Edmund Colhoun
Edmund Ross Colhoun was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican War and the American Civil War, in which he was commended for his participation in the bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher.
Colhoun was born at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, onMay 1821 and was appointed a midshipman onApril 1839. He was attached to the sloopofwar USS160Marion in the Brazil Squadron from 1839 to 1841, then to the frigate USS160Congress in the Mediterranean Squadron and Brazil Squadron from 1842 to 1844. He then attended the Philadelphia Naval School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1845 and, after completing his studies, was promoted to passed midshipman onJuly 1845.
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