In ambiguous cases, the text has been left as it appears in the original book. In particular, many mismatched quotation marks, endquote missing puctuation, wrongspaced quotes, ect., have not been changed. Inconsistent hyphenation has been repaired. quasiwar changed to quasi-war. Seacoast changed to sea-coast. mid-shipman’s changed to midshipman’s. mid-day changed to midday. bow-chaser changed to bowchaser. mizzenmast changed to mizzen-mast. End of Project Gutenberg's Naval Actions of the War of 1812, by James Barnes