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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McCann, William Penn 1830- (search)
McCann, William Penn 1830- Naval officer; born in Paris, Ky., May 4, 1830; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1854; entered the navy with William Penn McCann. the rank of passed midshipman; was promoted lieutenant, 1855; lieutenant-commander, 1862; commander, 1866; captain, 1876; and commodore, 1887. In the Civil War he drove off the Confederate battery attacking Franklin's corps at West Point, Va., on May 2, 1862; captured the Confederate gunboat Teazer, July 4, following; William Penn McCann. the rank of passed midshipman; was promoted lieutenant, 1855; lieutenant-commander, 1862; commander, 1866; captain, 1876; and commodore, 1887. In the Civil War he drove off the Confederate battery attacking Franklin's corps at West Point, Va., on May 2, 1862; captured the Confederate gunboat Teazer, July 4, following; was in the battle of Mobile Bay; and during the war captured several blockade-runners. In 1891 he was commissioned an acting rear-admiral and given command of the South Pacific station. On June 4, 1891, after a spirited chase, he captured at Iquique, Chile, the steamer Itata, which had taken arms and ammunition aboard at San Diego, Cal., for the Chilean revolutionists. He sent the ship and its cargo back to San Diego, and was commended by the Navy Department. He was retired in May, 1892. D
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ook from the American schooner Robert and Minnie a cargo of arms shipped from Ilion, N. Y.] United States cruiser Charleston sails in pursuit of the Itata......May 9, 1891 President Harrison returns to Washington......May 15, 1891 Rear-Admiral McCann given command of the American vessels in the South Pacific......May 17, 1891 Trans-Mississippi commercial congress (1,200 delgates) opens at Denver, Col.......May 19, 1891 People's party organized at the National Union conference (1,n, South Dakota......May 20, 1891 Charleston reaches Callao without having seen the Itata......May 27, 1891 Benson John Lossing, historian, born 1813, dies at Chestnut Ridge, Dutchess co., N. Y.......June 3, 1891 Itata surrenders to Admirals McCann and Brown in the harbor of Iquique, having on board a cargo of 5,000 rifles......June 4, 1891 Lieut. R. E. Peary and wife (the first lady to join a Polar expedition) sail for the Arctic regions......June 6, 1891 Great Britain agrees to