- French Ensor Chadwick
Rear Admiral French Ensor Chadwick, USN (
February 28 ,1844 -January 27 ,1919 ) was aUnited States Navy officer who became prominent in the naval reform movement of the post-Civil War era. He was particularly noted for his contributions to naval education, and served as president of theNaval War College from 1900-1903.A native of
Morgantown, West Virginia , he attended theUnited States Naval Academy from 1861-1864. During the Civil War years, the Academy was relocated fromAnnapolis, Maryland toNewport, Rhode Island , due to concerns about secessionist sympathy in Maryland, a border state.Major sea commands included the gunboat "USS Yorktown", commissioned in 1889. He served in the
Spanish-American War , fighting at theBattle of Santiago de Cuba , and as commander of theSouth Atlantic Squadron he played a major part in thePerdicaris incident of 1904 in Morocco.He was also a noted historian who wrote several published books, including a noted work on "The Causes of the Civil War".
He was portrayed by
Roy Jenson in the film "The Wind and the Lion " (1975).External links
* [http://www.nwc.navy.mil/library/3Publications/NWCLibraryPublications/NavHistCollPubs/NHCRegOfPapers/ChadwickRegister.pdf Register of French Ensor Chadwick Papers, Naval War College] - Includes a biographical sketch
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