastising insolent savages at Nookaheevah, and
fighting a gallant but unsuccessful fight at Valparaiso, other