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Franklin Buchanan (September 13, 1800-May 11, 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy who became an admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War, and commanded the ironclad CSS Virginia. Buchanan was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He became a midshipman in 1815, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1825, Commander in 1841 and Captain in 1855. Over the four and a half decades of his U.S. Navy service, Buchanan had extensive and worldwide sea duty. - Thomas Tingey
Thomas Tingey (11 September 1750 - 23 February 1829) was a Commodore of the United States Navy. Tingey was born in London on 11 September 1750. As a youth, he served in the British Navy commanding a blockhouse at Chateaux Bay on the Labrador coast. He later commanded merchant vessels in the West Indies before coming to the colonies and investing in the East India trade. - Louis M. Goldsborough
Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (February 18 1805 - February 20 1877) was an admiral in the United States Navy during the Civil War. He held several sea commands during the Civil War, including the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. He was also noted for contributions to nautical scientific research. Born in Washington, D.C, Goldsborough was appointed midshipman in the United States Navy by Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton on June 28, 1812. - Seaton Schroeder
Seaton Schroeder (17 August 1849 - 19 October 1922) was an admiral of the United States Navy. Schroeder was born in Washington, D.C., on 17 August 1849 and entered the United States Naval Academy in 1864. He served with the Pacific Fleet in 1868 and 1869 under Admiral John Rodgers in screw sloop, "Benicia", and fought in the Salt River near Seoul, Korea. His sea tours took him to Alaska, Japan, and the Philippines in "Saginaw", … - Thomas Holdup Stevens
Captain Thomas Holdup Stevens, USN (22 February 1795 - 21 January 1841) was an American naval commander in the War of 1812. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Thomas Holdup was orphaned at an early age and was adopted by General Daniel Stevens. On 8 February 1809, he was appointed midshipman on board "Hornet". From then until 1812, he served successively in "Constitution", "President", and "John Adams". - William R. Rush
William Rees Rush (19 September 1857 - 2 August 1940) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War and a Medal of Honor recipient. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rush took the oath of office as a midshipman on 6 June 1872; graduated from the Naval Academy on 20 June 1877; and was commissioned ensign on 15 October 1881. Between that time and the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in the spring of 1898, Rush served in "Ranger", … - Caspar F. Goodrich
Caspar Frederick Goodrich was an admiral of the United States Navy, who served in the Spanish-American War and World War I. Goodrich was born 7 January 1847 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1864, he spent 2 years in "Colorado" and "Frolic"; 3 years in "Portsmouth" and "Lancaster"; and 3 years at the Naval Academy. - Thomas O. Selfridge Jr.
Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. (6 February 1836 - 4 February 1924), son of Thomas O. Selfridge, was an officer in the United States Navy. Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Selfridge graduated from the Naval Academy in 1854. At the beginning of the American Civil War, he helped with efforts to destroy the untenable Norfolk Navy Yard; and he then escaped from that burning and beleaguered base in "Cumberland", helping to save the sloop of war for the Union Navy. - John B. Montgomery
John Berrien Montgomery (1794 - 25 March 1872) was an officer in the United States Navy who served during the American Civil War. Born in Allentown, New Jersey, Montgomery entered the Navy in 1812. His commands including "Portsmouth" in 1844, "Roanoke" in 1857. He served as Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard from June 1862 to December 1863, and then of the Washington Navy Yard in 1865. On July 9, 1846, after taking possession of the city of Nova Albion, … - Joseph B. Smith
Joseph B. Smith (1826 - 8 March 1862) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Born in Belfast, Maine, Smith was appointed midshipman on 19 October 1841. After graduating with the Class of 1847, he served at the Washington Navy Yard, in "Mississippi" and with the U.S. Coast Survey. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1855, and soon afterwards was assigned to the steam frigate "Merrimack", his station until 1857. - William H. Bates
William Henry Bates was a member of the United States House of Representatives notable for his staunch support of the United States Navy. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he attended local schools and graduated from Worcester Academy in 1936. He received his undergraduate education at Brown University, Providence, R.I., graduating in 1940. - Edward Walter Eberle
Edward Walter Eberle (17 August 1864 - 1929) was an admiral in the United States Navy, who served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy and third Chief of Naval Operations. Born at Denton, Texas, Eberle was reared at Fort Smith, Arkansas. He entered the Naval Academy on 28 September 1881 and graduated on 5 June 1885. - Edward D. Taussig
