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boys will, of possible greatness, but never in

their wildest fancies thinking it was to come

inacivilwar.

As a lieutenant he served four years, chiefly

in the Mediterranean and on the coast of

Brazil, and in 1845 was appointed to the

naval observatory at Washington, but almost

immediately was sent ion a secret service to

Hayti. He served during the Mexican war,

but won comparatively little distinction,

though he for a short: time commanded the.

Spitfire His next:command was of the Cali­

fornia mail steamers between New. York and

Panama, and: his first command in the civil

war was of the steam frigate Powhatan, in

thegulf blockading squadron. April 22,1861,

he was appointed commander, and soon after

took charge of the niortar fleet. From April

18 to 24, 1862, his fleet bombarded Forts Jack­

son and St. Philip, below New Orleans, using

20,000 bombs.'- His old companion, Farragut,

then wenit up the river, and the forts surren­

dered April 28. For the detailp the curious

may consult many histories for criticism it

will be sufficient to read Gen. B. F. Butler.

In all the early operations on the lower

Mississippi he served as second to (Jommodore

Farragut, and in September, 1862, was ad­

vanced to the rank of acting rear admiral. A

humorous episode in this part of his life was the

invention of the' "turreted monster"—an old

scow fitted up to look in the darkness like one

of his turtle backed gunboats and sent down

by the Confederate batteries with no one on

board. She was literally, "knocked to pieces"

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Bismarck weekly tribune. (1889). Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], 1889-10-25. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042588/1889-10-25/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Bismarck weekly tribune, 1889-10-25.