. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . He was made lieutenant in February, 1833. Servedat Boston Navy-Yard, and in a kw months went to theWest Indies again,—in the Falmouth and then in the Erie. After some shore service at Boston, he went tothe Mediterranean in the Brandywine, frigate, and re-turned from that cruise to be stationed in Boston then, on going to sea again, served, from 1847 to1853, in the African, the Mediterranean, and the BrazilSquadron,—in which latter he commanded the Relief. In 1854 he was ordered to duty at the Naval Asylumat Philad
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . He was made lieutenant in February, 1833. Servedat Boston Navy-Yard, and in a kw months went to theWest Indies again,—in the Falmouth and then in the Erie. After some shore service at Boston, he went tothe Mediterranean in the Brandywine, frigate, and re-turned from that cruise to be stationed in Boston then, on going to sea again, served, from 1847 to1853, in the African, the Mediterranean, and the BrazilSquadron,—in which latter he commanded the Relief. In 1854 he was ordered to duty at the Naval Asylumat Philadelphia, but, being promoted to commander inFebruary, 1855, he went to the command of the sloop-of-war Decatur in the Pacific. In 1860-61 he wasexecutive-officer of the Boston Navy-Yard, and in 1862-63 commanded the Constellation on the EuropeanStation. He was promoted to commodore during this command,and relieved, in July, 1863, and ordered home to commandthe steam-frigate Colorado and a division of the South-ern blockade. He commanded the First Division of the. squadron in the attacks upon and capture of Fort Fisherand its dependencies, in December, 1864, and January,1865. He was, after that, ordered to command the WestGulf Squadron, as acting rear-admiral, and at once com-menced active operations for the capture of Mobile, andthe possession of the coast of Texas, in co-operation—inthe former case—with the land-forces under GeneralCanby. There was a vigorous bombardment at Mobileof Fort Alexis and of Spanish Fort, after which theywere carried by assault by the army on the night of April9, 1865, which success left the minor works a compara-tively easy prey to the forces. In May, 1866, Commodore Thatcher was relieved fromthe command of the Gulf Squadron, and ordered to thatof the North Pacific, in which command he remaineduntil relieved, in August, [S68. During his Pacific cruise he had been commissionedas rear-admiral, to date from July 25, 1866. He waspost-admiral at P
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