Edward David Taussig (November 20 1847 - January 29 1921) was a decorated Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He is best remembered for being the officer to claim Wake Island during the Spanish-American War, as well as recapturing and serving briefly as Governor of Guam, to restore order on the island after its capture by the United States. His son, Joseph Taussig, also served in the Navy. Taussig was born in St. Louis, Missouri. - John Henry Russell
Rear Admiral John Henry Russell (4 July 1827 - 1 April 1897) was an officer of the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. Russell was born at Frederick, Maryland on 4 July 1827 to Sir James Henry Russell and Martha Wilson Russell. He was appointed midshipman 10 September 1841 and served in the sloop of war "Cyane" in the Pacific until 1843. He returned in the frigate "United States" in 1844 and served in "St. - John Henry Upshur
John Henry Upshur was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. Upshur—born in Northampton County, Virginia—was appointed a midshipman on 4 November 1841 and initially served at sea with the Mediterranean Squadron. During the war with Mexico, Upshur was assigned to "St. Mary's" as that brig participated in operations against Tampico. - Eugene H. C. Leutze
Eugene Henry Cozzens Leutze was an admiral of the United States Navy. Eugene Leutze, son of Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868), the noted painter of American Revolutionary War scenes, was born in Düsseldorf, Prussia, 16 November 1847. Appointed to the United States Naval Academy by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, he witnessed part of the Civil War on board blockade ship "Monticello" the following summer. His early career brought Leutze various surveying assignments, … - Frank Beatty
Rear Admiral Frank Edmund Beatty (26 November 1853 - 16 March 1926) was an officer in the United States Navy. Born in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Beatty graduated with the United States Naval Academy Class of 1875, and then served at sea in the wooden screw-sloop "Tuscarora" before receiving his ensign's commission in 1876. After service at sea in a succession of ships--"Minnesota", "Richmond", "Despatch", … - James H. Sands
Rear Admiral James H. Sands (12 July 1845 - 27 October 1911) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Son of Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Sands, he was born in Washington, D.C.. Sands was appointed Acting Midshipman in the United States Navy on 25 November 1859. During the Civil War, he served in "Tuscarora", "Juniata", and "Shenandoah" and, in the years which followed, in "Hartford" and "Richmond". - James M. Prichett
Commander James M. Prichett, USN (1836-1871) was an officer of the United States Navy who served in the American Civil War. Prichett, born in Centreville, Indiana, in 1836, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1857. Prior to the Civil War he served aboard "Mississippi" on the China Station, and in "Richmond" on the Mediterranean Station. Assigned to the Washington Navy Yard in 1861, he joined the Naval forces on the Mississippi River in 1862. - Thomas H. Stevens Jr.
Thomas Holdup Stevens, Jr. (27 May 1819 - 13 May 1896) was an admiral of the United States Navy who fought in the American Civil War. Stevens, the son of Captain Thomas Holdup Stevens (1795-1841) was born in Middletown, Conn., on 27 May 1819. He was appointed acting midshipman on 14 December 1836 and, after two years at sea in "Independence", was warranted midshipman. After three months leave, from April to June 1840, he served at the Depot of Charts and Instruments. - Gilbert Vanderwerken
Gilbert Vanderwerken, originally from Albany, New York, was most notably recognized for introducing the omnibus, an urban version of the stagecoach, in Newark, New Jersey, in 1826. With the bankruptcy of the first omnibus line in 1837 because of the national depression of that year, Vanderwerken relocated to Washington, D.C., between 1848 and 1850 to take personal control of Washington’s first successful omnibus line. - Gerald
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im 20 love playing music i intend to do it for the rest of my life im really dedicated to what i do at times serious at times funny im real im an anime freak love drawing love candy donuts i dont do drugs i think theyre stupid but i dont judge the people who do them. - Andy
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im 21 and i live in dc. right now i am part of the marine corp but that will be over soon. then i am off to college to get my degree in physical therapy and sports medecine. i love to play sports and i love lifting weights. i also hav and awesome girl named missy. she is wonderful and supamaziliciously beautiful. - Robert
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I'm 6' 1" about 195lbs. Brown Hair, Green Eyes. You can probably guess that because I am a Marine that I am in good shape. I am very outgoing. I get along with everyone. Contrary to what people think, Marines are well educated perfert gentelman. HAHA. I really don't think I am the stereotypical marine. I love kids and I am going to college in my off time. I'm majoring in econimics and minoring in health / PE. - Scott L Whiteford
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