Trivia 8-19-16 Who Am I? & Bonus

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Regular question :
I suppose you are the handsome and gallant Robley Dunglison "Fighting Bob" Evans.
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From Wikipedia

Bonus:
You are the not quite as handsome Abraham Lincoln.
Great question.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/05/lincoln-us-president-patent/
 

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Robley Dunglison Evans aka "Fighting Bob" Evans (1846-1912)

Bonus:
"Be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, of Springfield, in the County of Sangamon, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved manner of combining adjustable buoyant air chambers with a steamboat or other vessel for the purpose of enabling their draught of water to be readily lessened to enable them to pass over bars, or through shallow water, without discharging their cargoes;..."
https://www.google.com/patents/US6469
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US6469 A
Publication type Grant
Publication date May 22, 1849
Filing date Mar 10, 1849
Inventors Lincoln Abraham
Original Assignee Lincoln Abraham
 

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Born in Virginia, I was wounded at Fort Fisher, but survived to command the finest battleship of the Spanish-American War and later commanded the “Great White Fleet” during part of its circumnavigation of the world. Who am I?

Credit: @Mark F. Jenkins

Bonus:
On May 22nd, 1849, I was granted a patent for a device to extricate stuck Steamboats. Though useful, it was not an example of my larger talents. Who Am I?

credit: @saddlebum92
"Fighting Bob" Evans
bonus: Lincoln
 
For the bonus question : Abraham Lincoln

Edit - Correct, lsilvers. Ten points credit for you.

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Robley Dunglison Evans (18 August 1846 – 3 January 1912) Source: wikipedia article Fort_Adams

BONUS: Abraham Lincoln
"On March 10, 1849, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for a device for “buoying vessels over shoals” with the US Patent Office. Patent No. 6,469 was approved two months later, giving Abraham Lincoln the honor of being the only US president to hold a patent." http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/lincoln/resources/abraham-lincoln-inventor-1849
 
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