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Soon exchanged as a prisoner of war, Conover, still a midshipman, was sent to the Lake Champlain Squadron, where he commanded the gunboat Borer in a victory over the British in September 1814. Conover’s performance earned him a ceremonial sword from Congress.
In September 1864, both Cawood and Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby were given orders by Confederate Secretary of War James Seddon to help Captain Thomas Nelson Conrad, who was given the job of abducting Lincoln and taking him to Richmond.
Thomas H. Conover was a United States Navy officer born in New Jersey in about 1794. He entered the Navy as a midshipman January 1, 1812 and during his fifty-three years of service to the Navy would serve aboard the Essex, Guerriere, John Adams and was Captain of the USS Cumberland during her service with the African Squadron.
1941: USS Proteus (AC-9), lost with all 58 persons on board in heavy seas, having departed St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands with a cargo of bauxite on 23 November. The following month, her sister ship USS Nereus (AC-10) was lost with all
Witness Sanford Conover (whose real name later turned out to be Charles Durham) reported Confederate Secret Service head Jacob Thompson as identifying the goal of the conspiracy as to "leave the government entirely without a head" by killing not only Lincoln, but also Vice President Johnson, Secretary of War Stanton, Secretary of State Seward ...
Thomas H. Conover was a United States Navy officer born in New Jersey in 1794. He entered the Navy as a midshipman January 1, 1812 and during his fifty-three years of service to the Navy would serve aboard the Essex, Guerriere, John Adams and was Captain of the USS Constitution during her...
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He then becomes stranded on a remote beach, faces an Indian firing squad, and tempts death to keep his sanity and to spite the Japanese who captured him. A fellow prisoner sketched the portrait at right of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Donovan in Makassar, Celebes, before he lost 100 pounds in captivity.
