Francis J. Higginson
| Francis J. Higginson | |
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| Born |
July 19, 1843 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | September 12, 1931 (aged 88) Kingston, New York |
| Buried at | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1861–1905 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
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| Other work | Commander-General, Naval Order of the United States, 1917–1925 |
Francis John Higginson (July 19, 1843 – September 12, 1931) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and Spanish–American War. He rose to the rank of rear admiral and was the last commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic Squadron and first commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic Fleet.
Higginson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 19, 1843. He was raised in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Higginson was appointed as an acting midshipman on September 21, 1857 and entered the United States Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1861, when he was promoted to midshipman.
The American Civil War broke out in April 1861, and Higginson's first assignment after graduation was to the screw frigate USS Colorado, which was operating under the command of Captain Theodorus Bailey in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron off the United States Gulf Coast as part of the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America. While aboard Colorado, Higginson was wounded on September 14, 1861 while participating in a raid against Pensacola, Florida, in which a party from Colorado captured and destroyed the schooner Judah or Judith, which was believed to be undergoing conversion for service as a Confederate privateer, and spiked a gun of a Confederate artillery battery at the Pensacola Navy Yard.
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