USN Davis, Charles Henry Sr.

Charles Henry Davis Sr.
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Born: January 16, 1807

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts

Father: Daniel Davis 1762 – 1835

(Buried: Cobb's Hill Cemetery, East and West Barnstable, Massachusetts)​

Mother: Lois Freeman 1768 – 1820

Wife: Harriette Blake Mills 1818 – 1892

(Buried: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)​

Son – in – law: U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Sr. 1850 – 1924

(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)​

Son – in – law: Historian Brooks Adams 1848 – 1927

(Buried: Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts)​

Children:

Constant Freeman Davis 1843 – 1867​

(Buried: Cambridge Cemetery Cambridge, Massachusetts)​

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USN Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis Jr. 1845 – 1921​

(Buried: Cambridge Cemetery Cambridge, Massachusetts)​

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Frank DuPont Davis 1848 – 1879​

(Buried: Cimetiere Communal de Ste. Marguerite, Nice, France)​

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Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge 1851 – 1915​

(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)​

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Evelyn Davis Adams 1853 – 1926​

(Buried: Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Massachusetts)​

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Louisa Minot Davis Luce 1860 – 1907​

(Buried: Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island)​

Education:

1821 – 1822: Attended Harvard College​

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1841: Received Honorary bachelor's degree from Harvard College​

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1868: Received Honorary Doctorate degree from Harvard College

Occupation before War:

1823 – 1829: Midshipman in the United States Navy​

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1827 – 1828: Served on board U.S. Navy frigate U.S.S. United States​

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1829 – 1834: Passed Midshipman in the United States Navy​

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1830 – 1833: Served on board U.S. Navy sloop U.S.S. Ontario​

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1834 – 1854: Lt. in the United States Navy​

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1834 – 1840: Served on board U.S. Navy U.S.S. Vincennes​

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1840 – 1841: Served on board U.S. Navy U.S.S. Independence​

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1846 – 1849: Worked on U.S. Coast survey aboard U.S.S. Nantucket​

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Responsible for researching tides and currents of New York Coast​

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1849 – 1855: Superintendent of American Nautical Almanac Office​

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1854 – 1861: Commander in the United States Navy​

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1857 – 1861: Commander of U.S. Navy U.S.S. St. Mary's​

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1857: Mediated with the Central American Forces at San Juan del Sur​

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1859: Ordered to go to Baker Island to obtain samples of guano​

Civil War Career:

1854 – 1861: Commander in the United States Navy​

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1861 – 1865: Member of Blockade Strategy Board​

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1861 – 1863: Captain in the United States Navy​

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Acting Flag Officer of the Western Gunboat Flotilla​

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1862: U. S. Navy Officer naval engagement at Plum Point Bend​

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1862: U.S. Naval Officer at First Battle of Memphis Tennessee​

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Successfully seized Confederate Supplies and munitions Yazoo River​

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1863 – 1877: Rear Admiral of the United States Navy​

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1863 – 1865: Chief of United States Bureau of Navigation​

Occupation after War:

1863 – 1877: Rear Admiral of the United States Navy​

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1865 – 1867: Superintendent of United States Naval Observatory​

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1867 – 1869: Commander United States Navy South Atlantic Squadron​

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1867 – 1869: His flag boat was the U.S.S. Guerriere​

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1869 – 1877: Served on the United States Navy Light House Board​

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1869 – 1877: Served on the United States Navy Observatory Board​

Died: February 18, 1877

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Age at time of Death: 70 years old

Burial Place: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

[Pollaco]

This biography states that he was the acting Flag Officer of the Western Gunboat Flotilla in 1862. One source says he was commanding the Upper Mississippi Gunboat Flotilla then was chief of the Bureau of Navigation in 1862. I guess whatever the title he was at Plum Run and helped capture Memphis.

 

[Pollaco]

This biography states that he was the acting Flag Officer of the Western Gunboat Flotilla in 1862. One source says he was commanding the Upper Mississippi Gunboat Flotilla then was chief of the Bureau of Navigation in 1862. I guess whatever the title he was at Plum Run and helped capture Memphis.

Actually it was he who was in on the early operations against Vicksburg, later he was replaced by David Porter.

 

[Pollaco]

Actually it was he who was in on the early operations against Vicksburg, later he was replaced by David Porter.

He was replaced by Porter when he was named Head of the Bureau of Navigation back in Washington.

 

[John Hartwell]

Rear Admiral Davis in 1869, with his youngest daughter, Louisa.

 

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Life of Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral, 1807-1877 by Charles Henry Davis

This biography of Rear Admiral Davis by his son fills in a needed chapter in American Civil War naval history. Admiral Davis played an important role in the western campaigns on the Mississippi, at Memphis and at Vicksburg. He worked against the blockade runners and was appointed to the Bureau of Navigation. His son, also Charles, served as Chief Intelligence Officer of the Office of Naval Intelligence from September 1889 to August 1892. One of his daughters married Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.

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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Charles Henry Davis
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Vol. 12 (May, 1876 - May, 1877), pp. 313-320 (8 pages)
Published by: American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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Charles Henry Davis, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 12 (May, 1876 - May, 1877), pp. 313-320

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