1844–1929
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Robert F. Flemming Jr.
1839–1919
United States
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Biography
Robert Francis Flemming Jr. (July 1839 – February 23, 1919) was an American inventor and Union sailor in the American Civil War. He was the first crew member aboard the USS Housatonic to spot the H.L. Hunley before it sank the USS Housatonic.
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