East India Squadron - Served in Squadron

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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