{{Short description|United States Navy admiral}} {{About||the Irish politician|Joseph Coghlan (politician)||}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2009}} {{Infobox military person | name = Joseph Bullock Coghlan | image = Joseph Bulloch Coghlan.jpg | caption = Coghlan commanding the USS ''Raleigh'', circa 1898 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1844|12|9|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1908|12|5|1844|12|9|df=y}} | burial_label = Place of burial | burial_place = [[Arlington National Cemetery]] | birth_place = [[Frankfort, Kentucky]] | death_place = [[New Rochelle, New York]] | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | nickname = | allegiance = [[United States of America]] | branch = [[File:United States Department of the Navy Seal.svg|25px]] [[United States Navy]] | service_years = 1863–1907 | rank = [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] | unit = | commands = [[Brooklyn Navy Yard|New York Navy Yard]]<br />{{USS|Raleigh|C-8|2}}<br />[[Department of Alaska]]<br />{{USS|Adams|1874|2}} | battles = [[American Civil War]]<br />[[Spanish–American War]] | awards = | relations = | other_work = }} Rear Admiral '''Joseph Bullock Coghlan''' (9 December 1844 – 5 December 1908) was an officer in the [[United States Navy]] during the [[American Civil War]] and the [[Spanish–American War]].
==Biography== Born at [[Frankfort, Kentucky]], to Cornelius and Lavinia Coghlan,<ref name=Marquis>[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/223/mode/2up COGHLAN, Joseph Bullock]<!-- yes, "Bullock"-->, in ''[[Who's Who in America]]'' (1901-1902 edition), via [[archive.org]]</ref> and raised in Illinois,<ref name=NYT_obit/> Coghlan graduated from the [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy]] in 1863. He served in the [[sloop-of-war]] {{USS|Sacramento|1862|2}} during the Civil War. As commander of the [[screw sloop]] {{USS|Adams|1874|2}}, Coghlan was military commander of the [[Department of Alaska]] from 15 September 1883 to 13 September 1884. During the Spanish–American War he led the expedition which captured the batteries at [[Cavite]] (2 May 1898) and at [[Isla Grande]], [[Subic Bay]] (7 July) and commanded the [[protected cruiser]] {{USS|Raleigh|C-8|2}} during the [[Battle of Manila Bay]] on 1 May 1898.
Coghlan was promoted to rear admiral on 11 April 1902.<ref name=WP_obit/> He commanded American forces at [[Colón, Panama]] during the [[separation of Panama from Colombia]] in 1903.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Panama Question |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10581336 |newspaper=[[The Argus (Australia)]] |date=9 November 1903 |access-date=14 August 2012}}</ref> Coghlan served as commandant of the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard|New York Navy Yard]] from 1 October 1904 to 30 May 1907.<ref name=NYT_obit/>
He was a Companion of the [[Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States]] and the [[Military Order of Foreign Wars]].
After retirement, Coghlan served as president of the Debenture Corporation on Wall Street in New York City.<ref name=NYT_obit/> On 31 October 1908, he served as Grand Marshal of a parade of 90,000 businessmen in support of [[1908 United States presidential election#General election|Republican candidates]] [[William Howard Taft]] and [[James S. Sherman]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/10/31/archives/90000-men-to-march-in-support-of-taft-todays-business-mens-parade.html |title=90,000 Men to March in Support of Taft |date=31 October 1908 |page=2 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref> Less than two months later, Coghlan died in the [[Sutton Manor (New Rochelle)|Sutton Manor]] district of [[New Rochelle, New York]], and was buried at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref name=NYT_obit>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/12/06/104814988.pdf |title=Admiral Coghlan, Naval Hero, Dead |date=6 December 1908 |page=6 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=WP_obit>{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/144812990 |title=Admiral Coghlan Dies |date=6 December 1908 |page=2 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=19 June 2023|id={{ProQuest|144812990}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/12/07/105016024.pdf |title=Many View Coghlan's Body |date=7 December 1908 |page=6 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/144806304 |title=Coghlan's Body on the Way |date=9 December 1908 |page=1 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=19 June 2023|id={{ProQuest|144806304}} }}</ref> [[File:RADM Joseph Coghlan.JPG|right]]
==Namesakes== Two ships have been named {{USS|Coghlan}} in his honor.
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==External links== * {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c10/coghlan-i.htm}}
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