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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

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

Inferno at Sea - The U.S.S. Franklin's Trial by Fire
World War, 1939-1945 -- Chaplains -- United States; United States. Navy -- Religious life; O'Callahan, Joseph Timothy, 1905-1964; Franklin (Aircraft carrier : CV-13); World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan;
Less than 16 months after she was commissioned, the stricken ESSEX-class aircraft carrier U.S.S. FRANKLIN arrived at Brooklyn Navy Yard under her own power - a ghastly but unforgettable memorial to the heroism of those who man the Navy's ships and...
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

Official Program Cover
United States Naval Academy -- Football; United States Military Academy -- Football;
1988 marked the beginning of an era of closely matched contests. Between 1988 and 1998, eight of eleven games were decided by 5 points or less, seven were decided in the final two minutes, and when Army won five straight from 92-96, they were...
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