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See also:CUSHING, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:BARKER (1842–1874) , See also:American See also:naval officer, was See also:born in Delafield, See also:Wisconsin, on the 4th of See also:November 1842. He entered the Naval See also:Academy from New See also:York in 18J7, but resigned in See also:March 1861. When, however, the See also:Civil See also:War began, he volunteered into the See also:navy, was rated acting See also:master's See also:mate, and became a See also:midshipman in See also:October 1861, and a See also:lieutenant in See also:July 1862, serving in the See also:North See also:Atlantic blockading See also:squadron. The See also:work of See also:blockade, and of harassing the Confederates on the See also:coast and the See also:rivers of the Atlantic seaboard, called for much service in boats, and entailed a See also:great See also:deal of exposure. Cushing was distinguished by his readiness to volunteer, his indefatigability, and by his See also:good See also:fortune, the See also:reward of vigilance and intelligence. The feat by which he will be remembered was the destruction of the Confederate ironclad " See also:Albemarle " in the See also:Roanoke See also:river on the 27th of October in 1864. The See also:vessel had done much damage to the Federal naval forces, and her destruction was greatly desired. She was at See also:anchor surrounded by baulks of See also:timber, and a See also:cordon of boats had been stationed to See also:row guard against an expected Federal attack. Lieutenant Cushing undertook the attack on her with a See also:steam See also:launch carrying a spar-See also:torpedo and towing an armed cutter. He eluded the Confederate lookout and reached the " Albemarle " unseen. When See also:close to he' was detected, but he had See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to drive the steam launch over the baulks and to explode the torpedo against the " Albemarle " with such success that a hole was made in her and she sank. Cushing's own launch was destroyed. He and the few men with him were compelled to take to the See also:water; one was killed, another was drowned, Cushing and one other escaped, and the See also:rest were captured. Cushing himself swam to the swamps on the river See also:bank, and after wading among them for See also:hours reached a Federal See also:picket See also:boat. For destroying the " Albemarle " he was thanked by See also:Congress and was promoted to be lieutenant-See also:commander. On the 15th of See also:January 1865 he took a conspicuous See also:part in the See also:land attack on the See also:sea-front See also:wall of Fort See also:Fisher. After the war he commanded the " See also:Lancaster" (1866–1867) and the " Maumee " (1868–1869) in the See also:Asiatic Squadron. In 1872 he was promoted commander at what was an exceptionally See also:early See also:age, but he died on the 17th of See also:December 1874 of See also:brain See also:fever. He had suffered extreme See also:pain for years before his See also:death, and in fact See also:broke down altogether under disease contracted in the See also:discharge of his See also:duty.
End of Article: CUSHING, WILLIAM BARKER (1842–1874)
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