Thursday, February 22, 2018
George Henry Preble-- Part 3: Confederate Cruiser Florida Eludes Him
George Preble commanded the steam gunboat USS Katahdin with Farragut on the Mississippi River. Promoted to commander July 16, 1862, he was given command of the steam sloop Oneida blockading Mobile Bay, Alabama.
As a result, Preble was dismissed from the Union Navy
He received a lot of support for overturning the dismissal and he was reinstated.
--Old B-R'er
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