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General Banning

General Banning
Foto: University of California (brk00009653_24a.tif )

Historia

This schooner was built in 1883 in Navarro River, CA.

Propietarios y capitanes

In 1883-1893 she was owned by San Francisco CA USA interests.

Significado del nombre

Phineas Banning (August 19, 1830 – March 8, 1885) was an American businessman, financier and entrepreneur. During the Civil War, he ceded land to the Union Army to build a fort at Wilmington, the Drum Barracks. He was appointed a brigadier general of the First Brigade of the militia, and used the title of general for the rest of his life.

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