CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



I. His Early Years 1 



II. His Three Cruises 10 



III. He Resorts to the Pen 26 



IV. His Astronomical Work 44 



V. His Wind and Current Charts 51 



VI. His Physical Geography of the Sea 66 



VII. His Extra-professional Interests 85 



VIII. His Treatment by the ''Retiring Board" 107 



IX. Shadows of Coming Troubles 118 



X. As His Friends and Family Knew Him 



before the War 128 



XL His Part in the Civil War: In Virginia 143 



XII. His Part in the Civil War: In England 168 



XIII. With Maximilian in Mexico. 186 



XIV. Reunited with His Family in England 202 



XV. His Last Years in Virginia 220 



XVI. His Posthumous Reputation 242 



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