Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924098819968 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY In compliance with current copyright law, Cornell University Library produced this replacement volume on paper that meets the ANSI Standard Z39.48-1992 to replace the irreparably deteriorated original. 2004 (Jfarncll Intoeraitg Uibrarg Jttjara. Sfem ^orb BERNARD ALBERT SINN COLLECTION NAVAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY THE GIFT OF BERNARD A. SINN, '97 1919 THE EECOEDS LIVING OFFICERS U. S. MYY AID MARmE CORPS; WITH A HISTOUT OP NAVAL OPERATIONS DURING THE REBELLION OF 1861-5, A LIST OF THE SHIPS AND OFFICERS PARTICIPATING IN THE GREAT BATTLES. COMPILED FEOM OFFICIAL SOURCES BY Lewis R. Hameesly, (Late Lieutenant United States Marine Corps.) PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINOOTT & OO. 187 0. ^? V "> A ^ ■-: I'j % A, '-^ Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by L. R. HameesI/Y and F. R. Haebahgh, In the Clerk'a Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. TO THE OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND MARINE CORPS IS EESPECTFUILT DEDICATED THIS RECORD OF THEIR SERVICES, AND HISTORY OF THE WARFARE, WHICH THEIR VALOR AND PATRIOTISM SO MUCH AIDED, WITH DIVINE HELP, TO MAKE GLORIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL. Philadelphia, Febetjaey, 1870. Navy Depaktment, 11th January, 1870. Dear Sib ; I have examined tbe proof sheets of your work on the Records of the Living Officers of the Navy, and am of opinion that it will supply a want, and be a useful book to the service and to the country. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, GEORGE M. ROBESON, Secretary of Navy. Lewis R. Hamerslt, Esq., Editor of the Records of Living Officers. Navy Department, Washington, January 11th, 1870. This seems to be a concise statement of the services of the Living Officers of the Navy, as shown by the records of this Department. D. D. PORTER, Vice Admiral. PREFACE. The late Rebellion, wHeh elicited so much impulsive valor and such well- applied skill, found the United States almost without an army and navy. We had only 16,000 regular troops, dispersed over a wide expanse of territory, and only 94 war vessels of all classes, designed to carry 2,415 guns. Only 43 of these ships were in commission. Many of these had been sent to distant seas : so, for the defence of our whole Atlantic seaboard the sole available force was the Brooklyn, of 25, and the store-ship Relief, of 2 guns. Of seamen and marines there were only 7,000. The military deficiency was supplied by a vol- unteer force; a navy had to be created. Six hundred vessels were provided, which not only maintained a strict blockade for four years, from the Capes of the Chesapeake to the Rio Grande, but captured blockade-runners, chiefly with British owners, to the value of $30,000,000. Over 200 war ships were con- structed, and 418 merchant vessels, (of which 313 were steamers,) were converted into ships-of-war. Mechanical skill, developed by encouragement, greatly im- proved the ordnance and produced the Monitor, which rendered such unexpected and efficient service at. a most critical time. Our soldiers were nobly supported in the great contest, not alone at Mobile, Pensacola, Key West, along the Florida Coast, Charleston, Fortress Monroe, and Norfolk, but even at Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, and, along the Mississippi river, especially at Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and New Orleans. The services of army officers have been recorded by several authors, but those of the Navy and the Marine Corps have been wholly neglected — the Official Registers merely giving the name, place of birth, date of last commission, and present station. Much more is required, not alone in justice to these gallant patriots, but as part of our national history ; as an incitement to others to pursue the career in which, while performing duty, they won renown. The present volume endeavors to supply this want. For the conductors of the public press, who may have occasion to write about these brave men, living or dead, (for, though glory is immortal, those who obtain it must submit to the common destiny of their race,) this work will be a treasury of facts, accurate in its full details. Henceforth, when an Officer of the Navy or Marine Corps passes to th^ better land, the recording journalist can draw upon these pages for the substan- tial facts of his public service, and not, as hitherto, make mere mention of his name. Here are the records of Living Officers of the United States Navy and Blarine Corps, (from the grade of Admiral down to that of Lieutenant-Commander, (5) PREFACE. inclusive, not omitting full Surgeons, Paymasters, Engineers, and Marine Officers,) as they appear in the Navy Register for 1870 ; also, a History of the Naval Operations daring the Eebellion of 1861-5, with the names of the vessels and a list of the officers participating in the great battles. These records have been generally verified by collation with the books of the Navy Department. Occasionally, information has been obtained from the officers themselves. In the cases of such Eetired Officers as had entered the Navy early in the present century, it has often been difficult, sometimes impossible, to obtain a correct record of their first services. The first Navy Register was pub- lished in 1816, and, for some years later, all Paymasters' Accounts, with the Muster and Pay-rolls, were filed in the office of the Comptroller of tbe Treasury, and perished when that edifice was destroyed by fire in 1833. To explain why, in the cases of some of the Retired naval officers, the commission of Captain follows that of Lieutenant, the intermediate grades of Lieutenant-Commander and Commander being omitted, it should be known that the law of 1867 pro- vided that officers on the Retired List should be promoted with officers of the same date on the active list. Thus, officers who had for many years been Lieu- tenants on the Retired List were promoted at once, in pursuance of this law, to the rank of Captain, and even of Commodore. The second portion of this volume is a History of the important Naval opera- tions of the different squadrons during the late war, chiefly compiled from the annual reports of the Secretary of the Navy and the official reports of the com- manding officers. As far as practicable, the language of these reports, at once graphic and terse, has been retained, and the Commanders' own words are also given, with no more alteration than was necessary in placing the events in clear chronological order. The closing section contains the names of officers and vessels participating in the great Naval battles of the Rebellion. It is the only complete list of this character ever published. Officers of the Navy and Marine Corps are requested to send to the author, (in care of his publishers, J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia,) any addenda, corrections or suggestions which he can make use of in subsequent editions. Philadelphia, February, 1870. Records of Living Officers of the U. S. Nayy. ADMIEAL DAVID GLASCOE FARRAGUT, Born at Campbell's Station, East Tennessee, 1801. Appointed Midshipman " at large" December 17th, 1810 ; commissioned as Lieutenant January 13th, 1825; attached to receiving ship at Norfolk, Va., 1827; serving on board sloop of war Vandalia, Brazil Squadron, 1829 and 30 ; attached to sloop of war Natchez, Brazil Squadron, 1834 ; commissioned as Commander September 8th, 1841 ; commanding sloop of war Decatur, Brazil Squadron, 1843 ; attached to Norfolk Navy Yard 1846; commanding sloop of war Saratoga, Home Squad- ron, 1847-9 ; serving at Norfolk Navy Yard 1850 ; commissioned as Captain March, 1851 ; on Ordnance duty 1851-54 ; commanding Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 1856-58 ; commanding sloop of war Brooklyn, Home Squad- ron, 1859-60; waiting orders 1861 ; commissioned as Rear Admiral July 16th, 1862; as Vice Admiral December 21st, 1864; as Admiral July 25th, 1866. He has had twenty-five years' sea service ; eighteen years' shore duty, and has been fourteen years unemployed. The name of David Glascoe . Farragut is one of the most famous in the annals of the United States Navy. When a boy of nine years, his father pro- cured him an appointment as Midshipman, and his first cruise was in the frigate Essex, Commodore Porter. While serving in the Essex he participated in the engagement which resulted in the capture of H. M. ship Alert. On March 28th, 1814, after a desperate and bloody fight of three hours, the frigate Essex was captured in the Bay of Valparaiso by H. M. ships Phoebe, of thirty-six guns, and Cherub, of twenty-eight guns. Midshipman Farragut, twelve years of age, was wounded, the only wound he ever received, being knocked down the hatch by a falling man, and severely bruised. In his official report to the Secretary of the Navy, Commodore Porter made special and honorable mention of the lad, saying with appropriate regret that " the boy was too young for promotion." Under Commodore Porter, in the West Indies, Midshipman Farragut took part in the attack on the rendezvous of pirates, at Cape Cruz, on the south side of the Island of Cuba, July 23, 1823. The United States naval force con- sisted of the schooner Grey-Hound, Lieut. Commander L. Kearney, and schooner Beagle, Lieut. Commander L. S. Newton. The attack lasted twelve hours. The boats of the pirates were captured and their village burned. From this time, for nearly forty years, he was sailing about the world, or quietly serving at different naval stations ; and at long intervals, rising by seniority from grade to grade. When the Rebellion began, Captain Farragut was sixty years of age, and had been in the service forty-eight years. He was living at Norfolk, Virginia, where he had married, and being a native of the South, it was hoped by the 8 ADMIRAL. rebels that lie would cast his fortunes with the seceding States. His firm determination to remain true to the flag, called forth no unmeaning threats. He was plainly informed that it would not be safe for him to remain in the South with the sentiments he held. He left Norfolk on the 18th of April, 1861, the night before the burning of the Navy Yard and government vessels. Captain Earragut's first appointment during the Rebellion was to the com- mand of the naval espedition organized for the caj)ture of the city of New Orleans. His orders reached him January 20, 1862, and on the 3d of Febru- ary following he sailed from Hampton Roads, in his famous flag-ship Hartford, for Ship Island, which place the fleet reached in safety, and there- made final preparations for the attack on the defences of New Orleans. These defences consisted of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, mounting one hundred and twenty guns of long range and heavy calibre, a fleet of twenty armed steamers, and four powerful steam iron-clad rams, one of them of four thousand tons, with a battery of sixteeen heavy guns, and, in addition, chains, rafts, and fire ships. On the 24th of April, Farragut attacked and passed the forts, encountered and destroyed the rebel fleet, under J. K. Mitchell, and ascended the Mississippi River. On the 25th attacked the Chalmette batteries, on each side of the river, three miles below New Orleans, drove the enemy from their guns, took possession of the forts, and on the same day captured the city. June 24th, 1863, the Admiral, with his fleet, passed Grand Gulf; on the 28th commenced the attack upon, and passed Vicksburg and its surrounding batteries. On the 16th of July, to the mortification of the Admiral, the rebel iroQ-clad ram Arkansas made its appearance, having escaped out of the Yazoo River, passed through the fleet exchanging shots, and reached the cover of the Vicksburg batteries. At 7 P. M. the fleet passed down the river, engaging the batteries and ram at Vicksburg. The army having failed to co-operate with the fleet, and Farragut not having sufficient force to make a land attack on Vicksburg, he was compelled to proceed to New Orleans, as it had become necessary to repair most of the vessels of his squadron. In March, 1863, Farragut was ordered to open communication with Rear Admiral Porter, of the Mississippi Squadron, and General Grant, both of whom were operating against Vicksburg. He therefore moved up in strong force from Baton Rouge, and on March 14th the fleet attempted to pass the batteries at Port Hudson, but only the flag-ship Hartford and the Albatross were successful. With these he succeeded in approaching Vicksburg, and in communicating with Rear Admiral Porter across the Peninsula. This gallant act of Rear Admiral Farragut being efiected, the navy had com- mand of the river between Vicksburg and Port Hudson, and was enabled to establish a blockade of Red River, and thus intercept the supplies from Texas destined for the rebel armies. This accomplished, the Admiral left his flao-- ship, the Hartford, and returning below, by way of the Atchafalaya, he resumed operations for a final assault on Port Hudson. May 24th he engaged the batteries at Port Hudson, and from that time until July 9th, when the garrison surrendered, he gallantly and efficiently co-operated with the army in its investment of the place. The river being now open Far- ragut turned over to Rear Admiral Porter the entire control of the western waters above New Orleans. Deeming that his long service and useful labors of eighteen months entitled this gallant officer to special consideration, the depart- ment tendered