Dewey, George G. (George Goodwin), -1963

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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. From the guide to the George Dewey Papers, 1805-1949, (bulk 1885-1931), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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