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The commodore accepts your plea bargain. Case dismissed. :hatsoff:
Type: Posts; User: Bos'n
:hatsoff:
The commodore accepts your plea bargain. Case dismissed. :hatsoff:
Nay Sir, I draw your attention to the date of the battle; 1800.
Your reference is penned six years after the battle.
I am not certain that the commodore could ever be give command in the same theater of war or even in the navy again. Once you forsake your comrades who would willingly follow you into harms way...
Sir,
I do understand that by the rules and laws written almost half a century ago for the foreign navy of a foreign king that the commodore may well be condemned, and that by rules to be written...
Rob,
If you were Commodore Samuel Nicholson's advocate how would you defend him to keep these accusations from making it to a full court martial? Put on your lawyer's hat and save this man. What...
Hugh,
The American frigates Constitution, United States, and President were the three most powerful ships in the navy at the time of the Quasi War with France, but they were not expected to go toe...
Did you read the letter from Washington?
Letter From Washington
December 3, 1800
To: Samuel Nicholson, Commodore: Caribbean Squadron
From: Benjamin Stoddert, Secretary of the Navy: United States of America
Sir:
I have read...
Butcher's Bill
American Squadron:
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The After Action Report
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September 8, 1800
To: William Bainbridge: Captain; USS United States
Thomas Truxton: Captain; USS Constellation
Stephen Decatur Sr.: Captain; USS...
Please excuse the quality of the pictures in the following After Action Report. There just wasn’t enough sunshine for good photography.