NATHANIEL GIDDINGS DANA
USMA CLASS OF 1814
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 93
VETERAN, WAR OF 1812
CAPTAIN, FIRST ARTILLERY
ARMY SERVICE OF 19 YEARS
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93. ( Born Mas. ). NATHANIEL G. DANA. ( Ap'd Mas. ). ---------
Military History: ---- Cadet of the Military Academy, Sep. 12, 1812, to Mar. 11, 1814, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
( THIRD LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, MAR. 11, 1814 )
Served: in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, in garrison at Ft. Adams, R. I., 1814-15; in garrison at Portland, Me., 1815-18; on Artillery
( SECOND LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, MAY 1, 1814 )
( TRANSFERRED TO CORPS OF ARTILLERY, MAY 12, 1814 )
Staff at Portsmouth, N. H., as Battalion Adjutant of Artillery, Apr. 1, 1818, to June 1, 1819, and Quartermaster, June 1, 1819, to
( FIRST LIEUT., CORPS OF ARTILLERY, APR 20, 1818 )
June 1, 1820; and in garrison at Ft. Sullivan, Me., 1821-22, ---- Ft. Preble,
( FIRST LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, IN RE-ORGANIZATION OF ARMY, JUNE 1, 1821 )
Me., 1822-25, ---- Ft. Walcott, R. I., 1825-26, ---- Ft. Independence, Mas.,
( CAPTAIN, 1ST ARTILLERY, SEP. 15, 1825 )
1826, ---- Ft. Monroe, Va. ( Artillery School for Practice), 1826-28, Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1828, Ft. Monroe, Va., ( Artillery School for Practice), and Ft. McHenry, Md., 1832-33.
( DIED, FEB. 4, 1833, AT FT. McHENRY, MD )
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FAMILY:
FATHER: CAPTAIN LUTHER DANA, ( 1763-1832 ) sailor in the Revolutionary War.
From a Sons of American Revolution Application :
He entered the U. S. Navy as midshipman in 1780, and iOS believed to have continued in that service until the close of the war of the Revolution. He served in the " Hague" frigate, among others, under Captain John Manly, U. S. Navy. He earned a pension on account of the service aforesaid, which was continued to his widow until her death in 1843.
The residences of my ancestors are mostly and near Cambridge, Massachusetts, in Groton, Massachusetts, and Exeter and Amhurst, New Hampshire.
Captain Luther Dana, my great grandfather was for the greater part of his life, a shipmaster. sailing from Salem and Boston on East India and European voyages, and commanded the first vessel, ( Ship Revenge of Mass. ) from the U. S. to Mocha, India, and the second to Sumatra ( 1800-02 ).
MOTHER: LUCY GIDDINGS, ( 1774-1843 )
WIFE: MARY ANN LANGDON HARRIS ( 1801 - 1868 ) Married in Portsmouth, New Hampshire 6 November 1819
CHILDREN:
1). MARY ANN DANA ( 1821 - 1845 ), born Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 9 May 1821. Married, William B. Wallace, 1841 in Concord, New Hampshire. Died 24 October 1845 in Epsom, New Hampshire.
2). NAPOLEON JACKSON TECUMSEH DANA. ( 1822 - 1905 ) was a career U. DS. Army officer who fought with distinction during the Mexican-American War and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was wounded several times during his military career, often severely , and later in life was involved with railroads, and veteran soldier affairs in the U. S.
Dana was born at Ft. Sullivan in Eastport, Maine. His father NATHANIEL G. DANA, also a West Point graduate and officer serving in the 1st U. S. Artillery , was stationed at Fort Sullivan at the time, but his father died when Dana was eleven years old. Dana's paternal grandfather , LUTHER DANA was a naval officer in the American Revolution, and his maternal grandfather, Woodbury Langdon, served as a member of the Continental Congress, and later a U. S. Senator and Governor of New Hampshire.
NAPOLEON DANA was a graduate of the USMA Class of 1842.
