Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1857, May 7 | Born, Marcelius, Mich. |
1879 | Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Duty on the Powhatan (side-wheel steamer), North Atlantic Station |
1881 | Duty on the Richmond (screw sloop), Asiatic Station |
1885-1887 | Duty as instructor in iron shipbuilding and steam engineering, Chicago Manual Training School, Chicago, Ill. |
1887 | Duty on the Enterprise (ship: 1874-1909), European Squadron |
1890 | Duty in Bureau of Steam Engineering |
1893 | Married Mary Henderson Eastman |
1893-1895 | Duty on the Amphitrite (ship), North Atlantic Squadron |
1896 | Published The Steam Navy of the United States. Pittsburgh: Press of W. T. Nicholson |
1900 | Published The Monitor and the Navy under Steam. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin |
1906 | Commanded the Glacier, Atlantic Squadron |
1910 | Promoted to captain |
1916 | Commandant, United States Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif. |
1918 | Commandant, United States Navy Yard, Pensacola, Fla. |
1924, Feb. 11 | Died, Cassopolis, Mich. |