Edward Everett and Franklin Dexter be appointed a committee to prepare
an inscription for a tablet to be placed in the monument stating the
object for which it is erected and recording the liberality of Judah
Touro and Amos Lawrence, and the successful exertions of the daughters
of those patriots whose memory we would perpetuate--donations and labor
which have placed in the possession of the Directors a fund sufficient
to complete this memorial of one of the most important events in the
history of our country." (Page 312.)
On June 17, 1843, a banquet was held in Fanueil Hall, to celebrate the
completion of the monument. Governor Marcus Morton, who was suffering
from indisposition, was unable to attend, but sent a letter which was
read. The two great benefactors of the Association were remembered by
the following: (Page 330.)
"Amos and Judah, venerated names,
Patriarch and Prophet press their equal claims,
Like generous coursers running 'neck and neck,'
Each aids the work by giving it a _check_.
Christian and Jew, they carry out one plan,
For though of different faiths each is in heart a MAN."
STATUE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 1876.
One hundred years elapse, with their cares and joys, jeopardy and
success, and America celebrates the centennial year of its existence
by a grand exhibition in the city where is deposited the liberty bell
that proclaimed "liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof." The massive engine that moves obedient machinery sings a pæan
to the Republic!
The nimble shuttle and the agile loom weave chaplets and trophies!
Lightning-flashes leap from fathomless seas and speak with living fire
congratulations of emperors, kings, and potentates! Human handicrafts,
from Occident to Orient, delve and build, and fuse and shape tributes
of felicitation to the glory and honor of praise, aye, even worship, of
the land of Washington!
Fairmount Park blazes with the light of human advancement in science
and art, literature, education and religion; and, with humility be
it stated, no portion of God's footstool is more to be credited with
aiding and nurturing the progress of the century than the land of
Washington and Jefferson and Franklin.
There, on the Centennial grounds, the Israelites of the United States,
through one of their organizations, "the Sons of the Covenant," placed
their homage. It is in the shape of a group of statuary in Carrara
marble styled
_RELIGIOUS LIBERTY._
It was executed in Rome, by one of their own people, Moses Ezekiel,
a native of Richmond, Virginia. Upon the pedestal is an inscription,
neither narrow in scope nor sectarian in spirit. The promoters of this
tribute felt the eloquence of the Bill of Human Rights they desired to
typify, and simply transcribed the clause of the Constitution which
reads:
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION
OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF.
An eminent and thoughtful foreigner, a statesman of world-wide fame,
passing through Fairmount Park, earnestly gazed at the marble group,
and exclaimed: "If the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 resulted in
this work of art and did nothing else, the American people should be
satisfied. I, the subject of a monarch, salute the Nation that makes
this creation possible."[23]
FOOTNOTES:
[23] The statue of Religious Liberty was erected by the Independent
Order of B'nai B'rith, pursuant to the resolution to that effect,
adopted by the General Convention of the Order at Chicago in 1874. Of
that Convention Hon. Simon Wolf was President, and the adoption of
the measure by the Convention, as well as the eventual success of the
undertaking through the active support of the various lodges, were due
mainly to Mr. Wolf's indefatigable efforts.--_Ed._
JEWISH SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF 1812, AND IN THE MEXICAN WAR.
It is questionable whether the Jewish population of the American Union
kept pace with the general increase during the time from the close
of the Revolutionary struggle to the middle of the present century.
Certain it is that at a comparatively developed period, in 1824,
Solomon Etting estimated the Jewish population of Maryland as "at least
150," and that of the United States as "at least 6000,"[24] while
another experienced publicist, Isaac Harby, estimates it, as we have
seen, (note, page 12), at "not over 6000" in 1826. Up to the close
of the Eighteenth Century the Jewish immigrants to this side of the
Atlantic were derived almost entirely from the Sephardic stock, mainly
indeed from England and Holland and their colonial dependencies, and
these, from the comparative paucity of numbers at their source, could
not, in the very nature of things, have been very numerous. Of the
Jewish colonists of the time of the Revolution, some, who had remained
loyal to the mother country, went back to England or to the West Indies
after the war was over, and the number of these, though quite limited,
was but little overbalanced by the new arrivals. The emigration of the
German Jews remained altogether sporadic throughout the period of the
Napoleonic wars, because of the almost insuperable obstacles which
hindered their departure, and for a time thereafter they were content
to remain at home in view of the great political concessions which they
had gained from the German rulers in return for their valor and heroic
sacrifices in defense of the fatherland. The increase of the Jewish
population in this country was thus limited mainly to the surplus of
births over deaths until some time after the close of the War of 1812.
