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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 | 38 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: February 16, 1865., [Electronic resource] | 16 | 0 | Browse | Search |
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. | 16 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States | 14 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 14 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 | 14 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1863., [Electronic resource] | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cottineau , Denis Nicholas 1746 -1798 (search)
Cottineau, Denis Nicholas 1746-1798
Naval officer; born in Nantes, France, in 1746; became a lieutenant in the French navy; and in the battle between the American squadron under Paul Jones and the British fleet under Sir Richard Pearson, Sept. 23, 1779, commanded the American ship Pallas.
Cottineau is mentioned in high terms by James Fenimore Cooper in his History of the Navy of the United States.
He died in Savannah, Ga., Nov. 29, 1798.
cotton, John
Dale, Richard,
Naval officer; born near Norfolk, Va., Nov. 6, 1756; went to sea at twelve years of age, and at nineteen commanded a merchant vessel.
He was first a lieutenant in the Virginia navy, and entered the Continental navy, as midshipman, in 1776.
He was captured in 1777, and confined in Mill Prison, England, from which he escaped, but was recaptured in London and taken back.
The next year, he escaped, reached France, joined Paul Jones, and soon became lieutenant of the Bon Homme Richard, receiving a wound in the famous battle with the Serapis.
He continued to do good service
Richard Dale. to the end of the war, and in 1794 was made captain.
He commanded the squadron ordered to the Mediterranean in 1801, and in April, 1802, returning home, he resigned his commission.
He spent the latter years of his life in ease in Philadelphia, where he died, Feb. 24, 1826.
The remains of Commodore Dale were buried in Christ Church-yard, Philadelphia, and over the grave is a whit
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Waldo , Samuel Putnam 1780 -1826 (search)
Waldo, Samuel Putnam 1780-1826
Author; born in Connecticut in 1780; applied himself to literature, and published Narrative of a Tour of observation made during the summer of 1817, by James Monroe, President of the United States, with sketch of his life; Memoirs of Gen. Andrew Jackson; Life and character of Stephen Decatur; and Biographical sketches of Com. Nicholas Biddle, Paul Jones, Edward Preble, and Alexander Murray.
He died in Hartford, Conn., in March, 1826.