Preble, George Henry

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Preble, George Henry (1816–85) Union naval officer, born in Maine. Preble served in the Mexican War (1846–48) and as part of Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan (1853–54). His career foundered when, during the blockade of Mobile in 1862, during the Civil War, he allowed a Confederate ship to get by him and reach Fort Morgan, despite the illness of its commander and most of its crew, who were suffering from yellow fever and who were in no condition to put up a fight. Preble was immediately dismissed from the navy but reinstated five months later. He was more successful as part of a joint naval and army operation that diverted Confederate troops sufficiently to allow Gen. William T. Sherman's forces to advance through Georgia (1864). However, his failure at Mobile haunted the rest of his career.

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