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Brigadier General Jacob Zeilin(231 total words in this text)(7171 Reads)  10 June 1864 - 31 October 1876 Jacob Zeilin was born in Philadelphia on 16 July 1806. He was selected by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Wells, who on 9 July 1864 wrote in his diary, "Concluded to retire the Marine officers who are past legal age, and to bring in Zeilin as Commandant of the Corps.'' President Lincoln approved his choice on 10 July. Zeilin was commissioned in the Marine Corps in 1831. As commanding officer of the Marine detachment serving in the frigate Congress, he played a prominent role in landing operations during the conquest of California. As a brevet major and senior Marine officer in the East India Squadron, he accompanied Commodore Matthew C. Perry in the latter's celebrated visits to Japan, 1853-1854. He was wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run, during the Civil War, where he commanded a company. When appointed Commandant, he was serving as commander of the Marine Barracks at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. After the war, Colonel Zeilin successfully defended the Marine Corps against its critics. In 1867, he was promoted to brigadier general. In 1868, he approved the design of the "Eagle, Globe, and Anchor'' Marine Corps emblem. General Zeilin retired on 1 November 1876 and died in Washington, D.C., on 18 November 1880. He was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. |
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The American Revolution begins as fighting breaks out at Lexington, Massachusetts.
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