Charles Carroll Simms (1824–1884) a native of Virginia, became a United States Navy midshipman in 1839.

Also commanded CSS Appomattox in coastal North Carolina until it was scuttled in February 1862.

As an officer of the ironclad CSS Virginia, he took part in her March–May 1862 actions in the vicinity of Hampton Roads.

Col. Charles Simms, grandfather of Charles Carroll Simms, was, among other things, an officer in the American Revolution and Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia.This page incorporates text from the public domain U.S.

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