Andrew Allen Harwood was born on 9 October 1802 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was appointed a Midshipman in the Navy at the beginning of 1818, subsequently serving in the West Indies, the Mediterranean, and at the Philadelphia Navy Yard before receiving promotion to Lieutenant in 1827. Two decades of further duty afloat and ashore, including a long assignment with the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, were recognized with Commander's rank in 1848. During 1852-1855 he made a Mediterranean deployment in the frigate Cumberland.
After 1855 Captain Harwood served in shore posts, among them a tour as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography in 1858-1862. Promoted to Commodore in mid-1862, he was in charge of the Washington Navy Yard and the Potomac Flotilla until December 1863. Commodore Harwood subsequently was a member of the Board of Examiners and Secretary of the Light House Board, remaining on the job in retired status from October 1864 onward. Beginning in 1869, when he was promoted to Rear Admiral on the Retired List, he held legal positions, concluding with a year as the Navy's Judge Advocate in 1870-1871. Rear Admiral Andrew A. Harwood died in Marion, Massachusetts, on 28 August 1884.
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