Chronology of Events
(Note: Source NavHist will take you to "A brief Naval Chronology of the Civil War (1861-65) at the Naval Historical Centery website; Source ORN is an extract from the "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies." All articles with ORN as a source relate specifically to a native Vermonter.)
March 9, 1794
Future Commodore John H. Graham was born in Rutland.
June 23, 1794
Future Commodore Frank Elliott was born in Newport, RI.
October 28, 1808
Future Commodore Simon Bissell was born in Fairlee.
November 1, 1809
Future Admiral Theodore P. Greene was born in Montreal, PQ, Canada
August 23, 1811
Future Rear Admiral George F. Emmons is born in Clarendon, Vermont.
January 1, 1812
Frank Ellery was appointed Acting Midshipman
April 1, 1828
George F. Emmons is appointed Acting Midshipman.
August 10, 1834
Future Rear Admiral Charles Edgar Clark is born in Bradford.
April 15, 1836
Future Navy Surgeon Egbert Henry Allis was born, in Brookfield.
December 26, 1837
Future Admiral of the Navy George Dewey is born in Montpelier, across the street from the Vermont State House.
April 24, 1841
Future Confederate officer James E. Fiske, was born in Swanton
May 13, 1844
Future admiral George A. Converse was born in Norwich, Vt.
January 7, 1845
Henry S. Webster, Medal of Honor, was born in Stockholm, NY
July 11, 1846
William G. Temple was promoted to Passed Midshipman
April 3, 1847
Future admiral George P. Colvcoresses, was born in Norwich, VT
January 28, 1848
Future Commodore Karl Rohrer was born in Blumberg, Baden, Germany
May 2, 1849
Elliott John Arthur was born in Burlington.
