Charles Henry Poor

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Charles Henry Poor
Born	(1808-06-11)June 11, 1808 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	November 5, 1882(1882-11-05) (aged 74) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Place of burial	Oak Hill Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S.
Allegiance	United States of America
Service / branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1825–1870
Rank	Rear admiral
Commands	Brooklyn Roanoke St. Louis Saranac North Atlantic Squadron
Battles / wars	American Civil War
Spouse(s)	Mattie Lindsay Stark
Children	2

Rear Admiral Charles Henry Poor (June 11, 1808 – November 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,^[1] Roanoke, St. Louis,^[1]^[2] and Saranac.^[3] He was promoted to rear admiral in 1868 and commanded the North Atlantic Squadron. Poor retired in 1870 from that post.

Poor married Mattie Lindsay Stark, daughter of Dr. Robert B. Stark.^[4] His daughters 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 on November 5, 1882, in Washington, D.C. He was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.^[4]

Dates of rank

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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^[5]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Civil War Naval Chronology 1861". usnlp.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
^ "Naval History of the Civil War April 1861". historycentral.com. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
^ "Civil War Naval Officers". history.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 3 July 1998. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, D.C. (Amphitheater) - Lot 146 East" (PDF). Oak Hill Cemetery. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
^ "US Navy Officers: 1778–1900 (P)". history.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 23 June 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2010.

Military offices
Preceded by Henry K. Hoff	Commander-in-Chief, North Atlantic Squadron 19 August 1869–9 June 1870	Succeeded by Samuel Phillips Lee

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