him a leave of absence, which he accepted. August 5th, 1864, the fleet under Rear Admiral Farragut passed the forts at the entrance of Mobile Bay, and engaged the rebel iron-clad Tennessee and her consorts. After a desperate fight of several hours' duration the rebel fleet sur- VICE ADMIEAL. _ 9 rendered to the United States naval forces, and the fall of Mobile became a mere question of time ; Fort Powell was blown up August 6th, Fort Gaines sur- rendered August Sih, and Fort Morgan August 23d. In September, 1864, Vice Admiral Farragut was offered the command of the naval expedition, then fitting out for the attack upon the defences of Wilming- ton, North Carolina; but impaired health obliged him to decline. In the summer of 1867, Admiral Farragut was ordered to the command of the European Squadron. He sailed from Brooklyn, New York, in the frigate Franklin, in 1867, and returned to the United States in the fall of 1868. During this cruise Admiral Farragut was everywhere received with respect and courtesy. The crowned heads and titled nobility of Europe seemed to vie with their humblest subjects in doing honor to this noble specimen of the American naval officer. VICE ADMIRAL DAVID D. PORTER. David D. Pouter is a native of the State of Pennsylvania. Appointed Mid- shipman from that State, February 2d, 1829; attached to frigate Constellation, Mediterranean Squadron, 1830 ; frigate United States, same squadron, 1833-34; attached to ship-of the-line Delaware, Mediterranean Squadron, 1835 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 4th, 1836 ; ou Coast Survey duty, 1837-40 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, February 27th, 1841 ; frigate Congress, Mediterranean Squadron, 1843-45 ; Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C, 1846. Lieutenant Porter was attached to Home Squadron, 1847, and actively engaged in the war with Mexico; was present at the two attacks on Vera Cruz and one on Tuspan, and one at Tobasco ; participated also in a land fio;ht at Tamultee, and a similar en- gagement at Chiflon ; on Coast Survey duty, 1848-49; on leave of absence, 1850; commanding Pacific Mail Steamer Georgia, 1851-53 ; on leave of absence, 1854 ; commanding store-ship Supply, 1855-57; attached to Portsmouth Navy Yard, N. H., 1858-60 ; promoted to Commander, April 22d, 1861 ; commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 4th, 1863 ; as Vice Admiral, July 25th, 1866. Vice Admiral Porter was actively employed from the beginning to the close of the rebellion. As early as April, 1861, he sailed from New York in the Powhatan for Fort Pickens, and remained on the coast of Florida until ordered North to assume command of the mortar fleet fitting out to co-operate with Admiral Farragut in his attack on the defences of New Orleans. He dis- played great energy in hastening the sailing of these vessels, and when Farra- gut arrived at the Southwest Pass, Porter's vessels were at their stations and ready to commence the attack. On the 11th of April, 1862, he began the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. The mortar flotilla kept up a steady fire, with but slight ces- sation, for six days and nights, at the end of which time both of the forts, powerful as they were, and desperate as was their resistance, had become so weakened and the garrison so demoralized, as, in the judgment of the Flag Officer, to render the passage of the fleet possible. On April 28th, Brigadier General Duncan, commanding the coast defences, and Lieutenant Colonel Higgins, commanding Forts Jackson and St. Philip, surrendered to Commander Porter. From this time until July, 1862, he re- mained in command of the mortar flotilla, actively, zealously, and efficiently co- operating with Admiral Farragut in his operations on the Mississippi, from New 10 VICE ADMIRAL. Orleans to Vicksburg. Commander Porter was soon after appointed Acting Rear Admiral, and ordered to the command of the Mississippi Squadron. The true character of his natural endowments and professional attainments may be seen in his creating a fleet of one hundred and twenty-five vessels — a number far exceeding that commanded by any other officer in the history of naval war- fare — out of the material afforded by ordinary river steamboats, which he plated, armed and equipped, making them formidable and efficient war vessels. In the squadron there were more than thirteen hundred officers ; of these not more than twenty-five were of the regular navy, the rest consisting mainly of Western steamboat men, utterly without naval training, but who, under the rigid dis- cipline and inspiring example of their commander, soon became valuable and trustworthy officers. In January, 1863, Admiral Porter's fleet captured Ar- kansas Post, on the Arkansas river, and in the month of May following he de- stroyed the formidable rebel batteries at Grand Gulf. Invaluable aid was ren- dered to the army under General Grant by Admiral Porter in the reduction of Vicksburg, which surrendered July 4, 1863. During the siege of Vicksburg his mortar fleet were forty days without inter- mission throwing shells into the city and even into the works beyond it. Thir- teen heavy guns were landed from the vessels, and men and officers sent to man thenl. Before the city capitulated, sixteen thousand shells were thrown from the mortars, gunboats, and naval batteries. In addition to these successes. Admiral Porter obtained control of the Yazoo river, sweeping from its channel the net-work of torpedoes and contrivances for submarine warfare near its confluence with the Mississippi. These efi'orts were followed by. the novel and singular Yazoo Pass expedition, and the expeditions of Steele's Bayou and Deer Creek. The Cumberland and "rennessce rivers were actively patrolled by his vigilant officers, and the exciting chase of Slorgan by the steamers on the Ohio river, over a distance of five hundred miles, intercept- ing bim and his band when attempting to escape, naturally attracted the atten- tion of the country. In jMarch, 1864, a portion of the Mississippi Squadron, under Admiral Porter, ascended the Eed river to form a junction with the army under General Banks at Alexandria, La. From this point, with some of his most formidable iron-clads, Admiral Porter penetrated some fifty miles further up the river, to Springfield Landing. While at Springfield Landing he learned that the army under General Banks had met with a reverse, and was falling back to Pleasant Hill, some distance below. Pi,ear Admiral Porter was therefore compelled to turn back, his retracing steps harassed at every available point by the enemy, flushed with their recent success against the army. On the 14th of April, Admiral Porter reached Graud-Ecore, where he found the vessels he had left at that point still detained above the bar. The river instead of rising as customary at this season, had fallen during his absence, and the destruction of the best portion of the Squadron seemed inevitable. But in the words of the Admiral, " Providence provided a man for the occasion." Lieut. Col. Bailey, Acting Engineer of the 19th army corps, constructed a series of dams across the river at the falls, and the water risinn- to a sufficient height, the imperiled boats passed safely over the bar. itear Admiral Porter, who had displayed ability of the hio-hest order and as commander of the Mississippi Squadron, had met with marked success in his operations against the enemy, and who, moreover, enjoyed the entire confidence of the department and the nation, was detached from the Jlississippi and ordered to the command of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron which embraced within its limits Cape Fear river and the port of Wilmin"-ton.' REAR ADMIRALS. H A fleet comprising all the available vessels at the disposal of the department, and commanded by officers who had distinguished themselves in the earlier operations of the war, was assembled at Hampton Roads. In the early part of December the fleet sailed for Beaufort, N. C, where they were to rendezvous. Final preparations for the attack were then made. On the 24th of December, 1804, Rear Admiral Porter, with a force of thirty-five vessels, five of which were iron- clads, and a reserve force of nineteen vessels, commenced the bombardment of the forts at the mouth of Cape Pear river, and silenced them in an hour and a: quarter. On the following day the fleet renewed the attack, and seriously damaged the enemy's works. General Butler, who commanded the military forces, after a reconnoissanoe, de- cided that the place could not be carried by assault. He, therefore, after inform- ing Rear Admiral Porter of his intention, returned with his command to Hamp- ton Roads. Admiral Porter, aware of the necessity of reducing the works, and the great importance of closing the port of Wilmington, and confident that with adequate military support the fort could be carried, earnestly requested that the enterprise should not be abandoned. On the suggestion of the President, Lieutenant-Geueral Grant was advised of the confidence felt by RearlAdmiral Porter, chat he could obtain complete success, provided he should be sufliciently sustained. Such military aid was therefore invited as would secure the fall of Fort Fisher. A second military force was promptly detailed, composed of about 8,500 men, imder command of Maj. Gen. A. H. Terry, and sent forward. This force arrived off Fort Fisher on the 13th of January. Oflensive opera- , tions were at once resumed by the naval force, and the troops were landed and entrenched themselves, while a portion of the fleet bombarded the works. These operations were continued throughout the 14th with an increased uutnber of vessels. The 15th was the day decided upon for the assault. During the morning of that day, forty-four vessels poured an incessant fire into the fort. There was besides a force of fourteen vessels in reserve. At 3 P. M. the signal for the assault was made. Desperate fighting ensued ; tra- verse after traverse was taken, and by 10 P. M. the works were all carried. Fourteen hundred sailors and marines were landed, and participated in the direct assault. Seventy-five guns, many of them superb rifle pieces, and nine- teen hundred prisoners were the immediate fruits of the victory. In 1866, Vice Admiral Porter was appointed Superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, which institution, under his excellent management, has acquired the highest standing. He is now on duty at the Navy Department. REAR ADMIRAL LOUIS BI. GOLDSBOROUGH Was born in Washington, D. C, February 18th, 1805. Appointed Midship- man from District of Columbia, June 18th, 1812; commissioned as Lieutenant, January 13th, 1825, and ordered to Mediterranean Squadron; attached to schooner Porpoise, Mediterranean Squadron, 1827-29. In 1827, Lieut. Goids- borough, then executive officer of the Porpoise, was ordered to take command of a night expedition, consisting of four boats, thirty-five men and officers, to retake an English brig, the Comet, from the Greek pirates, two hundred of whom were in full possession of her. The attempt was a desperate one, and required a desperate effort, but it met with entire success, though not until many of the enemy had been killed — an average of very nearly three to every man of the attacking party. The ward-room steward of the Porpoise, a mulatto 12 REAE ADMIRALS. of herculean strength, was one of the expedition, and killed with his own hand no less than eleven of the pirates ; while the chief of the horde, with several of his men, was despatched by the pistol of Lieut. John A. Carr, of Virginia, a gallant officer, long since dead. These pirates were at this time so numerous that no merchant vessel, unprotected hy convoy, could venture to thread ita course among the islands of the Greek archipelago with impunity ; and so pow- erful were they, that at one time they succeeded in capturing an Austrian ten "gun man-of-war brig. Our merchant marine suffered heavily by their depre- dations, for they attacked indiscriminately vessels of every nation except their own. In such a state of affliirs, a sound thrashing, like that administered by Lieut. Goldsborough and his little company, could hardly fail of good effect ; and ou the arrival of the Porpoise at Malta, the Governor of the place felt called ■upon to return the thanks of his government to her Commander, and through him to the officers and men who had been personally poncerned in the exploit. Lieut. Goldsborough was attached to the frigate United States, Pacific Squad- ron, 1840, and made a full cruise in that ship. Commissioned as Commander, September 8th, 1841. In 1847, Commander Goldsborough was present as ex- ecutive officer of the frigate Ohio, at the siege of Vera Cruz. After a bombard- ment of four days, by the fleet under Commodore Perry, and the army under Gen. Scott, the city and castle surrendered, March 29th, 1847, and the naval forces were despatched to capture the several Mexican ports on the Gulf; Com- modore Goldsborough, having under his command a force of three hundred officers and men from the Ohio, being engaged in the taking of Tuspan, a small maritime town, about one hundred and fifty miles north of Vera Cruz. These ports were thrown open to commerce and duties on imports imposed for the benefit of the U. S. Government. In 1852-53, Commodore Goldsborough commanded the sloop-of-war Levant, Mediterranean Squadron. Commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1855; Superintendent of Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1854-57; commanding frigate Congress, Brazil Squadron, 1859-60. In the early part of 1862, a joint expe- dition of the navy and army was organized for operations in the waters of North Carolina. The naval force, which consisted of seventeen light draught vessels, arrived at Hatteras Inlet, January 13th, 1862; but the army was not fully pre- pared for active co-operation until three weeks later. On the morning of 5th of February, the combined expedition proceeded towards Pioanoke Island. The mural vessels, placed by Flag Officer Goldsborough under the immediate com- mand of Commander Pv,owan, were formed in three separate columns, com- manded respectively by Lieiits. Reed Werden, Alexander Murray, and H. K. Davenport. On the morning of the 7th, the vessels of the insurgents, eight in number, were discovered drawn up behind an extensive barricade, formed by a double row of piles and sunken vessels stretching across the sound. At 10.30 the engagement commenced, and by noon became general. At 4 P. M. the batteries were temporarily silenced, and the first landing of troops efiected. At midnight, over ten thousand troops had disembarked. The engagement was renewed the following morning, and carried on chiefly by tjie army until 1 P. M., when the fleet proceeded to open a passage through the obstructions, which was successfully accomplished by 5 o'clock P. M., and the national flag was hoisted on Pork Point. Firing other of their works and one of their steamers were the closing events of the day; the rebels yielding the island to the possession of the U. S. forces. The rebel fleet was pursued into Pasquotank river by Commander Puowan's flotilla, and on the 10th, overtaken and captured. On the 14th of March, 1862, the town of Newbern, N. C, was occupied by a de- tachment of Flag Officer Goldsborough's squadron. HEAR ADMIRALS. 