During the U.S. Civil War, Dewey served under Admiral Farragut in New Orleans and the Atlantic blockade. After the Civil War, Dewy rose within the Navy to become commander of the Asiatic Squadron ...

As a Lady Admiral, Riley has won two AA state singles championships and in her senior year at Farragut seeks to "three-peat" at the annual spring tourney hosted in Murfreesboro by the TSSAA.