third master of the gunboat Essex, has died from injuries received at the bombardment of Fort Henry. Mr. Ferry is of French descent, his father and uncle both having been officers in the army under Napoleon. He has been in service, in various capacities, in the united States Navy, for nearly fourteen years. He planted the first American flag upon the coast of Japan, and has seen much service in California and Washington Territory. He was a man of undoubted bravery, and Commander W. D. Porter says “That by his death he has lost one of his best officers” a tribute worthy both to the noble man who gave it, and to him who fell defending the country he loved.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 20, 1862, p. 2
No comments:
Post a Comment