JAMES HARMON WARD

Rate/Rank
CDR

Service Branch

USN 3/1823 - 6/1861

Born
09/25/1806
HARTFORD, CT

FIRST UNION NAVY OFFICER KILLED IN ACTION - CIVIL WAR
USS WARD DD-139 NAMED IN HIS HONOR

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

EXECUTIVE OFFICER, U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD

ONE OF FIVE FOUNDERS OF U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY

COMMANDING OFFICER, USS CUMBERLAND (FRIGATE)

COMMANDING OFFICER, USS VIXEN (STEAM GUNBOAT)

COMMANDING OFFICER, USS JAMESTOWN (SAILING SLOOP OF WAR)

USS THOMAS FREEBORN (SIDE-WHEEL STEAM GUNBOAT) - FLAGSHIP

NAVY YARD, WASHINGTON, DC

NAVY YARD, PHILADELPHIA, PA

SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

CIVIL WAR CAMPAIGN MEDAL - NAVY