3). JULIA VAN NESS DANA ( 1829 - 1903 ), born 11 November 1829 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Married Jeremiah Page Whipple, 11 November 1846, died 1 may 1903, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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CAT'S NOTES :
First Lieutenant Robert E. Lee was stationed at Ft. Monroe, Virginia from 1831 to 1834. Captain Dana was there from 1828 to 1832, so Lee was under Dana during the period 1831-32, in which lee was an engineer on the project .
CAPTAIN DANA was stationed at Fort Monroe in 1827 where the Army was engaged in the construction of additions to the fort. A seaman named Edmund Dobson arrived at the fort and told CAPTAIN DANA of a ship, the brig " Crawford" in port that had been seized on the ocean and was currently held by pirates , including the notorious pirate Alexander Tardy, and three others who had murdered eight of the eleven passengers and crew on board. CAPTAIN DANA immediately sent nine soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Robert Anderson , and they arrested the three pirate crewmen , Tandy having slit his throat to evade capture. The three pirates were later tried by Chief Justice John Marshall, and hanged.
USMA CLASS OF 1814
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 93
VETERAN, WAR OF 1812
CAPTAIN, FIRST ARTILLERY
ARMY SERVICE OF 19 YEARS
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93. ( Born Mas. ). NATHANIEL G. DANA. ( Ap'd Mas. ). ---------
Military History: ---- Cadet of the Military Academy, Sep. 12, 1812, to Mar. 11, 1814, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
( THIRD LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, MAR. 11, 1814 )
Served: in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, in garrison at Ft. Adams, R. I., 1814-15; in garrison at Portland, Me., 1815-18; on Artillery
( SECOND LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, MAY 1, 1814 )
( TRANSFERRED TO CORPS OF ARTILLERY, MAY 12, 1814 )
Staff at Portsmouth, N. H., as Battalion Adjutant of Artillery, Apr. 1, 1818, to June 1, 1819, and Quartermaster, June 1, 1819, to
( FIRST LIEUT., CORPS OF ARTILLERY, APR 20, 1818 )
June 1, 1820; and in garrison at Ft. Sullivan, Me., 1821-22, ---- Ft. Preble,
( FIRST LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, IN RE-ORGANIZATION OF ARMY, JUNE 1, 1821 )
Me., 1822-25, ---- Ft. Walcott, R. I., 1825-26, ---- Ft. Independence, Mas.,
( CAPTAIN, 1ST ARTILLERY, SEP. 15, 1825 )
1826, ---- Ft. Monroe, Va. ( Artillery School for Practice), 1826-28, Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1828, Ft. Monroe, Va., ( Artillery School for Practice), and Ft. McHenry, Md., 1832-33.
( DIED, FEB. 4, 1833, AT FT. McHENRY, MD )
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FAMILY:
FATHER: CAPTAIN LUTHER DANA, ( 1763-1832 ) sailor in the Revolutionary War.
From a Sons of American Revolution Application :
He entered the U. S. Navy as midshipman in 1780, and iOS believed to have continued in that service until the close of the war of the Revolution. He served in the " Hague" frigate, among others, under Captain John Manly, U. S. Navy. He earned a pension on account of the service aforesaid, which was continued to his widow until her death in 1843.
The residences of my ancestors are mostly and near Cambridge, Massachusetts, in Groton, Massachusetts, and Exeter and Amhurst, New Hampshire.
Captain Luther Dana, my great grandfather was for the greater part of his life, a shipmaster. sailing from Salem and Boston on East India and European voyages, and commanded the first vessel, ( Ship Revenge of Mass. ) from the U. S. to Mocha, India, and the second to Sumatra ( 1800-02 ).
MOTHER: LUCY GIDDINGS, ( 1774-1843 )
WIFE: MARY ANN LANGDON HARRIS ( 1801 - 1868 ) Married in Portsmouth, New Hampshire 6 November 1819
CHILDREN:
1). MARY ANN DANA ( 1821 - 1845 ), born Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 9 May 1821. Married, William B. Wallace, 1841 in Concord, New Hampshire. Died 24 October 1845 in Epsom, New Hampshire.
