USS Niagara (1855)
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The second USS Niagara was a screw frigate in the United States Navy.
The Niagara, HMS Valorous, HMS Gorgon and Agamemnon laying the cable at mid-ocean
William B. Gould
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William Benjamin Gould Sr. was a former enslaved person and veteran of the American Civil War, serving in the U.S. Navy. His diary is one of only a few written during the Civil War by a formerly enslaved person that has survived, and the only by a formerly enslaved sailor.
William Gould with the GAR on Dedham's 250th anniversary.
William and Cornelia Gould with their children.
Gould and his six sons in military uniforms