The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-10-08
CONFEDERATE STATES STEAMER "sToNEwALIp

at that time, it was decided to let the ram
remain at Havana until the advent OF colder
weather. Admiral ,GbdOn was detached
from special service and ordered TO command
the Brazilian squadron.
Admiral Sylvantis W. Godon was native
of Pennsylvania, and was appointed from
that State as Midshipman in the Navy,
March /, 1919, his first, service being on the
| frigate Macedonia, from which he was trans
ferred to the Naval School at Norfolk, Va.
He afterward served on the following vessels:
Natchez, Potomacs Shark, Peacock, Cyane,
Vesuvius, and Susquehanna. While on the
| latter vessel, he participated in the battle of
Fort Fisher and afterward commanded the
Navy-yard at Brooklyn, N. Y. He was pro-
noted to Commander, Sept. a., 1855; to
Captain, in 1862; Rear Admiral, July 25,
1866; and died in the service, June 5, 1879,
on the Retired List.
| Capt. Thomas J. Page was formerly con-
nected with the United States Navy, which
he entered, Oct. !, 1927. He was dismissed
from the service, April %, 1861, and joined
| the Confederate forces.
| By orders of the Navy Department, dated
! Oct 81, 1865, the u. S. steamers Rhode
| Island and Hornet were dispatched to la
vana to bring the Stonewall north. They
vessels sailed therefrom, under steam, Nov.
10, 1865, arriving off Washington Navy
yard on the Odd of the same month. Shortly
afterward the ram was sold TO the Govern
ment of Japan for 100000.
! Such is a brief sketch OF the most remark
able of all the rams commissioned in the
| interest of the Coniedeiacy during the
| progress Of the civil war. Other vessels OF
| that character will be referred TO in future
| issues of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE during
| the Fall and Winter. The writer would
like to correspond with sbipmates who par
ricipated in the events herein referred to-
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