Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes (1805-77) naval officer, born in Washington, D.C. He served in both the Mexican War (1846-48) and the Civil War. In the latter he lost favor early (1862) with Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles for his performance as a commander of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and he held routine administrative posts afterwards. A brief return to military duty late in the war did not redeem his reputation. Before the war he had served as head of the
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