Captain Silas Talbot; Ancestry; In the American Camp; Commands a
Fire-Ship; Grapples the “Asia”; Promoted; Captures the “Pigot”;
Again Promoted; Fits Out the “Pigot” and the “Argo”; Captures
three Prizes from the West Indies; The “King George”; A Terror to
the Coast; Talbot Captures the “King George”; “Argo” Returned to
her Owners; Talbot in Command of a Private Armed Ship; Captured
by an English Fleet; The Notorious Prison Ship “Jersey”; Taken to
England; Dartmoor Prison; Three Attempts at Escape; Exchanged for
an English Officer; At Paris; Sails for America; Captured by a
Privateer; Reaches New York; Retires to a Farm; Selected to
Command a New Frigate; In Command of “Old Ironsides”; Captures
the “Sandwich”; Questions of Rank; Withdraws from the Service;
Buys Land in Kentucky; Characteristics; Death; Burial in Trinity
Church, New York; The Whaleboat Men of the Revolution; George
Raymond; The Connecticut Fleet; A Terror to the British; Daring
Leaders; Captain Mariner; Captain Hyde; Mariner Visits a Tavern
in Disguise; Major Sherbook Denounces Mariner; Mariner Searches
the Major’s House; Captures the Major; Captain Hyler at Egg
Harbor; Captures an English Corvette; Hyler Visits New York in
Disguise; Searches for a Notorious Tory; Captures an East
Indiaman; Hyler on Land; Captures a Hessian Major; Captures four
Trading Sloops; Usefulness of the Whaleboat Men ended with the
War; Captain James Drew; In the English Service; Persecuted by a
Lieutenant; Knocks his Persecutor Down; Escape by Swimming;
Arrives at Philadelphia; Goes to France; In Command of the “De
Brock”; Loaded with Gold and War Material; Lands in Maryland;
Cargo Escorted to Wilmington; Arms to Headquarters; Treasure to a
Mansion; The Gold Stolen; Drew Mans his Ship; Fights an English
Ship; Drew’s Former Persecutor in Command; The Duel on the Deck;
Drew Kills the Commander and Captures the Ship; Drew’s Marriage;
Captures two Prizes of Immense Value; Drew’s Fatal Banquet; Loss
of the “De Brock”; Drew’s Body Washed Ashore; The Churchyard at
Lewes, Delaware; Stephen Decatur; Story of the Barbary Pirates;
The Frigate “Philadelphia”; Captured by Pirates; The Bashaw of
Tripoli; The “Philadelphia” added to the Bashaw’s Fleet; The
“Mastico”; Decatur Burns the “Philadelphia”; Chased by Pirates;
Commodore Preble; Submission of the Bashaw; McDougall and the
“Wyoming”; Searching for the “Alabama”; In Japanese Seas; The
Prince of Nagato; Independent Pirate; His Captures; Fires on the
“Pembroke”; McDougall at Simonoseki; Fights three Japanese
Vessels and Shore Batteries; Disables the Ships; Silences the
Batteries; Demands Indemnity; The Share of the United States;
Captain McGiffen; Graduate of Annapolis; In the Chinese Service;
Battle of the Yalu; Battle between Modern Ships; The Chen Yuen;
Desperate Fighting; McGiffen Thrashes a Coward; Five Hours
Action; McGiffen Terribly Wounded; Returns to America a Physical
Wreck; His Death. II-289