Knickerbocker commodore : the life and times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867

Knickerbocker commodore : the life and times of John Drake Sloat, 1781-1867 /

Knickerbocker Commodore chronicles the life of Rear Admiral John Drake Sloat, an important but understudied naval figure in US history. Born and raised by a slave-owning gentry family in New York's Hudson Valley, Sloat moved to New York City at age nineteen. Bruce A. Castleman explores Sloat�...

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Main Author: Castleman, Bruce A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2016
Series:Excelsior editions
Subjects:
Sloat, John D. > (John Drake)
United States. > Navy > Officers > Biography.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Biography.
Ship captains > United States > Biography.
Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846.
Biography
Biographies.
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