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    John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870) was a United States Navy officer who founded his service's Ordnance Department and launched...
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  • John Dahlgren may refer to: John A. Dahlgren, United States Navy officer John Olof Dahlgren, United States Marine Corps corporal and Medal of Honor recipient...
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    United States Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), named for Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, is located in King George County, Virginia...
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    Dahlgren guns were muzzle-loading naval gun designed by a United States Navy Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870), mostly...
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    the North. Union newspapers and Dahlgren's father, Union Navy Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren claimed the papers were a forgery. Union Major General George...
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    for Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren (1809–1870), and was the second ship of three which served in the US Navy to receive the name. Dahlgren was launched 20...
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    the son of Union Navy Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren and nephew to Confederate Brigadier General Charles G. Dahlgren. He fought in several key battles in...
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    John Vinton Dahlgren (April 22, 1868 – August 11, 1899) was an American lawyer, Commissioner of Charities for the State of New York and the first husband...
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    balloon experiment by John A. Dahlgren led to intensified balloon spying during the remainder of the war. George Washington Parke Custis, a coal barge built...
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  • Dahlgren for John A. Dahlgren. USS Dahlgren (TB-9), was a torpedo boat, commissioned in 1900 and decommissioned in 1919. USS Dahlgren (DD-187), was a...
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    leading to catastrophic failures in naval guns. Further developments by John A. Dahlgren and Thomas Jackson Rodman improved the weapon for both solid shot and...
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    from 997 in 2000. Since 1918, Dahlgren has been the site of a U.S. naval base named for Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren. It was first the "U.S. Naval Proving...
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    John Adolphus Dahlgren. She was commissioned on 8 April 1961. She was the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. Commissioned as DLG-12, Dahlgren was...
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    Army officer Col. Ulric Dahlgren, John's son, was his nephew. Charles Dahlgren moved to Louisiana, then to Mississippi, as a young man. He was an official...
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    1868) OL 10308203W Admiral John A. Dahlgren: Father of United States Naval Ordance - Page 26 by Clarence Stewart Peterson, John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgrenb...
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    Elizabeth married John Vinton Dahlgren (1869–1899), a graduate from Georgetown University and the son of Admiral John A. Dahlgren (1809–1870) at St....
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    Romaine was the great-granddaughter of the Admiral John A. Dahlgren and the writer Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren. They had no issue. 2) Janet Mercedes Bryce (born...
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  • John Olof Dahlgren (September 14, 1872 – February 11, 1963) was an American corporal serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion...
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    intended, two 20-inch Dahlgrens were intended to be mounted in the turrets of USS Dictator and USS Puritan. Both Rodman gun and Dahlgren gun were designed...
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  • Dahlgren is a Swedish surname. As of 2014, 51.5% of all known bearers of the surname Dahlgren were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:1,568), 37.6% of the...
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  • painter of miniature paintings John A. Dahlgren (1809–1870), U.S. naval officer, inventor of the Dahlgren gun Ulric Dahlgren (1842–1864), Union Army Captain...
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    Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, often shortened to Dahlgren Chapel, is a Roman Catholic chapel located in Dahlgren Quadrangle on the main campus...
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  • population was 854 as of the 2020 census. Dahlgren Township was organized in 1864, and named for John A. Dahlgren, a United States Navy admiral. According...
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    had married Admiral John A. Dahlgren, inventor of the Dahlgren gun, in 1865. Admiral Dahlgren died in 1870. Mrs. Dahlgren purchased a former tavern on South...
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    Dahlgren is a village in Hamilton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 504 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Mount Vernon Micropolitan...
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    Joseph Whitworth's field guns and the boat howitzers invented by John A. Dahlgren and used by the Federal navy during the Civil War. 12-pounder gun 12-pounder...
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    McCarty's gun never saw service. John A. Dahlgren however took the idea seriously, and after testing McCarty's prototype, he built a steam-powered 12 pounder...
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    Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (pen names, Corinne and Cornelia; July 13, 1825 – May 28, 1898) was an American writer, translator, and anti-suffragist. Her...
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    Fort Sumter (category Articles using NRISref without a reference number)
    General Quincy A. Gillmore and Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, now commanding the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, determined to launch a boat assault...
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  • Systems Command. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, 1862–1863 Captain Henry Augustus Wise, 1863–1868 Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, 1868–1869 Rear Admiral Augustus...
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