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USS Hartford, a sloop-of-war steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. Hartford served in several prominent campaigns in the American Civil War as the flagship of David G. Farragut, most notably the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864.
John Lawson was born June 16, 1837. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He enlisted the Navy in New York in December 1863. [1] On August 5, 1864, during the Battle of Mobile Bay, while serving in a member of USS Hartford's berth deck ammunition party, he was seriously wounded after a shell had wounded him in the leg and killed or wounded the rest of his crew.
USS Adams (1799), scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture; USS Albany (1846), lost after 28–29 September 1854 with approx. 197 aboard; USS Alligator (1813), captured 14 December 1814; USS Belle Italia (1862) USS Boston (1825), wrecked 15 November 1846, no fatalities; USS Brockenborough (1862), wrecked 27 May 1863
He was a slave to James Surget at Carthage plantation when the Civil War began. Brown enlisted in the Navy from his home state in March 1863. [2] He was assigned as a landsman to the USS Hartford, the flagship of Rear Admiral David Farragut's West Gulf Blockading Squadron. [3]
USS Hartford Cpt James S. Palmer. USS Richmond Cpt James Alden. USS Mississippi Cpt Melancton Smith. USS Monongahela Cpt James P. McKinstry Gunboat. USS Albatross Lt Commander John E. Hart. USS Genesee Commander William H. Macomb. USS Kineo Lt Commander John Watters Ironclad. USS Essex Commander Charles H. B. Caldwell
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hartford, named in honor of Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. USS Hartford (1858), was a sloop-of-war, commissioned in 1859 and finally disposed of in 1957. USS Hartford (SSN-768), is a Los Angeles-class submarine, commissioned in 1994 and currently in service.
He served during the Civil War as a coxswain on Admiral David Farragut's flagship, the USS Hartford. Acting as a gun captain at the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, Fitzpatrick was wounded in the face by splinters and his artillery piece was disabled by hostile fire. Within minutes, he returned the gun to operation by making necessary ...
CSS Louisiana was a casemate ironclad of the Confederate States Navy built to aid in defending the lower Mississippi River from invasion by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She took part in one major action of the war, the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip , and when that ended disastrously for the Confederacy, she was ...