William T. Sampson
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William Thomas Sampson was a United States Navy rear admiral known for his victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War.
William Thomas Sampson
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson during the Spanish–American War
Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, from p. 73 of Cannon and Camera by John C. Hemment
General William R. Shafter (in pith helmet) and Admiral William T. Sampson landing on the beach at Aserradero, June 20, to confer with General Calixto Garcia
USS Patapsco (1862)
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USS Patapsco was a Passaic-class ironclad monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the Patapsco River in Maryland.
William T. Sampson
…in his class four years later, he served as an instructor at the academy, teaching physics. In 1864, he became the executive officer of the monitor Patapsco of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and engaged in sweeping torpedoes off Charleston, South Carolina. He survived the loss of that ironclad on…
Pencil sketch of USS Patapsco
Officers of her sister ship Sangamon in the James River, 1865