Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1806, Sept. 12 | Born, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1822 | Attended United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Appointed acting midshipman, United States Navy |
| 1827 | Experienced religious conversion during Caribbean cruise |
| 1828 | Married Caroline Flagg (died 1838) |
| 1837-1841 | On cruises in Mediterranean and around globe |
| 1842 | Married Caroline Augusta Street |
| 1842-1843 | Commander, United States Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1843 | 1st lieutenant on Cumberland (frigate), where he formed a temperance society and made this ship the first temperance ship in the navy |
| 1849-1851 | Commanded Perry (brig), a ship in the United States African Squadron, patrolling the coast of Africa in order to suppress the slave trade |
| 1855 | Member, Naval Efficiency Board |
| 1856-1858 | Commanded Portsmouth (sloop-of-war), patrolling seas of China and the East Indies; captured the four barrier forts below Canton, China, as punishment for attacks on the American flag |
| 1861 | In charge of Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1861-1862 | In command of naval operations on the upper Mississippi River Took part in capture of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee Commissioned rear admiral |
| 1863 | Chief, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting Appointed to succeed Samuel F. Du Pont in command of Charleston (S.C.) Squadron |
| 1863, June 26 | Died enroute to Charleston, S.C.; buried, New Haven, Conn. |