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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| creatorOf | Banning family,. Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part I [graphic], 1850-1979 (bulk 1880s-1910s). | Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens | |
| creatorOf | University of Virginia. Correspondence regarding choice of first president, proposed merger of Medical School with Medical College of Virginia, and Co-ordinate College for women [manuscript] 1902-1916. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| creatorOf | George Dewey Papers, 1805-1949, (bulk 1885-1931) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | Banning family,. Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II [graphic], 1814-1879, (bulk 1880-1920) | Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens | |
| referencedIn | Century Company records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | George Dewey Papers, 1805-1949, (bulk 1885-1931) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division |
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