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Horatio Bridge

About the Author

Commodore Horatio Bridge (1806-1893) was the United States Navy’s Chief of the Bureau of Provisions through the Civil War. Born in Maine, he attended Bowdoin College with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Nathaniel Hawthorne. He is the author of Journal of an African Cruiser and Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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