Edgar C. Merriman

Edgar C. Merriman (20 July 1840 – 11 December 1894) was an officer in the United States Navy who served as the naval commander of the Department of Alaska from October 4, 1882, to September 13, 1883, as commander of the USS Adams.[1]

On 26 October 1882, Merriman was in command of the forces that destroyed Angoon, Alaska, in the Angoon Bombardment.[2][3]

Notes
  1. Cahoon, Ben. "U.S. States A-D". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  2. Harring, Sidney L. Crow Dog's Case: American Indian Sovereignty, Tribal Law, and United States Law in the Nineteenth Century. pp. 228–230.
  3. Kiffer, Dave (October 29, 2007). "US Navy Bombed Angoon 125 Years Ago". Stories In The News. Retrieved 2018-07-31.


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