Gustavus Fox
Gustavus Vasa Fox was an officer of the United States Navy, who served during the MexicanAmerican War, and as Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War.
Fox was born at Saugus, Massachusetts, and studied at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts . On January 12, 1838, Fox was appointed midshipman. During the MexicanAmerican War, he served in the brig Washington in the squadron of Commodore Matthew Perry, and took part in the capture of Tabasco, Mexico, on January 1416, 1847. He later commanded several mail steamers. He resigned from the Navy on July 30, 1856, and engaged in the manufacture of woolen materials.
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