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Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry greene-samuel-dana
Greene, Samuel Dana 1839-1884 Naval officer; born in Cumberland, Md., Feb. 11, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was assigned to the ironclad Monitor, and during her action with the Merrimac he directed every shot that was fired, until he took command in place of Lieutenant Worden, who had been wounded. He served on the Monitor till she sank near Cape Hatteras. He was promoted commander in 1872. He died in Portsmouth Navy-yard, N. H., Dec. 11, 1884.
Cumberland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry greene-samuel-dana
Greene, Samuel Dana 1839-1884 Naval officer; born in Cumberland, Md., Feb. 11, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was assigned to the ironclad Monitor, and during her action with the Merrimac he directed every shot that was fired, until he took command in place of Lieutenant Worden, who had been wounded. He served on the Monitor till she sank near Cape Hatteras. He was promoted commander in 1872. He died in Portsmouth Navy-yard, N. H., Dec. 11, 1884.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry greene-samuel-dana
Greene, Samuel Dana 1839-1884 Naval officer; born in Cumberland, Md., Feb. 11, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was assigned to the ironclad Monitor, and during her action with the Merrimac he directed every shot that was fired, until he took command in place of Lieutenant Worden, who had been wounded. He served on the Monitor till she sank near Cape Hatteras. He was promoted commander in 1872. He died in Portsmouth Navy-yard, N. H., Dec. 11, 1884.
John Lorimer Worden (search for this): entry greene-samuel-dana
Greene, Samuel Dana 1839-1884 Naval officer; born in Cumberland, Md., Feb. 11, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was assigned to the ironclad Monitor, and during her action with the Merrimac he directed every shot that was fired, until he took command in place of Lieutenant Worden, who had been wounded. He served on the Monitor till she sank near Cape Hatteras. He was promoted commander in 1872. He died in Portsmouth Navy-yard, N. H., Dec. 11, 1884.
Samuel Dana Greene (search for this): entry greene-samuel-dana
Greene, Samuel Dana 1839-1884 Naval officer; born in Cumberland, Md., Feb. 11, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was assigned to the ironclad Monitor, and during her action with the Merrimac he directed every shot that was fired, until he took command in place of Lieutenant Worden, who had been wounded. He served on the Monitor till she sank near Cape Hatteras. He was promoted commander in 1872. He died in Portsmouth Navy-yard, N. H., Dec. 11, 1884.
1859 AD (search for this): entry greene-samuel-dana
Greene, Samuel Dana 1839-1884 Naval officer; born in Cumberland, Md., Feb. 11, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was assigned to the ironclad Monitor, and during her action with the Merrimac he directed every shot that was fired, until he took command in place of Lieutenant Worden, who had been wounded. He served on the Monitor till she sank near Cape Hatteras. He was promoted commander in 1872. He died in Portsmouth Navy-yard, N. H., Dec. 11, 1884.
1872 AD (search for this): entry greene-samuel-dana
Greene, Samuel Dana 1839-1884 Naval officer; born in Cumberland, Md., Feb. 11, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was assigned to the ironclad Monitor, and during her action with the Merrimac he directed every shot that was fired, until he took command in place of Lieutenant Worden, who had been wounded. He served on the Monitor till she sank near Cape Hatteras. He was promoted commander in 1872. He died in Portsmouth Navy-yard, N. H., Dec. 11, 1884.
1839 AD (search for this): entry greene-samuel-dana
Greene, Samuel Dana 1839-1884 Naval officer; born in Cumberland, Md., Feb. 11, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was assigned to the ironclad Monitor, and during her action with the Merrimac he directed every shot that was fired, until he took command in place of Lieutenant Worden, who had been wounded. He served on the Monitor till she sank near Cape Hatteras. He was promoted commander in 1872. He died in Portsmouth Navy-yard, N. H., Dec. 11, 1884.
February 11th, 1839 AD (search for this): entry greene-samuel-dana
Greene, Samuel Dana 1839-1884 Naval officer; born in Cumberland, Md., Feb. 11, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was assigned to the ironclad Monitor, and during her action with the Merrimac he directed every shot that was fired, until he took command in place of Lieutenant Worden, who had been wounded. He served on the Monitor till she sank near Cape Hatteras. He was promoted commander in 1872. He died in Portsmouth Navy-yard, N. H., Dec. 11, 1884.
December 11th, 1884 AD (search for this): entry greene-samuel-dana
Greene, Samuel Dana 1839-1884 Naval officer; born in Cumberland, Md., Feb. 11, 1839; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1859. When the Civil War broke out he was assigned to the ironclad Monitor, and during her action with the Merrimac he directed every shot that was fired, until he took command in place of Lieutenant Worden, who had been wounded. He served on the Monitor till she sank near Cape Hatteras. He was promoted commander in 1872. He died in Portsmouth Navy-yard, N. H., Dec. 11, 1884.
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