13 On the lOtli of May, 1862, the fleet, under the command of Flag Officer Groldsborough, engaged and silenced the rebel batteries at Sewell's Point, oppo- site Fortress Monroe, and passed up to Norfolk, which had been previously evacuated by the rebels. Commissioned as Bear Admiral, July 16th, 1862. At the close of the war, Rear Admiral Goldsborough was ordered to command the European Squadron. He returned from this service in 1868, and is now under orders to command Navy Yard, Mare Island, California. EEAR ADMIRAL CHARLES H. DAVIS. Charles H. Davis was bom in Massachusetts, January 16th, 1807. He was appointed midshipman from the same State, August 12th, 1823. Midshipman Davis was attached to the frigate United States, Pacific Squadron, 1827-28 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, Blarch 2.3d, 1829, and attached to the sloop- of-war Ontario, Mediterranean Squadron, 1880-83 ; commissioned as Lieutenant March 8d, 1884, and ordered to the sloop-of-war Vincennes, Pacific Squadron; during the years 1837-38 on special duty; attached to razee Independence, Brazil Squadron, 1840—41; on ordnance duty from 1842—48, and special duty from 1849-56. Commissioned as Commander, June 12th, 1854; in 1857, Commander Davis was ordered to the command of the sloop-of-war St. Mary's, Pacific Squadron, and was attached to that vessel until January, 1859, when he returned, and was appointed Superintendent of Nautical Almanac. Commissioned as Captain, 1861. Captain Davis was a member of the Board of Officers convened for the purpose of making a thorough investigation of the Southern coast and harbors, their access and defences; and one of the immediate results of their investigations was the organization of Dupont's expedition to Port Royal, S. C, in which Captain Davis bore an important part. On the 9th of May, 1862, Captain Davis was appointed Flag Officer of the Mississippi Flotilla, relieving Flag Officer Foote. On the 11th of the same month, an attack, for which the rebel fleet lying below Fort Pillow had been long preparing, was made on Flag Officer Davis' flotilla. The rebel fleet of eight iron-clad steamers, four of them fitted as rams, steamed up fully prepared for an engagement, and the flotilla was quickly in motion to receive them. An action of an hour's duration, at the closest quarters, followed, at the end of which the enemy retreated under the guns of Fort Pillow, three of their gun- boats having been disabled. On the 5th of June Fort Pillow was abandoned by the rebels. The flotilla moved down the river, and on the morning of the 8th of June engaged the rebel fleet of eight gunboats and rams, opposite the city of INIem- phis. A running fight followed, carrying the vessels several miles below Memphis, and resulting in the capture or destruction of the entire rebel fleet, except the Van Horn, which succeeded in escaping. At the close of the en- gagement Flag Officer Davis returned to Memphis, and demanded the surrender of the city, which was complied with. On the 29 th of June, Flag Officer Davis left Memphis with a part of his flotilla and six mortar-boats, and on the 2d of July following joined Rear Ad- miral Farragut above Vicksburg, the latter officer, with a portion of his squadron, having arrived there a few days previous. Demonstrations were continued by 14 REAR ADMIRALS. the combined squadrons, at intervals, on the defences of Vicksburg, for some days, the mortar vessels of each squadron bombarding from both above and below. There not being a sufficient military force to co-operate in the reduction of Vicksburg, the scheme was, for the time, abandoned, and, late in July, Flag Officer Davis withdrew his command to the mouth of the Yazoo river. In August following, a joint expedition was planned, by Flag Officer Davis and General Curtis, for operations up the Yazoo, which was entirely successful, resulting in the capture of a battery of heavy guns, field-pieces, munitions, etc. Flag Officer Davis was commissioned as Commodore, U. S. Navy, July 16th, 1862, and, in the fall of the same year, was ordered to duty, in the Navy De- partment, as Chief of Bureau of Navigation. While filling this position, he was commissioned as Bear Admiral, taking rank from February 7th, 1863. In the year 1865, Hear Admiral Davis was appointed Superintendent of the Naval Observatory, Washington, and continued there until 1867, in which year he was ordered to command the South Atlantic Squadron, coast of Brazil, where he remained until the summer of 1869. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN A. DAHLGREN. John A. Dahigren was born in Philadelphia. He was appointed Midship- man from the Slate of Pennsylvania, February 1st, 1826. Midshipman Dahl- gren's first cruise was in the frigate Macedonian, Brazil Squadron, in the years 1827-29; attached to the sloop-of-war Ontario, Mediterranean Squadron, in 1830-32 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, April 20th, 1832 ; on coast survey duty, from 1836 to 1842; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 8th, 1837 ; attached to frigate Cumberland, Mediterranean Squadron, 1844-5 ; on ordnance duty from 1847 to 1857, during which time he perfected the invention of the famous Dahlgren gun ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; command- ins ordnance ship Plymouth, 1858-9 ; on ordnance duty at Navy Yard, Wash- ington, 1860-61. At the breaking out of the Rebellion, the Commandant and most of the offi- cers attached to the Washington Navy Yard resigned their commissions, and went South. Commander Dahlgren was true among the faithless, and, as a recognition of his unswerving loyalty. President Lincoln appointed liiui Com- mandant of the Washington Navy Yard; commissioned as Captain, July 16tb, 1862, and shortly afterwards appointed Chief of Bureau of Ordnance. Promoted to Rear Admiral, February 7th, 1863, and in the summer follow- ing ordered to the command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, relieving Rear Admiral Dupont; assumed command of the squadron, July 6th, 1863. A combined operation of naval and army forces, the latter under Gen- eral Gillmore, was instituted for the occupation and possession of Morris Island, on the south side of the entrance into Charleston harbor. After a long and severe struggle, the army operating upon land, with the efficient co-operar tion of the monitors and the New Ironsides, Morris Island, with all its batteries, was captured, and Fort Sumpter was soon made a pile of ruins by the fierce artillery of the combined forces. The fleet of Admiral Dahlgren remained inside the bar, and after the capture of Jliirris Island, blockade running, so far as Charleston was concerned, was at an end. REAR ADMIRALS. 15 In February, 1864, a successful expedition, commanded by Rear Admiral Dahlgren in person, ascended the St. John's River, to aid a military force intended to be thrown into Florida. On the 12th of December, 1864, General Sherman, having successfully acoom- plished his march to the sea, rdtohed the vicinity of Savannah, and communica- tion between him and Rear Admiral Dahlgren was immediately established. The latter made the best possible disposition of the vessels then under his com- mand to assist the army in obtaining possession of Savannah, which was occu- pied by General Sherman on the 2l8t of December. On the morning of the 18th of February, 1865, the city of Charleston was evacuated by the rebel forces, and Rear Admiral Dahlgren at once moved his vessels up to the city. The evacuation of Charleston was followed by that of Georgetown, on Febru- ary 23d, and on the 26th of that month the place itself was occupied by Rear Admiral Dahlgren. In 1866, Rear Admiral Dahlgren was ordered to the command of South Pacific Squadron, and returned from that service in 1868, and was, for the second time, appointed Chief of Bureau of Ordnance. In the fall of 18G9, ordered to the command of the Washington Navy Yard. REAR ADMIRAL SYLVANUS W. GODON. Stltanus W. Godon was born in Pennsylvania. He was appointed Mid- shipman from the same State, March 1st, 1819; promoted to Passed Midship- man, and ordered to frigate Macedonian, Brazil Squadron, 1827; on duty at Naval School, Norfolk, Va., 1829 ; serving in sloop-of-war Natchez, Mediterra- nean Squadron, 1830 , attached to frigate Potomac, Pacific Squadron, 1833-4 ; serving in schooner Shark, Mediterranean Squadron, 1835 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, December 17th, 1836; attached to sloop-of-war Peacock, East India Squadron, 1836-7 ; and to sloop-of-war Cyane, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1840; attached to bomb brig Vesuvius, 1847, at the siege of Vera Cruz ; on special duty, 1850 ; executive officer of steamer Susquehanna, East India Squadron, 1851-53 ; promoted to Commander, September 14th, 1855; com- manding sloop-of-war Mohican, Pacific Squadron, 1860. Commissioned as Captain in 1861, and ordered to command of sloop-of-war Powhatan, one of the vessels of Dupont's Expedition to Port Royal. Promoted to Commodore, January 2d, 1863; on special duty, 1864; commanding steamer Susquehanna, and fourth division of Porter's Squadron, at the two battles of Fort Fisher, in December, 1864, and January, 1865. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 25th, 1866 ; commanding South At- lantic Squadron, Coast of Brazil, 1866-7. Commandant Navy Yard, New York, 1869. _ Rear Admiral Godon's record shows that he has served in all parts of the world. Of forty years' service, twenty-four have been at sea — a greater propor- tion of sea service than shown by the record of any other officer of his grade. REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM RADFORD. William Radford was born in Virginia. He was appointed from the State of Missouri, March 1st, 1825 ; attached to Mediterranean Squadron, 1827-28; and to sloop-of-war Erie, West India Squadron, 1830-31; promoted to Passed 16 REAR ADMIRALS. Midsliipman, June 4t'h, 1831; atfcaclied to sloop-of-war John Adams, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1835; promoted to Lieutenant, February 9th, 1887; attached to sloop-ot'-war Warren, Pacific Squadron, 1845-47. Lieutenant Radford commanded the party that cut out the Malokadel, a Mex- ican vessel of war, at Mazatlan, West Coast of Mexico ; attached to store-ship Lexington, 1852-53. Promoted to Commodore, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding sloop-of-war Dacotah, Bast India Squadron, 18S0-61 ; commissioned as Captain in 1862 ; commanding sloop-of-war Cumberland in 1861, and was on court-martial duty at Old Point, when that ship was attacked by the ram Blerrimac, which had steamed down from Norfolk. Commander Radford made strenuous exertions to reach his ship before the fight was over, but arrived at Newport News just aa the Cumberland was sinking. Promoted to Commodore, April 24th, 1863. Commanded frigate New Ironsides, and iron-clad division of Porter's squadron at the two attacks upon Fort F'isher, in December, lS64, and January, 1865. Commandant of Washington Navy Yard, 1866-68. Commanding European Squadron in 1869. REAR ADMIRAL STEPHEN C. ROWAN. Born in Ireland, December 2Sth, 1805; appointed Blidshipman from Ohio, February 15th, 1826, and ordered to the sloop-of-war Viucennes, Pacific Squadron ; serving in schooner Experiment, Chesapeake Bay, 1831 ; pro- moted to Passed Midshipman, April 28th, 1832, and attached to sloop-of-war Vandalia, West India Squadron, 1834-36, and to store-ship Relief, 1837. Commissioned as Lieutenant in 1837 ; on coast survey duty, 1840 ; attached to frigate Delaware, Brazil Squadron, 1843 ; serving in Pacific Squadron, 1846-48, and took an active part in the war with Mexico. Commanded naval battalion under Commodore Stockton at the battle of the Niesa, Upper California; commanded a landing party that made a successful night attack on a Mexican outpost, near Mazatlan ; Executive OflScer of the Cyane when she bombarded Guaymas; on ordnance duty 1850-53. Promoted to Commander, September 14th, 1855, and ordered to command of store-ship Relief; on ordnance duty, 1858-61; commanded sloop-of-war Pawnee, 1861-62. In May, 1861, when in command of the Pawnee, engaged the rebel battery at Acquia Creek. This was the first action of the war. While in command of the Pawnee, he participated in the attack and capture of the forts and garrison at Hatteras Inlet. February 7th, 1862, commanded a naval flotilla in the sounds of North Carolina, and took part in the successful combined attack of the navy and army upon Roanoke Island, on February 8th. On the morning after the capture of Roanoke Island, Commander Rowan, with a portion of his flotilla, pursued the enemy into Albemarle Sound, and at 8 A. M., February 10th, the rebel steamers, under the command of W. F. Lynch, formerly of the U. S. Navy, were discovered drawn up behind a battery of four guns, supported by a schooner on the opposite side of the river, armed with two heavy thirty-two pounders. Fire was opened by the insurgents from the fort and steamers at long rano-e. Commander Rowan pushed on steadily until within thrce-fuurths of a mile REAR ADMIRALS. 