Excerpt from A Sailor on Horseback Long service in the navy had imparted to an otherwise pleas ing address an appearance of sternness - increased, doubtless, by the gravity of the situation. The habit of command sat easily upon him, and the control which he speedily acquired over his men increased to veneration as events, crowding rapidly upon each other, brought into requisition the qualities of patience, courage, and discipline, with which he was eminently endowed. Lieutenant Carter was a native of East Tennessee, a ...
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Excerpt from A Sailor on Horseback Long service in the navy had imparted to an otherwise pleas ing address an appearance of sternness - increased, doubtless, by the gravity of the situation. The habit of command sat easily upon him, and the control which he speedily acquired over his men increased to veneration as events, crowding rapidly upon each other, brought into requisition the qualities of patience, courage, and discipline, with which he was eminently endowed. Lieutenant Carter was a native of East Tennessee, a graduate of the Naval Academy, and the outbreak of the rebellion found him on duty with his ship at Valparaiso, Chile. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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