TYLER.

CONTENTS.

A SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR 9

DEATH OF CAPTAIN ROCHELLE 17

PREFATORY NOTE 18

PART I.

THE TUCKERS--BIRTH OF JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER. BOYHOOD--APPOINTED A
MIDSHIPMAN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY--FIRST CRUISE--"THE
ROARING LADS OF THE BRANDYWINE"--PASSES EXAMINATION FOR
PROMOTION--APPOINTED A PAST MIDSHIPMAN--PROMOTED TO THE RANK
OF LIEUTENANT--MARRIAGE--MEXICAN WAR. CAPTURE OF
TOBASCO--COMMANDS UNITED STATES BOMB-BRIG _Stromboli_--MADE
A COMMANDER--COMMANDS UNITED STATES RECEIVING SHIP
_Pennsylvania_--ORDNANCE OFFICER AT THE NORFOLK NAVY
YARD--RESIGNS ON THE SECESSION OF VIRGINIA 19

PART II.

APPOINTED A COMMANDER IN THE VIRGINIA NAVY--IN CHARGE OF THE
DEFENSES OF JAMES RIVER--TRANSFERRED TO THE CONFEDERATE
STATES NAVY--PLACED IN COMMAND OF THE _Patrick
Henry_--FITTING OUT UNDER DIFFICULTIES--FIRST PARTIALLY
ARMORED AMERICAN VESSEL. LIEUTENANT POWELL'S PLAN FOR
ARMORED GUNBOATS--OFFICERS OF THE _Patrick Henry_--GUARDING
JAMES RIVER--SCALING THE GUNS--"NAVAL SKIRMISH"--A FLAG
WHICH WAS NOT PRESENTED--BATTLE OF HAMPTON ROADS. SINKING OF
THE _Cumberland_; AN AMERICAN _Vengeur_--BURNING OF THE
_Congress_--COMBAT BETWEEN THE _Virginia_ AND THE
_Monitor_--FLAG-OFFICER TATNALL TAKES COMMAND OF THE
CONFEDERATE SQUADRON--SALLY INTO HAMPTON ROADS--PLAN FOR
CARRYING THE _Monitor_ BY BOARDING--EVACUATION OF
NORFOLK--TOWING UNFINISHED GUNBOATS TO RICHMOND--FEDERAL
SQUADRON ENTERS JAMES RIVER--CREWS OF THE _Patrick Henry_,
_Jamestown_ AND _Virginia_ MAN THE NAVAL BATTERIES AT
DREWRY'S BLUFF--ACTION AT DREWRY'S BLUFF--THE _Galena_; A
WELL-FOUGHT VESSEL. REPULSE OF THE FEDERAL SQUADRON--TUCKER
ORDERED TO COMMAND THE IRON-CLAD STEAMER _Chicora_ AT
CHARLESTON--SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON THE BLOCKADING
SQUADRON--TUCKER POSTED AND APPOINTED FLAG-OFFICER OF THE
CHARLESTON SQUADRON--COMMANDING OFFICERS OF THE CHARLESTON
SQUADRON--DUPONT'S ATTACK ON CHARLESTON--CONFEDERATE
TORPEDO-BOATS AT CHARLESTON; DAMAGE DONE BY THEM--CHARLESTON
NAVAL BATTALION SERVING WITH THE ARMY--EVACUATION OF
CHARLESTON--ONE BATTALION OF THE CHARLESTON SQUADRON SERVES
WITH THE ARMY AT WILMINGTON--TUCKER, WITH THE CHARLESTON
SQUADRON BRIGADE