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Photo #: NH 73421
Chaplain John L. Lenhart, USN
Portrait by Clayton Braun.
A Methodist Minister, John L. Lenhart became a Navy Chaplain
in 1847. He was lost with USS Cumberland in the battle
with CSS Virginia on 8 March 1862, the first Navy Chaplain
to be killed in action.
Courtesy of the Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Navy.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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