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April 4, lie ordered the Carondelct, Commander Walke, to undertake the passage of the batteries and report to General Pope the presence of the gunboats. This feat was accomplished on the uiglits of the 4th and 5th during a thimder storm, with material damage to the Carondelet, and under orders from General Pope she silenced the Confederate batteries below Island No. 10 and enabled Pope's army to get into position to con- tinue the bombardment at the island. Foote had ordered the Pittsbunj, Lieutenant-Commander Thompson, to follow the Carondelet and co-operate in any orders given by General Pope, but that gunboat did not arrive until the 7th and then at long range shelled the works of the enemy. It was the morning of the 8th when the remainder of the fleet arrived at the scene to find the bat- teries deserted, the guns si)iked and the Confed- erate army awaiting the naval commander in order to capitulate. This exploit determined the domination of the Federal army in the upi^er Mississippi. Flag Officer Foote, suffering from his wovmd and exposure, was relieved from active

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duty and was made chief of equipments and re- cruiting July 22, 1862, and on the 30th of the same month was raised to the rank of rear-ad- miral, lie received the thanks of congress and of state legislatures and was presented with a sword by the citizens of Brooklyn, N.Y. On June 4, 18o, he was appointed commander of the South Atlantic blockading squadron to succeed Rear- Admiral Dupont, and died while en route to assume his command. He was a devout Chris- tian and among his good works was the establish- ment of a regular sj'steni of religious instruction among the operators in the Brooklyn navy yard, extending the mission to the inhabitants of the outlying city district. He instituted nightly prayer-meetings on the receiving ship North Caro- lina; lectured on temperance and kindred sub- jects; and conducted religious services at Cairo, 111., in 1861-02. He published AfHra and the American Flag (1854). See his biography by Prof. J. M. Hoppin (1874). He died at the Aster House, New York city, June 26, 1863.

FOOTE, Arthur, composer, was born in Salem, Mass., March 5, 1853; son of Caleb and Mary (White) Foote, and grandson of Caleb Foote, and of Daniel Appleton White. He studied composi- tion under S. A. Emery in his boyhood, and dur- ing his undergx'aduate days was for two years the leader of the college glee club. He was also chorister oa class daj-. He was graduated from Harvard in 1874, receiving the degree of A.M. in 1875, for studies in the higher branches of com- position with Prof. J. K. Paine of Harvard. Later he studied the organ and pianoforte under B. J. Lang of Boston, and in 1876 became a teacher of pianoforte, and in 1878 organist at the First church, Boston, Mass. He was elected a member of the Harvard musical association of Boston ; of the Essex institute of Salem ; of the Dedham historical society, and of the St. Botolph club of Boston. His chief compositions are : over- ture. In the Manntains and prelude to Francesca da Iiimini for orchestra ; suite for string orchestra in E major ; suite for orchestra in D minor ; string quartettes in G major and E major; trio for piano, violin and violoncello in C minor; quar- tette for piano and strings in C major; quintette- tHr pianos and strings in A minor; Sonata for \ iolin and piano in G minor; TTie Fareioell of Hia- I'- (I 'ha tor male chorus and orchestra; Tfie Wreck I'f the Hesperus, and Tl>e Skeleton in Armor for mixed chorus and orchestra; about fifty songs; flirty or more piano pieces; and a number of cluu'ch anthems.

FOOTE, Edward Bliss, physician, was born in Cleveland. Ohio, Feb. 20, 1829; soil of Herschel and Pamelia (Bliss, born Townsend) Foote, and grandson of John and Lois (Mills) Foote; and of

Christopher and (Bennett) Townsend. On

the death of her mother, which oc- cuiTed at the birth of Pamelia, the latter was adopted by Jona- than and Hannah Bliss, who were pio- neer settlers of Cleve- land, Ohio. The first American ancestor was Nathaniel Foote, who according to the records, took the oath of office in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in 16.33, and after- ward located in Wethersfield, Conn.

In 1840-44 Edward was a student at Shaw acad- emy, Euclid (now East Cleveland), Ohio. In 1844 he was apprenticed to a printer, and four years later he removed to New Britain, Conn., where h&

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