HOLLINS, GEORGE N.
\hˈɒlɪnz], \hˈɒlɪnz], \h_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_n_z]\
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(1799-1878), naval officer, served in the Algerian War in 1815. By his unauthorized bombardment of Nicaragua in 1855 he nearly involved the United States in difficulties with Great Britain. A Confederate naval officer during the Civil War, he commanded the naval forces below New Orleans which Farragut defeated in April, 1863.
By John Franklin Jameson
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