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See also:DEWEY, See also:GEORGE (1837- ) , See also:American See also:naval officer, was See also:born at See also:Montpelier, See also:Vermont, on the 26th of See also:December 1837. He studied at See also:Norwich University, then at Norwich, Vermont, and graduated at the See also:United States Naval See also:Academy in 1858. He was commissioned See also:lieutenant in See also:April 1861, and in the See also:Civil See also:War served on the steamsloop " See also:Mississippi " (1861-1863) during See also:Farragut's passage of the forts below New See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans in April 1862, and at See also:Port See also:Hudson in See also:March 1863; took See also:part in the fighting below Donaldsonville, See also:Louisiana, in See also:July 1863; and in 1864-1865 served on the See also:steam-gunboat " Agawam " with the See also:North See also:Atlantic blockading See also:squadron and took part in the attacks on Fort See also:Fisher in December 1864 and See also:January 1865. In March 1865 he became a lieutenant-See also:commander. He was with the See also:European squadron in 1866-1867; was an instructor in the United States Naval Academy in 1868-1869; was in command of the " See also:Narragansett " in 187o-1871 and 1872-1875, being commissioned commander in 1872; was See also:light-See also:house inspector in 1876-18i7; and was secretary of the light-house See also:board in 1877-1882. In r884 he became a See also:captain; in 1889-1893 was See also:chief of the See also:bureau of equipment and recruiting; in 1893-1895 was a member of the light-house board; and in 1895--1897 was See also:president of the board of inspection and survey, being promoted to the See also:rank of See also:commodore in See also:February 1896. In See also:November 1897 he was assigned, at his own See also:request, to See also:sea service, and sent to See also:Asiatic See also:waters. In April 1898, while with his See also:fleet at Hong See also:Kong, he was notified by See also:cable that war had begun between the United States and See also:Spain, and was ordered to " See also:capture or destroy the See also:Spanish fleet " then in Philippine waters. On the 1st of May he overwhelmingly defeated the Spanish fleet under See also:Admiral Montojo in See also:Manila See also:Bay, a victory won without the loss of a See also:man on the American See also:ships (see SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR). See also:Congress, in a See also:joint See also:resolution, tendered its thanks to Commodore Dewey, and to the See also:officers and men under his command, and authorized " the secretary of the See also:navy to See also:present a See also:sword of honor to Commodore George Dewey, and cause to be struck See also:bronze medals commemorating the See also:battle of Manila Bay, and to distribute such medals to the officers and men of the ships of the Asiatic squadron of the United States." He was promoted See also:rear-admiral on the loth of May 1898. On the 18th of See also:August his squadron assisted in the capture of the See also:city of Manila. After remaining in the Philippines under orders from his See also:government to maintain See also:control, Dewey received the rank of admiral (March 3, 1899)—that See also:title, formerly See also:borne only by Farragut and See also:Porter, having been revived by See also:act of Congress (March 2, 1899),—and returned See also:home, arriving in New See also:York City, where, on the 3rd of See also:October 1899, he received a See also:great See also:ovation. He was a member (1899) of the See also:Schurman Philippine See also:Commission, and in 1899 and 1900 was spoken of as a possible Democratic See also:candidate for the See also:presidency. He acted as president of the See also:Schley See also:court of inquiry in 1901, and submitted a minority
See also:report on a few details.
End of Article: DEWEY, GEORGE (1837- )
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