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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Shufeldt, Robert Wilson 1822-1895 (search)
Shufeldt, Robert Wilson 1822-1895 Naval officer; born in Red Hook, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1822; entered the navy as midshipman in 1839; and became lieutenant in 1853. In the following year he resigned and took service with the merchant marine. He was in charge of a surveying party on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and at the beginning of the Civil War commanded a steamship plying between New York and Havana. Soon afterwards he was appointed United States consul-general in Havana, where he remained till 1863, when he re-entered the navy with the rank of commander. He participated in the operations in Charleston Harbor, and after the war commanded the Hartford, of the East India Squadron, and the Wachusett of the Asiatic Squadron. In 1870-71 he spent some time surveying on both the Tehuantepec and Nicaragua routes; in 1879-80 was sent on a special commercial mission to Africa and the East Indies; was arbitrator for the United States and British governments to settle the Liberian bound