Samuel P. Carter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Union Army general
Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1819
Place of Birth: Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 26-May-1891
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Samuel P. Carter
- 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.
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