Joseph Foster, US Navy Civil War Officer, SIGNED book From His Library: ANTIQUE SCARCE 1875 Genealogy Naval History Of US Navy Personnel 1st Edition 1st Printing. "Register of the Commissioned, Warrant, and Volunteer Officers of the Navy of the United States, including Officers of the Marine Corps and Others, to January 1, 1875." 3/4 LEATHER HARDCOVER 1875 Government Printing Office 1st Edition 1st Printing with Date "1875" on title page. Exactly as shown in the listing scan(s). Nice Collectible 1st edition, 1st printing wraps copy. SCARCE U. S. NAVAL MILITARY RECORD IN ORIGINAL 3/4 LEATHER BINDING; ONLY TWO COPIES WITH SIGNED ATTRIBUTE ON INTERNET AT TIME OF LISTING.
"The copy of Joseph Foster, Passed Assistant Paymaster U.S. Navy, with his name stamped in guilt on the front cover. Everything one could possibly use to identify US Navy personnel in 1875, as well as the retired & reserved list. Extensively Indexed with names in the Register, Stations, Shore Stations as well as Vessels are also listed."
Scatter page tops have damp stain discoloration on top edges, with no affect on any text, o/w internally tight & unmarked, pages toning but not brittle. Binding Exterior; Cover labelled in Gilt: "JOSEPH FOSTER/PASSED ASSISTANT PAYMASTER/U. S. NAVY. 3/4 leather binding with light scattered handling wear, but all lettering/decoration bright. NOT X-LIBRARY.
SIGNED ON 1ST END PAPER, BELOW ANOTHER OWNER'S NAME/ADDRESS/DATE: "JOSEPH FOSTER/PASSED ASSISTANT PAYMASTER/U.S. NAVY/PORTSMOUTH N H."
JOSEPH FOSTER (IV) (1841-1930) was the second child of Joseph Foster, III. He was educated at the Portsmouth Academy, and from 1857- 1862 worked as a clerk for Edward F. Sise, a dealer in coal, salt and crockery in Portsmouth. On October 3, 1862 Joseph entered the navy; attached to the Steamer "Augusta", Commander E. G Parrott, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1862-3); was present at the attack of the Rebel iron-clads on the blockading Squadron at Charleston. S. C, Jan. 31, 1863, and at Admiral Dupont's first attack on Charleston, April 7, 1863. Appointed acting assistant paymaster Oct. 19, 1863; attached to the Steamer "Acacia," South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1863-5), which was stationed most of the time off Charleston, S. C. ; was ashore under fire of Battery Marshall, Sullivan's Island, Sept. 14, 1864, and captured the British blockade running Steamer "Julia," Dec. 23, 1864; was present at the fall of Charleston, Feb. 10, 1865, and at the re-raising of the United States flag on Fort Sumter, April 14, 1865; attached to the Steamer "Commodore McDonough," South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1865), and the Steamer "Tallapoosa" Gulf Squadron (1865-6). While attached to the Steamer "Commodore McDonough" he saved his official books and papers & public money under his care, from the wreck of that vessel, which foundered at sea, Aug. 23, 1865, on the passage from Port Royal, S. C, to New York. He was commissioned as Past Assistant Paymaster in 1867, Paymaster in 1877, Pay Inspector in 1898, and Pay Director in 1901, serving as the General Storekeeper at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. His duties brought him to many areas of the country and world, including Asia and the Caribbean. Joseph married, Helen Dickey (1853-1904). The couple had four children, the first two born during Josephâs service in China. After his first wifeâs death in 1904, Joseph married Josephine Hunt in 1906 in London. Joseph died May 17, 1930 in Portsmouth.
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