Charles Henry Poor

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

This article is about the United States Navy officer. For the American astronomer, see Charles Lane Poor.
Charles Henry Poor
Born(1808-06-11)June 11, 1808
Cambridge, Massachusetts
DiedNovember 5, 1882(1882-11-05) (aged 74)
Washington, D.C.
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service1825–1870
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands heldBrooklyn
Roanoke
St. Louis
Saranac
North Atlantic Squadron
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
RelationsTheodore Frelinghuysen Jewell (son-in-law)

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.

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

References
  1. "Civil War Naval Chronology 1861". usnlp.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  2. "Naval History of the Civil War April 1861". historycentral.com. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  3. "Civil War Naval Officers". history.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 3 July 1998. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  4. "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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