The Long Road to Annapolis: The Founding of the Naval Academy and the Emerging American Republic

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INDEX Academic Board (U.S. Military Academy), 78, 117–18 Academic Board (U.S. Naval Academy), 211–12, 214–15, 222, 226 Adams, Abigail, 14 Adams, John, 132; opinion of John Paul Jones, 13; on decline of Continental navy, 16; views on military education, 23, 36, 38–39; and XYZ affair, 32–33; and QuasiWar , 33–34, 36, 247 (n. 53); creation of Navy Department by, 34, 38; interest in naval affairs, 38–39, 70; reductions to army and navy in 1800, 39–40; support for a naval academy, 82 Adams, John Quincy, 39, 92, 131, 201; as secretary of state, 85; nationalistic vision for America’s improvement, 86–88; support for a naval academy, 87–89, 96–97, 99, 105; and partisan conflict, 91, 92, 95–96, 99–100; 1828 presidential campaign, 95, 108–9; and scientific advancement, 97–98; praise for U.S. Military Academy, 109 Africa Squadron, 103 Algiers, 29, 31, 66 Allen, William, 120–21, 154–55 Alliance (frigate), 17 America (ship of the line), 16–17 American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy. See Norwich University American Quarterly Review, 118, 130 American Revolution, 7, 13, 19, 41, 52, 160, 166; legacy of, 3, 19–26, 184–85; purpose of, 3, 50; beginning of, 13; and social distinctions , 21. See also Revolutionary War Annapolis, Md., 89, 125, 136, 204–5, 218, 220, 221, 231. See also U.S. Naval Academy Anti-intellectualism, 108–9, 145 Antinavalists, 30, 31 Apprenticeship: in military, 5, 15, 51, 66, 146; in medicine, 52, 127–28, 146, 159; in law, 52, 128–29, 146; shift to academic studies, 127–29; program for enlisted seamen in U.S. Navy, 171. See also Naval education, U.S. Aristocracy: in Europe, 5, 7, 20, 21, 192, 234; military, 5, 21, 115–17; avoidance of in United States, 7, 20, 21; natural, 158; naval, 166, 234–35. See also Meritocracy Army, U.S. See U.S. Army Army and Navy Chronicle, 8, 108, 118, 119, 147, 166, 167, 198 Army-Navy football game, 1 Arnold, Benedict, 42, 133 Bache, Alexander D., 196, 201 Bainbridge, William, 66, 92 Baltimore, Md., 54, 81, 205 Bancroft, George: and establishment of U.S. Naval Academy, 1, 202–15, 217, 223–24, 229; as historian, 133, 200–201; appointment as secretary of the navy, 195, 200; views on education, 200, 202; background of, 200–201; and naval reform, 201–2; concern for character development in navy, 202, 210–11; as member of U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors, 203; informs Congress of U.S. Naval Academy’s existence , 220; and discipline at U.S. Naval Academy, 220, 221–22; and first annual examinations at U.S. Naval Academy, 222; resignation as secretary of the navy, 224 Bancroft Hall, 1, 232 Barbary corsairs, 6, 29, 30, 40, 64 Barbary States, 29, 35, 41, 49 Barbary Wars, 6, 64, 66–67, 72, 136 Barlow, Joel, 43 Barron, James, 137, 169, 196–97 Barron, Samuel, 41 Barry, John, 45, 246 (n. 37) Belcher, J. H., 198 Benton, Thomas Hart, 81, 96, 183, 224 Biddle, James, 196 Black, Edward J., 122 [ 284 ] Index Board of Examiners (U.S. Navy), 142, 206– 8, 222, 226 Board of Navy Commissioners, 72, 81, 83, 150, 151–52 Board of Visitors (U.S. Military Academy), 78–79, 109, 190, 203 Boston (frigate), 39 Boston, Mass., 54, 79 Boston Navy Yard, 105, 107, 195, 199 Bowditch, Nathaniel, 55, 142–43, 146 Bowditch’s Navigator (textbook), 55, 81, 139, 142–43, 146 Branch, John, 89, 105–7, 195 Brandywine (frigate), 213 Brazil Squadron, 103 Brewerton, Henry, 226 Britain. See Great Britain British army, 4, 23, 109 British navy. See Royal Navy Brown, Charles, 119, 153–54 Buchanan, Franklin, 131, 159, 195, 226, 229; as midshipman, 62, 64, 209; background of, 209; selection as superintendent of U.S. Naval Academy, 209; as disciplinarian, 209, 219–20, 221–22; devises plan for U.S. Naval Academy, 211–12; implements plan for U.S. Naval Academy, 214–15; leadership as superintendent, 215, 216–23; assigned to sea duty during Mexican War, 225 Buchanan, James, 155 Bunker Hill, Battle of, 44, 69 Butler, Benjamin, 133 Butler, Josiah, 79 Caesar, Julius, 92 Calhoun, John C., 73–74, 79, 86, 117, 155, 170 Cannon, Newton, 79 Carroll, John, 53 Catherine the Great, 231 Chandler, John, 91 Charleston, S.C., 54, 98 Chase, Samuel, 13 Chauncey, Isaac, 60 Chauvenet, William, 195–98, 201, 202–3, 206, 213, 214, 226 Chesapeake (frigate), 32, 33, 69, 169 Chesapeake Bay...