Lincoln on the Importance of Seapower: "Uncle Sam's Web Feet"

In the summer of 1863, Lincoln had written:  "Nor must Uncle Sam's web feet be forgotten.  At all the watery margins they have been present.

"Not only on the deep sea, the broad bay, the rapid river, but also up the narrow, muddy bayou, and wherever the ground was a little damp, they have all made their tracks."

--Old B-Runner