Old naval days; sketches from the life of Rear Admiral William Radford, U S N. . S. Hornet and H. B. M. S. Pea-cock, February 24, 1813; and in the action between the U. S. and H. B. M. S. Penguin, March 23, 1815, in which latterengagement he was wounded. He was Commodore CommandingHome Squadron in the war with Mexico, 1846, and was includedin thanks of Congress for gallant action in capturing the Peacockand Penguin, being awarded a medal for each. He was also in-cluded in thanks of President and Congress to officers of theNavy for services in war with Mexico. Under date of December i,
Old naval days; sketches from the life of Rear Admiral William Radford, U S N. . S. Hornet and H. B. M. S. Pea-cock, February 24, 1813; and in the action between the U. S. and H. B. M. S. Penguin, March 23, 1815, in which latterengagement he was wounded. He was Commodore CommandingHome Squadron in the war with Mexico, 1846, and was includedin thanks of Congress for gallant action in capturing the Peacockand Penguin, being awarded a medal for each. He was also in-cluded in thanks of President and Congress to officers of theNavy for services in war with Mexico. Under date of December i, 1829, we read: The Naval forceunder command of Commodore Ridgely ordered to cruise on theWest India Station consisted ... of the sloops Falmouth,Hornet, Erie and Natchez, and schooners Grampus and Shark. This cruise, beginning November ist, lasted a year and onemonth, so that William Radford would not have been at home atthe time of his sisters wedding, which took place at the Qarkscountry estate on September 5, 1830. Mary Radford, who was then eighteen years of age, married. GENERAL WILLIAM CLARK Territorial Governor of Missouri(of The Lewis and Clark Expedition) BACK IN ST. LOUIS 87 Major (later General) Stephen Watts Kearny, a gallant, in-telligent, and energetic officer, who had served through the warof 1812, and who gave every promise of rising to high distinctionshould opportunity offer itself. ^ After the wedding, which was quite an event in the St. Louissocial world, the bride and groom left immediately for FortLeavenworth, where Major Kearny was then stationed; andthere, during two years and more, Mrs. Kearny never beheld asingle white woman—an instance of the conditions of life inthose days. On March 3, 1831, William Radford became a Passed Mid-shipman, and was ordered to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, whichhe left the following September on a six months leave of ab-sence. This was succeeded by a years furlough, during whichtime he is said to have been seriously consi
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