Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a 1824 a Salem, Massachusetts, Atkinson yana zaune a wannan birni lokacin da ya shiga Navy. Ya yi aiki a matsayin babban jami'in a kan jirgin ruwa daga 1842 zuwa 1846 kuma ya shiga cikin kamawar 1844 na rundunar jiragen ruwa na Argentina a waje da tashar jiragen ruwa na Montevideo a cikin yakin basasar Uruguay.
Ka yi haƙuri.