Seaman & Pvt. Lewis Gerhardt Goldsmith (also known as Lewis G. Lawson)
Born in Denmark on September 28, 1839. Enlisted into the Navy in 1861 as a Seaman for three years. He served on steam gunboats John L. Lockwood, Hetzel, and the General Putnam. He participated in General Burnside's Expedition. He was in battles at Albemarle Sound, the Roanoke River, Elizabeth City and others along the Washington D.C./North Carolina Coast. Mustered out August 1864. Enlisted into Troop C, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry on March 30, 1865 and mustered out August 1865. Died on Nov. 2, 1913 in Brooklyn.
~from Billy Yank published 2009 Publication
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, NY, NY ~ headstone dedication ceremony.∼Captain Lewis Gehart Goldsmith, of 214 Ninetieth Street, who died Sunday from heart trouble, was one of the first men to attempt crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a small sailboat. Thirty years ago Captain Goldsmith built an 18-foot catboat, which he called the Uncle Sam, and accompanied by his wife, Annie, he started from Boston for Liverpool. He was on the ocean for two months, during which time he visited the West Indies and the Bermuda Islands. He was run down when half way across the ocean by an ocean steamer and he and his wife were saved with great difficulty. Last summer he completed a small motor boat, in which he intended to again attempt to cross the ocean, accompanied by his youngest daughter, Mrs. Lillian Goldsmith. Although he was 74 years old he expected to succeed in his last attempt. For twenty years past, Mr. Goldsmith had been employed as an inspector in the molding department in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14, 74 years ago, and leaves his wife Annie, a son, Horace; five daughters, Mrs. Ophelia Mock, Mrs. Josephine Heise, Mrs. Beatrice O'Connell, Mrs. Martha Vennerson and Miss Lillian, and eleven grandchildren. The funeral was held today and the interment was made in Evergreens Cemetery.
-The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Tuesday, 4 November 1913, page 7
June 1st [1879], Captain Lewis G. Goldsmith, a Danish sailor, left Boston in the Uncle Sam, accompanied by his wife to whom he had been married but a short time. The Uncle Sam was 18 feet overall and 6 feet 4 inches beam, having a depth of 3 feet 2 inches, with air-tanks at the bow and stern, and a water tank under the standing room running to the keel.... Mrs. Goldsmith, who had never been to sea, funked decidely on one occassion, and was for returning home, but regained her courage, and the boat went on, reaching Halifax June 20th, and St. Johns, Newfoundland, August 7th. ...On the 16th, in a tremendous storm, which carried away the boat's drags and oars, the Unclue Sam shipped a sea which saturated all the bread and clothing, and left the husband and wife lying in water up to their necks. ...Three of the cleats to which the mainsheet was fastened gave way, and only the fourth stood between them and destruction, when they were rescued by the bark Queen of Nations...Mrs. Goldsmith, almost dying, was hauled on board by a bowline, and the Uncle Sam sank with her stores and instruments as the captain's foot left the deck.
-from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, volume 12
Note: The Queen of Nations wrecked in the pre-dawn hours of 31 May 1881 in New South Wales, Australia. She had received international attention for the rescue of Captain Goldsmith and his wife on the Grand Banks, carrying them on safely to England.
MORE on his life may be found here:
https://captaingoldsmith.blogspot.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gerhardt_Goldsmith
Born in Denmark on September 28, 1839. Enlisted into the Navy in 1861 as a Seaman for three years. He served on steam gunboats John L. Lockwood, Hetzel, and the General Putnam. He participated in General Burnside's Expedition. He was in battles at Albemarle Sound, the Roanoke River, Elizabeth City and others along the Washington D.C./North Carolina Coast. Mustered out August 1864. Enlisted into Troop C, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry on March 30, 1865 and mustered out August 1865. Died on Nov. 2, 1913 in Brooklyn.
