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Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (11 January 1813 – 5 August 1864) was an officer in the United States Navy. His career included service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 11, 1813. He was the youngest son of Tunis Craven, a Naval Storekeeper, stationed at the Portsmouth Yard, and his wife, Hannah Tingey, daughter of Commodore Thomas Tingey, a longtime commandant of the Washington Navy Yard. His brother, Thomas Tingey Craven would also join the navy, rising to the rank of rear admiral, while another brother, Alfred Wingate Craven (1810–1879), became a noted civil engineer.
In his youth he attended the Columbia College Grammar School in New York, his father having removed his family to Brooklyn, when ordered to duty in the New York Yard. February 2, 1829, Craven was appointed an acting midshipman from New York (warranted November 18, 1831), and was attached to the Boston and St. Louis.
Promoted to passed midshipman in September 1835, he was on duty in the United States Coast Survey almost continually until 1843, nearly two years after his promotion to lieutenant, in September 1841. In 1838 he married Mary Carter, a member of one of the oldest and most influential families on Long Island, who died in 1843, leaving three children. The same year, Lieutenant Craven was ordered to the receiving ship at New York, where he remained until ordered to the Dale in May, 1846. In the meantime, he had married again and moved from Brooklyn to Bound Brook, New Jersey. His second wife was Marie L. Stevenson, of Baltimore, Maryland, with whom he had three children. Craven served on the Dale during the Mexican–American War with the Pacific Squadron. He was given command of the chartered schooner Libertad in 1847, patrolling the coast of Baja California Sur to intercept Mexican ships trying to bring men and military material to their army in the territory. In the Bombardment of Punta Sombrero, Craven engaged in a gun duel with a shore battery guarding the anchorage of Mulege.
After his return from duty on the Dale, he was employed on U.S. Coast Survey duty until 1859, with the exception of a year at the United States Naval Observatory in 1850. Most of this time, he commanded the steamer Corwin, but in October 1857, sailed in the Varina in command of the Atrato Expedition, which was for the purpose of surveying a route for a proposed ship canal through the Isthmus of Darien (now called the Isthmus of Panama) by way of the Atrato River.
In 1859 Lieutenant Craven was given command of the steamer Mohawk, Home Squadron, in which he captured two slavers; in 1860 he saved the crew of the Bella, a foundering Spanish vessel, for which he was given a gold medal and diploma by Queen Isabella II. About the same time, the New York Board of Underwriters presented Mrs. Craven with a silver service for efficient services rendered to merchant vessels at sea by her husband.
In 1861 Lieutenant Craven was ordered to take command of the Crusader, Home Squadron, but was shortly after promoted to commander and given command of the Tuscarora, special service. The Tuscarora went to England with orders to report to the U.S. Minister, Mr. Adams. While in Southampton, the Confederate steamer CSS Nashville came in; but after she departed, the Tuscarora had to wait 24 hours to follow. After giving up the chase, Commander Craven went to the Mediterranean, where he succeeded in watching the CSS Sumter so closely that her officers and crew finally abandoned the ship at Gibraltar.
The Tuscarora was ordered home in 1863, and Commander Craven was detached and placed in command of the Tecumseh, then being built at Secor's yard, Jersey City. The following spring, the Tecumseh left New York and joined the squadron of Admiral Lee in the James River.
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Tunis Craven
Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven (11 January 1813 – 5 August 1864) was an officer in the United States Navy. His career included service in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War.
Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 11, 1813. He was the youngest son of Tunis Craven, a Naval Storekeeper, stationed at the Portsmouth Yard, and his wife, Hannah Tingey, daughter of Commodore Thomas Tingey, a longtime commandant of the Washington Navy Yard. His brother, Thomas Tingey Craven would also join the navy, rising to the rank of rear admiral, while another brother, Alfred Wingate Craven (1810–1879), became a noted civil engineer.
In his youth he attended the Columbia College Grammar School in New York, his father having removed his family to Brooklyn, when ordered to duty in the New York Yard. February 2, 1829, Craven was appointed an acting midshipman from New York (warranted November 18, 1831), and was attached to the Boston and St. Louis.
Promoted to passed midshipman in September 1835, he was on duty in the United States Coast Survey almost continually until 1843, nearly two years after his promotion to lieutenant, in September 1841. In 1838 he married Mary Carter, a member of one of the oldest and most influential families on Long Island, who died in 1843, leaving three children. The same year, Lieutenant Craven was ordered to the receiving ship at New York, where he remained until ordered to the Dale in May, 1846. In the meantime, he had married again and moved from Brooklyn to Bound Brook, New Jersey. His second wife was Marie L. Stevenson, of Baltimore, Maryland, with whom he had three children. Craven served on the Dale during the Mexican–American War with the Pacific Squadron. He was given command of the chartered schooner Libertad in 1847, patrolling the coast of Baja California Sur to intercept Mexican ships trying to bring men and military material to their army in the territory. In the Bombardment of Punta Sombrero, Craven engaged in a gun duel with a shore battery guarding the anchorage of Mulege.
After his return from duty on the Dale, he was employed on U.S. Coast Survey duty until 1859, with the exception of a year at the United States Naval Observatory in 1850. Most of this time, he commanded the steamer Corwin, but in October 1857, sailed in the Varina in command of the Atrato Expedition, which was for the purpose of surveying a route for a proposed ship canal through the Isthmus of Darien (now called the Isthmus of Panama) by way of the Atrato River.
In 1859 Lieutenant Craven was given command of the steamer Mohawk, Home Squadron, in which he captured two slavers; in 1860 he saved the crew of the Bella, a foundering Spanish vessel, for which he was given a gold medal and diploma by Queen Isabella II. About the same time, the New York Board of Underwriters presented Mrs. Craven with a silver service for efficient services rendered to merchant vessels at sea by her husband.
In 1861 Lieutenant Craven was ordered to take command of the Crusader, Home Squadron, but was shortly after promoted to commander and given command of the Tuscarora, special service. The Tuscarora went to England with orders to report to the U.S. Minister, Mr. Adams. While in Southampton, the Confederate steamer CSS Nashville came in; but after she departed, the Tuscarora had to wait 24 hours to follow. After giving up the chase, Commander Craven went to the Mediterranean, where he succeeded in watching the CSS Sumter so closely that her officers and crew finally abandoned the ship at Gibraltar.
The Tuscarora was ordered home in 1863, and Commander Craven was detached and placed in command of the Tecumseh, then being built at Secor's yard, Jersey City. The following spring, the Tecumseh left New York and joined the squadron of Admiral Lee in the James River.
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