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- [S49] Field Genealogy, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (Chicago, Hammond Press, W. B. Conkey Company: 1901), pg 856 (Reliability: 3).
3362. LIEUTENANT MAUNSELL BRADHURST FIELD (Manunsell B., Moses, John, Anthony, Benjamin, Anthony, Robert, William, William, John, John, William), b. Oct 21, 1848; m. Oct 25, 1877, Louise Moore Legee, only dau of of Baltis Moore Legee.
The records of the Naval Academy show that Maunsell Bradhurst Field was appointed a midshipman Feb. 25, 1863, from the ninth Congressional district of New York. At the annual examination, 1864, he passed No. 3 in a class of seventy-eight members and made the practice cuise of that year in the sloop Marion. At the annual examination, June, 1865, he passed No. 19 in a class of seventy-nine members and in 1866 he graduated No. 20 in a class of seventy-four members, and after graduation made the practice cruise of 1866 in the Marblehead.
The officer was promoted to the rank of ensign from March 12, 1868; master, March 26, 1869; and lieutenant, March 21, 1870. Served on the Sacramento from September 1866 to November, 1867; navy yard, New York, January to June, 1868. In July 1868 ordered to the South Pacific squadron, where he served on the Nyack until March, 1871; at the navy yard, New York, from April to December 1871, when he was granted six months' leave. In July 1872, resignation accepted, to take affect December 31 of that year and later extended, to take effect from April 1, 1873. Res. New York.
4965 i Louise Maunsellb. b. Oct 7, 1878
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