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Photo # NH 73421:  Chaplain John L. Lenhart.  Painting by Clayton Braun

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Chaplain John L. Lenhart, USN, (1805-1862)

John L. Lenhart was born in Pennsylvania in 1805. A Methodist Minister, he became a Navy Chaplain in February 1847 and served for the next three years in USS Brandywine. His next tour of duty was performed at the Receiving Ship, New York, during 1851-56, after which he was apparently inactive until joining USS Constellation in about 1859. In 1860-62 he served on board USS Cumberland. Chaplain John L. Lenhart was killed in action during his ship's heroic fight with the Confederate ironclad Virginia on 8 March 1862, the first Navy Chaplain to lose his life in battle.

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Photo #: NH 73421

Chaplain John L. Lenhart, USN


Portrait by Clayton Braun.
A Methodist Minister, John L. Lenhart became a Navy Chaplain in 1847. He was lost with USS Cumberland in the battle with CSS Virginia on 8 March 1862, the first Navy Chaplain to be killed in action.

Courtesy of the Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Navy.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 102286

Chaplain John L. Lenhart, USN


A member of the Chaplain Corps from 1847 until 1862, he was the first U.S. Navy Chaplain to lose his life in battle. Chaplain Lenhart was killed in action during the 8 March 1862 action in Hampton Roads, Virginia, between USS Cumberland and CSS Virginia.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 24.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Page made 29 June 2001
New image added 4 January 2002