George Henry Preble, USN-- Part 1: Wrote About Him In My Not So Forgotten Blog

From Wikipedia.

Last week, I wrote about his capturing a Chinese pirate's flag in battle back in the 1840s in my Not So Forgotten: War of 1812 blog.  He also was an officer in the Civil War.

February 25, 1816 to March 1, 1884

American naval officer and writer.  Notable for his book on the American flag and he took the first photograph of the Fort McHenry flag which inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner."  Wikipedia has the picture of the flag Preble took the photo of where you can get an idea of its size because of the soldier standing in front of it.

He was born in Portsmouth, Maine, to a seafaring family which included an uncle by the name of Commodore Edward Preble, famous for his Barbary Wars exploits.

George Preble entered the Navy as a midshipman December 10, 1835, and served on the War of 1812 ship, the frigate USS United States until 1838.

--Old B-R'er