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USS Kearsarge, a Mohican-class sloop-of-war, is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War. The Kearsarge was the only ship of the United States Navy named for Mount Kearsarge in New Hampshire. Subsequent ships were named Kearsarge in honor of this ship, not of the mountain.
George William Norris (1861 - 1944) was a U.S. political figure...
Richard Oastler (1789 - 1861) was a English labor reformer...
Theodor Mundt (1808 - 1861) was a German critic and novelist...
List of colonial governors in 1861
1860 colonial governors - Events of 1861 - 1862 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year See also: List of state leaders in 1861 List of religious leaders in 1861 List of international organization leaders in 1861 Portugal Angola - Carlos Augusto Franco, Governor-General of Angola...
admitted to the bar. During the Mexican War, he commanded the brig USS Somers in the Gulf of Mexico... United States Navy and sought an appointment from the Confederate States Navy. In April of 1861 Semmes... ordered to convert a steamer into the cruiser/commerce raider CSS Sumter . In June 1861 Semmes ran the...
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Paul Matschie (1861 - 1926) was a German zoologist. He worked at the Zoological Museum in Berlin...
Samuel D. Riddle (July 1, 1861 - January 8, 1951) was a U.S. turfman...
Kearsage-class battleships were battleships built for the United States Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. Its first ship, the USS Kearsarge, was commissioned in 1900. Kearsarge -class battleship Kearsarge | Kentucky List of battleships of the United States Navy...
Operation Shining Express was the July, 2003 deployment of a U.S. Naval task force based around the amphibious ship USS Kearsarge to rescue civilians from Liberia's civil war. The deployment was announced on 13 June 2003. It followed the successful 1990 rescue effort in Liberia, Operation Sharp...