Charles E. Vreeland
| Charles E. Vreeland | |
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| Born |
March 10, 1852 Newark, New Jersey |
| Died | September 27, 1916 (aged 64) Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
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| Battles/wars | Spanish–American War |
Charles E. Vreeland (March 10, 1852 – September 27, 1916) was an officer of the United States Navy who reached the rank of rear admiral.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Vreeland enlisted in the Navy as a naval apprentice early in 1866. After a brief service in the Sabine he was given a presidential appointment soon afterwards to enter the U.S. Naval Academy on July 27, 1866, graduating from that institution on June 7, 1870 as a passed midshipman. He received his commission as an ensign in November 1873 after a series of cruises onboard screw sloops.
Vreeland was further promoted to master and then lieutenant after successive tours of duty on board the screw steamer Alert, the gunboat Ashuelot and the sloop-of-war Ticonderoga. He was then assigned to the Nautical Almanac Office of the US Naval Observatory in November 1881 after a brief period ashore awaiting orders. In March 1884, Lt. Vreeland began a three-year tour at sea aboard the sloop-of-war Hartford, after which he was assigned for two years at the Bureau of Navigation. He was then assigned briefly (from July to September 1889) with the Office of Naval Intelligence and reported to the Coast Survey late in October, a posting he took until the spring of 1893, when Vreeland was assigned a series of tours as naval attaché — first in Rome, Vienna and finally in Berlin.
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