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

Senior Corner Kennan Little
United States Naval Academy -- Football; United States Military Academy -- Football;
Senior corner Kennan Little became the first player in school history to score a defensive touchdown in both service academy games in the same year when he picked off this errant Army pass and returned it 40 yards for the score. Little returned a...
Army-Navy Football

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

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

Wake Island During Attack by Air Group from U.S.S. ENTERPRISE. Alt. 10,500' to 12,000'
Devastator (Torpedo-bomber); Wake Island--History, Military--20th century.; Wake Island; Airplanes, Military -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American;
Slide #222: TBD over Wake Atoll: One of the earliest raids was a counter attack on Wake Island, taken on 23 December 1941 from its U.S. Marine garrison after an initial attempt had failed. This TBD torpedo-bomber flies over Wake Atoll on a...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Daniel V. Gallery Papers, 1907-1977
Gallery, Daniel V. (Daniel Vincent), 1901-1977; United States. Navy -- Fiction; United States. Navy -- Humor; U-505 (Submarine); Guadalcanal (Utility aircraft carrier : CVU-60); World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American; Submarines...
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

World War II Ship Action Reports, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns...
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Office of the Superintendent: General Correspondence, 1907-1913
United States Naval Academy; United States Naval Academy. Superintendent; United States Naval Academy -- Administration; United States Naval Academy -- Alumni and alumnae; United States Naval Academy -- Buildings and grounds; United States Naval...
Academy Archives Finding Aids

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

Correspondence, 1843: Popham, William [Letter] 1843 January 3, New York [to] Commander Mackenzie
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848; Popham, William, 1752-1847
New York Jany 3rd 1843 Commander Mackensie Sir Although a personal stranger to you, I cannot restrain the expression of my feelings to you, in this moment of universal excitement—I am a very old soldier of the Revolution, and was present at Head...
The Somers Affair

President Dwight D. Eisenhower at 150 Pound Football Game
United States Naval Academy -- Football; United States Military Academy -- Football;
President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the 'Little Army - Navy Game' (150 pound football). [#8053; 716K; USNA]
Army-Navy Football

Joint Army-Navy Operation CAMID
United States Naval Academy -- Midshipmen -- Cruises
Joint Army-Navy Operation CAMID, second class Cadet-Midshipman Amphibious Maneuvers, Little Creek, Virginia, August 19, 1946. Left to Right: VADM Aubrey Fitch, Superintendent, USNA, Secretary of the Navy, James. V. Forrestal, Cadet B.C. Vreeland,...
Army-Navy Football