Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1832, July 1 | Born, Washington, D.C. |
| 1848-1854 | Midshipman, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., and aboard warships St. Louis and Congress |
| 1854-1856 | Aboard warships Trenton and Fulton |
| 1856-1857 | Aboard coast survey steamers Walker and Arctic surveying seabed for Atlantic telegraph cable |
| 1857-1859 | Aboard warship Marion; returned to United States commanding barke Ardennes, captured carrying enslaved Africans. |
| 1859-1860 | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1861-1862 | Aboard warship Susquehanna at bombardment of Forts Hatteras and Clarke, N.C.; Forts Beauregard and Walker, S.C.; and Port Royal, S.C. |
| 1862-1863 | Commanded warship Winona |
| 1864 | Commanded warship Chippewa Married Ida Hyatt |
| 1865 | Commanded warship Mahopac; bombarded Richmond, Va. |
| 1865-1866 | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. |
| 1867 | Commanded warship Tallapoosa |
| 1867-1868 | Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. |
| 1869-1870 | Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va. |
| 1870-1871 | Commanded warships Terror and Severn |
| 1872-1873 | Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. |
| 1874-1875 | Commanded nitre depot, Malden, Mass. |
| 1876-1877 | Commanded warship Dictator |
| 1879-1881 | Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va. |
| 1882-1884 | Commanded warship Brooklyn |
| 1885-1889 | Member, Naval Examining and Retiring Boards, Washington, D.C. |
| 1890-1892 | Commandant, Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va. |
| 1893 | President, Naval Examining and Retiring Boards, Washington, D.C Retired from United States Navy |
| 1919, Oct. 2 | Died, Washington, D.C. |