Forty Five Years Under the Flag (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Schley, Winfield Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331741270 ISBN 13: 9781331741275

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

Excerpt from Forty Five Years Under the Flag In preparing this history of forty-five years of service under the flag of the United States, the writer has felt that it was his duty, while still in vigorous health, to record the incidents and activities of a career that has covered many important years in the nation's progress. This service has included, in times of peace, all quarters of the globe. It has imposed responsibilities and afforded experiences that do not usually come to naval men, and at the same time it has given opportunities to observe other civilizations and to visit other countries. In time of war it has included the Civil War, the storming of the Korean fortifications on Kang Hoa Island and participation in the war with Spain that ended in the total destruction of the Spanish fleet and the capture of Admiral Cervera, his officers and men, on July 3, 1898, off Santiago de Cuba. In a description of these incidents and activities it has not been possible to cover, in the preliminary chapters, everything that happened in the times there referred to. The main purpose has been to adhere to a simple recital of experiences in the order of their sequence, and to keep in view the fact that others who served with the writer shared with him in all that these pages relate. 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1331741270
• ISBN 13: 9781331741275
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 500