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John Drake Sloat

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John Drake Sloat

Birth
Sloatsburg, Rockland County, New York, USA
Death
28 Nov 1867 (aged 86)
New Brighton, Richmond County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Section 151, Lot 16136
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United States Navy Rear-Admiral. He led the combined Naval and Marine squadron the occupied Monterrey and Yerba Buena (now San Francisco) during the Mexican War, thus seizing California for the United States. Later came into conflict with John C. Fremont about holding Yerba Buena, which led to his replacement in California by Commodore Robert Stockton.
United States Navy Rear-Admiral. He led the combined Naval and Marine squadron the occupied Monterrey and Yerba Buena (now San Francisco) during the Mexican War, thus seizing California for the United States. Later came into conflict with John C. Fremont about holding Yerba Buena, which led to his replacement in California by Commodore Robert Stockton.

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  • Added: Mar 17, 1999
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4766/john_drake-sloat: accessed ), memorial page for John Drake Sloat (26 Jul 1781–28 Nov 1867), Find a Grave Memorial ID 4766, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.