United States Navy

Item NMC-8175

Description

Robert L. May
Midshipman, 7 November, 1849. Passed Midshipman, 12 June, 1855. Master, 16 September, 1855. Lieutenant, 26 September, 1856. Lieutenant Commander, 16 July, 1862. Retired from the service, 21 April, 1866.
Backmark: Boston
Signed in period ink