10 Facts About Henry Thatcher

Henry Knox Thatcher was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, who served during the American Civil War.

Henry Thatcher then received an appointment as a midshipman in the Navy on 4 March 1823.

Henry Thatcher spent most of the next four years on board the frigate United States in the Pacific.

Henry Thatcher was promoted to lieutenant on 28 February 1833 and served aboard the schooner Experiment in Chesapeake Bay.

Henry Thatcher was Executive Officer of the Boston Navy Yard from November 1859 to November 1861, and thus played a role in the vast expansion of the Navy that began with the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861.

Henry Thatcher was promoted to captain in 1861, and while commanding the large sloop of war Constellation in the Mediterranean, attained the rank of commodore on 3 July 1862.

Henry Thatcher was the first commanding officer of the storeship New Hampshire upon its commissioning in May 1864.

Henry Thatcher was then appointed to command of the Western Gulf Squadron, immediately commencing operations in cooperation with General Canby, commander of the Army of West Mississippi, in the capture of Mobile, Alabama.

Henry Thatcher became president of the Massachusetts Society in 1871.

Rear Admiral Henry Thatcher died at his home on 5 April 1880.