. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . nder July 16, 1862; commandingsteamer Delaware, North Atlantic Blockading Squad-ron, 1862; covered the retreat of General Burnsidesarmy at Roanoke Island, and scattered a large bodyof the enemy who were preparing to resist them ;commanding the Delaware, flying the divisionalflag of Commander S. C. Rowan, at the battles ofRoanoke Island, Elizabeth City, and New Berne, 1862;at Winton, N. C, in same vessel, engaged a rebel batteryand a regiment of infantry at short range; engagementswith Sewells Point battery and a flying bat
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . nder July 16, 1862; commandingsteamer Delaware, North Atlantic Blockading Squad-ron, 1862; covered the retreat of General Burnsidesarmy at Roanoke Island, and scattered a large bodyof the enemy who were preparing to resist them ;commanding the Delaware, flying the divisionalflag of Commander S. C. Rowan, at the battles ofRoanoke Island, Elizabeth City, and New Berne, 1862;at Winton, N. C, in same vessel, engaged a rebel batteryand a regiment of infantry at short range; engagementswith Sewells Point battery and a flying battery at WilcoxLanding, and a batten-on Malvern Hill, James River;engagement with a battery at Point of Rocks, Appo-mattox River, 1862; covered the rear-guard of the armyat the retreat to Harrisons Landing, 1862 ; commandedthe steam-gun-boat Unadilla, South Atlantic Block-ading Squadron, 1863; commanding steam-gun-boat Pequot, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-64; commanded the iron-clad Patapsco, South .At-lantic Blockading Squadron, 1864, and while engaged in. ascertaining the nature and position of the obstructionsin Charleston harbor and dragging for torpedoes, wasstruck by one, and sunk in twenty seconds,—this occurredwithin three hundred and fifty yards of Fort Sumter;commanded the steamer Nungo, South Atlantic Block-ading Squadron, Georgetown, South Carolina, for theprotection of that place, and, with a force of light-draughtvessels under his command, prevented the re-erection ofthe fort by the enemy, which had been previously de-stroyed by our fleet. Commissioned as commander July25, 1866; commanding steamer Conemaugh, AtlanticSquadron, 1866-68; navy-yard, Norfolk, 1868-70; com-manding steam-sloop Tuscarora, 1S71. Commissionedas captain July, 1871 ; commanding Terror (third-rate), North Atlantic Station, 1872 ; commanding receiv-ing-ship New Hampshire, 1873-75. Commodorein 1,880; commanding Naval Station, Pensacola, 1880-82. Promoted to rear-admiral in July, 188
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