This historical document is an account of a mutiny that occurred on the American naval vessel Somers in 1842, and the subsequent trial of the ship's captain, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie. The book includes Mackenzie's defense of his actions and provides insight into the military culture of the time. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This...
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