Editing David B. Harmony

{{Short description|United States Navy admiral (1832–1917)}}
{{Infobox military person
| name          = David Butts Harmony
| image         =  David B. Harmony.JPG
| caption       = David B. Harmony
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1832|9|2}}
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1917|11|2|1832|9|2}}
| placeofburial_label = Place of burial
| placeofburial = [[Arlington National Cemetery]]
| birth_place  = [[Easton, Pennsylvania]], US
| death_place  =
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| nickname      =
|allegiance= [[United States of America]]
|branch={{Naval|United States|navy-1864}}
| serviceyears  = 1847–1893
| rank          =[[File:USN Rear Admiral rank insignia.jpg|borde|23px]] [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear admiral]]
| unit          =
| commands      = {{USS|Sebago}}<br />[[USS Advance (1862)|USS ''Frolic'']]<br />{{USS|Portsmouth|1843|6}}<br />{{USS|Kearsarge|1861|6}}<br />{{USS|Plymouth|1867|6}}<br />{{USS|Powhatan|1850|6}}<br />{{USS|Tennessee|1865|6}}<br />{{USS|Colorado|1856|6}}
| battles       = [[American Civil War]]
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}}
'''David Butts Harmony''' (September 2, 1832 – November 2, 1917) was a [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] of the [[United States Navy]], who served during the [[American Civil War]].

Harmony was born in [[Easton, Pennsylvania]], and entered the navy as a [[midshipman]] on April 7, 1847, was promoted to [[passed midshipman]] on June 10, 1852, became [[lieutenant]] in 1855, and [[lieutenant commander]] in 1862.

Promoted to [[Commander (United States)|commander]] in 1866, Harmony then served at the [[New York Navy Yard]], and then in 1867–69 commanded the ''[[USS Advance (1862)|Frolic]]'' in the [[European Squadron]], one of the vessels of [[David Farragut|Admiral Farragut's]] squadron.

Harmony returned to the New York Navy Yard in 1869–72, was promoted to [[Captain (naval)|captain]] in 1875, and commanded the sloops {{USS|Portsmouth|1843|2}}, {{USS|Kearsarge|1861|2}} and {{USS|Plymouth|1867|2}}, and the frigates {{USS|Powhatan|1850|2}}, {{USS|Tennessee|1865|2}} and {{USS|Colorado|1856|2}}, between 1878 and 1883.
[[File:Harmony 6.JPG|thumb|right|David B. Harmony in 1865]]
Harmony was a member of Navy Department's Examining and Retiring Boards 1883–84, was promoted to [[Commodore (United States)|commodore]] in 1885, and served as Chief of the [[Bureau of Yards and Docks]], 1885–89, and was Chairman of the [[United States Lighthouse Board|Lighthouse Board]], 1889–91. He retired on June 26, 1893.

Harmony died on November 2, 1917, and was buried in Section 2 of [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref>[https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgdoYXJtb255EgVkYXZpZBoBYg--/ Burial Detail: Harmony, David B] – ANC Explorer</ref>

Some of his letters from the 1870s, written while on active duty, are archived at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.

{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}}

==Papers from the Mixsell-Mathews Estate==
A selection of David Harmony's official papers, from the estate of Isabel Mixsell-Mathews, can be viewed here:
* [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Harmony_Papers_1847-1869_(Isabel_Mixsell_Mathews_estate).pdf David B. Harmony Papers 1847–1869]
* [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Harmony_Papers_1870-1877_(Isabel_Mixsell_estate).pdf David B. Harmony Papers 1870–1877]

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060813004402/http://www.history.navy.mil/library/guides/rg45-n.htm ''Inventory of the Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library, in Record Group 45.  Appendix N.  List of Personal Letter books of U.S. Naval Officers''.]  June 21, 2005.  Naval Historical Center. Viewed April 8, 2006.

==External links==
* {{Cite web|url= http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/dharmony.htm|title=David Butts Harmony, Rear Admiral, USN|publisher=ArlingtonCemetery.net|id=An unofficial website}}{{Unreliable source?|date=December 2020|reason=[[WP:SPS]] which copies obits lacking attribution}} <!-- possible sources for readers who might be following this interesting article -->

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