United States Navy

Item NMC-6939

Description

United States Navy
Silas W. Terry
Acting Midshipman, 28 September, 1858. Ensign, 16 September, 1862. Lieutenant, 22 February, 1864. Lieutenant Commander, 25 July, 1866. Commander, 11 July, 1877. Captain, 9 January, 1893. Rear Admiral, 29 March, 1900.
Backmark: Alphonse Bernoud
Signed in period ink