Henry Erben
| Henry Erben | |
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| Born |
September 5, 1832 New York City |
| Died | October 23, 1909 (aged 77) New York City |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1848–1894, 1898 |
| Rank |
 Rear Admiral
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| Commands held |
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| Battles/wars |
American Civil War Spanish–American War |
Henry Erben (5 September 1832 – 23 October 1909) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy, who served in the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.
Erben was born in New York City. He entered the Navy as a midshipman on 17 June 1848, and was promoted to passed midshipman on 12 June 1855, to master on 16 September 1855, and to lieutenant on 27 December 1856.
At the outbreak of the Civil War he was serving aboard the store ship Supply, which arrived at Pensacola, Florida, on 10 January 1861, the day the state declared its secession from the Union, and as the Navy Yard there was captured by state forces. Union forces under Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer still held Fort Pickens, and the next day Erben and men from Supply broke into Fort McRee, and destroyed some 20,000 pounds of gunpowder and spiked all of the guns. In April Erben reported aboard Powhatan, and was ordered to the Mississippi Flotilla on 5 September 1861. There he commanded the ironclad St. Louis from April to June 1862, and the Sumter from June to July 1862. He was promoted to lieutenant commander on 16 July 1862. He then served with the naval howitzer battery which served with the Army during the Antietam campaign in September 1862.
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