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man in the United States navy. He went out from Charleston on the privateer Saucy Jack, under Captain Chazal, and was in many of the naval fights. Being one of the officers and crew placed on the prize ship Providence, he was captured by a British man-of-war and taken to Dartmoor prison in England, and there remained until the end of the war. He was with Commodore Porter as midshipman, in the anti-piratical squadron, and when the Bolivian war of independence took place he served under General Bolivar and was badly wounded in one of the engagements of that war. He took part in every war (Indian or others) of the United States, from 182 until 1860, and when Texas was fighting for her liberty, being then on furlough, he joined her forces. For thus taking part in a conflict with a friendly nation—as Mexico was then—he was cashiered by the United States, but was afterward reinstated into service, though at the end of the list, thus losing his promotion. He was captain in the revenue s