Photo #: NH 56838
Passed Midshipman Edward Fitzgerald Beale, USN
Who destinguished himself carrying dispatches in California in
December 1846, during the Mexican War.
Engraved portrait published in John C. Fremont: "Memoirs
of My Life", Volume I, page 580.
Note Midshipman Beale's Mexican style jacket, wide-brimmed hat
and the brace of pistols worn on his belt.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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