John L. Broome

John Lloyd Broome ( * 1824 in New York City, † 1898 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the Mexican- American War and the American Civil War. He was also the grandson of Lieutenant Governor John Broome.

Career

Broome received his commission in 1848 to the Second Lieutenant in the Marine Crops. His forty years' service includes the fighting in Veracruz, Alvarado and Laguna del Carmen, Mexico 1848. As a senior naval officer of the West Golf Blockadeschwadron he played a prominent role in the capture of New Orleans and all the battles of the squadron on the Mississippi River. He was wounded twice, hard in the second Battle of Vicksburg.

Lieutenant Colonel Broome was on March 8, 1888 in retirement and died in 1898 at Binghamton, where he was also buried.

Honors

The USS Broome ( DD -210) was named after him.