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Winfield Scott Schley (9 October 1839 – 2 October 1911) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy and the hero of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War. Biography [ edit ]
Jun 6, 2023 · Fundamentally a question of who deserved credit for the victory at the Battle of Santiago Bay in 1898, the dispute pitted supporters of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson against supporters of Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley and led to public accusations of cowardice and calls for a court of inquiry.
Winfield Scott Schley was the commander of the U.S. Navy's"Flying Squadron" until it was united with the "North Atlantic Fleet" under Rear Admiral Sampson. At the Battle of Santiago, Schley was the commander of the U.S naval forces present, and fought the battle from his position aboard the BROOKLYN. Biography:
Life-size bronze bust of Admiral Winfield Scott Schley made between 1902 and 1904 by Maryland sculptor, Ernest W. Keyser. Bust temporarily installed outside the Old Senate Chamber in the rotunda in 1904.
Schley, who was moving affably through an endless succession of celebratory banquets, ignored the struggle until the brutal book appeared; then he requested a court of inquiry. The issue was bitter enough now for the proceedings to take three months and generate two thousand pages of printed testimony.
Feb 29, 2016 · Winfield Scott Schley, born on 9 October 1839 in Frederick County, Md., was appointed Midshipman on 20 September 1856. In 1860, he cruised in Niagara on a peacetime mission to Japan; and, he...
Winfield Scott Schley (slī), 1839–1911, American naval officer, b. Frederick co., Md. After serving with Union naval forces in the Civil War, he held various naval posts. In 1884 he commanded the third, and successful, relief expedition to rescue the arctic explorer Adolphus W. Greely.
