Arent S. Crowninshield – Rear Admiral, United States Navy

Arent Schuyler Crowninshield (March 14, 1843-May 27, 1908) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy. He saw combat during the Civil War, and after the war held high commands both afloat and ashore.

Born in New York, he was the grandson of Jacob Crowninshield (appointed Navy secretary under Jefferson but who died before taking up the office), and grandnephew of George Crowninshield (adventuring owner of Cleopatra’s Barge, first yacht to cross the Atlantic). Arent graduated from the United States Naval Academy on May 28, 1863 and immediately went into action in the American Civil War, participating in the assault on Fort Fisher while serving on the steam sloop Ticonderoga.

After the war, he rose steadily through the ranks, becoming Lieutenant in 1866, Commander in 1880, where he was from 1887 to 1891 commander of the school ship St. Mary. Promoted Captain on July 21, 1894, he took command of the new battleship Maine at her commissioning in 1895, leaving in 1897 to become chief of the Bureau of Navigation.

CROWNINSHIELD, ARENT S
REAR ADMIRAL USN RETIRED
DATE OF DEATH: 05/27/1908
BURIED AT: SECTION SOU  SITE LOT 1835
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

CROWNINSHIELD, MARY BRADFORD WIDOW OF AS CROWNINSHIELD
DATE OF DEATH: 10/14/1913
BURIED AT: SECTION WSIDE  SITE LOT 1835
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Michael Robert Patterson

Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.

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