Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont, U.S.N.

Born, Bergen Point, N. J., September 27, 1803
Died, Philadelphia, Pa., June 23, 1865

December, 1815 Midshipman; joined Franklin, European Squadron.
1821 Constitution and Congress.
1824 North Carolina, Mediterranean.
April 28, 1826 Lieutenant, Porpoise.
1829 Ontario, European Squadron.
1835-8 Warren, Constellation and Grampus, Gulf of  Mexico.
1838-41 Ohio, Mediterranean Squadron.
1842 Commander, Perry, China.
1845 Congress, Pacific Coast.
1846-8 Cyane, Pacific Coast.
1855 Captain, Minnesota, China.
December 31, 1860 Navy Yard, Philadelphia.
September, 1861 Flag Officer, in command of Port Royal
Expedition. Wabash, flagship.
1863 July, relieved.

SOURCE: Robert Means Thompson & Richard Wainwright, Editors, Publications of the Naval Historical Society, Volume 9: Confidential Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1865, Volume 1, p. 48

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