In the course of the reaction against the innovations of liberalism
which ensued after 1820, the hardly-gained political rights of the
German Jews were gradually curtailed or entirely withdrawn, and at this
time the Jews of the German maritime cities began to emigrate to the
United States in increasing numbers. It was not, however, until after
the revolution of 1848 and the beginning of steam navigation on the
Atlantic, that any considerable exodus took place. At the time of the
Mexican War, in 1846, the Jewish population of the United States was
probably not greater in proportion than that estimated for the period
of the Revolutionary War. In point of fact, at the time of the second
war with Great Britain, and likewise also at the date of the Mexican
War, the Jewish element composed as yet only a minute fraction of the
general population, and no very considerable number of Jewish names
are to be looked for in the army lists of those two wars. At the same
time it remains to be added that the lists here given for both the
wars referred to are not at all complete, comprising for the most part
only the names of such individuals as left notable evidence of their
presence in the ranks.
* * * * *
WAR OF 1812.
Private JACOB APPEL,
served in Captain Samuel Borden's Company, 4th Detachment,
Pennsylvania.
Private JACOB BACHMAN and
Private SAMUEL BACHMAN,
served in Captain Peter Nungesser's Company, 2nd Regiment,
Volunteer Light Infantry, Pennsylvania.
Brigadier-General JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD,
in command of Military District No. 4, embracing Pennsylvania,
Delaware and Western New Jersey.
[_His military record is included in the list of Jewish soldiers in
the American Revolutionary War_].
ISRAEL I. COHEN,
was a member of Captain Nicholson's Company of Maryland Fencibles,
and served in the defense of Fort McHenry.
MENDES I. COHEN,
brother of the above, volunteered for the defense of Baltimore and
also served at Fort McHenry during the memorable bombardment.
Sergeant SAMUEL GOODMAN,
served in Captain George Zieber's Company, 1st Regiment, 2nd
Brigade, Pennsylvania, under Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremiah Shappel.
Second Lieutenant BENJAMIN GRATZ
served in company of Pennsylvania Volunteers commanded by Captain
John Swift, 1813.
Corporal ABRAHAM GUNSENHOUSER,
served in Captain Jacob Wentz's Company--3d Company, 52d Regiment,
Pennsylvania.
Private JACOB HAAS
served in Captain George Dinckey's Company, 18th Section of
Riflemen from Pennsylvania.
JACOB HAYS, } father and son served in N. Y. commands.
BENJAMIN HAYS, }
Private EZEKIEL JACOBS
served in Captain Florence Cotter's Company, 1st Detachment, 1st
Brigade, Pennsylvania.
Private HENRY LOEB.
served in Captain Jacob Ashey's Company, 1st Regiment of
Pennsylvania.
First Lieutenant ISAAC MERTZ
served in Captain Middleswarth's Company, Battalion of Riflemen
from Pennsylvania.
Lieutenant DAVID METZLER
Corporal DANIEL METZLER
served in Captain Nicholas Beckwith's (Fifth Battalion) Company
from Pennsylvania.
Private JOSEPH METZGAR
served in Captain Adam Diller's Company, 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania.
Ensign SAMUEL MEYER
served in Captain George Hess's Company of Riflemen from
Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Private JACOB MILLER
served in Captain Nickolaus Derr's Company, 101st Regiment, from
Pennsylvania.
Private JACOB MILLER
served in Captain John Christian's Company, 2nd Regiment from
Pennsylvania.
Private ABRAHAM MITCHELL
served in the Pennsylvania line.
MYER MORDECAI
served among Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Private ISAAC MOSER
served in Captain John Christian's Company, 2nd Regiment from
Pennsylvania.
Sergeant JACOB MOSER
served in Captain J. Bakeoven's Company, 2nd Brigade, from
Pennsylvania.
Captain MYER MOSES
was commissioned from South Carolina.
Captain MORDECAI MYERS,
13th Pennsylvania Infantry; wounded at Chrysler's Field.
Colonel NATHAN MYERS
was in command of a brigade stationed near the City of New York.
