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Uriah Levy - Reformer of the Antebellum Navy (Hardcover)
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Uriah Levy - Reformer of the Antebellum Navy (Hardcover)
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Uriah Levy's naval career spanned the age of sail to the era of
steam-driven ironclads. As one of the few Jewish Americans in the
U.S. Navy, Levy was the target of prejudice and was court-martialed
six times for his response to perceived insults, yet he was the
only Jew who reached the rank of Flag Officer. As an advocate for
the enlisted soldier, he fought for and succeeded in putting an end
to flogging in the Navy. As perhaps the first American historic
preservationist, he bought and restored Jefferson's beloved but
failing Monticello and opened it for public tours. In further
tribute to his idol, he commissioned the statue of Jefferson that
stands in the U.S. Capitol rotunda today. Drawing on archival and
printed sources, British and American naval records, local records
of Levy's residences, the records of several Jewish congregations
in the United States, and rarely used naval court martial records,
Ira Dye has produced a modern biography of Levy in the context of
his time, focusing on his contributions as a naval officer from the
War of 1812 until the Civil War as well as the personal
characteristics that drove him to make those contributions. Levy
served in the Mediterranean during the early antebellum period when
the United States was establishing a presence in that area, later
commanded the Mediterranean Squadron during the turbulent years of
European unrest in the 1850s, was on board the "Argus" during its
fatal cruise in the War of 1812, and presided over one of the few
documented charges of homosexual activity in the Old Navy. Rich
with details of life in the sailing navy, the story of Uriah Levy
is a significant contribution to antebellum naval history.
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