Appointment of Edmund S. Wheeler : as Acting Assistant Paymaster, 1863 Sept. 24.
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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
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A native of Glastonbury, Conn., Gideon Welles began his career as a lawyer but took up journalism as a profession, founding the Hartford Times, which he also edited, in 1826. Active in the Democratic Party in Connecticut, he served in the Connecticut state legislature and in several state offices. He later shifted his allegiance to the Republican Party due to his strong anti-slavery views and founded the Hartford Evening Press, a zealously Republican newspaper. President Abraham Lincoln appointe...
Wheeler, Edmund Souder, 1842-1915.
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Appointed as Acting Assistant Paymaster in the U.S. Navy on 24 Sept. 1863. Served on the U.S. Monitor Chickasaw, and participated in the passing of the Mobile Bay forts, 5 Aug. 1864, the surrender of Forts Powell, Gaines and Morgan, and in all the minor operations relating to the capture of the Blakeley River forts and the City of Mobile. From the description of Civil War papers, 1861-1870. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33937703 ...
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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...
