Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1805, Feb. 18 | Born, Washington, D.C. |
1812 | Received a midshipman’s warrant, United States Navy |
1816 | Began service as a midshipman, United States Navy |
1823-1824 | Acting lieutenant, United States Navy |
1825 | Commissioned lieutenant |
1827-1829 | Served in the Mediterranean in command of four ships |
1830 | Given charge of the newly created Depot of Charts and Instruments (of which he was the originator), Washington, D.C. |
1831 | Married Elizabeth Gamble Wirt |
1833 | Commanded mounted volunteers in Seminole War |
1841 | Promoted to commander |
1843-1846 | Stationed at Portsmouth, N.H. |
1845 | Published A Reply by L. M. Goldsborough to an Attack Made upon the Navy of the United States by Samuel E. Coures, President of the Peace Society. Portsmouth, N.H.: C. W. Brewster |
1848 | Published, Letter to John Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, Concerning the Assignment of Rank to Medical Officers and Pursers. Washington, D.C. |
1849-1850 | Senior naval member of a commission which explored California and Oregon |
1853-1857 | Superintendent, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
1855 | Promoted to captain |
1859-1861 | Commanded Brazil Squadron |
1861 | Took command of Atlantic Blockading Squadron |
1862 | Promoted to rear admiral |
1862 | Cooperated with Union General Ambrose Burnside in capture of Roanoke Island, N.C. |
1862-1865 | Performed administrative duties, Washington, D.C. |
1865 | Took charge of European Squadron |
1868 | Stationed in Washington, D.C. |
1873 | Retired from United States Navy |
1877, Feb. 20 | Died, Washington, D.C. |