I now set apart Thursday, the thirtieth day of this November, as a day of thanksgiving for the past and of prayer for th...
Any man in the whole ship's company who does his full duty can claim as his own the honor and repute of the ship and has...
What must impress especially any observer is how essential it is that every individual on a ship like this should do his...
Then Joe is dead.
Let each of you officers remember, in the event of war, that while a surrender may sometimes be justifiable, yet that su...
At any time some emergency may arise in which the safety of the entire ship will depend upon the vigilance, intelligence...
The Cumberland sank with her flags flying and her guns firing while her decks were awash.
The man who died this morning was an excellent seaman, who had done his duty faithfully, and who died in the performance...
It is a privilege for any President to come aboard a squadron of American warships such as these.
The discipline, the ready subordination of each man, whether officer or enlisted man, to duty, the care taken of the men...
The result as I see it in this ship is a triumph not only of organization and discipline, but of the ready zeal with whi...
Now I am emboldened by your generous kindness and confidence to say that it has been indeed a pleasure to deal with Loui...
Now think what it means in a nation for the President of that nation, forty years after one of the greatest wars of all ...
Although some times we have difficulties in this country that we have to battle against, and sometimes things that we ar...
As I said at Richmond, second only to the man who wore the blue, I hold the man who wore the gray.
I can not say how much it means to me to be greeted as I have been greeted by the men who wore the blue and the men who ...
No President of the United States could have been greeted as I have been greeted today and not go back to take up the du...
I have no respect either for the nation or for the individual that brawls, that invites trouble.