17 ■fflien he opened fire and dashed ahead at full speed. This bold and wholly Tinaatiolpated onset dismayed the rebels, -who hastily abandoned their works, ■which, with their entire fleet, were captured or destroyed. Passing up the river, the flotilla took possession of Elizabeth City. Lieuten- ant Murray was despatched with a small force to Edenton, of which he quietly took possession, and on returning from this duty he was sent to obstruct the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal. In this expedition there were five armed steamers and one schooner destroyed, and one steamer, the Ellis, captured. Commissioned as Captain, July 10th, 1862, and as a reward for distinguished gallantry, promoted to Commodore, to take rank from the same date. Commodore Eowan commanded the naval forces at the fall of Newbern, N. C.; commanded the New Ironsides off Charleston, and participated in the different engagements with Forts Wagner, Gregg and Moultrie. Commissioned as Eear Admiral, July 25th, 1866 ; Commandant Norfolk Navy Yard, 1866-67 ; commanding Asiatic Squadron, 1868-69. BEAR ADMIRAL THOMAS T. CRAVEN. Thomas T. Craven was born in the District of Columbia. Appointed Midshipman from the State of New Hampshire, May 1st, 1822 ; serving in the sloop-of-war Peacock, Pacific Squadron, 1827 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, May 24th, 1828; serving in sloop-of-war Erie, West India Squadron, 1829. Commissioned as Lieutenant, May 27, 1830 ; serving in brig Boser, Brazil Squadron, 1833, and attached to receiving-ship at New York, 1836 ; exploring expedition, 1840 ; attached to razee Independence, Mediterranean Squadron, 1850 ; on duty at Naval Academy, 1851-55. i Commissioned as Commander, December 16th, 1852; commanding frigate Congress, Mediterranean Squadron, 1856-58 ; Naval Academy, 1859 ; com.. manding sloop Mohawk, Home Squadron, 1860. Commissioned as Captain, June 7th, 1861 ; commanding sloop-of-war Brook- lyn, Home Squadron, 1861-62; while in command of the Brooklyn, partici- pated in the attack upon and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. In this action. Captain Craven's vessel became entangled in the hulks and rafts which sustained the chain barricade of the river, and, while in this situation, received a severe fire from Fort St. Philip, and was attacked by one of the enemy's rams and a large rebel steamer ; the latter received a broadside from the Brooklyn, at sixty yards, so well delivered as to end the conflict, so far as the steamer was concerned. The ram struck the Brooklyn at the starboard gangway, but the chain-armor proved a perfect protection. By this time the Brooklyn had swung clear of the obstructions, and passed on up the river. Captain Craven continued in command of the Brooklyn, taking part in all the engagements along the Mississippi river, up to and including that of Vicksburg, until late in the summer of 1862, when he was detached and ordered North. Commissioned as Commodore, July 10th, 1862 ; commauding steam-frigate Niagara, special service, European waters, 1864-65. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, October 10th, 1866; commandant of Navy Yard, Marc Island, California, 1867-68 ; commanding North Pacific Squadron, 1869. o 18 EEAK ADMIRALS. KEAE ADMIRAL JOSEPH LANMAN. Joseph Lanmanwrs born in Connecticut, July 11th, 1811. Appointed Mid- shipman from the same State, January 1st, 1825 ; attached to frigate Mace- donian, Brazil Squadron, 1827; sloop Peacock, West India Squadron, 1830; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 4th, 1831 ; attached to schooner Dol- phin, Pacific Squadron, 1834-35, and to sloop Vincennes, same squadron, 1836 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 3d, 1835; serving in sloop Warren, West India Squadron, 1840 ; on ordnance duty, 1845-46; Pacific Squadron, 1847-48. In the latter year, Lieutenant Lanman was complimented by beiog made bearer of despatches from the commanding officer of the Pacific Squad- ron, to the authorities at Washington ; special duty, 1849-51 ; sloop-of-war San Jacinto, Mediterranean Squadron, 1852-53. Commissioned as Commander, Sept. 14th, 1855; Washington Navy Yard, 1855-56; commanding steamer Michigan, on the Lakes, 1859-61. Commissioned as Captain, 1861 ; commandiDg steam-sloop Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1862; commissioned as Commodore, August 29th, 1862 ; command- ing steam sloop Lancaster, Pacific Squadron, 1863 ; commanding frigate Min- nesota, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-65. Commodore Lanman commanded the 2d Division of Porter's Squadron, at the two attacks upon Fort Fisher, and performed his duty efficiently. Commissioned as Eear Admiral, December 8th, 1867; Commandant Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1867-68 ; commanding South Atlantic Squadron, coast of Brazil, 1869. EEAR ADMIRAL THOMAS TUENER. Thomas Tuenee is a native of Virginia. Appointed Midshipman from Vir- ginia, April 21st, 1825 ; attached to frigate Constellation, Mediterranean Squadron, 1827; sloop-of-war Warren, Mediterranean Squadron, 1830 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 4th, 1831 ; frigate Constellation, Mediterranean Squadron, 1834, and frigate Delaware, same Squadron, 1835; commissioned as Lieutenant, December 22d, 1835 ; frigate Columbus, East India Squadron, 1840 ; receiving-ship at Philadelphia, 1843 ; sloop Albany, Home Squadron, 1847. Lieutenant Turner was actively engaged in the war with Mexico, and. was present at Tuspan, April 7th, 1847 ; receiving-ship at Philadelphia, 1850 ; frigate Congress, Brazil Squadron, 1851-53 ; on ordnance duty, 1854-57. Commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding sloop-of- war Saratoga, Home Squadron, 1859-60; Commander Turner wag in command of Saratoga in the engagement between that vessel and two Spanish steamers, the Marquis of Havannah, and General Miramon, in the harbor of Anton Leyardo, Mexico, when they were captured, March 6th, 1860, at midnight. Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862, and as Commodore, December 13th, 1863 ; commanded frigate New Ironsides, special service, 1863 ; commanded frigate New Ironsides in the attack upon Forts Sumpter, Moultrie and Beaure- gard, in Charleston harbor, April 7th, 1863. Admiral Dupont was on board the New Ironsides, and commended Commodore Turner for the judgment and ability with which he handled his vessel; special duty. New York, 1864-65 ; special duty, Philadelphia, 1866-67 ; on ordnance duty, Philadelphia, 1868 ; commissioned as Eear Admiral, May 27th, 1868 ; commanding South Pacific Squadron, 1869. REAE ADMIRALS. 19 KEAR ADMIRAL CHARLES H. POOR. Charles H. Poor was born at Cambridge, Mass., in June, 1809. Appointed Midshipman from Massachusetts, March Ist, 1823; attached to sloop-of-war John Adams, West India Squadron, 1827 ; frigate Java, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1829 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, March 29th, 1829, and ordered to frigate Delaware, Mediterranean Squadron, 1830; sloop-of-war Lexington, Bra- zil Squadron, 1833, and brig Boxer, same squadron, 1834. Commissioned as Lieutenant, Deo. 31st, 1838 ; Rendezvous, Norfolk, Va., 1836 ; razee Independence, Brazil Squadron, 1840 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1846-48; Inspector, etc., 1850-51; frigate St. Lawrence, Pacific Squadron, 1852-55. Commissioned as Commander, Sept. 14th, 1855 ; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1856-58 ; commanding sloop-of-war St. Louis, Home Squadron, 1860-61 ; com- manded expedition of sailors and marines to reinforce Eort Pickens, 1861 ; frigate Roanoke, N. A. B. Squadron, 1861-62. Commander Poor took com- mand of steamer Illinois, to act as a ram against Merrimac, but did not have an opportunity to test the power of his vessel. Passed rebel batteries under fire at Sewell's Point, while proceeding from Hampton Roads towards Newport News in frigate Roanoke, to assist the Congress and Cumberland. Commissioned as Commodore, January 2d, 1863 ; commanding sloop-of-war Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1803-65 ; compelled the authorities at Aspinwall to release U. S. Mail steamer detained to collect illegal dues, (approved by Secre- tary of the Navy) ; compelled authorities at Rio La Hache to hoist and salute the American flag which had been insulted, (approved by Secretary of the Navy) ; commanding Naval Station at Mound City, 111., 1866-68; commissioned Rear Admiral, Sept. 20th, 1868; Commandant Navy Yard, Washington, 1869 ; detached August 10th, 1869, and took command of North Atlantic Squadron, August 19th, 1809. REAR ADMIRALS ON RETIRED LIST. REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM B. SHUBRICK. William B. SHnBRicic was born in South Carolina, October 31st, 1790. Appointed Midshipman from his native State, June 20th, 1806; commissioned as Lieutenant, January 5th, 1813 ; commanded a gun-boat in an attack on a British frigate, in Hampton Roads, in June, 1813 ; commanded a gun in the battle on Craney Island, when the British were repulsed, in June, 1813 ; was Third Lieutenant of the frigate Constitution in the action which resulted in the capture of the Cyane and Levant. Commissioned as Master Commandant, March 28th, 1820. Commanded sloop Lexington, Brazil Squadron, 1827; Navy Yard, Washington, 1830. Com- missioned as Captain, February 21st, 1831. On ordnance duty, 1833-37 ; commanding West India Squadron, 1840 ; Commandant Norfolk Navy Yard, 1843 ; Chief of Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, 1845-46 ; commanding Pacific Squadron, during the Mexican war ; landed and captured the fortified 20 REAR ADMIRALS. town of Mazatlan, from a superior force under General Telles, and held it and several inferior places to the end of the war. Ordnance duty, 1852 ; Chief of Bureau of Construction, 1853 j^^Chairman of Lighthouse Board, 1854-58 ; commanding Brazil Squadron and Paraguay Expedition, 1859; commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 16th, 1862; Chairman of Lighthouse Board, 1860-69. EEAR ADMIRAL JOSEPH SMITH. Joseph Smith was born in Massachusetts, Marob 30th, 1790. Appointed Midshipman from the same State, January 16th, 1809 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, July 24th, 1813. Lieut. Smith served with distinguished gallantry at the battle of Lake Cham- plain, September 11th, 1814, and at the capture of Algerine vessels, 1815. He was wounded in the former action, and was favorably mentioned by his command- ing officer in his official report. Commissioned as Commander, March 3d, 1827 ; attached to Boston Navy Yard, 1829; frigate Guerriere, Mediterranean Squadron, 1830 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1834. Commissioned as Captain, February 9th, 1837 ; commanding ship-of-the-line Ohio, Mediterranean Squadron, 1840; command- ing receiving-ship, at Boston, 1843 ; commanding Mediterranean Squadron, 1845. In 1847, Captain Smith was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, which position he filled with great advantage to the government, and credit to himself, until the spring of 186'9, when failing health obliged him to resign. Commissioned as Rear Admiral. July 16th, 1862. At present, on special duty at Navy Department, Washington, D. C. REAR ADMIRAL SILAS H. STRINGHAM. Silas H. Steingham was born in Middletown, Orange county, N. Y. Appointed Midshipman, June 19th, 1810. Midshipman Stringham's first ser- vice was in the frigate President, 1811-12. While attached to the President, he participated in the engagement with H. M. S. Little Belt, and in the engage- ment with H. M. S. Belvidere. Commissioned as Lieutenant, December 9tli, 1814. Lieutenant Stringham took part in the capture of the Algerine vessels, 1815. Commissioned as Commander, JIarch 3d, 1831; special duty, 1831-32; commanding sloop-of-war John Adams, 1836-37; Navy Yard, New York, 1840. Commissioned as Captain, 1841 ; commanding frigate Independence, Home Squadron, 1843 ; commanding New York Navy Yard, 1845-46 ; commanding ship-of-the-line Ohio, Pacific Squadron, during the war with Mexico ; Com- mandant Norfolk Navy Yard, 1852; commanding Mediterranean Squadron, 1852-55; Commandant Navy Yard, Boston, 1856-60; commandin"- N A B. Squadron, 1861. REAR ADMIRALS. 