Naval battles of America; great and decisive contests on the sea from colonial times to the present, including our glorious victories at Manila and Santiago; . ^, and theDeweys were paramount among the first families ofVermont: When Dewey was fourteen years old, a desire for asea-faring life took possession of him, but his father didnot take kindly to the thought of his sons becoming asaildir; so a compromise was effected, and young Deweyleft the Montpelier public school and entered the Nor-. DEWEY S TRIUMPH AT MANILA. ;>79 vvich University at Northfield, Vt. This being a mili-tary school t
Naval battles of America; great and decisive contests on the sea from colonial times to the present, including our glorious victories at Manila and Santiago; . ^, and theDeweys were paramount among the first families ofVermont: When Dewey was fourteen years old, a desire for asea-faring life took possession of him, but his father didnot take kindly to the thought of his sons becoming asaildir; so a compromise was effected, and young Deweyleft the Montpelier public school and entered the Nor-. DEWEY S TRIUMPH AT MANILA. ;>79 vvich University at Northfield, Vt. This being a mili-tary school the youthful enthusiasm of the boy wastemporarily appeased by musket practice and drill; b-utafter two years had passed, Dr. Dew^e}^ decided that ifhis son must follow the sea, he should do so in a man-ner consistent with the Dewey stock. An appointment to the Naval Academy placed thefuture Admiral at Annapolis in 1858. Upon his grad-uation, in 1858, he cruised for a few years as midship-man on the steam frigate Swatara in the Mediterraneanand then returned to Montpelier, On April 19, 1861, Dewey was commissioned Lieu-tenant, and for two years served on the steam sloopMisissippi, taking part in the action of the West GulfSquadron. The Missisippi grounded, and was riddledby the shore batteries at Port Hudson. The officers andmen were landed on the opposite side by boats ; CaptainSmith and Lieutenant Dewey being the last to leavethe ship. In 1863 the young Lieutenant was in thethick of t
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