Adjutant ISAAC MYERS
served in 1st Regiment of Pennsylvania.
JONAS PHILLIPS
served in Captain John Linton's Company in the Battalion of
Philadelphia Militia, under Colonel William Bradford, Pennsylvania.
JOSEPH PHILLIPS
served in the Pennsylvania line.
Private SAMUEL PHILLIPS
served in Captain Florence Cotter's Company, 1st Detachment of 1st
Brigade, Pennsylvania.
Private JACOB ROSENSTEEL
served in Captain John Williamson's Company, 2nd Brigade,
Pennsylvania Militia, under Brigadier-General Richard Crooks.
DAVID G. SEIXAS
served from Pennsylvania. He was instrumental in founding the
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and won esteem by
his philanthropy. [_A sketch of his career is published elsewhere
in this work._]
Private ABRAHAM SHATZ
served in Captain George Zieber's Company, 1st Regiment, 2nd
Brigade, Pennsylvania, under Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremiah Shappel.
Private SIGFRIED SOLOMON
served in Captain George Dinckey's Company, 18th Section of
Riflemen, from Pennsylvania.
JUDAH TOURO
enlisted as a volunteer in the American Army, under General Andrew
Jackson; was severely wounded in the battle of New Orleans, January
1, 1815; rendered many services as patriot and philanthropist, as
detailed elsewhere in this work.
Private SAMUEL WAMSER and Private MICHAEL WOLF
served in Captain George Zieber's Company, 1st Regiment, 2nd
Brigade, Pennsylvania, under Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremiah Shappel.
Corporal SAMUEL WEISS
served in Captain John M. Buckius's Company, 2nd Brigade,
Pennsylvania.
Private JACOB WOLF
served in Captain Samuel Wilson's Company of Militia, from Buck's
County, Pennsylvania.
Private JACOB WOLF
served in Captain John Christian's Company, 2nd Regiment, from
Pennsylvania.
ISAAC DE YOUNG
Company A, 3d New Jersey Artillery, enlisted when only a boy;
wounded in the groin at Lundy's Lane in a bayonet charge.
Private ABRAHAM YUXSHEIMER
served in Captain Nickolaus Derr's Company, 101st Regiment, from
Pennsylvania.
* * * * *
MEXICAN WAR.
Sergeant ABRAHAM ADLER,
New York Volunteers; killed in action.
SAMUEL BEIN.
First Lieutenant LEVI BENJAMIN, Maryland Militia, 1846.
EUGENE JOSEPH CHIMENE,
served with Sam Houston, in the Texan War.
Sergeant JACOB DAVID, New York Volunteers.
JOSEPH DAVIS, Co. D, 12th Regiment.
General DAVID DE LEON
was born in South Carolina in 1822. In the Mexican War he twice
took the places of commanding officers who had been killed or
disabled by wounds. He acted with such gallantry and ability as
to twice receive the thanks of the United States Congress. In
February, 1861, he resigned his rank as Surgeon and Major in the
United States Army and was appointed first Surgeon General of the
Armies of the Confederacy.
Colonel LEON DYER,
Quartermaster-General of the State of Louisiana; subsequently held
the same rank under General Winfield Scott.
GABRIEL DROPSIE, Co. E, 1st Pennsylvania Regiment.
HERMAN EHRENBERG
fought under Fannin at Goliad.
ALBERT EMANUEL,
in Captain Kimball's Company, 2d Regiment of Texas Volunteer
Cavalry.
S. EYTINGE, Maryland Militia, 1846.
MARCUS FLENDROWITZ,
wounded in action.
DAVID FRIEDMAN.
Third Lieutenant ---- GOLDSMITH, Maryland Militia, 1846.
JAMES HART, New York Volunteers.
WILLIAM HART, New York Volunteers;
lost a leg at Cherubusco.
Sergeant MARX M. HART, New York Volunteers.
Sergeant JOSEPH HENRIQUES, New York Volunteers.
Sergeant SAMUEL HENRY, New York Volunteers.
Corporal JACOB HIRSCHHORN, 1st New York Volunteers.
Surgeon J. HORWITZ, Maryland Militia, 1846.
PHILIP HORWITZ.
Colonel S. M. HYAMS.
SAMUEL ISAACS, Texas Army, 1836-1837 (Co. D, 10th Infantry.)
