Served in Squadron
Also serving in the squadron at one time were:
- Thomas O. Selfridge
- John Pope
- Edward Terry served in the sloop Germantown, attached to the East India Squadron, from 1857 to 1859.
- William M. Wood served as fleet surgeon with the East India Squadron from 1856 to 1858
- Montgomery Sicard
- James Glynn
- Andrew Hull Foote commanded USS Portsmouth on November 20–21, 1856. Foote led a landing party that seized the barrier forts at Canton, China, in reprisal for attacks on American ships.
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