. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . hipman Stembelnext served in the frigate Brandywine, on the Mediter-ranean Station, from 1839 to 1842. He was commis-sioned lieutenant in 1843, and was attached to the CoastSurvey for several years. In 1849-50 he served in thesloop-of-war Germantown, on the Home Squadron;and from 1S51-54 in the sloop Jamestown, of theBrazil Squadron. Special duty at Washington from1855-57, and then attached to the steam-frigate Missis-sippi, China and East India Squadron, for three Stembel was attached to the Naval Asylum,
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . hipman Stembelnext served in the frigate Brandywine, on the Mediter-ranean Station, from 1839 to 1842. He was commis-sioned lieutenant in 1843, and was attached to the CoastSurvey for several years. In 1849-50 he served in thesloop-of-war Germantown, on the Home Squadron;and from 1S51-54 in the sloop Jamestown, of theBrazil Squadron. Special duty at Washington from1855-57, and then attached to the steam-frigate Missis-sippi, China and East India Squadron, for three Stembel was attached to the Naval Asylum,at Philadelphia, when the Civil War broke out, and wasordered to special duty at Cincinnati, Ohio, in connectionwith the Western Gun-boat Flotilla. Just at this time he was commissioned as commander,and was in active service in the Mississippi Flotilla; en-gagements at Lucass Bend, September 9, 1861; Belmont,November 7, 1861; Fort Henry, February 6, 1862; bom-bardment and capture of Island No. 10, from March 16to April 7, 1862; the fight with the rebel rams at Craig-. heads Bend, near Fort Pillow, May 10, 1862, and severalminor affairs. At the engagement at Craigheads Bendhe was seriously wounded by a rifle-ball. He was inva-lided in consequence of this wound in 1863, and thepeculiar nature and effects of the balls passage were thesubject of great interest to medical men. During 1864 he was stationed at the Recruiting Ren-dezvous at Philadelphia, and afterwards on special dutyat Pittsburg. He was commissioned as captain in 1866,during his command of the steam-sloop Canandaigua,on the European Station. Returned to the United Statesin 1867. Commanded the Naval Rendezvous at Boston,1869-71. Commissioned commodore 1870, and com-manded Northern Squadron of the Pacific Fleet, 1871-72, and, for a time, the Pacific Fleet. He was retired asa commodore in 1872, and commissioned as rear-admiralon the retired list in 1874. 400 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular)
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