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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 9 | 9 | Browse | Search |
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 2 | Browse | Search |
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eagle , Henry , 1801 -1882 (search)
Eagle, Henry, 1801-1882
Naval officer; born in New York City, April 7, 1801; entered the navy in 1818; and had command of the bomb-vessel aetna and also a part of the Gulf fleet during the Mexican War. At the beginning of the Civil War he carried important messages from Brooklyn to Washington.
While in command of the Monticello he was engaged in the first naval engagement of the war, silencing the guns of Sewell's Point battery, Va., May 19, 1861.
He was promoted commodore in 1862; retired in January, 1863.
He died in November, 1882.