EDWARD J. JOHNSON
volunteered in Captain King's Company during Texas revolution;
killed at Goliad, March 27, 1836.
MARK KAHN, New York Volunteers.
DAVIS S. KAUFFMAN,
aide to General Douglas, wounded at the battle of Neches; was
Speaker of the Texas Assembly and advocated its annexation; was
member of Congress from Texas from date of annexation (1846) to his
death in 1851.
NATHAN KLUGAN.
---- KOHN, Texas Spy Company (at San Jacinto).
D. I. KOKERNOT,
fought at Anahuac; also at the Grass battles, 1835, and in Texan
War, 1836.
JACOB LEVA, New York Volunteers.
WILLIAM MALLOY LEVI.
Surgeon-General MOSES ALBERT LEVY,
in Sam Houston's Army, in service throughout the Texas-Mexican War.
Colonel Johnson's report of the capture of San Antonio, December
15, 1835, stated: "Doctors Levy and Pollard deserve my warmest
praise for their unremitted attention and assiduity."
Doctor ISAAC LYONS,
of Charleston, served as Surgeon-General under General Tom Green,
in the Texan War of 1836.
BENJAMIN H. MORDECAI,
served under General Fannin.
Lieutenant-Colonel ISRAEL MOSES,
promoted from Assistant Surgeon; served also in Civil War.
M. K. MOSES,
served under General Fannin.
JOHN MYERS, New York Volunteers.
PHILIP MYERS, New York Volunteers.
SOPPHE MYERS, New York Volunteers.
OTTO NEUBAUER, New York Volunteers.
HENRY PHILLIPS, New York Volunteers.
GEORGE RIELL, New York Volunteers.
ELIAS SCHOENBERG.
Lieutenant HENRY SEELIGSON,
Galveston Cadets, was appointed First Lieutenant of that Company
when the Mexican invasion of Galveston was threatened. In the
Mexican War of 1846 he enlisted in Captain McLean's Company,
and subsequently volunteered in Captain Bell's Regiment, which
was ordered to join the command of General Taylor, en route for
Monterey. He bore so conspicuous a part in the battle at that point
that he was sent for by General Taylor and highly complimented;
being offered a Lieutenancy in the 2d Dragoons. At the outbreak
of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate Army, joining a
Cavalry Company commanded by Captain Woodward.
HENRY SIESEL.
ALEXANDER SIMM, New York Volunteers.
Second Lieutenant JOSEPH SIMPSON, Maryland Militia, 1846.
JACOB C. SOMERS, New York Volunteers.
Assistant Surgeon HENRY H. STEINER,
with rank of Captain.
ADOLPHUS STERNE,
joined the American settlers in their early struggles against the
Mexicans; took part in the Fredonian War; he was captured by the
Mexicans and sentenced to be shot, but was subsequently released.
He served in both lower and upper Houses of the Texas Legislature,
previous to annexation.
SELIGMAN STRAUSS.
Captain MICHAEL SZTYFFT,
served on the staff of General Zachary Taylor.
J. VALENTINE, Palmetto Regiment, South Carolina.
Sergeant ALEXANDER B. WEINBERG, New Jersey Battalion.
HENRY WIENER,
fought in the battle of Buena Vista.
A. WOLF,
killed at the storming of the Alamo, in the Texan War, December,
1835.
FOOTNOTES:
[24] Replies to inquiries of Colonel W. G. Worthington, quoted by the
latter in his advocacy of the enfranchisement of the Jews of Maryland.
("_Speeches on the Jew Bill in the House of Delegates of Maryland," by
H. M. Brackenridge, Philadelphia, 1829_).
UNITED STATES REGULAR ARMY.
The following list comprises names of Jewish soldiers on the rolls of
the standing army of the United States, from the earliest period of
the Republic to our present time. It is more or less incomplete, as
only those have been included whose identity has been sufficiently
established.
The roster includes the names of men in every branch of the service,
many with a distinguished and all of them with honorable records.
E. ABRAHAM, Co. H, 16th Regiment.
Surgeon MORRIS JOSEPH ASCH,
brevetted Captain and Major for meritorious services; served in all
from August 5, 1861 to March 31, 1873.
Post Surgeon DANIEL M. APPEL,
with rank of Captain; entered army in 1876, and now in service.
Assistant Surgeon AARON H. APPEL,
with rank of Captain; entered army in 1887.
