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Henry L. Howison
Henry Lycurgus Howison (October 10, 1837 – December 31, 1914) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. He was an officer in the Union Navy throughout the American Civil War, participating in the Battle of Port Royal and Battle of Mobile Bay. He later served as professor and department head at the United States Naval Academy. Early life Henry Lycurgus Howison was born on October 10, 1837, in Washington, D.C., to Juliet Virginia (née Jackson) and Henry Howison. He then lived in Indiana and was recommended for the United States Naval Academy. Howison entered the Naval Academy on September 26, 1854, as acting midshipman and graduated on June 11, 1858. Career Howison left on the USS ''Saratoga'' on June 17, 1858, to Key West, Florida. He then served the next three years on the steam frigate USS ''Wabash'', the gunship USS ''Pocahontas'' and the steam sloop USS ''Pawnee''. He was promoted on January 19, 1861, as a "passed midshipman". He was subsequently promoted to maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers () is the List of municipalities in New York, third-most populous city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and the most-populous City (New York), city in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County. A centrally located municipality within the New York metropolitan area, Yonkers had a population of 211,569 at the 2020 United States census. Yonkers is classified as an inner suburb of New York City, immediately north of the Bronx and approximately north of Marble Hill, Manhattan, Marble Hill (the Upper Manhattan, northernmost point in Manhattan). Downtown Yonkers is centered around Getty Square, where the municipal government is located. The downtown area, which also houses local businesses and nonprofit organizations, is a retail hub for the city and the northwest Bronx. Major shopping areas are in Getty Square on South Broadway, at the Cross County Shopping Center and the Ridge Hill Mall, and along New York State Route 100, Central Park Avenue. The ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Mobile Bay
The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War in which a Union fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Admiral Franklin Buchanan and three forts that guarded the entrance to Mobile Bay: Morgan, Gaines and Powell. Farragut's perhaps apocryphal order of "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed!" became famous in paraphrase, as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" The battle was marked by Farragut's seemingly-rash but successful run through a minefield that had just claimed one of his ironclad monitors, enabling his fleet to get beyond the range of the shore-based guns. This was followed by a reduction of the Confederate fleet to a single vessel, ironclad . ''Tennessee'' proceeded to engage the entire Northern fleet. ''Tennessee''s armor enabled her to inflict more injury than she received, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew E
Andrew Ford Valentino Espiritu (born July 30, 1967), known professionally as Andrew E., is a Filipino rapper and actor. He is best known in the Philippines for his 1990 debut hit single "Humanap Ka ng Panget" ("''Find an Ugly Person''"). Andrew E. won a Rap Album of the Year award for his album ''Clubzilla'' at the 2010 PMPC Star Awards for Music. His single "Shoot Shoot Part 2" was later used as an instrumental for the campaign jingle "Heto Na Inday Sara". Career Espiritu first worked as a DJ in a popular club, Euphoria and was discovered by guitarman Ramon "RJ" Jacinto in 1990. He made his television debut on '' That's Entertainment'', a variety show hosted by the late German Moreno on GMA-7. He eventually started his professional career in December 1990 when he released his debut single "Humanap Ka ng Panget" (). In mid-1997, Espiritu founded an independent rap label named Dongalo Wreckords for the purpose of discovering and producing new rap talents, one of them bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Pawnee (1859)
The first USS ''Pawnee'' was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the Pawnee people, Pawnee Indian tribe. ''Pawnee'' was laid down in 1858 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; Ship naming and launching, launched 8 October 1859, sponsored by Miss Grace Tyler; and ship commissioning, commissioned 11 June 1860, Commander H. J. Hartstene in command. Service history Home Squadron, 1860 After shakedown, she departed Philadelphia 24 September with Captain Garrett J. Pendergrast embarked to assume command of the Home Squadron operating off the coast of Mexico. She arrived off Veracruz, Veracruz, Vera Cruz 15 October, and, after a short cruise, returned to Philadelphia 12 December. Civil War, 1861–1865 ''Pawnee'' spent the first three months of 1861 in Washington, D.C., and was sent on an expedition to Charleston, South Carolina 6 April to relieve Major Robert Anderson (major), Robert Anderson's garrison at Fort Sumter. Delayed by a sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Pocahontas (1852)
The first USS ''Pocahontas'', a screw steamer built at Medford, Massachusetts in 1852 as ''City of Boston'', and purchased by the Navy at Boston, Massachusetts on 20 March 1855, was the first United States Navy ship to be named for Pocahontas, the Algonquian wife of Virginia colonist John Rolfe. She was originally commissioned as USS ''Despatch'' – the second U.S. Navy ship of that name – on 17 January 1856, with Lieutenant T. M. Crossan in command, and was recommissioned and renamed in 1860, seeing action in the American Civil War. As ''Pocahontas'', one of her junior officers was Alfred Thayer Mahan, who would later achieve international fame as a military writer and theorist of naval power. Service as USS ''Despatch'' ''Despatch'', carrying naval passengers and cargo, departed New York on 4 April for the Gulf of Mexico, returned on 12 June, and decommissioned on 4 July for installation of improved boilers and condensers. The ship was in service with the United States C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Wabash (1855)
USS ''Wabash'' was a steam screw frigate of the United States Navy that served during the American Civil War. She was based on the same plans as . Post-war she continued to serve her country in European operations and eventually served as a barracks ship in Boston, Massachusetts, and was sold in 1912. Pre-Civil War service ''Wabash''—the first U.S. Navy ship to bear that name—was laid down on May 16, 1854 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched on October 24, 1855, sponsored by Miss Pennsylvania Grice; and commissioned there on August 18, 1856, Captain Frederick K. Engle in command. ''Wabash'' departed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 7, 1856, stopping at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to embark President of the United States, President Franklin Pierce for passage to Annapolis, Maryland. She arrived at New York, New York, New York on October 23, 1856, sailing on November 28, 1856 to become flagship of Commodore Hiram Paulding's Home Squadron. The squadron was instrumenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
