Jonathan Wainwright (Naval Officer)
Commander
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright
(
27 July
1821
–
1 January
1863
) was an officer in the
United States Navy
during the
American Civil War
. Born in
New York City
, Wainwright was initially commissioned in the United States Navy on 30 June 1837. Wainwright commanded
Harriet Lane
, Admiral
David Dixon Porter
's
flagship
, in an engagement with
Forts Jackson
and
St. Philip
and took part in operations below
Vicksburg
. He was killed in an attack upon
Confederate
forts in
Galveston Harbor
on 1 January 1863. His great-grandson,
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV
, was a prominent general during
World War II
. Three ships have been named
USS
Wainwright
for Jonathan and some of his relatives. Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew
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