Everything about Silas H Stringham totally explained
Silas Horton Stringham (
7 November 1798 -
7 February 1876) was an admiral in the
United States Navy.
Born in
Middletown, New York, Stringham served in the United States Navy from the
War of 1812 through the
American Civil War. During the War of 1812, he served in the
frigate President and took part in the engagements with the
British ships
Little Belt and
Belyidere. He subsequently served in
Spark in the campaign against
Algerian
corsairs and later, while attached to
Hornet with the
West India Squadron, participated in the capture of the slaver
Moscow.
During the
Mexican War, he commanded the
ship-of-the-line Ohio and took part in the attack on
Vera Cruz. He was a
flag officer in command of a Union Blockading fleet off the Virginia and North Carolina coast at the beginning of the
American Civil War. He fought at the
Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries early in the war. He was Commissioned
Rear Admiral in July
1862, his Civil War service included command of the
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
Rear Admiral Stringham died in
Brooklyn, New York.
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