~from Billy Yank published 2009 Publication
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, NY, NY ~ headstone dedication ceremony.∼Captain Lewis Gehart Goldsmith, of 214 Ninetieth Street, who died Sunday from heart trouble, was one of the first men to attempt crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a small sailboat. Thirty years ago Captain Goldsmith built an 18-foot catboat, which he called the Uncle Sam, and accompanied by his wife, Annie, he started from Boston for Liverpool. He was on the ocean for two months, during which time he visited the West Indies and the Bermuda Islands. He was run down when half way across the ocean by an ocean steamer and he and his wife were saved with great difficulty. Last summer he completed a small motor boat, in which he intended to again attempt to cross the ocean, accompanied by his youngest daughter, Mrs. Lillian Goldsmith. Although he was 74 years old he expected to succeed in his last attempt. For twenty years past, Mr. Goldsmith had been employed as an inspector in the molding department in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14, 74 years ago, and leaves his wife Annie, a son, Horace; five daughters, Mrs. Ophelia Mock, Mrs. Josephine Heise, Mrs. Beatrice O'Connell, Mrs. Martha Vennerson and Miss Lillian, and eleven grandchildren. The funeral was held today and the interment was made in Evergreens Cemetery.
-The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Tuesday, 4 November 1913, page 7
June 1st [1879], Captain Lewis G. Goldsmith, a Danish sailor, left Boston in the Uncle Sam, accompanied by his wife to whom he had been married but a short time. The Uncle Sam was 18 feet overall and 6 feet 4 inches beam, having a depth of 3 feet 2 inches, with air-tanks at the bow and stern, and a water tank under the standing room running to the keel.... Mrs. Goldsmith, who had never been to sea, funked decidely on one occassion, and was for returning home, but regained her courage, and the boat went on, reaching Halifax June 20th, and St. Johns, Newfoundland, August 7th. ...On the 16th, in a tremendous storm, which carried away the boat's drags and oars, the Unclue Sam shipped a sea which saturated all the bread and clothing, and left the husband and wife lying in water up to their necks. ...Three of the cleats to which the mainsheet was fastened gave way, and only the fourth stood between them and destruction, when they were rescued by the bark Queen of Nations...Mrs. Goldsmith, almost dying, was hauled on board by a bowline, and the Uncle Sam sank with her stores and instruments as the captain's foot left the deck.
-from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, volume 12
Note: The Queen of Nations wrecked in the pre-dawn hours of 31 May 1881 in New South Wales, Australia. She had received international attention for the rescue of Captain Goldsmith and his wife on the Grand Banks, carrying them on safely to England.
MORE on his life may be found here:
https://captaingoldsmith.blogspot.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gerhardt_Goldsmith
Seaman & Pvt. Lewis Gerhardt Goldsmith (also known as Lewis G. Lawson)
Born in Denmark on September 28, 1839. Enlisted into the Navy in 1861 as a Seaman for three years. He served on steam gunboats John L. Lockwood, Hetzel, and the General Putnam. He participated in General Burnside's Expedition. He was in battles at Albemarle Sound, the Roanoke River, Elizabeth City and others along the Washington D.C./North Carolina Coast. Mustered out August 1864. Enlisted into Troop C, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry on March 30, 1865 and mustered out August 1865. Died on Nov. 2, 1913 in Brooklyn.
~from Billy Yank published 2009 Publication
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, NY, NY ~ headstone dedication ceremony.∼Captain Lewis Gehart Goldsmith, of 214 Ninetieth Street, who died Sunday from heart trouble, was one of the first men to attempt crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a small sailboat. Thirty years ago Captain Goldsmith built an 18-foot catboat, which he called the Uncle Sam, and accompanied by his wife, Annie, he started from Boston for Liverpool. He was on the ocean for two months, during which time he visited the West Indies and the Bermuda Islands. He was run down when half way across the ocean by an ocean steamer and he and his wife were saved with great difficulty. Last summer he completed a small motor boat, in which he intended to again attempt to cross the ocean, accompanied by his youngest daughter, Mrs. Lillian Goldsmith. Although he was 74 years old he expected to succeed in his last attempt. For twenty years past, Mr. Goldsmith had been employed as an inspector in the molding department in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14, 74 years ago, and leaves his wife Annie, a son, Horace; five daughters, Mrs. Ophelia Mock, Mrs. Josephine Heise, Mrs. Beatrice O'Connell, Mrs. Martha Vennerson and Miss Lillian, and eleven grandchildren. The funeral was held today and the interment was made in Evergreens Cemetery.
