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Samuel W. Preston

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on 4 October 1858. Graduating first in his class, 9 May 1861, he was appointed Acting Master on 4 October 1861, and Lieutenant 1 August 1862. From 1861 to 1863 he served on various vessels attached to the
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on 24–25 December 1864, and 15 January 1865. He was killed while leading an amphibious assault of U.S. sailors and marines against the fort on the latter date.
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on 8 September 1863, he was taken to Columbia Prison of War Camp at Richland County Jail in Columbia, South Carolina, and exchanged in the fall of 1864.
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Emigrants from pre-Confederation Ontario to the United States
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London, Ontario
Fort Fisher, North Carolina
U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery
Annapolis, Maryland
United States Navy

Lieutenant
American Civil War
Second Battle of Fort Sumter
First Battle of Fort Fisher
Second Battle of Fort Fisher

United States Navy
American Civil War
Second Battle of Fort Fisher
London, Ontario
Canada
midshipman
Illinois
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Confederate
attack on Fort Sumter
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Rear Admiral
David Dixon Porter
Fort Fisher
USS Preston
American Civil War portal
public domain

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