Francis Asbury Roe (October 4 1823 - December 28 1901) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the American Civil War. Born in Elmira, New York, Roe entered the United States Navy as a midshipman on October 19 1841, and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1848. Roe left the Navy for eleven months, from June 1848 to May 1849, serving aboard the mail steamer SS "Georgia". Wikipedia
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