Augustus Case

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Augustus Ludlow Case (3 February 1812 – 16 February 1893) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the American Civil War.

Born in Newburgh, New York, Case was appointed midshipman in 1828 and attained the rank of rear admiral 24 May 1872. He participated in the Wilkes Expedition of 1837-42 which explored the South Seas and discovered the Antarctic Continent.

During the Mexican-American War, he held the town of Palisada with 25 men against the Mexican cavalry for two weeks to block the escape of General Santa Ana. He also participated in the Paraguay expedition of 1859.

In the Civil War he was Fleet Captain of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in its capture of Forts Clark and Hatteras in August 1861, and commanded Iroquois in the blockade of New Inlet, North Carolina. From 1869 to 1873 he was Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, and from 1873 to 1875, commanded the European Squadron and the combined European, North and South Atlantic Fleet assembled at Key West in 1874.

Retired in 1875, Admiral Case died in Washington.

Two ships have been named USS Case for him.

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.