Charles Henry Davis
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title:
Charles Henry Davis
text:
Charles Henry Davis was a self-educated American astronomer and rear admiral of the United States Navy. While working for the United States Coast Survey, he researched tides and currents, and located an uncharted shoal that had caused wrecks off of the coast of New York. During the American Civil War, he commanded the Western Gunboat Flotilla, where he won an important engagement in the First Battle of Memphis before capturing enemy supplies on a successful expedition up the Yazoo River. Davis w
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United States Navy admiral
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Henry_Davis
date created:
2005-03-23T15:17:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T13:43:13Z
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