Vice Admiral Stephen Clegg Rowan (Piqua, Ohio)

Dublin Core

Title

Vice Admiral Stephen Clegg Rowan (Piqua, Ohio)

Description

A cannon with a star a the opening and a pyramid of cannonballs under it

Source

american,sitepublic,unionmonument

Contributor

Tessa

Language

English

Type

Site

Identifier

2667

Date Issued

1909-10-13

Extent

m x m x m

Medium

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=19195

Spatial Coverage

current,40.145517,-84.236717;

Europeana

Country

United States

Europeana Data Provider

Vice Admiral Stephen Clegg Rowan (Piqua, Ohio)

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Vice_Admiral_Stephen_Clegg_Rowan_(Piqua,_Ohio)_

Monument Type

Military materiel

Erected by

J.G. Schmidlapp

Funded by

J.G. Schmidlapp (private)

Material

Concrete

Inscription

Ereceted in honor of Vice Admiral Stephen Clegg Rown U.S. Navy; Born in Ireland Dec. 25th 1808; Died in Washington D.C. Mar. 31st 1890 Received Special Vote of Thanks of Congress for Distinguished Services Feb. 7th 1863; Vice Admiral S.C. Rown U.S. Navy Appointed Midshipman, Feb. 1dt 1826 while a resident of Piqua. Participated in the Seminole War and in the Mexican War on the Pacific Coast at Monterrery, Sand Diego and Los Angeles. In the Civil War at Acquia Creek, Fort Hatteras, Roanoke Island, Elizabeth City, New Berne in command of the New Ironsides during the siege of Charleston.

State

Ohio

Affiliation

Union

Indigenous Land

Myaamia

City

Piqua

Location Type

City