Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1837, Dec. 26 | Born, Montpelier, Vt. |
| 1854 | M.M.S., Norwich University, Northfield, Vt. |
| 1858 | Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1858-1861 | Attached to steam frigate Wabash |
| 1861 | Promoted to lieutenant, U.S. Navy Assigned as executive officer on the steam sloop-of-war Mississippi |
| 1861-1865 | Took part in Civil War naval engagements at Fort St. Phillip and Fort Jackson, 1862; Port Hudson, 1862; New Orleans, 1862; Donaldsonville, 1863; and Fort Fisher, 1864-1865; also served with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and on the Mississippi, Monogahela, Brooklyn, Minnesota, Colorado, and Agawam |
| 1865 | Promoted to lieutenant commander |
| 1865-1867 | Served on the Kearsarge and the Canandaigua and commanded the steam frigate Colorado |
| 1867 | Married Susie Goodwin (died 1872) |
| 1867-1869 | Assigned to the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1870-1875 | Commanded the sloop Narragansett |
| 1872 | Promoted to commander |
| 1875-1882 | Assigned to the Lighthouse Board |
| 1882-1884 | Commanded the steam sloop Juaniata of the Asiatic Squadron |
| 1884 | Promoted to captain |
| 1885-1888 | Commanded the screw steamer Pensacola, flagship of the European Squadron |
| 1889-1896 | Chief, Navy Department's Bureau of Equipment, and served on the Lighthouse Board |
| 1895-1897 | President, Board of Inspection and Survey, U.S. Navy |
| 1896 | Promoted to commodore |
| 1898-1899 | Commanded Asiatic Squadron from flagship Olympia |
| 1898, May 1 | Battle of Manila Bay |
| 1898, May 7 | Promoted to rear admiral |
| 1898, Aug. 18 | Assisted Major-General Wesley Merritt, U.S. Army, in the capture of Manila, Philippines |
| 1899 | Promoted to admiral Married Mildred McLean Hazen |
| 1900-1917 | President, General Board of the Navy |
| 1901 | President, Schley Court of Inquiry |
| 1902-1903 | Commander-in-chief, combined U.S. naval force assembled at Culebra, Puerto Rico, for winter maneuvers |
| 1917, Jan. 16 | Died, Washington, D.C. |