Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1836, Feb. 6 | Born, Charlestown, Mass. |
1854 | Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.. |
1855-1856 | Duty in USS Independence, Pacific Squadron |
1857 | Duty in USS Nautilus |
1857-1860 | Duty in USS Vincennes, Africa Squadron |
1860-1862 | Duty in USS Cumberland, North Atlantic Blockade Squadron |
1862 | Duty in USS Alligator |
1862-1863 | Commanded USS Cairo, Mississippi Squadron |
1863-1864 | Commanded USS Conestoga and USS Manitou, Mississippi Squadron |
1864-1865 | Commanded USS Osage and USS Vindicator, Mississippi Squadron |
1865 | Married Ellen F. Shepley (died 1905) |
1865-1867 | Duty at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
1867-1868 | Commanded USS Macedonian |
1869-1874 | Special duty in United States Darien Exploring Expeditions, surveying the Isthmus of Darien for an interoceanic canal |
1875 | Commander, Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. |
1877-1878 | On leave from the navy |
1878 | Special duty surveying the Amazon and Madeira rivers, South America |
1879 | Special delegate to the International Canal Congress, Paris, France |
1881-1884 | Commanded Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I. |
1885-1887 | Commanded USS Omaha, Asiatic Squadron |
1888 | Tried and acquitted by court-martial |
1889-1890 | Duty as member of the Board of Inspection |
1890-1893 | Commanded Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. |
1894-1895 | President, Board of Inspection |
1895-1897 | Commander, European Squadron |
1896 | Promoted to rear admiral Special representative to the coronation of Nicholas II of Russia |
1898 | Retired from the navy |
1907 . | Married Gertrude Wildes |
1924 | Published Memoirs of Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., Rear Admiral, U.S.N. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons |
1924, Feb. 4 | Died, Washington, D.C |