Nimitz Library Digital Collections

Case of the Somers mutiny: defense of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, commander of the U.S. Brig Somers, before the court martial held at the Navy yard, Brooklyn
United States.Navy.Court-martial (Mackenzie : 1843); Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States
CASE OF THE SOMERS' MUTINY DEFENCE OF ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE COMMANDER OF THE U.S. BRIG SOMERS, BEFORE THE COURT MARTIAL HELD AT THE NAVY YARD, BROOKLYN NEW YORK: TRlBUNE OFFICE, 160 NASSAU STREET, 1843 CASE OF THE SOMERS'...
The Somers Affair

LAST PHOTOGRAPHS OF USS HORNET, NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER
Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV-8); World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands; Yorktown Class (Aircraft carriers) -- History; Damage control (Warships); Damage control (Warships);
LAST PHOTOGRAPHS OF USS HORNET, NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER--The U. S. Navy dis- closed today that the airplane carrier sunk during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands last October 26, was the USS HORNET, shown here dead in the water after Japanese...
World War II - Combat Photographs

The cruise of the Somers : illustrative of the despotism of the quarter deck : and of the unmanly conduct of Commander Mackenzie
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848
THE CRUISE OF THE SOMERS: ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE DESPOTISM OF THE QUARTERDECK AND OF THE UNMANLY CONDUCT OF COMMANDER MACKENZIE "Difficulty is a bugbear to children, a stimulus to men." New York: J. WINCHESTER, NEW WORLD PRESS, 30 ANN ST. W.B...
The Somers Affair

This is your last chance...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda; Propaganda, American -- Japan -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area;
World War II - American Propaganda in Japan

Correspondence, 1843: Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848 [Letter] 1843 January 11, U.S. Brig Somers, New York [to William Popham, New York]
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848; Popham, William, 1752-1847
U.S. Brig Somers, New York Jan 11, 1843 My dear Sir, In taking up my pen to reply to your valuable and most welcome letter of the 3 instant I have little hope of expressing to you a tithe of the gratification which I have derived myself, and a...
The Somers Affair

Official Program Cover
United States Naval Academy -- Football; United States Military Academy -- Football; Crockett, Gib;
The 1944 program cover would be the first of 41 consecutive Army/Navy game covers (1944-1984) produced by Mr. Gib Crockett, an editorial and sports cartoonist for the Washington Starr. This marked the second time the game was played in Baltimore,...
Army-Navy Football

Franklin Field for the last time
United States Naval Academy -- Football; United States Military Academy -- Football;
Midshipmen parading to Franklin Field [from the 1936 Lucky Bag; 582K; USNA]
Army-Navy Football

Army was hard to stop
United States Naval Academy -- Football; United States Military Academy -- Football;
This 1944 Army team proved to be very difficult to stop, but going into the fourth quarter, Navy trailed by only 2 points. Fifty-two and sixty-nine yard scoring drives led by Army's Glenn Davis in the last quarter secured the 23-7 victory and...
Army-Navy Football

Box 1, Folder 11: News Clippings - Confederate Captivity, February 29, 1864 and undated
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Prisoners of War -- United States; Nestell, Daniel D. T., d. 1900; Sabine Pass, Battle of, Tex., 1863;
Includes a narrative by Nestell of the naval action at Sabine Pass and his subsequent captivity as a prisoner of war [POW].
The Civil War - Daniel D. T. Nestell Papers