. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy . REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES STANHOPE STATES NAVY. 1^5 Rear Admiral CHARLES STANHOPE COTTON. United States Navy. Was born February 15, 1843, ^^ Milwaukee,Wis. Appointed Acting IMidsliipman at Naval Acad-emy, Annapolis, ]\Id., from First District of Wis-consin, September 23, 1858 ; Ma}^ 10, 1861, detachedfrom the Naval Academy, and detailed for activeduty; June 7 to August 15, 1861, served on boardfrigate St. Lawrence; on July 28 she captured theConfederate privateer Petrel; August 15 to Novem-ber 19, dutv in Philadel
. Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy . REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES STANHOPE STATES NAVY. 1^5 Rear Admiral CHARLES STANHOPE COTTON. United States Navy. Was born February 15, 1843, ^^ Milwaukee,Wis. Appointed Acting IMidsliipman at Naval Acad-emy, Annapolis, ]\Id., from First District of Wis-consin, September 23, 1858 ; Ma}^ 10, 1861, detachedfrom the Naval Academy, and detailed for activeduty; June 7 to August 15, 1861, served on boardfrigate St. Lawrence; on July 28 she captured theConfederate privateer Petrel; August 15 to Novem-ber 19, dutv in Philadelphia in connection with thetrial of prisoners captured on board the Petrel; No-vember 19, 1861, to February 24, 1863, served onboard frigate Minnesota, flagship N. K. BlockadingSquadron ; participated in action between Alerrimacand Monitor and the fleet in Hampton Roads, onMarch 8 and 9, 1862. Promoted to Ensign, Novem-ber II, 1862 ; February 24 to July 13, 1863, attachedto steamsloop Iroquois, off Wilmington, N. C;March 8, 1864, to August 10, 1865, attached to steam
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