Nehemiah Mayo Dyer was a Rear Admiral

Rear admiral (United States)

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 in United States Navy

United States Navy

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, who served during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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 and Spanish–American War.

Biography

Born in Provincetown, Massachusetts

Provincetown, Massachusetts

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, Dyer entered the Navy as master's mate

Master's mate

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 in 1862 and was promoted to acting ensign and acting master for gallant service aboard during the Battle of Mobile Bay

Battle of Mobile Bay

The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was an engagement of the American Civil War in which a Federal fleet commanded by Rear Adm. David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Adm...

, 4–5 August 1864. He won additional laurels while commanding the cruiser

Cruiser

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  in the Battle of Manila Bay on 1 May 1898. He reached the mandatory retirement age of 62 on 19 February 1901. Rear Admiral Dyer died in Melrose, Massachusetts

Melrose, Massachusetts

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, 28 January 1910. He is buried in the Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose, Massachusetts.

Admiral Dyer was one of the few individuals who served with Admiral Farragut at Mobile Bay and also Commodore Dewey at Manila Bay.

Awards and decorations

Admiral Dyer received the Civil War Campaign Medal, Battle of Manila Bay Commemorative Medal (the "Dewey Medal") and the Spanish Campaign Medal.

•   Civil War Campaign Medal
  Civil War Campaign Medal
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•   Battle of Manila Bay Medal
•   Spanish Campaign Medal
  Spanish Campaign Medal
  The Spanish Campaign Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces which recognized those members of the U.S. military who had served in the Spanish-American War. Although a single decoration, there were two versions of the Spanish Campaign Medal, one for members of the United...