Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy for the Year 1883

Rear-Admiral Edward Middleton, U. S. N.

Born in the State of South Carolina December 11, 1810; appointed acting
midshipman in the Navy July 1, 1828; died at Washington D.C. April 27,
1883. Total sea service, 22 years; total time in Navy, 54 years.

War Record

Served as executive officer on board of the U. S. S. Decatur in operating
against a combination of hostile Indians of the various tribes of
Washington and Oregon territories during the war of the winter of 1855-
'56, particularly on the occasion of the attack upon Seattle, Washington
Territory, on January 26, 1856.

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