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Title: America's war for humanity, related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty...
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
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Publisher: New York, Thompson
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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r what the weather, march a certain number of times^around a big elm tree on the school-ground in full marching uniform.Young Dewey walked many a weary mile around that tree in hot weather.His chief trouble seemed to be that he could not keep from fighting. Hisfather wrote him once: Never fight; but when you do, fight for all you are worth and see thatthe other fellow gets licked. 234 AMERICAS WAR FOR HUMANITY. In 1854 young Dewey thought the world was nothing but a path of rosesfor him when he passed a successful examination for the Annapolis NavalAcademy. He was seventeen years old then—a slender, active young fellowwith rather high cheek-bones and piercing eyes. There was nothing in hisfour years course there to indicate that he would one day fill one of the mostbrilliant pages in the history of the American navy. It is said of him thathe was enthusiastic in his studies and labored hard to reach a high place inhis class. But he found himself in competition with a great many other
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CADET SWORD EXERCISE. bright young men with similar ambitions, and he had all he could do tohold his own with them in the course. When he was graduated in 1858 he was assigned to the frigate Wabash^in the Mediterranean squadron, where he remained until the outbreak of thecivil war. Returning home Ensign Dewey was detailed to the Mississippi^one of Farraguts fleet in the West Gulf squadron. He took part in the cap-ture of New Orleans, and was one of the officers rescued from the Mississippiwhen Captain Melanchton Smith set fire to her in 1863 rather than let theConfederates capture her. DEIVEVS BREAKFAST. 235 After the destruction of the Mississippi Lieutenant Dewey did not go toMobile with the rest of Farraguts fleet, but was assigned to duty up theJames River, under Captain McComb. He was also on the boat that engagedthe rebels below Donaldsonville. In 1864 he was sent to the steamerAgawam^ of the North Atlantic blockading squadron. The Agawam wasone of the warships sent to attack Fo

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