Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877

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Dates:
Birth 1805-02-18
Death 1877-02-20

Biographical notes:

Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (1805-1877), U.S. naval officer, was Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.

From the description of Louis M. Goldsborough papers, 1821-1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517515

From the guide to the Louis M. Goldsborough papers, 1821-1873, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Naval officer and superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.

From the description of Correspondence, 1827-1877. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19562490

American naval officer.

From the description of Autograph telegram signed : U.S. Flag Ship Minnesota, to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, 1862 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269594060

From the description of Autograph telegram signed : Norfolk, to Brig. Gen. Van Vliet, [n.d., 1862?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269594071

From the description of Autograph letter signed : U.S. Flag Ship "Minnesota" Norfolk, Va., to G.V. Fox, 1862 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269585981

Naval officer.

From the description of Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough papers, 1797-1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981857

Biographical Note

1805, Feb. 5 Born, Washington, D.C. 1812 Received a midshipman’s warrant, United States Navy 1816 Began service as a midshipman, United States Navy 1823 1824 Acting lieutenant, United States Navy 1825 Commissioned lieutenant 1827 1829 Served in the Mediterranean in command of four ships 1830 Given charge of the newly created Depot of Charts and Instruments (of which he was the originator), Washington, D.C. 1831 Married Elizabeth Gamble Wirt 1833 Commanded mounted volunteers in Seminole War 1841 Promoted to commander 1843 1846 Stationed at Portsmouth, N.H. 1845 Published A Reply by L. M. Goldsborough to an Attack Made upon the Navy of the United States by Samuel E. Coures, President of the Peace Society. Portsmouth, N.H.: C. W. Brewster 1848 Published, Letter to John Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, Concerning the Assignment of Rank to Medical Officers and Pursers. Washington, D.C. 1849 1850 Senior naval member of a commission which explored California and Oregon 1853 1857 Superintendent, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1855 Promoted to captain 1859 1861 Commanded Brazil Squadron 1861 Took command of Atlantic Blockading Squadron 1862 Promoted to rear admiral 1862 Cooperated with Union General Ambrose Burnside in capture of Roanoke Island, N.C. 1862 1865 Performed administrative duties, Washington, D.C. 1865 Took charge of European Squadron 1868 Stationed in Washington, D.C. 1873 Retired from United States Navy 1877, Feb. 20 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough Papers, 1797-1874, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Cabinet officers
  • Chemistry
  • Dueling
  • Geology
  • Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
  • Matter, Structure Of
  • Mexican War, 1846-1848
  • Navies
  • Warships
  • Warships

Occupations:

  • Naval officers

Places:

  • Roanoke Island (N.C.) (as recorded)
  • Charleston Harbor (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • Paraguay (as recorded)
  • Richmond (Va.) (as recorded)
  • Charleston (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • Roanoke Island (N.C.) (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • Williamsburg (Va.) (as recorded)
  • Charleston (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • North Carolina (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • Norfolk (Va.) (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • North Carolina (as recorded)
  • James River (Va.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Charleston Harbor (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • James River (Va.) (as recorded)

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