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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 63043

Commander James H. Ward, USN
(1806-1861)

Photograph taken circa the late 1850s or early 1860s.
Commander Ward, who lost his life on 27 June 1861 while commanding USS Thomas Freeborn in action at Mathias Point, Virginia, was the first U.S. Navy officer killed in action during the Civil War.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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16 June 2003