Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | The symbol for degrees has been replaced with deg. for | | this e-text version. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * [Illustration: JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER] LIFE OF REAR ADMIRAL JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER COMMANDER IN THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES, CAPTAIN AND FLAG-OFFICER IN THE NAVY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, REAR ADMIRAL IN THE NAVY OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU AND PRESIDENT OF THE PERUVIAN HYDROGRAPHICAL COMMISSION OF THE AMAZON WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING NOTES ON NAVIGATION OF THE UPPER AMAZON RIVER AND ITS PRINCIPAL TRIBUTARIES By CAPTAIN JAMES HENRY ROCHELLE AND CONTAINING A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR, AND PORTRAITS OF ADMIRAL TUCKER AND CAPTAIN ROCHELLE WASHINGTON THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 431 ELEVENTH STREET MCMIII COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY MATTIE R. TYLER. CONTENTS. A SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR 9 DEATH OF CAPTAIN ROCHELLE 17 PREFATORY NOTE 18 PART I. THE TUCKERS--BIRTH OF JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER. BOYHOOD--APPOINTED A MIDSHIPMAN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY--FIRST CRUISE--"THE ROARING LADS OF THE BRANDYWINE"--PASSES EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION--APPOINTED A PAST MIDSHIPMAN--PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT--MARRIAGE--MEXICAN WAR. CAPTURE OF TOBASCO--COMMANDS UNITED STATES BOMB-BRIG _Stromboli_--MADE A COMMANDER--COMMANDS UNITED STATES RECEIVING SHIP _Pennsylvania_--ORDNANCE OFFICER AT THE NORFOLK NAVY YARD--RESIGNS ON THE SECESSION OF VIRGINIA 19 PART II.