Civil War Union Naval Officer.
Midshipman, 2 March, 1839.
Passed Midshipman, 2 July, 1845.
Master, 12 April, 1853.
Lieutenant, 6 February, 1854.
Lieutenant Commander, 16 July, 1862.
Commander, 13 September, 1862.
Died from wounds received in action, 12 July, 1863.
He was mortally wounded while in command of the "USS New London" while it was patrolling the Mississippi River between Donaldsonville and New Orleans, Louisiana.
