. Mexican War Midshipmen's Monument erected at Annapolis on the grounds of the United States Naval Academy in memory of Thomas Branford Shubrick (1825-1847), killed while in the act of pointing this gun during the bombardment of Vera Cruz; and Passed Midshipmen Henry A. Clemson, John R. Hynson, and Midshipman Wingate Pillsbury, who were drowned when the brig “Somers” was capsized and lost in a squall off Vera Cruz in December 1846. published 1892 145 Appletons' Shubrick, John Templar - Midshipmen's Monument

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