Books
- Memoir of Commodore David Porter, of the United States Navy. Albany, NY: J. Munsell (1875).
- The Adventures of Harry Marline. New York: D. Appleton (1885).
- Allan Dare and Robert le Diable. New York: D. Appleton (1885).
- Arthur Merton, a Romance. New York: D. Appleton (1889)
- Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
- The Naval History of the Civil War. New York: Sherman (1886).
- High Old Salts: Stories Intended for the Marines (co-author F. Coburn Adams). Washington: s.n. (1876).
- The Pictorial Battles of the Civil War (La Bree, Ben, editor). New York: Sherman (1885).
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