Background
He was born in 1848 in Roxbury, Massachusetts to John Ancrum Winslow.
He was born in 1848 in Roxbury, Massachusetts to John Ancrum Winslow.
He entered the Navy Academy in July 1865 and graduated four years later.
He commanded the United States Ship Fern at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on July 3, 1898. He retired on September 22, 1910 on account of his age and moved to Cherbourg, France. He died in Florence, Italy on September 25, 1914.
