As per our current Database, Samuel P Carter has been died on May 26, 1891 (age 71).
When Samuel P Carter die, Samuel P Carter was 71 years old.
| Popular As | Samuel P Carter |
| Occupation | War Hero |
| Age | 71 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 6, 1819 (Tennessee) |
| Birthday | August 6 |
| Town/City | Tennessee |
| Nationality | Tennessee |
Samuel P Carter’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Samuel P Carter was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.
Remembered for serving in both the Union Army during the American Civil War and in the United States Navy in the postbellum period, Samuel "Powhatan" Carter held the military offices of Brevet Major General and Rear Admiral.
After studying at Washington College and Princeton University, he attended the United States Naval Academy and fought in the Mexican-American War.
He taught mathematics at the U.S. Naval Academy during the early 1950s and took part in military operations in Brazil and China in the years leading up to the Civil War. His nickname, "Powhatan," was actually the code name he used when rallying Union sympathizers and potential Union military recruits living in the Confederate-dominated American South.
The child of Evalina Belmont Perry and Alfred Moore Carter and the brother of william Blount Carter and Politician and military officer James Patton Taylor Carter, Samuel Perry Carter spent his youth in Elizabethton, Tennessee. For the last decade and a half of his life, he was married to Martha Custis Williams.
Carter and fellow U.S. Navy officer and Tennessee native David Farragut both fought on the side of the Union during the Civil War.
