Back on Feb. 22 I had two great discoveries as I was doing a different blog than this.
While I was going through a list of War of 1812 soldiers and sailors buried at Portland, Maine's Eastern Cemetery, there were also American Revolution and Civil War soldiers in the list. The very first one was of a Civil War veteran of the U.S. Navy named Rear Admiral James Alden.
It had this to say from his monument.
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Rear Admiral
James Alden
Born in Portland March 31, 1810
Died in San Francisco Feb. 6, 1877
Intrepid explorer, skillful hydrographer, Cartographer of west coast of United States
Entered the Navy April 1, 1828
Commissioned Rear Admiral June 19, 1871.
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Obviously with this blog I am greatly interested in anything Civil War Navy. So, I'll have to do more research on him.
Always Neat When I Find Something New While Working on Other Blogs. --Old B-Runner
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