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Rowan, Stephen Clegg -1890

Naval officer; born near Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1808; entered the United States navy as mid-

Stephen Clegg Rowan.

[499] shipman in February, 1826; served on the Pacific coast in the war against Mexico; and early in the Civil War commanded the sloop-of-war Pawnee in action at Aquia Creek. He was also a participant in the capture of the Confederate forts at Hatteras. He commanded the naval flotilla in the attack on Roanoke Island (q. v.), and performed exceptional service in the sounds on the coast of North Carolina; also in the attacks on Forts Wagner, Gregg, and Sumter, in Charleston Harbor. In 1868-69 he commanded the Asiatic Squadron; in September, 1870, was promoted vice-admiral; and in 1882 became superintendent of the Naval Observatory. He died in Washington, D. C., March 31, 1890.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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