J. BERGMAN, Co. B, 1st Dragoons.
DAVID BEHRENBERG, 18th Infantry;
served five years.
Assistant Surgeon M. BLOCK, 14th Infantry.
W. BLONDHEIM, Co. B, 14th Infantry.
WILLIAM HARRIS BOAS, Co. I, 3d Infantry.
ALEXANDER BORG, 2d Infantry.
ISAAC H. BRANDON, 12th Infantry.
I. M. BRANDON, 12th Infantry.
---- CHAPPELL, Co. C, 10th Infantry.
A. E. COHEN, Co. G, 17th Infantry.
GEORGE COHEN, 7th Infantry.
HERMAN COHEN, 13th Infantry.
Lieutenant HYMAN COHEN.
JOSEPH COHEN, Co. F, 1st Artillery.
LEOPOLD COHEN, general service.
MORRIS COHEN, War Department.
Sergeant MORRIS COHEN, 3d Dragoons,
enlisted as Private.
R. P. COHEN, 5th Infantry.
BENJAMIN DAVID, Co. I, 2nd Artillery.
HENRY M. DAVIS, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry.
Surgeon ABRAHAM DELEON.
SIMON H. DE YOUNG, 4th Infantry.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel FRANX MARK ETTING,
served from 1861 to 1868. Chief Paymaster of the Army from 1864 to
1867.
Brevet Captain D. I. EZEKIEL, 4th Infantry,
Promoted from private on account of bravery displayed in battle;
was seriously wounded.
MAX FELDMAN, 2nd Artillery.
JACOB GABRIEL, 5th Artillery,
killed at Cedar Mountain.
S. GERSTMAN,
served five years.
N. GLEISER, Co. G, 10th Infantry.
CHARLES GOLDSMITH, 8th Infantry.
ELLIS M. GOTTHOLD,
1st Artillery. Served five years; mustered out as Corporal; the
recipient of a medal from the Chamber of Commerce, New York City.
Lieutenant HARRY J. HIRSCH,
entered army in 1891; now in service.
THEODORE JOSEPH, Co. H, 10th Infantry.
C. G. JACOBS, 13th Infantry.
JACOB JACOBSON.
MICHAEL JACOBSON, Ordnance Corps.
OSCAR JACOBY, 2nd Artillery.
---- KOSMINSKI.
MAX LEPPOWITZ, Co. B, 14th Artillery.
BENJAMIN LEVI, Co. B, 14th Artillery.
Captain CHAPMAN LEVY.
HENRY J. LEVY, Hospital Steward.
JOHN LEVY, 19th Infantry.
ALBERT LIEBER, 10th Infantry.
AARON LIVINGSTIN, 2nd Infantry.
A. MANTNER, 4th Artillery.
SIMON MARKS,
served in General Custer's Cavalry Division.
Major ABRAHAM A. MASSIAS,
1st Lieutenant of Riflemen, 1808; Captain, 1809, afterwards Major;
promoted Paymaster in United States Army in 1820.
H. MENDEL, Co. A, 4th Cavalry.
M. MENDEL,
served thirty years in the United States Army, retiring as
Quartermaster Sergeant.
HEINRICH MEERHOLZ, Co. D, 10th Infantry.
Captain OTTO E. MICHAELES, Ordnance Department.
C. MILTENBERGER, Co. B, 9th Infantry.
Surgeon PHILIP MINIS.
Major ALFRED MORDECAI,
a recognized authority in the military world in the field of
scientific research, and in the practical application of mechanical
science to the art of war; he served in the Mexican War, and was
sent by our Government, together with General George B. McClellan,
and Major Richard Delafield, to witness and report upon the
operations in the Crimea. Major Mordecai was the author of "Reports
of Experiments on Gunpowder," an "Ordnance Manual," and other works.
Colonel ALFRED MORDECAI, JR.,
entered the army as Lieutenant in 1861; served in Civil War in
various capacities; has been an instructor at the Military Academy,
West Point; promoted for meritorious and faithful services; is now
in command of National Armory, at Springfield, Massachusetts.
J. F. MOSES, Battery A, 4th U. S. Artillery.
A. S. NELSON, Co. G, 15th Infantry.
1st Lieutenant GEORGE J. NEWGARDEN, M. D., now in service.
MICHAEL NEWMAN, 5th Cavalry.
