. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . e 29, 1863; Fort Sumter, August 17, 1863; FortWagner, August 18, 1863; Fort Sumter, August 2^,1863; Fort Moultrie, August 31, 1863; Fort Sumter,September I, 1863; Batter)- Bee, September 8, 1863;Fort Moultrie, November 16, 1863. Commandedsteamer Isonomia, on the Wilmington blockade, in theEast Gulf Squadron, and on the Bahama Banks, in of the blockading squadron, 1865-66. En-gaged in the operations before Mobile in March andApril, 1865, and until tlie city capitulated. Commis-sioned commander March, 1865
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . e 29, 1863; Fort Sumter, August 17, 1863; FortWagner, August 18, 1863; Fort Sumter, August 2^,1863; Fort Moultrie, August 31, 1863; Fort Sumter,September I, 1863; Batter)- Bee, September 8, 1863;Fort Moultrie, November 16, 1863. Commandedsteamer Isonomia, on the Wilmington blockade, in theEast Gulf Squadron, and on the Bahama Banks, in of the blockading squadron, 1865-66. En-gaged in the operations before Mobile in March andApril, 1865, and until tlie city capitulated. Commis-sioned commander March, 1865, and then commandedthe Mohican and the Mohongo, on the NorthPacific Station, 1866-68. Upon his return, he was incharge of the Hydrographic Office, Washington ; andthen assistant to the chief of Bureau of Ordnance, NavyDepartment, Washington, 1869-70. Commissioned ascaptain in August, 1S70, and was sent to Europe onspecial duty in regard to ordnance. In 1S73 he was incommand of the torpedo station at Newport. In thenext two years he commanded the steam-frigate Frank-. lin, of the North Atlantic Station, and the steam-frigati Wabash, ol the same station. Commanded torpedostation again in 1874-75 ■ a,l|l ulc steam-sloop ( )maha,of the South Pacific Station, in 1875-77. He was sta-tioned at the navy-yard at New York, next; and, uponbeing made commodore, in April, 1878, commanded thenaval station at New London for three years. He waspromoted rear-admiral in 1884. President of the Ad-visory Board; and then president of the Board of In-spection and Survey. He never ceased to show his warmand active interest in the navy until his death at Washing-ton, December 1,1888. His total sea-service was twenty-one years and six months, and his shore duty twenty-one years and four months. Admiral Simpson was remarkable for his urbane andofficer-like manner, his fidelity to duty and promptnessof decision. He exercised a large and wholesome influ-ence upon succeeding generations of officers, and
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