Pension Records show service on board USS Powhatan
U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910about Henry Meader
Name: Henry Meader
Publication: M1469
Pension Approval: Approved
File Number: 50020
Certification Number: 2765
Fiche Number: 2056
The first USS Powhatan was a sidewheel steam frigate in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Powhatan, a Native American chief of eastern Virginia. She was one of the last, and largest, of the United States Navy's paddle frigates.
Powhatan's keel was laid on 6 August 1847 at Norfolk, Virginia. Her engines were constructed by Mehaffy & Company of Gosport, Virginia. She cost $785,000. She was launched on 14 February 1850 by the Norfolk Navy Yard and commissioned on 2 September 1852, Captain William Mervine in command.
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Pension Records show service on board USS Powhatan
U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910about Henry Meader
Name: Henry Meader
Publication: M1469
Pension Approval: Approved
File Number: 50020
Certification Number: 2765
Fiche Number: 2056
The first USS Powhatan was a sidewheel steam frigate in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Powhatan, a Native American chief of eastern Virginia. She was one of the last, and largest, of the United States Navy's paddle frigates.
Powhatan's keel was laid on 6 August 1847 at Norfolk, Virginia. Her engines were constructed by Mehaffy & Company of Gosport, Virginia. She cost $785,000. She was launched on 14 February 1850 by the Norfolk Navy Yard and commissioned on 2 September 1852, Captain William Mervine in command.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Powhatan_%281850%29
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