Philip H. Cooper

Rear Admiral Philip Henry Cooper was an officer in the United States Navy. He fought in the American Civil War and served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy and as CommanderinChief of the United States Asiatic Fleet.

Cooper was born in Camden, New York, onAugust 1844, the son of Hiram H. and Delia A. Cooper. He was appointed as an acting midshipman from New Yorks 20th congressional district onSeptember 1860 and entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, as a member of the class of 1864 the Academy moved to Newport, Rhode Island, after the American Civil War broke out in April 1861. OnJuly 1862, the rank of acting midshipman was abolished, and Cooper s rank changed to midshipman. OnNovember 1862, Cooper, Henry Glass, and Charles McGregor were appointed acting assistant professors of mathematics at the Naval Academy while all three were still Academy students. Cooper was commissioned as an acting ensign onMay 1863 and was assigned to the sloopofwar USS160Macedonian, serving as an Academy training ship, the same day.

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