American naval officer, born in Charleston, SC, on the 6th of December 1802; entered the United States navy as midshipman in 1812; became lieutenant in 1818, commander in 1838, captain in 1855, and chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography of the Navy Department in 1856. In 1861 he entered the Confederate naval service as chief of ordnance, construction and repair, and rose to the rank of commodore. He served in the War of 1812, the Mexican and Civil wars. He died in Charleston on the 16th of October 1891.
