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IVES, Thomas Boynton, naval officer, born in Providence, Rhode Island, 17 January, 1834; died in Havre, France, 17 November, 1865. He was the son of a merchant in Providence, and when the civil war began offered his services to the government, entering the navy as a volunteer. At the same time he presented his yacht to the navy department, and refused to receive any compensation for his services as an officer of the navy. He became acting master, 3 September, 1862, acting volunteer lieutenant, for "efficient and gallant conduct," 26 May, 1863, and acting volunteer lieutenant-commander, 7 November, 1864. He bore an active part in the earlier operations against the Hatteras forts and at Roanoke island, was then transferred to the Potomac flotilla, and subsequently assigned to ordnance duty at the Washington navy yard. Illness compelled him to tender his resignation, which the department refused to accept, but granted him leave of absence.
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