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To seduce the enemy?s soldiers from their allegiance and encourage them to surrender is of special service, for an adversary is more hurt by desertion than by slaughter. -- Flavius Vegetius Renatus |
Survivors of USS Maine(419 total words in this text)(5053 Reads)  OFFICERS. Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee, commanding Lieut. Commander Richard Wainwright Lieuts. George F.W. Holman, John Hood, and Carl W. Jungen Lieuts. (Junior Grade) George P. Blow, John J. Blandin Naval Cadets Jonas H. Holden, Watt T. Cluverius, Amon Bronson, and David F. Boyd, Jr. Surg. Lucien G. Heneberger Paymaster Charles M. Ray Chief Engineer Charles P. Howell Passed Assistant Engineer Frederic C. Bowers Assistant Engineer John R. Morris Naval Cadets (engineer division) Pope Washington and Arthur Crenshaw Chaplain John P. Chidwick First Lieut. of Marines Albertus W. Catlin Boatswain Francis E. Larkin Gunner Joseph Hill Carpenter George Helms Pay Clerk B. McCarty SAILORS. Allen, James W., mess attendant Anderson, Oskar, cockswain Awo, Firsanion, steerage cook Bergman, Charles, boatswain's mate, first class Bloomer, John H., landsman Bullock, Charles H., gunner's mate, second class Cahill, Francis D., landsman Christiansen, Karl, fireman, first class Cronin, Daniel, landsman David, George, ordinary seaman Dolan, John, seaman Dressler, Gustav J., apprentice, first class Durckin, Thomas J., ordinary seaman Flynn, Michael, seaman Foley, Patrick J., apprentice, first class Fox, George, landsman Gartrell, William M., fireman, first class Hallberg, Alfred, cockswain Ham, Ambrose, apprentice, first class Harris, Westmore, mess attendant Heffron, John, ordinary seaman Herbert, John, landsman Herness, Alfred B., gunner's mate, third class Hutchings, Robert, landsman Johnson, Alfred, seaman Kane, Joseph H., landsman Kushida, Katsusaburo, warrant officers' steward Lanahan, Michael, landsman Larsen, Martin, seaman Larsen, Peder, seaman Load, John B., master-at-arms, third class Lohman, Charles A., coal passer McCann, Harry, seaman Mack, Thomas, landsman McNair, William, ordinary seaman Mattisen, William, ordinary seaman Mattsen, Edward, ordinary seaman Melville, Thomas, coal passer Mikkelsen, Peter, seaman Moriniere, Louis, seaman Panck, John H., fireman, first class Pilcher, Charles F., ordinary seaman Rau, Arthur, seaman Reden, Martin, seaman Richards, Walter E., apprentice, second class Rowe, James, ship's cook, fourth class Rusch, Frank, ordinary seaman Schwartz, ship's cook, first class Shea, Jeremiah, coal passer Teackle, Harry, seaman Thompson, William H., landsman Toppin, Daniel G., wardroom clerk Turpin, John H., mess attendant Waters, Thomas J., landsman Webber, Martin V., landsman White, John E., landsman Wilbur, Benjamin R., cockswain Williams, Henry, cabin cook Williams, James, gunner's mate, third class Willis, Alonzo, apprentice, second class MARINES. Anthony, William, private Coffey, John, private Galpin, C.P., private Germond, C.V., private Loftus, Paul, private Lutz, Joseph, private McDevitt, William, private McGuinness, William, private McKay, Edward, private Meehan, Michael, sergeant Thompson, T.G., corporal |
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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
