A CALL TO THE SEA: CAPTAIN CHARLES STEWART OF THE USS CONSTITUTION
Berube, Claude G. & Rodgaard, John A.
Language: English
Published by Potomac Books, 2005
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Washington, D.C.: Potomic Books, Inc., (2005). 1st Edition. xvi, 299 p. Hardbound with DJ. A bright and clean copy. Fine/Fine.
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- Title
- A CALL TO THE SEA: CAPTAIN CHARLES STEWART OF THE USS CONSTITUTION
- Author
- Berube, Claude G. & Rodgaard, John A.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1574885189
- ISBN 13
- 9781574885187
- Edition
- First Edition.
Born in Philadelphia during the American Revolution, Stewart met President Washington and went to sea as a cabin boy on a merchantman before age thirteen. In March 1798, at age nineteen, he received a naval commission one month before the Department of the Navy was established. Stewart went on to an illustrious naval career: Thomas Jefferson recognised his Mediterranean exploits during the Barbary Wars; Stewart advised James Madison at the outset of the War of 1812; and Stewart trained many future senior naval officers―including David Porter, David Dixon Porter, and David G. Farragut―in three wars. He served as a pallbearer at President Lincoln’s funeral.
Stewart cemented his reputation as commander of the Navy’s most powerful frigate, the USS Constitution. No other captain commanded this ship for a longer wartime period or through more naval engagements. Undefeated in battle, including defeating the British warships Cyane and Levant simultaneously, both ship and captain came to be known as “Old Ironsides.”
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