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United States Naval Academy Diploma [147043]

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United States Naval Academy Diploma   [147043]
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Framed in a 19 x 23 inch black frame is a certificate of graduation for Daniel Delbarty Vincent Stuart the fourth day of June 1869. Elaborate vignettes across the top, the side and the bottom. During the Civil War Stuart was a Midshipman aboard the USS Macedonia while that ship was chasing the famous Confederate raider Alabama. He commanded the USS Mangrove in the Spanish-American War, and, having received no notice of the armistice, captured two Spanish gunboats the day after peace had been declared. While a student at the Albany Academy, Admiral Stuart left in 1862 to fight in the Union Navy as a Midshipman. After the war he entered Annapolis, graduating in 1869. In the course of the following forty years he received promotion through the successive grades until he reached that of Rear Admiral on September 6, 1909. Two weeks later he was retired by operation of law. During the Philippine campaign Admiral Stuart commanded the Isla de Luzon, the Don Juan de Austria and the Yorktown. Medals were awarded him for his work in the Civil War, the war with Spain and the operations in the Philippines. He married in 1883 Alicia A. Smith of New York, and died in 1932 at the age of 84.
City: State: Date:1869