Letter : U.S.S. Pennsylvania, Norfolk Harbor, to William Roney, Baltimore, Md.

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Letter : U.S.S. Pennsylvania, Norfolk Harbor, to William Roney, Baltimore, Md.

Thomas Roney writes his brother regarding Captain Armstrong of the sloop of war, Cyane; his fellow midshipman David Dixon Porter; and his studies on board the ship.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Papers, 1847-1877. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20077865 Admiral David Dixon Porter was born in Chester, PA, on June 8, 1813. He was instrumental in Farragut's capturing of New Orleans in 1862 when he set off 20,000 bombs to destroy the Confederate forts, Jackson and Saint Philip. This allowed Farragut to sail past the forts and up the Mississippi to New Orleans. He also was instrumental in the Battle of Vicksburg...

Cyane (Sloop of war)

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The U.S.S. Cyane was launched December 2, 1837. During the Mexican-American War she carried John C. Fremont's California Battalion to San Diego, La Paz, and Mazatlan before returning to Norfolk in 1848. The Cyane was decommissioned in 1871. From the description of Excerpts from the log of the U.S.S. Cyane, 1846. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 669985639 U.S. Navy sloop-of-war commanded by William Mervine from 1845 to 1846. F...

Roney, William, fl. 1840,

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Armstrong, Captain, fl. 1840.

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Roney, Thomas, d. 1860.

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