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Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): entry werden-reed
Werden, Reed 1818-1886 Naval officer; born in Delaware county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818; entered the navy as midshipman in 1834 and the Naval School at Philadelphia in 1840, and served in the war against Mexico. At the capture of Roanoke Island he commanded the steamer Stars and Stripes; was fleet captain of the East Gulf Squadron in 1864-65; and was promoted commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral in 1875. He died in Newport, R. I., July 13, 1886.
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Werden, Reed 1818-1886 Naval officer; born in Delaware county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818; entered the navy as midshipman in 1834 and the Naval School at Philadelphia in 1840, and served in the war against Mexico. At the capture of Roanoke Island he commanded the steamer Stars and Stripes; was fleet captain of the East Gulf Squadron in 1864-65; and was promoted commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral in 1875. He died in Newport, R. I., July 13, 1886.
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Werden, Reed 1818-1886 Naval officer; born in Delaware county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818; entered the navy as midshipman in 1834 and the Naval School at Philadelphia in 1840, and served in the war against Mexico. At the capture of Roanoke Island he commanded the steamer Stars and Stripes; was fleet captain of the East Gulf Squadron in 1864-65; and was promoted commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral in 1875. He died in Newport, R. I., July 13, 1886.
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Werden, Reed 1818-1886 Naval officer; born in Delaware county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818; entered the navy as midshipman in 1834 and the Naval School at Philadelphia in 1840, and served in the war against Mexico. At the capture of Roanoke Island he commanded the steamer Stars and Stripes; was fleet captain of the East Gulf Squadron in 1864-65; and was promoted commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral in 1875. He died in Newport, R. I., July 13, 1886.
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Werden, Reed 1818-1886 Naval officer; born in Delaware county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818; entered the navy as midshipman in 1834 and the Naval School at Philadelphia in 1840, and served in the war against Mexico. At the capture of Roanoke Island he commanded the steamer Stars and Stripes; was fleet captain of the East Gulf Squadron in 1864-65; and was promoted commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral in 1875. He died in Newport, R. I., July 13, 1886.
Reed Werden (search for this): entry werden-reed
Werden, Reed 1818-1886 Naval officer; born in Delaware county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818; entered the navy as midshipman in 1834 and the Naval School at Philadelphia in 1840, and served in the war against Mexico. At the capture of Roanoke Island he commanded the steamer Stars and Stripes; was fleet captain of the East Gulf Squadron in 1864-65; and was promoted commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral in 1875. He died in Newport, R. I., July 13, 1886.
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Werden, Reed 1818-1886 Naval officer; born in Delaware county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818; entered the navy as midshipman in 1834 and the Naval School at Philadelphia in 1840, and served in the war against Mexico. At the capture of Roanoke Island he commanded the steamer Stars and Stripes; was fleet captain of the East Gulf Squadron in 1864-65; and was promoted commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral in 1875. He died in Newport, R. I., July 13, 1886.
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Werden, Reed 1818-1886 Naval officer; born in Delaware county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818; entered the navy as midshipman in 1834 and the Naval School at Philadelphia in 1840, and served in the war against Mexico. At the capture of Roanoke Island he commanded the steamer Stars and Stripes; was fleet captain of the East Gulf Squadron in 1864-65; and was promoted commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral in 1875. He died in Newport, R. I., July 13, 1886.
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Werden, Reed 1818-1886 Naval officer; born in Delaware county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818; entered the navy as midshipman in 1834 and the Naval School at Philadelphia in 1840, and served in the war against Mexico. At the capture of Roanoke Island he commanded the steamer Stars and Stripes; was fleet captain of the East Gulf Squadron in 1864-65; and was promoted commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral in 1875. He died in Newport, R. I., July 13, 1886.
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Werden, Reed 1818-1886 Naval officer; born in Delaware county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818; entered the navy as midshipman in 1834 and the Naval School at Philadelphia in 1840, and served in the war against Mexico. At the capture of Roanoke Island he commanded the steamer Stars and Stripes; was fleet captain of the East Gulf Squadron in 1864-65; and was promoted commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral in 1875. He died in Newport, R. I., July 13, 1886.
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