21 Plag OflB.oer Stringham's squadron embraced within its limits the whole coast extending from the easternmost line of Virginia to Cape Florida, and with the small force the Department was able to place at his disposal, he did all that could be done in effecting a blockade of the Southern ports. After some delay, an expedition to Hatteras Inlet, on the coast of North Carolina, where piratical depredations had become extremely annoying, was undertaken. Flag Officer Stringham commanded in person the naval forces, and Major General Butler commanded the military forces, consisting of about eight hundred men, which co-operated with the squadron. The expedition was entirely successful in the attack upon and capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark. The entire garrison, uiider command of Commodore Barron, who had been for nearly fifty years an officer in the U. S. Navy, surrendered, after sustaining great loss; while not a man was killed or wounded in the attacking force. It is to be regretted that the military force was not strong enough to follow up this victory. lu September, 1861, Flag Officer Stringham, at his own request, was relieved of the command of the squadron. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 16th, 1862 ; special duty, 1862-63 ; commandant Navy Yard, 1864-66; at present Port Admiral at New York. REAK ADMIRAL SAMUEL L. BREEZE. Samuel L. Breeze was born in New York. Appointed at large, Septem- ber 10th, 1810. Midshipman Breeze was present at the battle of Lake Cham- plain. Commissioned as Lieutenant, April 27th, 1816, and as Commander, December 22d, 1835 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1836; rendezvous, Baltimore, 1840. Commissioned as Captain, September 8th, 1841 ; commanding frigate Cumberland, Mediterranean Squadron, 1845. Captain Breeze was in the Pacific during the Mexican war, and was present at the attack on, and capture of, the towns Tuspan and Tobasco, Mexico, and at the capture of Vera Cruz, 1847; special duty on the lakes, 1848; Command- ant Norfolk Navy Yard, 1853-55 ; commanding Mediterranean Squadron, 1856-58 ; Commandant Navy Yard, New York, 1859-61. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 16th, 1862; Light-house Inspector, 1862 ; special duty. New York, 1865. At present. Port Admiral at Phila- delphia. REAR ADMIRAL HIRAM PAULDING. Hiram Paulding was born in New York. Appointed Midshipman, Sep- tember 1st, 1811. Midshipman Paulding was present at the battle of Lake Champlain. Commissioned as Lieutenant, April 27th, 1816, and commanded schooner Shark, West India Squadron, 1834-36. Commissioned as Commander, February 9th, 1837. Commissioned as Cap- tain, February 29th, 1844 ; commanding sloop Vincennes, East India Squadron, 22 EEAR ADMIRALS. 1846 ; commanding frigate St. Lawrence, Mediterranean Squadron, 1850 ; Com- mandant Washington Navy Yard, 1853-55; commanding Home Squadron, 1856-58 ; special duty, Wasliington, 1861. Commissioned Kear Admiral, July 16th, 1862'. In 1862, Admiral Paulding was ordered to the command of the N^w York Navy Yard, and in that position rendered important and efficient service to the government hy the energy he displayed in preparing ships for the different squadrons. No small portion of the efficiency of our Blockading Fleet wag due to the personal attention Admiral Paulding gave to the fitting and equipment of the vessels. In 1865, Admiral Paulding was relieved from this duty. Governor of Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1867-69. At present, Port Admiral at Boston. EEAR ADMIRAL THOMAS CRABBE. Thomas Crabbb is a native of Maryland. Appointed Midshipman, from Pennsylvania, November 15th, 1809. Commissioned as Lieutenant, February 4th, 1815, and as Commander, March 3d. 1835 ; commanding sloop-of-war Vandalia, West India Squadron, 1837. Commissioned as Captain, September 8th, 1841, and ordered to command frigate Brandy wine, Brazil Squadron; com- manding steam-sloop San Jacinto, Mediterranean Squadron, 1852-53 ; com- manding squadron on Coast of Africa, 1855-57. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; Prize Commissioner, Eastern District, Pennsylvania, 1864-65. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 25th, 1866. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN B. BIONTGOMERY. John B. Montgomery was born in New Jersey. Appointed Midshipman from the same State, June 4th, 1812. Commissioned as Lieutenant, April Igt, 1818, and as Commander, December 9th, 1839 ; commanding Naval Rendez- vous, Boston, 1840 ; commanding sloop-of-war Portsmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1845-48 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1850-51. Commissioned as Captain, Jan- uary 6th, 1853 ; commanding Pacific Squadron, 1860-61 ; Commandant Boston Navy Yard, 1862-63. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862 ; Com- mandant Navy Yard, Washington, 1864-65. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 25th, 1866. Commandant Naval Station, Saekett's Harbor, N. Y., 1867-69. REAR ADMIRAL CORNELIUS K. STRIBLING-. Cornelius K. Stribling was born in South Carolina. Appointed Midship- man from the same State, June 18th, 1812; serving on board the Macedonian REAR ADMIRALS. 23 in the squadron under the command of Commodore Decatur, when the Algerine frigate and brig were captured, in 1815. Commissioned as Lieutenant, April 1st, 1818. In April, 1823, Lieutenant Stribling commanded two barges, on the coast of Cuba, and after a running fight captured the piratical schooner Pilot; serving in frigate Brandywine, Pacific Squadron, 1827, and in sloop Vincennes, same squadron, 1829-30; receiving- ship at Norfolk, 1833; ordnance duty, 1834-35; sloop-of-war Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1836 ; sloop-of-war Peacock, East India Squadron, 1837 ; ren- dezvous, Norfolk, 1840. Commissioned as Commander, 1840 ; commanding sloop-of-war Cyane, Pacific Squadron, 1843, and sloop-of-war Falmouth, Home Squadron, 1845; receiving- ship at Norfolk, 1846 ; attached to Pacific Squadron, 1847-48; commanding ship-of-the-line Ohio, Pacific Squadron, 1850 ; superintendent of Naval Acade- my, 1851-53. Commissioned as Captain, August 1st, 1853 ; commanding sloop-of-war San Jacinto, special service, 1855; Commandant Pensacola Navy Yard, 1858; com- manding East India Squadron, 1860-61. In 1861, Captain Stribling was a member of the Board of Commissioners provided for by act of Congress of July 31, 1861, to examine and report as to compensation of all officers of the Government, and for other purposes. Commissioned as Commodore, July IBtE, 1862 ; member of Light-house Board, 1802; Commandant Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1863-64; commanding Eastern Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1865. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 25, 1866 ; member of Light-house Board, 1867-69. REAR ADMIRAL JOSHUA R. SANDS. Joshua R. Sands was born in New York, and appointed Midshipman from the same State, June 18th, 1812. Commissioned as Lieutenant, April 1st, 1818 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1827 ; sloop-of-war Vandalia, Brazil Squadron, 1829-30; rendezvous, New York. 1835-37. Commissioned as Commander, February 23, 1840 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1843; receiving-ship at New York, 1849 ; commanding sloop-of-war Alleghany, East India Squadron, 1853. Commissioned as Captain, February 25th, 1854 ; commanding sloop-of-war Susquehanna, Mediterranean Squadron, 1857-58; commanding Brazil Squad- ron, 1860. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862 ; Light-house Inspector, 1862-66. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 25th, 1866; at present Port Admiral, Norfolk, Va. REAR ADJURAL CHARLES H. BELL. Charles H. Bell, born in New York, August 15th, 1798. Appointed Mid- shipman from the same State, June 18th, 1812 ; attached to Commodore De- catur's squadron all of 1813 and until the spring of 1814; in the summer of 24 BEAB ADMIRALS. 1814 was transferred to the squadron of Commodore Chauncey, on Lake Ontario, where he remained until the war ended; attached to Commodore Decatur's squadron, in the Mediterranean, in 1815. Commissioned as Lieutenant, March 28th, 1820 ; serving in sloop-of-war Erie, West India Squadron, 1829 ; Navy ¥ard, New York, 1833 ; sloop Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1834-35; commanding schooner Dolphin, Pacific Squadron, 1836. Commissioned ns Commander, September 10th, 1840, and ordered to command the schooner Dolphin, Brazil Squadron ; commanding sloop-of-war Yorktown, coast of Africa, 1846; Navy Yard, New York, 1850; special duty, 1851-54. Commissioned as Captain, August 12th, 1854; commanding frigate Constella- tion, Mediterranean Squadron, 1856-58 ; Commandant Norfolk Navy Yard, 1860. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; commanding Pacific Squad- ron, 1862-64 ; special duty, James river, 1865. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 25th, 1866 ; Commandant Navy Yard, 1866-68. EEAR ADMIRAL LEVIN M. POWELL. Born in Virginia, and appointed Midshipman from the same State, March 1st, 1817. _ Commissioned as Lieutenant, April 28th, 1826; attached to schooner Por- poise, Mediterranean Squadron, 1829, and to frigate Java, same squadron, 1830; West India Squadron, 1836-1837. Commissioned as Commander, June 24th, 1843, while on Coast Survey duty; Ordnance duty, 1845^7 ; commanding sloop-of-war John Adams, coast of Africa, 1849-50; Navy Yard, Washington, 1852-54. Commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding sloop-of-war Portsmouth, Home Squadron, 1856; special duty, 1859; commanding frigate Potomac, Blockading Squadron, 1861. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; Light-house Inspector, 1863-66. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, 1869 ; at present on special duty at Wash- ington, D. C. EEAR ADMIRAL CHARLES WILKES. Born in New York, and appointed from the same State January 1st, 1818 ; commissioned as Lieutenant April 28, 1826; Exploring Expedition, 1829; special duty, 1830; Exploring Expedition, 1833; special duty, 1834-37; com- manding Exploring Expedition, 1840 ; Coast Survey, 1843-4. Commissioned as Commander, July 13th, 1843 ; special duty, 1845-60. Commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1855, commanding sloop-of-war San Jacinto ; special service, 1861-62. While on this cruise Captain Wilkes took the rebel ministers. Mason and Slidell, from the English mail steamer Trent. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; commanding special squad- ron to West Indies, 1863. While commanding this squadron Commodore Wilkes REAR ADMIRALS. 25 did the country good service by capturing many blockade runners laden witb arms and munitions for the insurgents. Commissioned as Rear-Admiral, July 25th, 1866, REAR ADMIRAL ANDREW H. HARWOOD. !BoRN in Pennsylvania, and appointed Blidshipman from the same State Jan- uary 21st, 1818. Commissioned as Lieutenant, March 3d, 1827, vrhile attached to frigate Con- stitution, Mediterranean Squadron ; receiving-ship, at Philadelphia, 1829-30 ; Mediterranean Squadron, 1833 ; special duty 1835 ; schooner Shark, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1836-7; special duty, 1839; ordnance duty, 1843-52. Commissioned as Commander, October 2d, 1848 ; Mediterranean Squadron 1853-55. Commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1855 ; ordnance duty, 1859-60; Chief of Bureau of Ordnance, IBGl. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862 ; Commandant Washington Navy Yard, 1862-63 ; Secretary of Light-house Board, 1865-69. Commissioned as Rear-Admiral, 1809. At present, on special duiy at Wash- ington, D. C. REAR ADMIRAL THEODORUS BAILEY.. Born in New York, and appointed Midshipman from that State, January 1st, 1818. Commissioned as Lieutenant, March 3d, 1827 ; receiving-ship, at New York, 1829; sloop Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1834-36 ; special duty, 1837; Navy Yard, New York, 1840 ; frigate Constellation, East India Squadron, 1843 ; rendezvous. New York, 1846 ; commanding store-ship Lexington, 1847—48. While in command of the store-ship Lexington, during the Mexican war, ren- dered efficient and valuable aid, to the commander of the Pacific Squadron, by his energy, enterprise and gallantry in fitting out and leading numerous expedi- tions against the enemy. Commissioned as Commander, March 6th, 1849 ; commanding sloop-of-war St. Mary's, 1856-57. Commissioned as Captain, December 15th, 1855 ; commanded frigate Colorado, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-62. Captain Bailey was Farragut's second in command in the battle at New Or- leans, and led the attack and passage of the forts. He was officially commended by Admiral Farragut for his bravery and ability, and further complimented by being sent to Washington as the bearer of despatches, announcing the victory. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. Commodore Bailey, although his health was seriously impaired, asked for active duty, and in the Fall of 1862, was ordered to command the Eastern Gulf Blockading Squadron, where he displayed great energy and perseverance in his successful attempt to break up blockade running on the Florida coast. Com- mandant Portsmouth Navy Yard, 1865-67. