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Robley Dunglison Evans (18 August 1846 – 3 January 1912), born in Floyd County, Virginia, was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, who served from the American Civil War to the Spanish–American War.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans was probably better known throughout the world than any other American naval officer since the days of Farragut.
Robley Evans was the gruff captain commanding the USS IOWA, the U.S.'s largest andnewest battleship, at the Battle of Santiago. Biography: Robley D. Evans was born in Floyd County, Virginia on August 18, 1846.
Over the next few years Evans grew in rank and position within the navy to Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet. He continually advised the Theodore Roosevelt on naval matters and was instrumental in the decisions that sent the battleship fleet around the world.
A member of the Class of 1864, he was commissioned in the rank of Acting Ensign in October 1863 and served in USS Powhatan during most of the remainder of the Civil War. Evans distinguished himself during the ground assault on Fort Fisher, North Carolina in mid-January 1865 but was badly wounded.
WHEN the news was flashed over the telegraph wires last Wednesday, "Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans is dead," there were few people in this big country who did not feel a sense of personal...
Rear Admiral Robley Dunglison Evans (18 August, 1846 – 3 January, 1912) served in the United States Navy. His pugnacious qualities earned him the nickname "Fighting Bob". Contents
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