Cochrane, Henry Clay, 1842-1913

U.S. Marine Corps officer from 1863 to 1905; during his time in the service he participated in the Dupont Expedition (1 Nov. 1861); Battle of Port Royal, S.C.; action with Thunderbolt Battery, Warsaw Sound, Ga. (Dec. 1861); blockade of Charleston and Savannah (1861-1862); expeditions to Cumberland, Ga., and St. John's River, Fla.; and capture of Fernandina and Jacksonville, Fla. (Mar. 1862); accompanied President Lincoln to the dedication of Gettysburg Battlefield Cemetery (17 Nov. 1863); detailed as a senior officer-in-charge of security of Adm. Raphael Semmes, C.S.N., awaiting trial (4 Jan.-6 Apr. 1866); counsel for George R. Burt, in suit against King of Fiji (Nov. 1869); took a force of Marines ashore at Honolulu, and assailed U.S. Consulate to force half-masting of U.S. flag in honor of death of Queen Kalama (21 Sept. 1870); in command of U.S. Arsenal, Washington D.C., during labor riots (July 1877); served as Judge Advocate in the Court of Inquiry investigating the grounding of the USS Constitution off coast of England (1879); witnessed the bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt by the British fleet, and landed with a force of 70 Marines to reestablish the U.S. Consulate (July 1882); present at the coronation of Czar Alexander III in Moscow (March 1883); commanded detachment of Marines sent to Universal Exposition, Paris (1889); temporary duty as Commanding Officer, Marine Detachment embarked on commecial ship, SS Al-Ki, to Alaska for expedition against wanton destruction of pelagic seal herds in Bering Sea by local fur hunters (1891); orator at ceremonies establishing Republic of Hawaii, Honolulu (4 July 1894); second in command of Marine battalion in Cuba; part of the U.S. Relief Expedition to China during the Boxer Rebellion (9 Aug. 1900); and served as District Commander at Cavite, Philippines (1900).

From the description of Henry C. Cochrane papers, 1841-1947. (USMC Research Library). WorldCat record id: 325203959