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Years of service
  
1825–1870

Name
  
Charles Poor


Battles/wars
  
American Civil War

Rank
  
Rear Admiral

Born
  
June 11, 1808Cambridge, Massachusetts (
1808-06-11
)

Allegiance
  
United States of America

Relations
  
Died
  
December 5, 1882, Washington, D.C., United States

Commands held
  

Battles and wars
  
Service/branch
  

Rear Admiral Charles Henry Poor (June 11, 1808 – December 5, 1882) was a U.S. Navy officer of the mid-19th century.

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1808, Poor entered the Navy in 1825 and served nearly 30 years at sea. During the Civil War, he commanded the Brooklyn, Roanoke, St. Louis, and Saranac. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1868 and commanded the North Atlantic Squadron. Poor retired in 1870 from that post.

His daughter Elizabeth Lindsey Poor and Annie Cunnigham Poor married rear admiral Theodore Frelinghuysen Jewell (on June 15, 1871) and philanthropist Charles Carroll Glover, respectively. Poor died in Washington, D.C., in 1882.

Dates of rank

  • Midshipman, 1 March 1825
  • Passed midshipman, 4 June 1831
  • Lieutenant, 22 December 1835
  • Commander, 14 September 1855
  • Captain, 16 July 1862
  • Commodore, 2 January 1863
  • Rear admiral, 20 September 1868
  • References

    Charles Henry Poor Wikipedia


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