(comment printed in the New Orleans Daily City Item newspaper 24 Jan 1880)
"A good man retired from the cares of life when Capt. O.A. Pitfield died. As an inheritance to his household he left an untarnished name."
(Oliver A. Pitfield obituary New Orleans, January 1880)
"Captain Oliver A. Pitfield, a landmark of this city, died yesterday after a lingering and painful illness the result of pneumonia, contracted years ago in Washington city. ..During the Mexican War, he was supervisor of transportation. He was inspector of steam vessels under the administration of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan. He lead the way in the construction of iron boats..."
"A good man retired from the cares of life when Capt. O.A. Pitfield died. As an inheritance to his household he left an untarnished name."
(Oliver A. Pitfield obituary New Orleans, January 1880)
"Captain Oliver A. Pitfield, a landmark of this city, died yesterday after a lingering and painful illness the result of pneumonia, contracted years ago in Washington city. ..During the Mexican War, he was supervisor of transportation. He was inspector of steam vessels under the administration of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan. He lead the way in the construction of iron boats..."
(comment printed in the New Orleans Daily City Item newspaper 24 Jan 1880)
"A good man retired from the cares of life when Capt. O.A. Pitfield died. As an inheritance to his household he left an untarnished name."
(Oliver A. Pitfield obituary New Orleans, January 1880)
"Captain Oliver A. Pitfield, a landmark of this city, died yesterday after a lingering and painful illness the result of pneumonia, contracted years ago in Washington city. ..During the Mexican War, he was supervisor of transportation. He was inspector of steam vessels under the administration of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan. He lead the way in the construction of iron boats..."
"A good man retired from the cares of life when Capt. O.A. Pitfield died. As an inheritance to his household he left an untarnished name."
(Oliver A. Pitfield obituary New Orleans, January 1880)
"Captain Oliver A. Pitfield, a landmark of this city, died yesterday after a lingering and painful illness the result of pneumonia, contracted years ago in Washington city. ..During the Mexican War, he was supervisor of transportation. He was inspector of steam vessels under the administration of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan. He lead the way in the construction of iron boats..."
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