2). NAPOLEON JACKSON TECUMSEH DANA. ( 1822 - 1905 ) was a career U. DS. Army officer who fought with distinction during the Mexican-American War and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was wounded several times during his military career, often severely , and later in life was involved with railroads, and veteran soldier affairs in the U. S.
Dana was born at Ft. Sullivan in Eastport, Maine. His father NATHANIEL G. DANA, also a West Point graduate and officer serving in the 1st U. S. Artillery , was stationed at Fort Sullivan at the time, but his father died when Dana was eleven years old. Dana's paternal grandfather , LUTHER DANA was a naval officer in the American Revolution, and his maternal grandfather, Woodbury Langdon, served as a member of the Continental Congress, and later a U. S. Senator and Governor of New Hampshire.
NAPOLEON DANA was a graduate of the USMA Class of 1842.
3). JULIA VAN NESS DANA ( 1829 - 1903 ), born 11 November 1829 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Married Jeremiah Page Whipple, 11 November 1846, died 1 may 1903, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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CAT'S NOTES :
First Lieutenant Robert E. Lee was stationed at Ft. Monroe, Virginia from 1831 to 1834. Captain Dana was there from 1828 to 1832, so Lee was under Dana during the period 1831-32, in which lee was an engineer on the project .
CAPTAIN DANA was stationed at Fort Monroe in 1827 where the Army was engaged in the construction of additions to the fort. A seaman named Edmund Dobson arrived at the fort and told CAPTAIN DANA of a ship, the brig " Crawford" in port that had been seized on the ocean and was currently held by pirates , including the notorious pirate Alexander Tardy, and three others who had murdered eight of the eleven passengers and crew on board. CAPTAIN DANA immediately sent nine soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Robert Anderson , and they arrested the three pirate crewmen , Tandy having slit his throat to evade capture. The three pirates were later tried by Chief Justice John Marshall, and hanged.
NATHANIEL GIDDINGS DANA
USMA CLASS OF 1814
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 93
VETERAN, WAR OF 1812
CAPTAIN, FIRST ARTILLERY
ARMY SERVICE OF 19 YEARS
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93. ( Born Mas. ). NATHANIEL G. DANA. ( Ap'd Mas. ). ---------
Military History: ---- Cadet of the Military Academy, Sep. 12, 1812, to Mar. 11, 1814, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
( THIRD LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, MAR. 11, 1814 )
Served: in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, in garrison at Ft. Adams, R. I., 1814-15; in garrison at Portland, Me., 1815-18; on Artillery
( SECOND LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, MAY 1, 1814 )
( TRANSFERRED TO CORPS OF ARTILLERY, MAY 12, 1814 )
Staff at Portsmouth, N. H., as Battalion Adjutant of Artillery, Apr. 1, 1818, to June 1, 1819, and Quartermaster, June 1, 1819, to
( FIRST LIEUT., CORPS OF ARTILLERY, APR 20, 1818 )
June 1, 1820; and in garrison at Ft. Sullivan, Me., 1821-22, ---- Ft. Preble,
( FIRST LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, IN RE-ORGANIZATION OF ARMY, JUNE 1, 1821 )
Me., 1822-25, ---- Ft. Walcott, R. I., 1825-26, ---- Ft. Independence, Mas.,
( CAPTAIN, 1ST ARTILLERY, SEP. 15, 1825 )
1826, ---- Ft. Monroe, Va. ( Artillery School for Practice), 1826-28, Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1828, Ft. Monroe, Va., ( Artillery School for Practice), and Ft. McHenry, Md., 1832-33.
( DIED, FEB. 4, 1833, AT FT. McHENRY, MD )
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FAMILY:
FATHER: CAPTAIN LUTHER DANA, ( 1763-1832 ) sailor in the Revolutionary War.
From a Sons of American Revolution Application :
He entered the U. S. Navy as midshipman in 1780, and iOS believed to have continued in that service until the close of the war of the Revolution. He served in the " Hague" frigate, among others, under Captain John Manly, U. S. Navy. He earned a pension on account of the service aforesaid, which was continued to his widow until her death in 1843.
