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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Naval ships. (search)
Naval ships.
Capt. Alfred Taylor Mahan
(q. v.), author of The influence of sea power upon history; Life of Admiral Farragut; The interest of the United Slates in sea power, etc., writes as follows:
In the conditions of naval warfare the nineteenth century has seen a revolution unparalleled in the rapidity of the transition and equalled in degree only by the changes which followed the general introduction of cannon and the abandonment of oars in favor of sails for the propulsion of sh ed soon after the cessation of wars allowed men time for thought and change.
But although the idea was accepted and the fact realized, practice changed slowly, as it tends to do in the absence of emergency.
In the attack on Vera Cruz, in 1848, Farragut was present, and was greatly impressed, as with a novelty, by the effect of what he called the shell shot, a hybrid term which aptly expresses the transition state of men's minds at the time.
The Crimean War followed, and in 1854 the wooden s
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Palmer , James Shedden 1810 -1867 (search)
Palmer, James Shedden 1810-1867
Naval officer; born in New Jersey in 1810; entered the navy as midshipman in 1825, and was promoted rear-admiral in 1866.
He served in the East India seas in 1838, and in blockading the coast of Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
At the beginning of the Civil War he was in the blockade fleet under Dupont.
In the summer of 1863 he led the advance in the passage of the Vicksburg batteries, and later in the same year performed the same service.
Palmer was Farragut's flag-captain in the expedition against New Orleans and Mobile, and fought the Confederate ram Arkansas.
In 1865 he was assigned to the command of the North Atlantic squadron.
He died in St. Thomas, W. I., Dec. 7, 1867.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Peabody , George 1795 -1869 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Port Hudson , capture of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Preble , George Henry 1816 -1885 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Russell , John Henry 1827 -1897 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Saint-Gaudens , Augustus 1848 - (search)
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus 1848-
Sculptor; born in Dublin, Ireland, March 1, 1848; was brought to the United States when an infant; learned the trade of cameo-cutter; studied drawing at Cooper Institute in 1861; student at the National Academy of Design in 1865-66; then studied in Paris till 1870 and in Rome in 1871-72, producing in the latter city his first figure, Hiawatha.
He returned to New York in 1873.
Among his most important works are Adoration of the cross; The Puritan; statues of Abraham Lincoln, John A. Logan, Admiral Farragut, Col. R. G. Shaw; monument of General Sherman; and numerous other statues, busts, etc. He designed the Medal of Award of the Columbian Exposition, and a number of presentation medals authorized by Congress.
In 1901 he was engaged on the Parnell Memorial monument.
Military establishment at St. John, 1850.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Santiago , naval battle of (search)