Aaron Ward (sailor)
Rear Admiral Aaron Ward was an officer in the United States Navy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He served during the SpanishAmerican War.
Aaron Ward was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the son of Brigadier General Ward B. Burnett who had served as the colonel of 2nd New York Volunteers during the Mexican War and also served as a brigadier general in the New York militia during the Civil War. Ward took the name of his maternal grandfather Major General Aaron Ward of the New York Militia.
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