Excerpt from Biographical Sketches of Distingushed Officers of the Army and Navy
It has been the purpose of the publisher in issuing the present volume to present in an appropriately attractive form a record, accompanied by portraits, of the more important events in the lives of a few of the men in the Army and Navy of the United States who have contributed largely to the history of the country in the last half century. While some of the persons whose names are embraced in the volume did not rise to their highest distinction in the military service, that distinction has been largely due to the training there received, and they have ever shown their affection and interest in the service by using their influence and means when the occasion arose in support of the flag. Notably conspicuous among such names are those of B. F. Stevens, of Boston, Col. John Jocob Astor, of New York, and Howard A. Stevenson, of Philadelphia. To the older officers of the service it will certainly be a pleasure to see in this volume the faces of such heroes as Stevens, Lee, Rodgers, Jouett, and many others whose gallantry and devotion to duty have made their names household words throughout the land.
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