Samuel P. Carter
| Samuel Perry "Powhatan" Carter | |
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Samuel P. Carter
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| Born |
August 6, 1819 Elizabethton, Tennessee |
| Died | May 26, 1891 (aged 71) Washington, D.C. |
| Place of burial | Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Navy United States Army |
| Years of service | 1840–1861, 1865–1881 (USN) 1861–1865 (USA) |
| Rank |
 Brevet Major General (USA) Rear Admiral (USN) |
| Battles/wars |
Mexican-American War American Civil War |
| Other work | Asst. Professor of Mathematics, United States Naval Academy |
Samuel Perry "Powhatan" Carter (August 6, 1819 – May 26, 1891) was a United States naval officer who served in the Union Army as a brevet major general during the American Civil War and became a rear admiral in the postbellum United States Navy. He was the first and thus far only United States officer to have been commissioned both a general officer and a Naval flag officer. C.f.: Joseph D. Stewart, Major General, (United States Marine Corps) and Vice Admiral (United States Maritime Service), the USMS being a civilian agency. C.f. also: Rear Admiral and Brigadier General Raphael Semmes, Confederate States Navy and Army.
Carter was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee, the eldest son of Alfred Moore Carter, a direct descendant of the early settlers for whom Carter County is named. His mother was Evalina Belmont Perry. Although later known as Samuel Powhatan Carter, Samuel's middle name was Perry. He had two brothers, William Blount Carter and James Patton Taylor Carter. Samuel Carter attended Washington College and Princeton University before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in February 1840. Serving as a midshipman, Carter's five years of service included duty in the Pacific and Great Lakes region before transferring to the United States Naval Academy. He graduated in the class of 1846, later seeing action during the Mexican-American War aboard the USS Ohio at the Battle of Veracruz.
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