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By the third decade of the 19th century the growing American nation had expanded so far into the Florida peninsula that in 1832 a group of Seminole tribal chiefs accepted the terms of a treaty which provided for the removal of their tribes to the West. Wiley Thompson was appoint…
Quarterdeck & Bridge: Two centuries of American Naval Leaders
by Schroeder, John H., Trask, David F., Lundstrom, John B., Fowler, William M., Hattendorf, John B., Mahon, John K., Still, William N.,, Jr, Wukovits, John F., Langley, Harold D., Spencer, Warren F., Smith, Tamara Moser Melia, Seager, Robert,, II, Williams, Vernon L., Reynolds, Clark G., Graybar, Lloyd J., Rosenberg, David Alan, Duncan, Francis, Cutler, Thomas J.
This superb collection of biographical essays tells the story of the U.S. Navy through the lives of the officers who forged its traditions. The essayists are leading naval historians who assess the careers of these men and their impact on the naval service, from the Continental …