Battle of Mathias Point

KianGaf

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Dublin , Ireland
Only a small fight but interesting for as the scene of the first naval officer killed in the CW, the notable officer present was Daniel Ruggles of Shiloh fame.


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James H. Ward was a notable casualty. He was among the forward-thinking naval officers of the day and a writer besides (I have a copy of his Steam for the Million, which is a great 1850s-vintage "Steam Propulsion for Dummies"); one might have expected that, surviving the war, he might have been in on the foundation of the Naval War College along with Stephen B. Luce.
 
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