. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . dred marines and sailors, and defeated anddispersed a Mexican force five times as great. CaptainSeptember 14, 1855. Having recommended the occu-pation of Port Royal as a central harbor or depot on theSouthern coast, he was given the command of the SouthAtlantic Blockading Squadron, and intrusted with theattack on that place. Sailing from Fortress Monroe,October 29, 1861, in the Wabash, with a fleet of fifty-sail of war-vessels and transports, conve)ing GeneralShermans troops, lie arrived off Port Royal November4 and 5, aft
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . dred marines and sailors, and defeated anddispersed a Mexican force five times as great. CaptainSeptember 14, 1855. Having recommended the occu-pation of Port Royal as a central harbor or depot on theSouthern coast, he was given the command of the SouthAtlantic Blockading Squadron, and intrusted with theattack on that place. Sailing from Fortress Monroe,October 29, 1861, in the Wabash, with a fleet of fifty-sail of war-vessels and transports, conve)ing GeneralShermans troops, lie arrived off Port Royal November4 and 5, after a violent storm, and on the 7th attackedand captured two strong forts on Hilton Head and BayPoint, which defended the harbor. lie followed up thisadvantage vigorously, ami his operations along theSouthern coast were invariably successful. He also suc-ceeded in making the blockade more effective than 16, 1862, he was made a rear-admiral on the activelist. In April, 1863, he commanded the fleet which un-successfully attacked Charleston. He was soon after. relieved of the command of the South Atlantic Block-ading Squadron, and subsequently held no active com-mand. Admiral Dupont aided in organizing the NavalSchool at Annapolis, and is the author of a report on theuse of floating-batteries for coast-defence, which has beenrepublished and highly commended in England by SirHoward Douglas in his work on naval gunnery. The history of Dupont de Nemours is a notable andinteresting one. For three generations the name hasbeen associated with the great powder-mills near Wil-mington, Delaware, which are carried on upon a grandscale, with enlightened appreciation of the changes inexplosives required by modern guns. The firm, yetbenevolent, manner in which the employes of this exceed-ingly hazardous business are managed is worthy of allpraise. OFFICERS OF TFIF ARMY AXD XAVY {regular)
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