Come and ask, answer or inform.
| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.12.1835 | Midshipman | E-WIKI | |
| 1.5.1836 | 22.11.1838 | United States (44), Midshipman | B171 |
| 25.1.1839 | 23.9.1840 | Warren (18), Midshipman | B171 |
| 1.1.1841 | Entered the Naval School | B171 | |
| 22.6.1841 | Warranted as a Passed Midshipman | B171 | |
| 16.8.1841 | 13.8.1842 | Madison (1), Acting Lieutenant | B171 |
| 23.5.1843 | 9.8.1843 | St Louis (18), Acting Master | B171 |
| 9.8.1843 | 20.9.1845 | St Louis (18), Acting Lieutenant | B171 |
| 18.11.1845 | Married Susan | B171 | |
| 30.5.1846 | 1847 | Petrel (1), Acting Master | B171 |
| 1847 | Invalided home in the Ohio | B171 | |
| 31.5.1847 | Arrived home | B171 | |
| 15.7.1847 | Master | E-WIKI | |
| 5.2.1848 | Lieutenant | E-WIKI | |
| 5.2.1848 | 1.3.1849 | Saratoga (22), Lieutenant | B171 |
| 30.4.1849 | Ordered to the U. S. Coast Survey attahced to the steamer Legree | B171 | |
| 18.12.1852 | 31.3.1853 | Vermont (74), Lieutenant | B171 |
| 1853 | St Lawrence (50), Lieutenant | B171 | |
| 31.3.1853 | 8.1854 | Macedonian (36), Lieutenant | B171 |
| 8.1854 | Placed in command of the steamer Queen (4), chartered by Commodore Perry | B171 | |
| 31.3.1855 | 14.8.1856 | Macedonian (36), Lieutenant | B171 |
| 12.9.1859 | Placed as a Lieutenant of the Narragansett of 1859, a 2nd class screw sloop | B171 | |
| 23.11.1861 | Left his post in the Narragansett | B171 | |
| 17.2.1862 | Took command of the Katahdin | E-WIKI | |
| 16.7.1862 | Commander | E-WIKI | |
| 16.3.1867 | Captain | E-WIKI | |
| 16.3.1867 | Took command of the Pensacola | E-WIKI | |
| 2.11.1871 | Commodore | E-WIKI | |
| 1873 | Took command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard | E-WIKI | |
| 1875 | Left the Philadelphia Navy Yard | E-WIKI | |
| 30.9.1876 | Rear-Admiral | E-WIKI | |
| 1878 | Rear-Admiral (retired) | E-WIKI |