I have written about this man's life in my Not So Forgotten: War of 1812 blog. He was in the service for a real long time from actions in the War of 1812 and was still in the Navy when the Civil War began, during which he was raised in tank to rear admiral.
I will give a short account of his life here, but for more, go to the Not So Forgotten blog, which you can reach by going to the My Blogs list to the right of this and scrolling down to the Not So Forgotten blog. The entries about Read are from March 12 to 15, 2021.
During the War of 1812, George Read was on the USS Constitution when she defeated the HMS Guerriere and received that ship's surrender. He was also aboard the USS United States when it captured the HMS Macedonian later in 1812. (The United States was captured when Norfolk was captured by Confederates in 1861 and later became the CSS United States.)
He married the daughter of American Revolution hero Richard Dale who was second in command of the Bon Homme Richard in John Paul Jones' epic fight.
Afterwards, he saw service in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Africa and the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He did not see any active duty service during the Civil because of his age.
--Old B-Runner
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