The residences of my ancestors are mostly and near Cambridge, Massachusetts, in Groton, Massachusetts, and Exeter and Amhurst, New Hampshire.
Captain Luther Dana, my great grandfather was for the greater part of his life, a shipmaster. sailing from Salem and Boston on East India and European voyages, and commanded the first vessel, ( Ship Revenge of Mass. ) from the U. S. to Mocha, India, and the second to Sumatra ( 1800-02 ).
MOTHER: LUCY GIDDINGS, ( 1774-1843 )
WIFE: MARY ANN LANGDON HARRIS ( 1801 - 1868 ) Married in Portsmouth, New Hampshire 6 November 1819
CHILDREN:
1). MARY ANN DANA ( 1821 - 1845 ), born Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 9 May 1821. Married, William B. Wallace, 1841 in Concord, New Hampshire. Died 24 October 1845 in Epsom, New Hampshire.
2). NAPOLEON JACKSON TECUMSEH DANA. ( 1822 - 1905 ) was a career U. DS. Army officer who fought with distinction during the Mexican-American War and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was wounded several times during his military career, often severely , and later in life was involved with railroads, and veteran soldier affairs in the U. S.
Dana was born at Ft. Sullivan in Eastport, Maine. His father NATHANIEL G. DANA, also a West Point graduate and officer serving in the 1st U. S. Artillery , was stationed at Fort Sullivan at the time, but his father died when Dana was eleven years old. Dana's paternal grandfather , LUTHER DANA was a naval officer in the American Revolution, and his maternal grandfather, Woodbury Langdon, served as a member of the Continental Congress, and later a U. S. Senator and Governor of New Hampshire.
NAPOLEON DANA was a graduate of the USMA Class of 1842.
3). JULIA VAN NESS DANA ( 1829 - 1903 ), born 11 November 1829 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Married Jeremiah Page Whipple, 11 November 1846, died 1 may 1903, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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CAT'S NOTES :
First Lieutenant Robert E. Lee was stationed at Ft. Monroe, Virginia from 1831 to 1834. Captain Dana was there from 1828 to 1832, so Lee was under Dana during the period 1831-32, in which lee was an engineer on the project .
CAPTAIN DANA was stationed at Fort Monroe in 1827 where the Army was engaged in the construction of additions to the fort. A seaman named Edmund Dobson arrived at the fort and told CAPTAIN DANA of a ship, the brig " Crawford" in port that had been seized on the ocean and was currently held by pirates , including the notorious pirate Alexander Tardy, and three others who had murdered eight of the eleven passengers and crew on board. CAPTAIN DANA immediately sent nine soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Robert Anderson , and they arrested the three pirate crewmen , Tandy having slit his throat to evade capture. The three pirates were later tried by Chief Justice John Marshall, and hanged.
USMA CLASS OF 1814
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 93
VETERAN, WAR OF 1812
CAPTAIN, FIRST ARTILLERY
ARMY SERVICE OF 19 YEARS
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93. ( Born Mas. ). NATHANIEL G. DANA. ( Ap'd Mas. ). ---------
Military History: ---- Cadet of the Military Academy, Sep. 12, 1812, to Mar. 11, 1814, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
( THIRD LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, MAR. 11, 1814 )
Served: in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, in garrison at Ft. Adams, R. I., 1814-15; in garrison at Portland, Me., 1815-18; on Artillery
( SECOND LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, MAY 1, 1814 )
( TRANSFERRED TO CORPS OF ARTILLERY, MAY 12, 1814 )
Staff at Portsmouth, N. H., as Battalion Adjutant of Artillery, Apr. 1, 1818, to June 1, 1819, and Quartermaster, June 1, 1819, to
( FIRST LIEUT., CORPS OF ARTILLERY, APR 20, 1818 )
June 1, 1820; and in garrison at Ft. Sullivan, Me., 1821-22, ---- Ft. Preble,
( FIRST LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, IN RE-ORGANIZATION OF ARMY, JUNE 1, 1821 )
Me., 1822-25, ---- Ft. Walcott, R. I., 1825-26, ---- Ft. Independence, Mas.,
( CAPTAIN, 1ST ARTILLERY, SEP. 15, 1825 )
1826, ---- Ft. Monroe, Va. ( Artillery School for Practice), 1826-28, Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1828, Ft. Monroe, Va., ( Artillery School for Practice), and Ft. McHenry, Md., 1832-33.
