tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360721195242669735.post4616182809343663871..comments2023-12-04T14:35:49.198-05:00Comments on Civil War Navy Sesquicentennial: George Dewey: Admiral and Civil War SailorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520357948612296575noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360721195242669735.post-71877519946646015732011-03-24T22:30:08.362-04:002011-03-24T22:30:08.362-04:00George Dewey, US Navy’s only Admiral of the Navy. ...George Dewey, US Navy’s only Admiral of the Navy. An Act of Congress, 2 March 1899, created the rank of Admiral of the Navy. On 24 March 1903, he was commissioned him in that rank retroactive to the date of the act.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com