Charles Asten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
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Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Charles Asten
- Charles Asten (born Michael Charles Asten, but served under his middle name) (September 14, 1834 – September 14, 1885) was a Quarter Gunner in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
- Asten was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in September 1834, and he entered the United States Navy in Chicago, Illinois, during the Civil War.
- In 1864, he served aboard USS Signal, a U.S.
- tinclad, during the Red River Campaign.
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