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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 | 4 | 4 | Browse | Search |
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps. | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps., Chapter 15 : (search)
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps., Chapter 26 : (search)
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps., Chapter 38 : (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Weaver , Aaron Ward 1832 - (search)
Weaver, Aaron Ward 1832-
Naval officer; born in the District of Columbia, July 1, 1832; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1854; commissioned lieutenant in 1855; cruised along the coast of Africa in 1858-59 and returned home in command of the prize slaver Ardennes; served through the Civil War, winning distinction in the actions at Plaquemine, La., Donaldsonville, and in those which occurred below that place after the fall of Port Hudson.
In 1865, while in command of the monitor Mahopac he took part in the capture of Fort Fisher, and with the same vessel was present at the surrender of Richmond.
He commanded the iron-clad Dictator in Cuban waters during the threatened war with Spain on account of the Virginius affair in 1873; promoted captain in 1876; commodore in 1886; and rear-admiral, June 27, 1893; and was retired Sept. 26 following.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)