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 25th, 1866. At present, on special duty at Washington, D. C. 26 EEAE ADMIRALS. EEAR ADMIRAL JAMES L. LARDNEE. Born in tie State of Pennsylvania, and appointed Midstipman from the same State, July 28th, 1820. Commissioned as Lieutenant, May 17th, 1828 ; attached to frigate Erandy- wine. Pacific Squadron, 1827-29, and the sloop-of-war Vincennes, same squad- ron, 1830 ; serving in frigate Delaware, Mediterranean Squadron, 1834-35 ; special duty, 1837; Navy Yard, New York, 1840; frigate United States, Pa- cific Squadron, 1843 ; commanding receiving ship, at Philadelphia, 1846^8 ; commanding schooner Porpoise, coast of Africa, 1851-52. Commissioned as Commander, November 21st, 1851 ; commanding sloop-of- war Dale, coast of Africa, 1853 ; on duty at Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1854 ; special duty, 1858. Commissioned as Captain, 1860; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1861. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; commanding Eastern Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1802; commanding West India Squadron, 1864 ; special duty, 1865-66. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, July 25th, 1866 ; at present. Governor Naval Asylum, Philadelphia. REAR ADMIRAL HENRY K. THATCHER. Born in the State of Maine and appointed Midshipman from there, March 4th, 1823 ; frigate United States, Pacific Squadron; 1827 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, March 23d, 1829 ; schooner Experiment, Chesapeake Bay, 1833. Commissioned as Lieutenant, February 28th, 1833 ; frigate Delaware, Medi- terranean Squadron, 1834-35 ; special duty, 1837 ; frigate Brandywine, Medi- terranean Squadron, 1840; receiving-ship at Boston, 1843-46; sloop-of-war Jamestown, African Squadron, 1847-50 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1851 ; command- ing store-ship Relief, 1852. Commissioned as Commander, 1855 ; on duty at Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1855-56 ; Pacific Squadron, 1857-59 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1860-61 ; com- missioned as Captain, 1861, and as Commodore, July 3d, 1862; commanded frigate Constellation, Mediterranean Squadron, 1863-63 ; cctomanded steam frigate Colorado, N. A. B. Squadron, 1864-65 ; commanded Colorado and a Division of Porter's Squadron at the two attacks upon Fort Fisher, in December, 1864, and January,1865. After the attack on Fort Fisher, Commodore Thatcher was appointed to the command of the Western Gulf Squadron, when he at once commenced active operations in co-operation with General Canby for the reduc- tion of Mobile ; after a brief and vigorous bombardment. Fort Alexis and Span- ish Fort were captured by the army on April 9th, 1865. With the key to Mo- bile thus secured, the out works of importance, batteries Tracy and Huger, were at the mercy of the assailants, and on the evening of the 11th, they were evacuated. The rebel troops evacuated Mobile on the following day. A formal surrender was demanded by General Granger, and Acting Rear Admiral Thatcher, which was complied with, and possession taken of the city. On the 10th of May, the rebel naval forces in the waters of Alabama surrendered to Acting Rear Admiral Thatcher. Sabine Pass and Galveston, the only remainin"- rebel fortified points on the Gulf Coast, soon capitulated, the first named on the 25th of May, and the latter on the 2d of June. COMMODORES. 27 In tlie eavly part of 1866, Commodore Thatcher was relieved and ordered North. Commissioned Eear Admiral, July 25th, 1866; commanding North Pacific Sq[iiadron, 1867-68 ; at present, Port Admiral Portsmouth. New Hampshire. REAR ADMIRAL HENRY K. HOFP. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed Midshipman from South Carolina, October 28th, 1823 ; frigate Constitution, Mediterranean Squadron, 1827. Promoted to Passed Blidshipman, March 23d, 1829 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, March 3d, 1831; frigate Potomac, Pacific Squadron, 1833-34; special duty, 1837; receiving-ship, Philadelphia, 1840; commanding store-ship Relief, 1845 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1847 ; sloop-of-war St. Louis, Mediterranean Squadron, 1850 ; rendezvous. New York, 1853. Commissioned as Commander, November 29th, 1853 ; commanding frigate Independence, Pacific Squadron, 1857 ; commanding sloop-of-war John Adams, Pacific Squadron, 1858; commanding receiving-ship at Philadelphia, 1859-60; commissioned as Captain, 1861. Commanding steam-sloop Lancaster, Pacific Squadron, 1861-62. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862 ; special duty, 1863; ordnance duty, Philadelphia, 1864-67. Commissioned as Rear Admiral, April 13th, 1867 ; commanding North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-69. Rear Admiral Hoff gained much credit by his energetic and prompt measures to protect American citizens residing in Cuba, who had, in many instances, suf- fered injustice from the Spanish oflfioials. At present, on special duty at Washington, D. C. COMMODORE JOHN RODGERS. Born in Maryland, and appointed Midshipman from District of Columbia, April 18th, 1828. Attached to Frigate Constellation, Mediterranean squadron, 1829-32; Naval School, Norfolk, 183-3-34; promoted to Passed Midshipman June 14th, 1834 ; on leave, 1835 ; brig Dolphin, Brazil squadron, 1836-38 ; special service, 1839. Commissioned as Lieutenant, January 22d, 1840; brig Boxer, Home Squadron, 1841^3 ; special service, 1844-45 ; sloop Marion, Mediterranean Squadron, 1846— it ; Coast Survey, 1848-52; commanding steamer John Hancock, and Surveying and Exploring Expeditions to North Pacific and China Seas, 1853-56 ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; special duty, Washington, D. C, 1857-59 ; waiting orders, 1860. In 1861 Commander Rodgers was ordered to special duty in the West, super- intending the construction of the Benton class of iron-clads. In 1862 he was assigned to the command of the iron-clad steamer Galena, and ordered to the North Atlantic blockading squadron. On the 10th of May, 1862, Commander Rodgers left Hampton Roads in command of an expedition of gun-boats, with orders to enter the James river, and, if possible, to ascend the river to Rich- mond. After two engagements with rebel batteries, which were in each in- 28 COMMODORES. stance silenced, the fleet reached Port Darling, a easemated battery, erected on the crest of a hill, which, together with sunken vessels, effectually ob- structed the channel. On the morning of the ISth" of May, Commander Rodgers anchored the Galena in front of and at a distance of five hundred yards from the rebel fort. The Aroostook and Port-Royal, wooden gun-boats, were stationed eight hun- dred yards below the flag-ship. At 8 A. M., the vessels opened fire on Fort Darling, and from that time until 12 M. kept up a vigorous bombardment. At 12.10 P. M., Commander Rodgers having expended every shot and shell in the magazine and shell-room of the Galena, made signal to withdraw from action, the vessels retiring in good order, and giving the rebels a parting-shot as they steamed down the river. The monitor being unable to give suf&oient elevation to her guns, and the Naugatuck, better known as the Stevens' battery, having burst her rifle gun at the first fire, were rendered useless, so far as the fort was concerned ; although both vessels did good service during the action by station- ing their crews as sharpshooters and picking off the rebel riflemen, who greatly annoyed the crews of the wooden vessels. The armor of the Galena did not prove of any service to her. She was hit one hundred and twenty-nine times, losing in killed and wounded two-thirds of her crew. The Aroostook and Port-Royal suffered to a less esteut. Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862. In 1863 Captain Rodgers was ordered to the comman'd of the monitor Wee- hawken, and sailed from New York in that vessel for the South Atlantic Block- ading Squadron. On his way South, and while off the Delaware Breakwater, he encountered a heavy gale. He was urged to run in, and remain until the storm abated. This he declined to do, saying he wished to test the sea-going qualities of the monitors. The Weehawken rode out the gale, and reached Port-Royal in safety. On the 17th of June, 1863, in Warsaw Sound, Georgia, Captain Rodgers, in the Weehawken, encountered the powerful rebel iron-clad Atlanta, a vessel of much greater tonnage than the Weehawken. So confident were the rebels of a speedy victory, that the Atlanta was accompanied from Savannah to the scene of action by boats freighted with gay parties eager to witness the triumph of their vessel. Five shots were fired by the Weehawken. The fight lasted but fifteen minutes, at the end of which time the Atlanta surrendered. An impor- tant feature of this conflict was the final settlement of the dispute as to the value of the new fifteen-inch gun, which fully proved its merit. Commissioned as Commodore the 17th June, 1863 ; commanding iron-clad Dictator, special service, 1864-65; commanded monitor Monadnock, 1806-67, and in that vessel made the passage around the Horn to San Francisco. Com- modore Rodgers touched at Valparaiso, and witnessed the bombardment of that place by the Spanish fleet. Commanding Navy Yard, Boston, 1837-69. Now under orders to command the Asiatic squadron. COMMODORE JOHN A. WINSLOW. BOEN in North Carolina, November 9th, 1811; appointed Midshipman from same State, February 1st, 1827; attached to sloop-of-war Falmouth, West India Squadron, 1829-31; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 10th 1833 ■ Navv Yard, Boston, 1834; Brazil Squadron, 1835-37. ' ' OOMMODOEES. 29 Commissioned as Lieutenant, December 9th, 1839 ; steamer Missouri, Home Squadron, 1840-43; frigate Cumberland, Home Squadron, 1845-46. While attached to the Cumberland, Lieutenant Winslow was present at the attack on To- basco, and engaged in various skirmishes from Rio Grande River down the coast; Navy Yard, Boston, 1848-49 ; attached to frigate St. Lawrence, Pacific Squad- ron, 1852-55. Commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding rendezvous Boston, 1856-58; Light-house Inspector, 1860-61; Mississippi Flotilla, 1861-62 ; present at Fort Pillow, 1862, and engaged in various attacks and skirmishes with guerillas, in command of an expedition up White River, for the relief of G-eneral Curtis' army, in June, 1862. Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding Kearsarge, special service, 1863-64. At 10.20 A. M., on Sunday, June 10th, 1864, the Kearsarge, while off the port of Cherbourg, France, discovered the piratical steamer Alabama, accom- panied by the English yacht Deerhound, standing out. Captain Winslow at once cleared his ship for action, and when the Alabama had reached the distance of seven miles from the shore, and was about nine hundred yards from the Kearsarge, the engagement commenced. Captain Winslow, fearing that his opponent would, in case of injury, steam in within the line of jurisdiction for protection, determined to run under her stern and rake. To avoid this, Semmes, the commander of the Alabama, sheered, and keeping broadside on to the Kearsarge, was forced into a circular track ; at the seventh rotation, the Alabama was disabled, and headed for the shore, another sbot brought down the rebel flag, and a white one was run up; at 12.10 an officer from the Alabama came along side the Kearsarge and surrendered his vessel, which was reported in a sinking condition, and at 12.30 P. M., the Ala- bama went down. Capt. Semmes escaped to the shore in the English yacht Deerhound, as did many of his officers and men. The remainder were picked up by the boats of the Kearsarge and taken on board that vessel. Three of the crew of the Kearsarge were wounded. The total number of killed and wounded on the Alabama has never been given. Seventeen of her wounded men were picked up by the boats of the victorious vessel. The battery of the Kearsarge consisted of seven guns ; two eleven-inch, Dahl- gren, one 30-pounder rifle, and four light 32-pounders. That of the Alabama consisted of eight guns, one heavy 68-pounder, of 9000 pounds weight ; one 100-pounder rifle, and six heavy 32-pounders. For this gallant action, the only sea fight of the war, Captain Winslow was promoted to the grade of Commodore, his commission dating June 19th, 1864. In 1866, Commodore Winslow was ordered to the command of theGrulf Squad- ron, which he retained until 1867; at present, Commandant of the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. COMMODORE SAMUEL PHILLIPS LEE. Born in Virginia, February 13th, 1812. Appointed Midshipman from his native State, Nov. 22d, 1825; attached to frigate Java, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1828-32 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 10th, 1833 ; frigate Brandywine, Pacific Squadron, 1834-35, and to sloop Vincennes, same Squad- ron, 1836-37. 30 COMMODORES. Commissioned as Lieutenant, February 9tli, 1837; attached to West India Squadron, 1889-42; Coast Survey, 1841^4 ; Pensacola Navy Yard, 1845-46 ; Coast Survey, 1847-51 ; commanding brig Dolphin, special service, 1852 ; Hy- drographical duty, 1852-54 ; Naval Observatory, Washington, 1855. Commissioned as Commander, Sept. 14th, 1855 ; special service, 1856-60. In 1861 Commander Lee was ordered to command the sloop-of-war Oneida, and in that vessel took part in the attack and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and the various battles on the Mississippi from New Orleans to Vioks- burg ; winning a high reputation for gallantry and devotion to duty. Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862, and ordered to the command of the N. A. B. Squadron, with the rank of Acting Rear Admiral. While in command of the N. A. B. Squadron, he greatly harassed the enemy by numer- ous expeditions up the navigable streams within the limits of his squadron. He was at all times ready to co-operate with the army, and on more than one occasion the presence of his vessels saved the military forces from serious disas- ter. Wilmington, N. C, was the most difficult port on the coast to blockade, but Acting Rear Admiral Lee, by a wise distribution of the vessels of his squad- ron, made the blockade as eflfeotive as it was possible to make it. In the sum- mer of 1§64, Acting Rear Admiral Lee, was transferred to the command of the Mississippi Squadron. In December of the same year, he rendered good service to the country, by keeping open the Cumberland river at the time Hood's army was advancing on Nashville, and when the safety of the army under General Thomas depended in a great measure upon reinforcements and supplies reaching them promptly; the rail road communication between Louisville and Nashville having been interrupted, the Cumberland river was the only channel of commu- nication. During this campaign. Admiral Lee was several times under fire, and for his services received a vote of thanks from Congress. In 1865, the Mississippi Squadron was disbanded and most of the vessels sold, Captain Lee being ordered East. Commissioned as Commodore, July 25th, 1866; in 1866-7, Commodore Lee was President of the Board to examine volunteer officers for admission into the regular Navy; at present, on special duty at Washington, D. C. COMMODORE OLIVER S. GLISSON. Born in Ohio. Appointed Midshipman from Indiana, November 1st, 1826 ; attached to sloop-of-war Erie, West India Squadron, 1829-32; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 4th, 1831 ; attached to frigate Delaware, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1832-35 ; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1836 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, February 9, 1837 ; rendezvous, Norfolk, 1837-38 ; sloop Fairfield, Brazil Squadron, 1839-42 ; sloop Marion, West India Squadron, 1843-44; sloop Saratoga, Brazil Squadron, 1845-46 ; commanding schooner Reefer, Home Squadron, 1847 ; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1848-50 ; special duty, 1851-52 ; steam frigate Powhatan, East India Squadron, 1853-55. Commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding store-ship John P. Kennedy, East India Squadron, 1856; Naval Asylumn, Philadelphia, 1857-60 -^ commanding steamer Mount Vernon, N. A. B. Squadron, 1861 ; com- missioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding steam sloop Iroquois, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; commanding steam sloop Mohican, COMMODOEES. 31 special service, 1863-4 j commanding steamer Santiago de Cuba, 1864-5 ; pre- sent at the two attacks on Fort Fisher, December, 1864, and January, 1865. Commissioned as Commodore, July 25th, 1866; commanding Naval Station, League Island, Pennsylvania, 1868-9. COMMODORE MELANCTHON SMITH. Born in New York, May 24th, 1810. Appointed Midshipman from same State, March 1st, 1826; attached to schooner Dolphin, Pacific Squadron, 1827-29 ; sloop Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1830-31 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, April 28th, 1832; attached to sloop-of-war St. Louis, West India Squadron, 1833; schooner Porpoise, West India Squadron, 1834-35; Navy Yard, New York, 1836. Commissioned as Lieutenant, March 8th, 1837; Navy Yard, New York, 1836-37; sloop Natchez, West India Squadron, 1837-38 ; attached to steamer Poinsett, coast of Florida, during the Florida war; attached to sloop Fairfield, Mediterranean Squadron, 1841-43; sloop Vandalia, Home Squadron, 1845; attached to steamer Colonel Harney, 1846; Pensacola Navy Yard, 1847; frigate Constitution, Mediterranean Squadron, 1848-51 ; waiting orders, 1852-54. Commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; Light-house Inspector, 1856-60; commanding steamer Massachusetts, 1861; engaged with rebel steamer F'lorida, Mississippi Sound, October 26th, 1861 ; in 1862, commanding steam-sloop Mississippi, in which vessel he passed Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 24th, 1862. Flag Officer Farragut, in his official report, says : " Just as the scene appeared to be closing, thtj ram Manassas was seen coming up, under full speed, to attack •us. I directed Captain Smith in the Blississippi to turn and run her down. The order was instantly obeyed by the Mississippi turning and going at her at full speed. Just as we expected to see the ram annihilated, when within fifty yards of each other, she had put her helm hard aport, dodged the Mississippi, and ran ashore. The Mississippi poured two broadsides into her, and sent her drift- ing down the river, a total wreck. Thus closed our morning's fight." Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862. Captain Smith remained in the Mississippi, taking part in all engagements of the squadron, until March 14th, 1863, when, in attempting the passage of the batteries at Port Hudson, the Blississippi grounded, and heeled over to port. Every efiFort was made to get the vessel off, but without avail ; and the enemy, having obtained the exact range of the ship, were hulling her at almost every shot, when Captain Smith gave orders to fire her, which was done in four dificrent places aft, between decks. When the flames had gained sufficient headway to render the destruction of his vessel certain, he gave orders to abandon her, which was done quietly and .without confusion. Captain Smith being the last man to leave. By his cool and courageous bearing in the trying situation in which he was placed. Captain Smith won the admiration of all, and his course was approved by both Rear Admiral Farragut and the Department, Commanding steam-sloop Onondaga, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; engaged with rebel ram Albemarle, in Albemarle Sound, and capture of steamer Bombshell, May 5th, 1864 ; commanded the frigate Wabash in two attacks on Fort Fisher— the first, December 24th and 25th, 1864; the second. 32 COMMODORES. January 14tli, 15tli, and 16th, 1865 ; Navy Yard, Washington, D. C, 1866. Commissioned as Commodore, July 25th, 1866. In 1866, Commodore Smith was appointed Chief of the JBureau of Equipment and Recruiting, Navy Department. COMMODORE CHARLES S. BOGGS. Born in New Jersey, January 28th, 1811. Appointed Midshipman from the same State November 1st, 1826; attached to sloop-of-war Warren, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1829-32 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, April 28th, 1832 ; receiving-ship at New York, 1832-35 ; rendezvous, New York, 1836. Commissioned as Lieutenant, September 6th, 1837. Sloop Saratoga, coast of Africa, 1840-43. Was an active participant in the burning of five villages on the coast ; Home Squadron, 1846-47 ; present at the siege of Vera Cruz ; com- manded the boat expedition from the Princeton that destroyed the U. S. brig Truxton after her surrender to the Mexicans ; receiving-ship at New York, 1848-51; Navy Yard, New York, 1852-54; Inspector, etc.. New York, 1855.^ Commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding mail steamer Illinois, 1856-58; Light-house Inspector, 1860-61; commanded sloop- of-war Varuna, at the passage of forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 24th, 1862. The Varuna was the only one pf Farragut's squadron lost at the battle of New Orleans. She was attacked by two of the rebel rams and badly damaged, and her Commander finding his vessel sinking, ran her into the bank and made fast to the trees. Captain Boggs fought his vessel gallantly to the last. Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 186"2 ; commanding steam sloop Juni- ata, 1863 ; special duty. New York, 1864-68. Commissioned as Commodore, July 25th, 1866 ; commanding steamer De Sota, North Atlantic Squadron, 1867-68 ; special duty, 1869. COMBIODORE HENRY WALKE. Born in Virginia, December 24th, 1809. Appointed Midshipman from Ohio, February 1st, 1827 ; attached to frigate Delaware, Jlediterranean Squadron, 1828-31 ; Naval School, Norfolk, 1832—3 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 10th, 1833 ; attached to receiving-ship, Philadelphia, 1835-6 ; ship-of-the- line North Carolina, Pacific Squadron, 1837-9. Commissioned as Lieutenant, December 9th, 1839 ; receiving-ship. New York, 1840-2 ; sloop Boston, East India Squadron, 1842-4 ; brig Bainbridge, Brazil Squadron, 1845 ; Home Squadron, 1847 ; present at capture of Tobasco» and Tuspan, 1847 ; frigate Cumberland, Jlediterranean Squadron, 1848-51 ; receiving-ship. New York, 1852-^ ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; commanding store-ship Supply, 1860-61. In 1861, Commander Walke was ordered to the Mississippi Flotilla, and com- manded the Carondolet at the battle of Belmont, November 7th, 1861, and the battles of Fort Henry, February 6th, 1862, and Fort Donaldson, February 13th, 14th and 16th, 1862 ; battle of Island No. 10, March 17th, 1862; passed rebel COMMODORES. 33 batteries at Island No. 10, April 4tli, 1862; captured rebel batteries opposite Point Pleasant, and spiked the guns, April 6th, 1862 ; battle of Fort Pillow, May 11th, 1862 ; battle 'of Memphis, June 6, 1862; engagement between the Carondolet and rebel ram Arkansas ; Yazoo River, July 15th, 1862. Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862. Passed rebel batteries at Vicksburg, April 16, 1863; battle of Grand Gulf, April 29th, 1863 ; dispersed the rebel force under General Taylor from Simms- port, Atchafalaya. River, June 4th, 1863 ; commanding steam-sloop Sacramento, special service, 1864-5. Commissioned as Commodore, July 25th, 1866. In 1868, Commodore Walke was ordered to the command of the Naval Station at Mound City, Illinois. COMMODORE THORNTON A. JENKINS. Born in Virginia, December 11th, 1811. Appointed Midshipman from the same State, November 1st, 1828 ; attached to sloop-of-war Natchez, Westlndia Squadron, 1830-31; sloop Vandalia, West India .Squadron, 1832-33; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 14th, 1834 ; Coast Survey, 1836-41 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, December 9th, 1839 ; attached to frigate Congress, Brazil Squad- ron, 1842—45 ; present at capture of Buenos Ayrean Squadron off Montevideo, September 29th, 1844; special service, 1846. Commanding store-ship Relief, Home Squadron, 1847. Present at Tuspan and Tobasco; Coast Survey, 1848- 52 ; Secretary of Light-house Board, 1853-58 ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; commanding sloop Preble, Brazil Squadron, and Para- guay Expedition, 1859-60 ; Secretaj-y of Light-house Board, 1861; commis- sioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding steam-sloop Wachusett, 1862 ; senior officer present at repulse of the rebels at Coggens' Point, James River, and at the attack of the enemy on the flotilla, ofif City Point, James River, August, 1862; commanding steam-sloop Oneida, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, in the fall of 1862, and present as Fleet Captain of Farragut's squadron at passage of Port Hudson, March 14th, 1863, Grand Gulf Batteries, March 19th, 1863; Warrenton, March 21st, 23d, 25th and 28th, 1863; Grand Gulf, March 30th, 1863, and attack on Port Hudson, May 24th, 27th and 28th, 1863 ; eummanding steam-sloop Richmond, at surrender of Port Hudson, July 9th, 1863, and at the battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864. Admiral Fara- gut, in his detailed report of the affair, thus speaks of Captain Jenkins : " Be- fore closing this report, there is one other officer of my squadron of whom I feel bound to speak, Captain T. A. Jenkins, of the Richmond, who was formerly my chief of staff, not because of his having held that position, but because he never forgets to do his duty to the government, and takes now the same interest in the fleet as when he stood in that relation to me. He is also commanding officer of the second division of my squadron, and, as such, has shown ability and the most untiring zeal. He carries out the spirit of one of Lord Colling- wood's best sayings — ' Not to be afraid of doing too much; those who are, sel- dom do as much as they ought.' When in Pensacola, he spent days on the bar, placing buoys in the best position, was always looking after the interests of the service, and keeping the vessels from being detained in port one moment more than necessary. The gallant Craven told me only the night before the action in which he lost his life, ' I regret, Admiral, that I have detained you ; but had it not been for Captain Jenkins, God knows when I should have been here. 3 34 COMMODORES. When your order came I had not received an ounce of coal.' I feel that I should not be doing my duty if I did not call the attention of the Department to an officer who has performed all his various duties with so much zeal and fidelity." Commissioned as Commodore, July 25th, 1866. In 1866, Commodore Jen- kins was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and Detail^ and held that position until 1869. At present, Secretary of Light-house Board. COMMODOKE JOHN B. MARCHAND. Born in Pennsylvania, August 27, 1808. Appointed Midshipman, from same State, May 1st, 1828 ; attached to sloop-of-war Ontario, Mediterranean Squadron, 1830-32 ; Naval School, Norfolk, 1833 ; promoted to Passed Mid- shipman, 1834; frigate Potomac, Mediterranean Squadron, 1835-7; sloop John Adams, Mediterranean Squadron, 1837-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, January 29, 1840; from August, 1841, to August, 1842, Lieutenant Mar- chand was in command of the United States Steamer Van Buren, and was ope- rating with his crew, in canoes, in the everglades of Florida against the hostile Seminole Indians ; brig Bainbridge, Home Squadron, 1843 ; frigate Brandy- wine, East India Squadron, 1844-5 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1846 ; Home Squadron, 1847 ; engaged in bombardment of Vera Cruz, and participated in the attack upon and capture of Tuspan, 1847 ; attached to sloop St. Marys, East India Squadron, 1848-50 ; rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1851-2 ; frigate Cumberland, Mediterranean Squadron, 1853-5; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; Bureau of Construction, Navy Department, 1S56-8; commanding steamer Memphis, Paraguay Expedition, 1859-60 ; Light-House Inspector, 1861 ; commanding steamer James Adger, South Atlantic Block- ading Squadron, 1862 ; participated in the capture of Fernandina, March, 1862 ; slightly wounded on the 16th of March, 1862, by a rifle ball from the enemy while reconnoitering in the Stono River ; commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding steam-sloop Lackawanna, Western Gulf Block- ading Squadron, 1863-4'; commanded the Lackawanna, battle of Mobile Bay, and assisted to capture the rebel ram Tennessee, August 5, 1864 ; special duty, 1865 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1866 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 25, 1866; special duty, Hartford, Connecticut, 1867; special duty, 1868; at pre- sent. Commandant Navy Yard, Philadelphia. COMMODORE WILLIAM ROGERS TAYLOR. Born in Rhode Island, November 7th, 1811. Appointed Midshipman from same State, April 1st, 1828 ; attached to sloop St. Louis, Pacific Squadron 1829-32 ; Naval School, New York, 1833-4. Promoted to Passed Midshipman, 1834; receiving-ship. New York, 1835; sloop Peacock, East India Squadron, 1836-8. When the sloop Peacock ran ashore on the Island of Madeira, in 1836, Passed Midshipman Taylor was sent to Muscat, in command of a cutter, to coa vey the diplomatic agent, Edmund Roberts, Esq., to that place, with some rati- COMMODORES. 