John H. Stevenson
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John H. Stevenson, a native of New York City
, was appointed Volunteer Acting Assistant Paymaster and Clerk in the United States Navy
on 19 September 1862. His Civil War career was marked by several exploits of exceptional heroism.
While attached to USS Satellite
on the Potomac in December 1862, he led a boat expedition ashore, captured a small party of Confederate
s, and destroyed signal and recruiting stations. In June 1863, while attached to USS Princess Royal on the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, he reconnoitered in and about an enemy camp. Learning the details of a plan to capture Fort Donaldsonville, Louisiana
, he made plans that enabled the small fort and Princess Royal to beat off the attack.
He further demonstrated his heroism on 10 July 1863 when he volunteered to pick up dispatches from USS New London, aground under enemy fire, and carried them to Farragut at New Orleans, a journey of some 85 miles on horseback through enemy territory. He remained in the Navy after the war, serving in United States ports, the South Atlantic and Pacific stations, and at Nagasaki, Japan, until retiring with the grade of Pay Inspector on 25 September 1893. He was called back to active duty during the Spanish-American War
and served as pay officer of the Coast Defense System. He died in Brooklyn, New York, on 14 June 1899.
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, was appointed Volunteer Acting Assistant Paymaster and Clerk in the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
on 19 September 1862. His Civil War career was marked by several exploits of exceptional heroism.
While attached to USS Satellite
USS Satellite
USS Satellite is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:* USS Satellite , an American Civil War tugboat commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 12 September 1861....
on the Potomac in December 1862, he led a boat expedition ashore, captured a small party of Confederate
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
s, and destroyed signal and recruiting stations. In June 1863, while attached to USS Princess Royal on the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, he reconnoitered in and about an enemy camp. Learning the details of a plan to capture Fort Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Donaldsonville is a city in and the parish seat of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States, along the west bank of the Mississippi River. The population was 7,605 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:Acadians began to settle in the area in...
, he made plans that enabled the small fort and Princess Royal to beat off the attack.
He further demonstrated his heroism on 10 July 1863 when he volunteered to pick up dispatches from USS New London, aground under enemy fire, and carried them to Farragut at New Orleans, a journey of some 85 miles on horseback through enemy territory. He remained in the Navy after the war, serving in United States ports, the South Atlantic and Pacific stations, and at Nagasaki, Japan, until retiring with the grade of Pay Inspector on 25 September 1893. He was called back to active duty during the Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence...
and served as pay officer of the Coast Defense System. He died in Brooklyn, New York, on 14 June 1899.