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A rare original picture of Rear Admiral Coghlan aboard the flagship \"Olympia\". This picture (3 1/4\" X 2 1/4\") has a photograher\'s mark, \"From Lee\'s Photo Studio, San Juan, P.R.\" which likely dates it to the Spanish American War.
From Wikipedia:
Rear Admiral Joseph Bulloch Coghlan (9 December 1844-5 December 1908) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War.
Born at Frankfort, Kentucky, Coghlan graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1863. He served in Sacramento during the Civil War and led the expedition which captured the batteries at Cavite (2 May 1898) and at Isla Grande, Subic Bay (7 July) during the Spanish-American War.
He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1902 and died at New Rochelle, New York.
Two ships have been named USS Coghlan in his honor.
Part of Coghlan\'s obituary in the NY Times - Dec. 6, 1908
Rear Admiral Joseph Bullock Coghlan, U.S.N., retired, who with the probable exceptions of Admiral Dewey, Rear Admiral Evans, and Rear Admiral Sperry was the most famous officer in the American Navy, died suddenly yesterday morning at the home of Charles Chamberlain, at Sutton Manor, near New Rochelle.
The picture is delicate and has lost a couple of corners already. It will be shipped contained in a rigid plastic container.
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