Silas Bent III was a naval officer in the United States Navy before the American Civil War. Silas Bent sailed both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and was recognized by the Navy for his contributions to oceanography published by the Navy. Silas Bent resigned his commission at the outset of the American Civil War, as his sympathy was for the Southern Confederacy.
- Occupation
- military officer, oceanographer, Q119164222, sailor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 10, 1820
- Died
- August 26, 1887
