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Dismissed from the U.S. Naval Academy in
early 1861, William Barker Cushing nonetheless emerged from the
Civil War as one of the Navys greatest heroes. Cushing transformed
his reputation from a rabblerouser into a living legend, because he
embodied the special qualities that the Navy demands of the men in
whom it entrusts its most hazardous and secret tasks: a readiness
to volunteer for dangerous assignments, an unflagging devotion to
duty, and more than a fair share of good fortune. As Robert J.
Schneller observes, "He was patriotic, aggressive, tough, and
recklessly bold." Before embarking on his most daring mission-his
celebrated destruction of the Confederate ironclad ALBEMARLE-he
bragged that he would "come out victorious or toes up." By the end
of the war he had amassed four commendations from the Navy
Department and the thanks of Congress and President Lincoln. "All
this for a man," Schneller writes, "who was only twenty-two years
old when Lee surrendered at Appomattox." Employing his customary
readable and entertaining style, Schneller focuses on Cushing's
naval career and those aspects of his personality that affected it.
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