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Commodore George Hamilton Perkins (20 October 1836 - 28 October 1899) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. ==Biography== Born in Contoocookville, New Hampshire in the northern part of Hopkinton to the Honorable Hamilton Eliot Perkins, George was appointed as Acting Midshipman in October 1851 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with the class of 1856. During the rest of that decade Midshipman Perkins served on at sea on the sloop of war ''Cyane'', the storeship ''Release'' and the steamer ''Sumpter''. He attained the ranks of Master in 1859 and Lieutenant in February 1861, on the eve of the Civil War. Perkins spent the conflict's first several months in the ''Sumpter'', operating on anti-slavery patrols. In late 1861 he became Commanding Officer of the new gunboat ''Cayuga'', in which he performed distinguished service during the 1862 campaigns to capture New Orleans and the lower Mississippi River. He was next Executive Officer of the steam sloop ''Pensacola'', receiving promotion to Lieutenant Commander at the end of 1862. His service on the Mississippi and in the Gulf of Mexico continued in 1863-1865, including command of gunboats ''New London'' and ''Sciota'', and the monitor ''Chickasaw''. While in the latter ship, his aggressive and effective conduct during the August 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay was a major factor in the capture of the Confederate ironclad ''Tennessee''. In the years immediately following the Civil War Lieutenant Commander Perkins was Superintendent of Iron-Clads at New Orleans, Executive Officer of the steam sloop ''Lackawanna'' in the North Pacific, and had ordnance duty at the Boston Navy Yard. Reaching the rank of Commander in early 1871, he spent the next decade as Commanding Officer of the storeship ''Relief'' and gunboat ''Ashuelot'' and had further shore duty at Boston. Perkins was promoted to Captain in 1882 and commanded the Pacific Station flagship during the mid-1880s. Captain Perkins' subsequent active service was limited to court-martial duty. He was transferred to the Retired List in October 1891, but in 1896 received a Congressionally authorized promotion to the retired rank of Commodore in recognition of his gallantry and skill during the Battle of Mobile Bay three decades earlier. Commodore Perkins died at Boston on 28 October 1899. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George H. Perkins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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