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  1. Decatur’s Heroic Life and Tragic Death

    By Gil Klein, November/December 2021, Volume 66, Issue 7

    After an illustrious career in the Navy, Stephen Decatur died in his home on Lafayette Square following a duel with Commodore Barron. More >>>

  2. The Early Republic And The War Of 1812

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  3. Bloodshed At Dawn

    By C. S. Forester, October 1964, Volume 15, Issue 6

    Should Commodore Barron have surrendered his ship? Should Decatur have criticised him? Their famous duel ended in … bloodshed at dawn More >>>

  4. A Reasonable Doubt

    By Dan T. Carter, October 1968, Volume 19, Issue 6

    HISTORY AT MIDDLE DISTANCE The charge was rape. The accuser was a southern white woman, the accused were Negroes. But what kind of woman was Victoria Price? And what had really happened aboard that freight train? More >>>

  5. Riding The Circuit With Lincoln

    By Willard King, February 1955, Volume 6, Issue 2

    A new picture of prairie lawyers coping with bad roads and worse inns on the Illinois frontier, drawn from David Davis’ letters More >>>

  6. The Great Sea War

    By Robert M. Lunny, April 1956, Volume 7, Issue 3

    Fine printmakers celebrated the heroes and heroics of 1812 More >>>

  7. The Great Sea Battle

    By Peter Padfield, December 1968, Volume 20, Issue 1

    Battle can never be civilized, but in a century of total war and almost total barbarism it is refreshing to look back upon chivalrous combat. If it is gallantry and honor, even quixotism, you thirst for in a barren time, they are at their highest in the duel between His Britannic Majesty’s frigate Shannon and the United States frigate Chesapeake , which met off Boston in the calm, early evening of June 1, 1813. Here is an authoritative and totally absorbing description of that famous enco More >>>

  8. “By Heaven, That Ship Is Ours!”

    By Linda Mckee, December 1964, Volume 16, Issue 1

    So roared Captain Isaac Hull as Old Ironsides closed in mortal combat with the British frigate Guerrière. On the accuracy of his prediction hung all of America’s naval prestige in 1812 More >>>

  9. A Yankee Skipper Who Preyed On British Shipping Relates His Wartime Experiences

    By A. C. M. Azoy, October 1957, Volume 8, Issue 6

    American sea captain George Coggeshall tells of his experiences evading the British navy during the War of 1812 and spending over half a century at sea. More >>>

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