The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-21

aud held military command there. In
the recently published State Re ;nrla
of North Carolina. volume XVI, page
169 we find the following resolution Of
the Provincial Assembly. adopted Ola
the 18th of May, 1882:
Resolved. That Capt. George Farrn.
quit, of the State Legion, be allowed
three hundred dollars in full for six
months pay and Substance money.
which shall be received in the sales OF
contiscated property as gold and silver,
and any commissioner may be allowed
the same i'll the settlement of their
accounts" OF the Admiral. it is need
less to speak. as his record is part
of the nations history. George Farra-
quit, his ia Their above mcntcnpd, WAS
born September 20. 1755. ana died an
I Point Plaquet, in the then newly ere
ated State of LOuiSiana-A State which
afterwards had some unpleasant exrc.
riences with his Solr-ou the 18th OF
June. 1911 He was IL resident Of Ten
nessee at the time OF the Admiral's
birth
HENRY HAYWOOD BELL. ore of
Farragut's right and IN II III his OPP
eratonS in the Gr't OF Mexico, was born
in Halifax county. North Carolina, and
held the rank of Krar Admiral at the
time of his death He aided in clearing
out the Cuban pirates from our South
ern coast, and commanded Il vessel III
an attack on the barrier i)rrs = C3ntoa,
China, hereafter alluded to in conncc.
tiOn with Lieutenant Guthrie. Admiral
Bell was Il son of Lieutenant Robert
Bell. an offer in the Continental Line
during the Revolution and an original
member OF the North Carolina Society
of the Cincinnati. III which he is now
represented by William Haywood Bell,
son of the Admiral. 1T is said that
though Admiral Bell was answering
in his loyalty to the Union he was So
deeply gricvcd ut the pitiable condition
in which his native South was left by
the wGr, that, when he was ordered
to il foreign station after the close Of hos
tilities, he expressed the wish that he
might never return to America. If this
statement. which | have heard. be true.
his wish was destined to he fulfilled. for
he was drowned in Japan on the 11tA
of January. 1868. while attempting 10
enter the Osaka River with one OF the
boats from his flagship. the Hartford.
JOHN A\CRUM WINSLOW, who
commanded the "KearSa re-" when thNt
vessel sank the Confederate cruiser Ala
| bama," and who afterwards attained the
rank Of Rear Admiral. YVES also Il ma
tive North Carolinian, having been bern
| i'll the city Of Wilmington on Novcmbof
! 10. 1911. He belonged to the historic
| Winslow family Of MASSACHUSETTS,. bur
| his imnit date ancestors had lived in the
| State of his birth for some time prior
| to that event.
WILLIAM WILLIS WILLIE WOOD
was born near Raleigh. North Caro-
lima. on May 80. 1918. He became
EnGineer-in-C chief Of tho Navy and re-
| iired with the relative rank of Conmo.
dore i'll 1880. Two years later he mer
Il fate similar to that of Admiral Bell,
being drowned ly the capsizng of
boat. He was a son OF Newton Wood
Il soldier in the War of 1872 and
grandson, in the maternal line. of Cor
oBcl Michael Rogers a distinguishes
Revolutionary Patriot OF Wake county.
Like Farragut. Pell and Winsow. MIR.
Wood sided with the Union during the
War between the States. ard was one
of the pioneers of steam navigation in
the navy. When Lieutenart CuShl..,
blew mp The Confederate ram ''Alhp
marie" in the Roanoke River in North
Carolina. the torrpdo with which he did
the work was one constructed by thief
Engineer Wood.
When we think Of the Naval heroes
on the Union side who came of \or'n
Carolina stock. and remember hose
furnished the Union hy other states
which sided with the Confederacy-no
forgetting Sonthcrnors in the Northern
| land forces from General George II.
Thomas of Virginia, who never lost
battle" down to these Of less distinction
we are very forcibly impressed win he
truth OF 4 claim which has titcA been
nrade: that the South could herer have
been connuored but for the li,l rendered
the North by Southern men.
In the Confederate Naval forces. the
fame Of North Carolina was ably mp
held by many gallant officers. CHEF
among these were Waddell. Maffit. and
Cook
JAMES IREDEII. WADDLlL
came OF an iIlrstriors family IA Tue
Cape Fear section of the State. lie
was descended from General Hugh N;d-
dell who won fame in the French ani
Indian War. ana also from s."Ecrai
Francis Nash, who was MORALLY wound
cd at the Battle OF Germantown dor
ing the Revolution Captain j. /. Wad-
dell did good service in the War with
Mexico before the outbreak OF hoStili!ies
between the States. The principal YES
sci commanded hy him III he Con
crate Navy was the Shenandoah" This
vessel. with the single exception 1t lie
"AlaLama.' did more damage 10 The
commerce of the Northern States thar
lid any ether Confederate CRUISER. and
was engaged in the work Of capturing
and burning whalers in the Alaskan a.
for some months after the War WAS
over Waddel not having heard of the
Confederacy's collapse. When inform
ed of that event by the Captaia Of Il
British vessel. he took in his Gag. c'v-
cred UP his port holes. and struck out
for England. where he turned nve- his
vessel 10 the authorities of that com
try. The Shenandoah" was later de-
livered TO the United States Consul III
Liverpool. and finally purchase by The
Sultan Of Zanzibar 1t was the only
vessel which ever carried the Courc1
crate flag around the world. This iia@
was never a Conquered Banner while
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