In the quiet town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, where the air carried the scent of the sea and the whispers of history, lived a man named Peleg Wadsworth. Born on May 6, 1748, Peleg was a man of honor and courage, a true son of the American Revolution. As a young man, … Continue reading →
General James S. Wadsworth was a prominent figure in the American Civil War, serving as a Union general and a politician. He was born in 1807 in Geneseo, New York, to a wealthy family that owned a large estate. He attended Harvard and Yale, but did not pursue a career in … Continue reading →
This cryptograph was invented by Decius Wadsworth in 1817 and was submitted to Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin and manufacturer of small arms for the U. S. Army, for examination. It is not known whether the device was ever used or whether more than one model was ever … Continue reading →
Capt. Francis (“Frank”) Laughlin Wadsworth, 90, a resident of Old Lyme, Conn., and Block Island, passed peacefully in New London, Conn. on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. A proud U.S. Navy submariner and a veteran of the Cold War, he was one of the early officers of the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarine … Continue reading →
Guest Post by William Wadsworth and Dean Somers. Mr. Wadsworth is a state representative in Connecticut and a relation of Henry Wadsworth who was killed on board the USS Intrepid in 1804. Mr. Somers is a resident of Somers Point, New Jersey and a relation of Richard Somers, also killed on the Intrepid. In … Continue reading →
When Charles Waite Wadsworth stepped aboard the USS Tang in Sept, 1944, he would have been well aware that the Balao-class submarine was already the most decorated boat of the war, and one of the most prolific in submarine history. Commissioned just one year earlier on October 15, 1943, the Tang … Continue reading →
Alexander Scammel Wadsworth was born in 1790 at Portland, Maine. He was appointed a midshipman on 2 April 1804 and was promoted to lieutenant on 21 April 1810. Lt. Wadsworth was the first lieutenant on board the USS Constitution, commanded by Captain Isaac Hull. It was during a successful engagement with … Continue reading →
On June 3rd, 1999, Dean Amick Wadsworth was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, nearly 36 years after his death in Vietnam. For most of the time in-between, the Air Force Captain was considered Missing in Action (MIA), his remains, along with those who died with him on December 18, 1963 lay … Continue reading →