Tag: Jeffers (William Nicholson)

Captain of the USS Monitor.

Wikipedia says: After the destruction of [CSS] Virginia, Monitor was free to assist the Union Army and General McClellan’s campaign against Richmond. As the Navy always gave command to officers based on seniority, Greene was replaced with Lieutenant Thomas O. Selfridge the day after the battle. Two days later, Selfridge was in turn relieved by Lieutenant William Nicholson Jeffers on 15 May 1862.