Stephen C Rowan was an American sailor. He was born in 1808 at Ireland and died in 1890. Emigrating from Ireland to America, he entered the US navy in 1826. He assisted in the capture of Monterey and San Diego in 1846 during the Mexican War, and commanded a naval brigade under Commodore Robert Stockton at San Gabriel and La Mesa. In the American Civil War he commanded the Pawnee at Acquia Creek and Hatteras. He commanded tlie fleet in the attack on Roanoke Island in 1863, fought at New Berne and captured Fort Macon. He commanded The New Ironsides off Charleston from 1862 to 1864. He became superintendent of the Naval Observatory in 1882. Research Stephen Rowan
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