Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . /^i ^^^^^^^^^^fe. CONNECTICUT AS A STATE through the leafy streets which had known him throughouthis hfe, and there, in the Grove Street Cemetery, he sleeps. In the long line of heroes, the best that the country had,who died in defence of the Union, Connecticut lost anothernoble officer. Captain James Harmon Ward; a Hartfordman, who had been a midshipman on the historic Constitu-tion, had seen service in the Mediterranean, had become anauthority in naval matters through his Manual of NavalTactics and his work on Naval
Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; . /^i ^^^^^^^^^^fe. CONNECTICUT AS A STATE through the leafy streets which had known him throughouthis hfe, and there, in the Grove Street Cemetery, he sleeps. In the long line of heroes, the best that the country had,who died in defence of the Union, Connecticut lost anothernoble officer. Captain James Harmon Ward; a Hartfordman, who had been a midshipman on the historic Constitu-tion, had seen service in the Mediterranean, had become anauthority in naval matters through his Manual of NavalTactics and his work on Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, hadurged the establishment of the Naval Academy at Annapolis,and had there filled a professors chair. When he sawbrother officers deserting their posts, he stood firm, and wasone of the first to whom the Washington government turnedfor advice on naval affairs. The Potomac flotilla, which heorganized, was the first Union war-fleet, and under his ener-getic direction inspired the rebels with dread, and cleareda safe passage by water to the capital. After silencing theb
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