-The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Tuesday, 4 November 1913, page 7
June 1st [1879], Captain Lewis G. Goldsmith, a Danish sailor, left Boston in the Uncle Sam, accompanied by his wife to whom he had been married but a short time. The Uncle Sam was 18 feet overall and 6 feet 4 inches beam, having a depth of 3 feet 2 inches, with air-tanks at the bow and stern, and a water tank under the standing room running to the keel.... Mrs. Goldsmith, who had never been to sea, funked decidely on one occassion, and was for returning home, but regained her courage, and the boat went on, reaching Halifax June 20th, and St. Johns, Newfoundland, August 7th. ...On the 16th, in a tremendous storm, which carried away the boat's drags and oars, the Unclue Sam shipped a sea which saturated all the bread and clothing, and left the husband and wife lying in water up to their necks. ...Three of the cleats to which the mainsheet was fastened gave way, and only the fourth stood between them and destruction, when they were rescued by the bark Queen of Nations...Mrs. Goldsmith, almost dying, was hauled on board by a bowline, and the Uncle Sam sank with her stores and instruments as the captain's foot left the deck.
-from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, volume 12
Note: The Queen of Nations wrecked in the pre-dawn hours of 31 May 1881 in New South Wales, Australia. She had received international attention for the rescue of Captain Goldsmith and his wife on the Grand Banks, carrying them on safely to England.
MORE on his life may be found here:
https://captaingoldsmith.blogspot.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gerhardt_Goldsmith
Born in Denmark on September 28, 1839. Enlisted into the Navy in 1861 as a Seaman for three years. He served on steam gunboats John L. Lockwood, Hetzel, and the General Putnam. He participated in General Burnside's Expedition. He was in battles at Albemarle Sound, the Roanoke River, Elizabeth City and others along the Washington D.C./North Carolina Coast. Mustered out August 1864. Enlisted into Troop C, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry on March 30, 1865 and mustered out August 1865. Died on Nov. 2, 1913 in Brooklyn.
~from Billy Yank published 2009 Publication
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, NY, NY ~ headstone dedication ceremony.∼Captain Lewis Gehart Goldsmith, of 214 Ninetieth Street, who died Sunday from heart trouble, was one of the first men to attempt crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a small sailboat. Thirty years ago Captain Goldsmith built an 18-foot catboat, which he called the Uncle Sam, and accompanied by his wife, Annie, he started from Boston for Liverpool. He was on the ocean for two months, during which time he visited the West Indies and the Bermuda Islands. He was run down when half way across the ocean by an ocean steamer and he and his wife were saved with great difficulty. Last summer he completed a small motor boat, in which he intended to again attempt to cross the ocean, accompanied by his youngest daughter, Mrs. Lillian Goldsmith. Although he was 74 years old he expected to succeed in his last attempt. For twenty years past, Mr. Goldsmith had been employed as an inspector in the molding department in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14, 74 years ago, and leaves his wife Annie, a son, Horace; five daughters, Mrs. Ophelia Mock, Mrs. Josephine Heise, Mrs. Beatrice O'Connell, Mrs. Martha Vennerson and Miss Lillian, and eleven grandchildren. The funeral was held today and the interment was made in Evergreens Cemetery.
-The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Tuesday, 4 November 1913, page 7
June 1st [1879], Captain Lewis G. Goldsmith, a Danish sailor, left Boston in the Uncle Sam, accompanied by his wife to whom he had been married but a short time. The Uncle Sam was 18 feet overall and 6 feet 4 inches beam, having a depth of 3 feet 2 inches, with air-tanks at the bow and stern, and a water tank under the standing room running to the keel.... Mrs. Goldsmith, who had never been to sea, funked decidely on one occassion, and was for returning home, but regained her courage, and the boat went on, reaching Halifax June 20th, and St. Johns, Newfoundland, August 7th. ...On the 16th, in a tremendous storm, which carried away the boat's drags and oars, the Unclue Sam shipped a sea which saturated all the bread and clothing, and left the husband and wife lying in water up to their necks. ...Three of the cleats to which the mainsheet was fastened gave way, and only the fourth stood between them and destruction, when they were rescued by the bark Queen of Nations...Mrs. Goldsmith, almost dying, was hauled on board by a bowline, and the Uncle Sam sank with her stores and instruments as the captain's foot left the deck.
-from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, volume 12
Note: The Queen of Nations wrecked in the pre-dawn hours of 31 May 1881 in New South Wales, Australia. She had received international attention for the rescue of Captain Goldsmith and his wife on the Grand Banks, carrying them on safely to England.
MORE on his life may be found here:
https://captaingoldsmith.blogspot.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gerhardt_Goldsmith
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