MOSES NEWMAN, 13th Infantry.
Cadet SAMUEL NOAH, 1st Artillery.
JULIUS OPPENHEIMER, F, 5th Artillery.
Lieutenant LOUIS OSTHEIM,
entered army in 1883; has been in command of various forts and now
in service.
Sergeant OSCAR POLLACK, 2nd Cavalry,
served nine years; enlisted as private; wounded; killed in the
fight with the Sioux at Wounded Knee.
Sergeant ---- POLLOCK, 7th Cavalry.
Killed at Wounded Knee.
GEORGE POPPERS, 3d Infantry.
MAX REECE, Co. B, 4th Artillery.
A note attached to his discharge reads: "A sober, faithful,
intelligent, brave and excellent soldier."
1st Sergeant SAMUEL REIS, Company C, U. S. Cavalry.
Served ten years. Discharged for disability to serve any longer.
ADOLPH RESSIE, Co. K, 10th Infantry.
ISAAC RICE, 10th Infantry.
D. S. ROEDELSHEIMER.
E. ROSE, 10th Infantry.
---- ROSENFELD, Co. C, 10th Infantry.
DAVID ROSENHEIM, 1st Infantry.
JOHN ROSENTHAL, Ordnance Corps.
NATHAN SCHOENFARBER, Co. G, 14th Infantry.
ELIAS SCHUMACHER, Co. C, 2nd Infantry.
ISAAC SMITH, Co. H, 11th Infantry.
J. SOMMER, Co. E, 4th Infantry.
Major and Paymaster JUSTUS STEINBERGER.
[See _Record in Civil War List_.]
JULIUS STEINMEYER, 7th Infantry.
JOSEPH STURMER, Co. G, 10th Infantry.
Surgeon G. WAAGE.
ISRAEL WATERMAN,
in Civil War; transferred from ranks of 40th Regiment of
Pennsylvania Volunteers November 9, 1862.
MEYER WEILER, Co. A, 13th Infantry.
MARCUS WEILER, Co. F, 13th Infantry,
wounded at Vicksburg.
JOSEPH WENK, ---- Cavalry.
WILEM WEST, Fort Lyon, Colorado.
discharged for disability incurred in service--(1882-1884).
EMANUEL WODICK, Co. K, 10th Infantry.
ADAM WOLF, 2nd Infantry.
ISAAC WOLF.
L. W. WORSTMAN,
Chief Telegraph Operator, Military Department.
UNITED STATES NAVY.
The spirit of devotion to this country and its interests always
manifested by its Jewish inhabitants has not failed to leave its
impress on the rolls of the United States Navy. From the time of the
organization of that branch of the national defense many Jews have
been present in the service. That they did their full duty the records
indisputably show, and from the man before the mast to flag officer,
from stoker to chief engineer, sons of Israel have given their efforts
in behalf of the American cause. At the time of our Civil War their
ranks were especially reinforced, and at the present day a considerable
number of Jews are at posts of duty on the vessels of our navy.
Instances of personal distinction on the part of these defenders are
numerous, but specific reference need here be made only to the great
advance accomplished by Uriah Phillips Levy in behalf at once of the
Navy and of humanity at large, by the abolition through his influence
of the degrading practice of corporal punishment in the navy of the
United States. He had long opposed the brutal system of flogging,
and when promoted to the position of Flag Officer--the highest rank
registered before the Civil War--he used his authority to promote the
self-respect and well being of the sailors of his fleet. The records of
others besides Commodore Levy are creditable in a high degree, and all
comprised in the list are examples of men who devote to the cause in
which they are enlisted "their lives, their fortunes and their sacred
honor."
S. AMERICAN, U. S. Gunboat Seneca.
BENJAMIN ABRAHAMS, Acting Assistant Paymaster.
SIMON ARNBACH, Mexican War.
SOLOMON ASHER, U. S. Gunboat Wissahickon,
promoted to Acting Assistant Yeoman (1862-1863).
Paymaster JONAS BARNETT, U. S. Steamer Essex,
lost his life by falling from the rigging of his vessel while at
sea.
Lieutenant HENRY BARNETT.
Major DAVID M. COHEN,
fourteen years an officer of the U. S. Marine Corps; appointed
Lieutenant, 1855, subsequently appointed Major and placed on
retired list on account of physical disability.