Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Cherbourg, France” in entry winslow-john-ancrum of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
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himself in the war with Mexico, and was attached to the Mississippi flotilla in 1861.
In 1863 he was placed in command of the Kearsarge, and on June 19, 1864, he sank the Alabama (q. v.) off Cherbourg, France .
For this action he was promoted commodore.
He was in command of the Gulf Squadron in 1866-67, of the Pacific fleet in 1871, and, at the time of his death, of the navy-yard at Portsmouth.
He di...
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