Fox (CG 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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Gmiiwul F Born in Saugus, Massachussetts, on June 13, 1821, Gustavas Fox entered the Navy as a midshipman in 1838. He served in cruising warships, including Commodore Perry's squadron during the Mexican War, the Coast Survey, and finally commanded US Mail steamers plying the Atlantic Coastal routes. Besigning from the Navy in 1856, he entered business at Lowell, Massachusetts. At the onset of the Civil War, he volunteered for service and received a temporary appointment as a Lieutenant in the Navy. In April 1861, he was dispatched in the steamer BALTIC to relieve Fort Sumter. Before he could land his embarked troops, the confederate bombardments began, and after the surrender of the fort, he could only transport the remnants of Major Anderson's command backhto New York. ' He was appointed Chief Clerk of the Navy in 1861 and, at President LincoIn's insistence, the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy was created for him by congressional action in August of the same year. Fox was a forceful, outspoken individual with considerable experience in ocean going steamships and he soon gained Lincoln's confidence. By sheer force of personality, he rose to a dominant position in the direction of naval affairs within the Navy Department. Similarly, his influence in government circles afforded him a major role in the tactical as well as strategic direction of naval aspects of the Union War effort. I Fox resigned his position in 1866 to represent the President on a special mission to Russia. He then returned to business in Lowell, Massachusetts, residing there until his death on October 29, 1883. l l l l i l

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