From the Nation Cyclopaedia.
In 1860, he was appointed from Hillsdale, Michigan, to the United States Naval Academy by Representative Henry Waldron. The opening of the civil War advanced the graduation of the Class of 1864, to which he belonged by one year; and on October 1, 1863, he was appointed ensign and assigned to the steam sloop-of-war USS Oneida, attached to the West Coast Blockading Squadron.
He was in a number of engagements, and while on the Oneida specially distinguished himself at the Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. He was favorably mentioned in the Oneida's official report of the ship's executive officer: "The conduct of acting ensign Charles V. Gridley is beyond all praise. He had charge of the master's division and assisted in the conning the ship from the gallant forecastle."
At the end of the war, he was ordered to the steam sloop USS Brooklyn, flagship of the Brazilian Station.
--Old B-Runner
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