Admiral Van Brunt

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Here the Admiral who was run a ground by the CSS Virginia... or the Merrimack...


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Van Brunt, Gershom Jacques / Born 28 August 1798 New Jersey / Died Dedham, Massachusetts 17 December 1863
Midshipman USN 3 November 1818 / Passed Midshipman USN 1826 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1827 / Commander USN 26 May 1846 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Retired USN 24 August 1863
USS Minnesota June 1861



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When the USS Minnesota was recommissioned on 2 May 1861 with Van Brunt in command, it became flagship of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, commanded by Flag Officer Silas Stringham. She arrived at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 13 May and the next day captured the schooners Mary Willis, Delaware Farmer, and Emily Ann. Minnesota took the bark Winfred on the 25th and the bark Sally McGee on 26 June. Schooner Sally Mears became her prize 1 July and bark Mary Warick struck her colors to the steam frigate on the 10th.

After a battle with the CSS Virginia, the Minnesota was forced up onto mud bank. All night tugs worked to haul her off, but to no avail. However, during the night USS Monitor arrived.[2][3] "All on board felt we had a friend that would stand by us in our hour of trial," Van Brunt wrote in his official report the day after the engagement.[4


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Van Brunt was born in New Jersey in 1798 and entered the Navy from that state in 1818.[1][3] With his wife, Elizabeth Price Bradlee[a], he was the father of Henry Van Brunt.[5] He died at his residence in Dedham, Massachusetts on December 17, 1863.[1] He was remembered for his fervent zeal lofty patriotism and unswerving faith in the ultimate triumph of the flag of his country.[1]
 

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Another military bio...


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VAN BRUNT, Gershom Jaques, naval officer, born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, 28 August, 1798; died in Dedham, Massachusetts, 17 December, 1863. He entered the service as a midshipman on 1 January, 1818, served in Commodore David Porter s Mosquito fleet against pirates in the West Indies, was made a lieutenant on 3 March, 1827, and rose to be a commander on 29 May, 1846, and commanded the brig "Etna" in the Gulf during the Mexican War, during which he participated in the expedition against Tuspan and the second expedition against Tobasco. He served as a commissioner to survey the boundary-line of California in 1848-'50, and was promoted a captain on 14 September, 1855. He commanded the "Minnesota," and took an active part in the reduction of the forts at Cape Hatteras and in operations in the North Carolina sounds and the blockade of Hampton Roads, where he saved his ship from the Confederate ram " Merrimac." He was commissioned as commodore on 16 July, 1862, and was retired because of his age on 28 April, 1863. Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 229.
 

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i wonder whether he's related to liquitator brunt, fca biggrin.gif
 

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He had a son who became famous in the late 19 century and to this day in some circles as a ?:???? read the links...


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Henry Van Brunt FAIA (September 5, 1832 – April 8, 1903) was a 19th-century American architect and architectural writer.

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Henry Van Brunt was a Harvard-educated architect with a national
reputation. In 1887, at the age of 50, he left the cultural attractions
of his home town of Boston, Massachusetts, and moved his family
and company to the frontier town of Kansas City. At that time he
was one of the few professionally trained and one of the best-
known architects west of the Mississippi.
 
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