George Musalas "Colvos" Colvocoresses was a Greek-American Navy officer who commanded the Saratoga during the American Civil War.
10 Facts About George Colvocoresses
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George Colvocoresses was born on the island of Chios in the Greek Archipelago on October 22,1816.
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George Colvocoresses was enslaved at 6 years of age, but his father managed to buy back his freedom.
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George Colvocoresses became the adopted son of Captain Alden Partridge, the founder of the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy in Norwich, Vermont.
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George Colvocoresses entered the Navy after graduating from the Academy in 1831.
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George Colvocoresses authored a work on the Wilkes Expedition in 1852, entitled Four Years in a Government Exploring Expedition.
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George Colvocoresses was promoted to lieutenant on December 7,1843, and to commander on July 2,1861.
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Two week later, at South Newport, Georgia, George Colvocoresses led 130 men in boats, capturing a lieutenant and 38 privates of the Third South Carolina Cavalry, six overseers of saltworks he had destroyed, and 71 slaves.
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George Colvocoresses was promoted to captain and placed on the retired list on April 4,1867.
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George Colvocoresses was robbed and murdered in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on June 3,1872, while on his way to New York.