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| battles = American Civil War | battles_label = | awards = | relations = | laterwork = | signature = }} Edwin T. Woodward (March 8, 1843 – February 22, 1894), was a naval officer during and after the American Civil War. ==Civil War== Woodward was born in Castleton, Vermont, the son of Edwin C. and Charlotte (Barney) Woodward. He received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy and began his studies there on November 21, 1859. One of several whose academy careers were foreshortened by the war, he served on the sloop , the garrison ship ''Island'' and the gunboat in the Gulf Blockading Squadrons, including two attacks on and passage of the Confederate batteries at Vicksburg in 1861 and 1862. In late December 1861, Woodward was part of the prize-crew of the captured Confederate steamer ''Henry Lewis'', off Ship Island, Mississippi, when he commanded one of two small boat that went ashore and captured a Confederate battery, "which was done as expeditiously as possible and without molestation."〔Lieutenant Thomas Mc. Buchanan to Flag-Officer William W. McKean, January 2, 1862, ORN 17:34.〕 While on the ''Sciota'' off New Orleans, in April 1862, he was commended by Fleet Captain Henry H. Bell, for "gallantly working the rifle on the topgallant forecastle."〔Fleet Captain H. H. Bell, to Flag Officer D. G. Farragut, April 26, 1861, ORN 18:175.〕 He then served on the sloop in the Pacific Squadron in 1863, and participated in the capture of the Rebel privateer ''J. M. Chapman'' on March 15, in San Francisco harbor. Woodward apparently spent little time at sea during this tour, as ''Cyane'' was in port at San Francisco from February 15 to September 28.〔Peck, p.695〕 Promoted to Lieutenant in February 1864, he was assigned to the steam frigate in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. In the assault on Fort Fisher on January 14, 1865, Lieutenant Woodward commanded a company of 49 men from the ''Minnesota'', and "behaved bravely," and his conduct was represented as having been "highly commendable" by Commodore Joseph Lanman, commanding Second Division, North Atlantic Squadron. He also "greatly assisted" Lieutenant Commander William B. Cushing, commanding , with that vessel's boat crews.〔Commander Joseph Lanman to Rear-Admiral D. D. Porter, January 17, 1865, ORN 11:494-496〕〔Lieutenant Commander W. B. Cushing, to Rear-Admiral Porter, January 17, 1865, ORN 11:560.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin T. Woodward」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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