. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . nd vigorous action con-tributed greatly to the safety of Alexandria, and to ral-lying the men from their demoralization after the defealat Bull Run. Commissioned as commander July 16,1862; commanding steam-gun-boat Mahaska, 1863;in command of the naval battery on Morris Island, atthe bombardment of Fort Sumter, from the 17th to the23d of August, 1863 ; engaged with skirmishes withbatteries on the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, andoff Wilmington, North Carolina, with rebel troops onshore, while commanding the Mahaska, in
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . nd vigorous action con-tributed greatly to the safety of Alexandria, and to ral-lying the men from their demoralization after the defealat Bull Run. Commissioned as commander July 16,1862; commanding steam-gun-boat Mahaska, 1863;in command of the naval battery on Morris Island, atthe bombardment of Fort Sumter, from the 17th to the23d of August, 1863 ; engaged with skirmishes withbatteries on the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, andoff Wilmington, North Carolina, with rebel troops onshore, while commanding the Mahaska, in 1863, andthe Potomac Flotilla, in 1864-65; on one occasion, atthe head of a small detachment of soldiers and marines,with two howitzers manned by seamen, CommanderParker marched some distance into Virginia and drovea force of over one hundred cavalry out of MatthewsCourt-House, which he took possession of; Bureau ofNavigation, 1866. Commissioned as captain July 25,1866; special duty, Hartford, Connecticut, 1S67-68;navy-yard, Boston, 1869-70; commanding frigate Frank-. lin, European Squadron, 1S70-71 ; member Board ofExaminers, 1872. Commissioned as commodore No-vember 25, 1872 ; was chief of staff to the North Atlan-tic Fleet, 1872; ordered to special duty at WashingtonAugust 7, 1872, to draw up a code of signals for steamtactics, and chief signal-officer of the navy, 1S73-76. In1863 he prepared, by order of the Navy Department,systems of Fleet Tactics under Steam, and Squad-ron Tactics under Steam ; in 1865, The Navy HowitzerAfloat; and in (866, The Naval Howitzer Ashore,all of which works are text-books at the Naval Acad-emy. Was one of the founders of United States NavalInstitute, organized October 9, 1873, at Annapolis, forthe advancement of professional and scientific knowledgein the navy. In December, 1874, Commodore Parkerwas appointed chief of staff of the united fleets undercommand of Admiral Case, which were assembled forinstruction in tactics in the Florida waters ;
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