( DIED, FEB. 4, 1833, AT FT. McHENRY, MD )
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FAMILY:
FATHER: CAPTAIN LUTHER DANA, ( 1763-1832 ) sailor in the Revolutionary War.
From a Sons of American Revolution Application :
He entered the U. S. Navy as midshipman in 1780, and iOS believed to have continued in that service until the close of the war of the Revolution. He served in the " Hague" frigate, among others, under Captain John Manly, U. S. Navy. He earned a pension on account of the service aforesaid, which was continued to his widow until her death in 1843.
The residences of my ancestors are mostly and near Cambridge, Massachusetts, in Groton, Massachusetts, and Exeter and Amhurst, New Hampshire.
Captain Luther Dana, my great grandfather was for the greater part of his life, a shipmaster. sailing from Salem and Boston on East India and European voyages, and commanded the first vessel, ( Ship Revenge of Mass. ) from the U. S. to Mocha, India, and the second to Sumatra ( 1800-02 ).
MOTHER: LUCY GIDDINGS, ( 1774-1843 )
WIFE: MARY ANN LANGDON HARRIS ( 1801 - 1868 ) Married in Portsmouth, New Hampshire 6 November 1819
CHILDREN:
1). MARY ANN DANA ( 1821 - 1845 ), born Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 9 May 1821. Married, William B. Wallace, 1841 in Concord, New Hampshire. Died 24 October 1845 in Epsom, New Hampshire.
2). NAPOLEON JACKSON TECUMSEH DANA. ( 1822 - 1905 ) was a career U. DS. Army officer who fought with distinction during the Mexican-American War and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was wounded several times during his military career, often severely , and later in life was involved with railroads, and veteran soldier affairs in the U. S.
Dana was born at Ft. Sullivan in Eastport, Maine. His father NATHANIEL G. DANA, also a West Point graduate and officer serving in the 1st U. S. Artillery , was stationed at Fort Sullivan at the time, but his father died when Dana was eleven years old. Dana's paternal grandfather , LUTHER DANA was a naval officer in the American Revolution, and his maternal grandfather, Woodbury Langdon, served as a member of the Continental Congress, and later a U. S. Senator and Governor of New Hampshire.
NAPOLEON DANA was a graduate of the USMA Class of 1842.
3). JULIA VAN NESS DANA ( 1829 - 1903 ), born 11 November 1829 at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Married Jeremiah Page Whipple, 11 November 1846, died 1 may 1903, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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CAT'S NOTES :
First Lieutenant Robert E. Lee was stationed at Ft. Monroe, Virginia from 1831 to 1834. Captain Dana was there from 1828 to 1832, so Lee was under Dana during the period 1831-32, in which lee was an engineer on the project .
CAPTAIN DANA was stationed at Fort Monroe in 1827 where the Army was engaged in the construction of additions to the fort. A seaman named Edmund Dobson arrived at the fort and told CAPTAIN DANA of a ship, the brig " Crawford" in port that had been seized on the ocean and was currently held by pirates , including the notorious pirate Alexander Tardy, and three others who had murdered eight of the eleven passengers and crew on board. CAPTAIN DANA immediately sent nine soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Robert Anderson , and they arrested the three pirate crewmen , Tandy having slit his throat to evade capture. The three pirates were later tried by Chief Justice John Marshall, and hanged.
Gravesite Details
Possibly buried at Harmony Grove Cemetery. in Portsmouth, N. H. , near his wife, or Mt. Auburn Cem. in Cambridge, Mas. where his mother is buried, as well as 100 plus other Dana's or at the Fort McHenry Post Cemetery.. More research is needed.
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