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Cromwell (BARTLETT JEFFER- SON)

BARTLETT JEFFER- SON, an American naval officer. Born in Georgia in 1840, he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1857, graduating in the year the Civil War opened. He steadily rose in rank until in 1889 he attained the rank of captain. In 1901 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the South Atlantic Squadron with the rank of rear-admiral.

The following year he commanded the American fleet in European waters.

Placed on the retired list in 1902, he died June 24, 1917.