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Samuel Perry "Powhatan" Carter | |
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 Samuel P. Carter | |
| Born | August 6, 1819 Elizabethton, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | May 26, 1891 (aged 71) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Place of burial | |
| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Service | 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 Second Opium 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 brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War and became a rear admiral in the postwar United States Navy. He received a nomination for appointment to the grade of brevet major general on January 13, 1866, two days before he was mustered out of the volunteers, to rank from the omnibus date of March 13, 1865. The nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 1866. He was the first and thus far only United States officer to have been commissioned both a general officer and a Naval flag officer.[1][2][3]
- ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 167.
- ^ Warner, 1964, p. 74.
- ^ 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, not U.S. military services.