Carlile Pollock Patterson

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Carlile Pollock Patterson (b. 1816, Shieldsboro, Mississippi - d. 1881) was an American civil engineer, superintendent of the United States Coast Survey.

He was appointed midshipman in 1830, served in the Mediterranean Sea, graduated at Georgetown College as a civil engineer in 1838, was attached to the Coast Survey 1838-1841, then led a hydrographic expedition to the Gulf of Mexico in 1845.

He commanded the Pacific mail steamer Oregon from 1850 to 1861 when he was appointed hydrographic inspector in the Coast Survey and in 1874 super- intendant.

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