THE BOYS OF 1812 AND OTHER NAVAL HEROES THE BOYS OF '61; =Or, Four Years of Fighting.= By CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN. Fully illustrated. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt. THE BOYS OF 1812, =And Other Naval Heroes.= By Prof. J. RUSSELL SOLEY. Illustrated from original drawings. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt. IN PREPARATION. SAILOR BOYS OF '61. By Prof. J. RUSSELL SOLEY. [Illustration: "THE CUTLASS BREAKS AT THE HILT."] THE BOYS OF 1812 AND OTHER NAVAL HEROES BY JAMES RUSSELL SOLEY AUTHOR OF "THE BLOCKADE AND THE CRUISERS" [Illustration] BOSTON PUBLISHED BY ESTES AND LAURIAT _Copyright, 1887,_ BY ESTES AND LAURIAT. _University Press:_ JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NAVY. 11 II. BIDDLE AND THE "RANDOLPH." 28 III. WAR ON THE ENEMY'S COAST. 35 IV. PAUL JONES'S CRUISES. 42 V. BARRY AND BARNEY. 60 VI. HOSTILITIES WITH FRANCE. 85 VII. TRIPOLI. 104 VIII. IMPRESSMENT. 150 IX. THE WAR OF 1812.--THE "CONSTITUTION" AND THE "GUERRIÈRE." 157 X. THE FIRST SLOOP ACTION. 177 XI. DECATUR AND BAINBRIDGE. 183 XII. CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE. 196 XIII. THE CRUISE OF THE "ESSEX." 210 XIV. PERRY AND LAKE ERIE. 246 XV. THE SLOOP ACTIONS. 263 XVI. MACDONOUGH AND LAKE CHAMPLAIN. 280 XVII. STEWART AND "OLD IRONSIDES." 292 XVIII. THE WAR WITH ALGIERS. 307 XIX. THE WAR WITH MEXICO. 318 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE BRIG, HEAD ON _Titlepage_ "THE CUTLASS BREAKS AT THE HILT." _Frontispiece_ "BOLD AND HARDY MEN WHO HAD FOLLOWED THE SEA SINCE THEY WERE BOYS." 16 "HE SENT COLONEL GLOVER AND MR. PALFREY IN HOT HASTE TO RAISE THE MINUTE-MEN." 21 NICHOLAS BIDDLE. 30 HE TOUCHED AT A SMALL TOWN IN IRELAND FOR SUPPLIES. 40 THE "DRAKE" SURRENDERS TO THE "RANGER." 47 "THE SLOOP WAS SWALLOWED UP IN THE SEETHING WATERS." 73 HEAVING THE LEAD ON BOARD THE FRIGATE. 81 "EVERYWHERE THE SHIP-YARDS WERE BUSY." 91