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Norwich (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry ward-james-harman
Ward, James Harman 1806- Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858. He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school. In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861.
Aquia Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry ward-james-harman
Ward, James Harman 1806- Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858. He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school. In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861.
Mathias Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry ward-james-harman
Ward, James Harman 1806- Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858. He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school. In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861.
Hartford (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry ward-james-harman
Ward, James Harman 1806- Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858. He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school. In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861.
James Harman Ward (search for this): entry ward-james-harman
Ward, James Harman 1806- Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858. He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school. In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861.
June 27th, 1861 AD (search for this): entry ward-james-harman
Ward, James Harman 1806- Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858. He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school. In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861.
May, 1861 AD (search for this): entry ward-james-harman
Ward, James Harman 1806- Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858. He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school. In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861.
1806 AD (search for this): entry ward-james-harman
Ward, James Harman 1806- Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858. He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school. In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861. Ward, James Harman 1806- Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858. He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school. In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861.
1823 AD (search for this): entry ward-james-harman
Ward, James Harman 1806- Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858. He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school. In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861.
1858 AD (search for this): entry ward-james-harman
Ward, James Harman 1806- Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858. He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school. In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861.