35 fied treaties wliicli lie was charo;ed to exchange. It was a sea voyage of five dajs' duration, attended with eonsiderable peril, from bad weather and the Arab pirates, some of whom chased them ^for several hours. The Arabian sloop-of- war Sultana was sent to render assistance to the Peacock. Commissioned as Lieutenant, February 10th, 1840 ; brig Oregon, survey of Tampa Bay, 1842-3 ; sloop St. Marys, Home Squadron, during Mexican war; engaged at Tampioo Bar, June 8th and June 15th, 1846 ; present at siege of Vera Cruz, and commanded an eight-inch gun in the Naval Battery ; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1848-50 ; sloop Albany, Home Squadron, 1851-2 ; ordnance duty, 1853-5 ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; ordnance duty, 1857-9 ; ordnance duty, Washington, D. C, 1861; commis- sioned as Captain, July 16, 1862 ; commanding steam sloop-of-war Housatonic, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3. Senior officer off Charleston, at time of unsuccessful attack upon the blockad- ing vessels by rebel rams Chocura and Palmetto ; present as Fleet Captain with Admiral Dahlgren, during all the operations against Morris Island, from July 10th to 19th, 1853, and was in battle with Forts Wagner and Sumpter, on board the monitor Catskill on the 10th, and again on board the monitor Montauk, on the 18th July, 1863 ; commanded steam-sloop Juniata, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5, and was present upon both attacks upon Fort Fisher. Commissioned as Commodore, July 25th, 1866 ; ordnance duty 1866-7. At present, commanding Northern Squadron, Pacific Fleet. COMMODOKB BENJAMIN F. SANDS. Born in Maryland, February 11th, 1812. Appointed Midshipman, from Kentucky, April Ist, 1828 ; attached to sloop Vandalia, Brazil Squadron, 1830-32; sloop St. Louis, West India Squadron, 1833-34. Promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 14th, 1834; Coast Survey, 1836-41. Commissioned as Lieutenant, March 16th, 1840; frigate Columbus, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1842-44; special duty, 1845; Naval Observatory, 1846; Home Squadron, 1847 ; Passage up Tobasco river, and Tobasco, June 15th, 1847 ; sloop Yorktown, coast of Africa, 1848-50 ; Coast Survey, 1851-58. Commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; Bureau of Construc- tion, 1859-60; commanding Coast Survey steamer Active, 1861-62. Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding steam-sloop Daco- tah. North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; engagement with Fort Caswell, February 23d, 1863 ; commanding steamer Fort Jackson, North Atlantic Block- ading Squadron, 1864-65 ; present at both attacks upon Fort Fisher; on block- ade of Wilmington from November, 1862, to February, 1865; blockade of Gal- veston from February to July, 1865. Commissioned as Commodore, July 25th, 1866 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1866 ; appointed Superintendent Naval Observatory, 1867. COMMODOKB CHARLES STEEDMAN. Born in South Carolina, September 24th, 1811. Appointed Midshipman from South Carolina, April 1st, 1828 ; attached to Naval Station, New York, 36 COMMODORES. 1830 ; Naval Station, Norfolk, 1833 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, Janu- ary 14th, 1834 ; schooner Grampus, West India Squadron, 1834-5 ; frigate Constitution, Mediterranean Squadron, 1836-8 ; sloop-of-war Macedonian, West India Squadron, 1840. Commissioned as Lieutenant, February 25th, 1841 ; sick leave, 1843 ; sloop St. Marys, Home Squadron, 1845-7 ; commanded a gun in Naval Battery at the bombardment of Vera Cruz ; frigate Cumber- land, Mediterranean Squadron, 1848-51 ; Naval Observatory, 1853-5. _ Com- missioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; special duty, Washington, 1857-8 ; commanding brig Dolphin, Paraguay Expedition, 1859-60 ; Light- house Inspector, 1861 ; commanded Bienville, at the battle of Port Royal, South Carolina, November 7th, 1861 ; with the Paul Jones and other gunboats under his command engaged Fort McAllister, on the Ogeeohee river, in August. 1862; on the 17th of September, 1862, engaged and silenced the bat- teries of St. John's Bluff, on St. John's river, Florida; on the 30th of Septeni- ber following, with the same command, co-operated with General Bannon in the capture of the same batteries, and with the naval force under his command opened and held the St. John's river to Lake Beaufort. Commissioned as Cap- tain, September 13th, 1862 ; commanded the sloop-of-war Ticonderoga in the two attacks upon Fort Fisher, December 1864, and January, 1865. Commis- sioned as Commodore, July 25th, 1866, commanding sloop-of-war Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1866-7 ; special duty, Philadelphia, 1868-9. COBIMODORE JAMES ALDEN. Born in Maine. Appointed Midshipman from same State, lat April, 1828; attached to Naval Station, Boston, Massachusetts, 1829-30-31 ; sloop-of-war John Adams, Mediterranean Squadron, 1832-33. Promoted to Passed Midship- man, June 14th, 1834; Navy Yard, Boston, 1835; Exploring Expedition, 1839-42. Commissioned as Lieutenant, February 25th, 1841 ; Naval Station, Boston, 1843 ; frigate Constitution, East India Squadron, 1845 ; Home Squad- ron during Mexican war ; present at Vera Cruz, Tuspan, and Tobasco ; Naval Station, Boston, 1847 ; Coast Survey, 1848-1860. Commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; commanding steamer South Carolina in the early part of 1861 ; commanding steam-sloop Richmond at passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and engagement with Chalmette batteries and defences of New Or- leans ; passage of the Vioksburg batteries twice ; Port Hudson, 1862-63. Com- missioned as Captain, January 2d, 1863, commanding the steam-sloop Brooklyn in the action with Forts Morgan and Gaines and rebel gunboats in Mobile Bay ; commanded the Brooklyn in the two attacks upon Fort Fisher. Captain Alden participated and took a prominent part in nearly all the great naval battles of the war, and in every instance was handsomely mentioned in the official report. Pie has probably seen more hard fighting than any other officer of his grade. Commissioned as Commodore, July 25th, 1866 ; commanding steam-sloop Sus- quehanna, special service, 1867 ; commanding steam-frigate Minnesota, special service, 1867-68 ; Commandant Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 1868-69. In April, 3869, Commodore Alden was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Navi- gation and Detail, Navy Department. COMMODOEES. 37 COMMODORE ALFRED TAYLOR. Born in Virginia, May 23d, 1812. Appointed Midshipman, from same State, January 1st, 1825; ship-of-the-line North Carolina, Mediterranean Squadron, 1826-9 ; sloop-of-war Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1830-32 ; pro- moted to Passed Midshipman, June 4th, 1831 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1833; Navy Yard, Boston, 1834; sloop Erie, Brazil Squadron, 1835-6. Commissioned as Lieutenant, February 9th, 1837; sloop Cyane, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1840-42; Navy Yard, Washington, 1843; sloop Boston, Brazil Squadron, 1845-6 ; attached to frigate Cumberland, Home Squadron, duripg Mexican war ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1848-51 ; steam-sloop Missis- sippi, East India Squadron, 1853-5 ; commissioned as Commander, September 14, 1855. Commanding rendezvous, New York, 1856-8. Commanding sloop Saratoga, 1861. Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862. Navy Yard, Boston, 1862-5; commanding Flag-ship Susquehanna, Brazil Squadron, 1866; commissioned as Commodore, September, 27th, 1866; Light- house Inspector, 1868-9. COMMODORE SIMON B. BISSELL. Born in Vermont, October 28. Appointed Midshipman from New Hamp- shire, November 6th, 1824 ; sloop-of-war Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1826-29 ; Pensacola Navy Yard, 1830 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 4th, 1831 ; frigate United States, Mediterranean Squadron, 1838-4; frigate Delaware, same Squadron, 1835-6 ; receiving-ship at Boston, 1837. Commissioned as Lieutenant, December 9th, 1837; steamship Fulton, Atlantic coast, 1840 ; steamer Missouri, Home Squadron, 1843 ; sloop Albany, Home Squadron, during the war with Mexico ; present at the siege of Vera Cruz ; stationed at the Naval Battery; unemployed from 1848-58. Commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding receiving ship Mare Island, California, 1860 ; commanding sloop Cyane, Pacific Squadron, 1861-62. Commissioned Captain, July 16th, 1862; Navy Yard, Mare Island, Califor- nia, 1863-64. Commissioned as Commodore, October 10th, 1866. Commanding sloop-of-war Monongahela, N. A. Squadron, 1866-7 ; special service, 1869. COMMODORE JOHN R. GOLDSBOROUGH. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed Midshipman from District of Columbia, November 6th, 1824 ; attached to ship-of-the-line, North Carolina, Mediterranean Squadron, 1829 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, April 28th, 1832 ; sloop Ontario, Brazil Squadron, 1834 ; sloop Natchez, Brazil Squadron, , 1835; sloop Erie, Brazil Squadron, 1836. 38 COMMODOEES. Commissioned as Lieutenant, Sept. 6tli, 1837 ; attached to ship-of-the-Iine North Carolina, Pacific Squadron, 1837 ; waiting orders, 1840 ; frigate Colum- bus, Mediterranean Squadron, 1843 ; coast s-urvey, 1845-50 ; sloop Saratoga, East India Squadron, 1851-4 ; commissioned as Commander, Sept. 14th, 1855 commanding rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1856-8; waiting orders, 1859-60 ; com^ manding steamer Union, 1861; commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862 commanding steamer Florida, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862; com^ manding steam frigate Colorado, Western Grulf Blockading Squadron, 1863 ordnance duty, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1864^5; commanding steam sloop Shenandoah, East India Squadron, 1866-8; commissioned as Commodore, April 13th, 1867; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1868-9. COMMODOKE THEODORE P. GREENE. Born in Vermont, July 4th, 1810. Appointed Midshipman from Vermont, November 1st, 1826; attached to Naval Station, Boston, 1827-29; sloop War- ren, Mediterranean Squadron, 1830-32 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, 1832 ; sloop Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1834-36. Commissioned as Lieutenant, December 20th, 1837 ; razee Independence, Brazil Squadron, 1840 ; frigate Congress, Pacific Squadron, ] 846; frigate Congress, East India Squadron, 1847 ; sloop Cyane, Home Squadron, 1852-53 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1854-56. Com- missioned as Commander, Sept. 14tli, 1855 ; Light-house Inspector, 1858-60 ; Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, 1861-62. Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding steam-sloop Richmond, Western Gulf Squadron, 1865; ordnance duty, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1866; commanding steam- sloop Powhattan, Pacific Squadron, 1867. Commissioned as Commodore, July 24th, 1867 ; Commandant Navy Yard, Pensacola, Florida, 1868-69. COMMODORE JOSEPH F. GREEN. Born in Maine, November 24th, 1811. Appointed Midshipman, from same State, November 1st, 1827 ; attached to sloop-of-war Vandalia, Brazil Squadron, 1830 ; Naval School, Norfolk, 1833 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 10th, 1833 ; frigate Potomac, Mediterranean Squadron, 1835-6-7 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, February 28th, 1838; sloop Erie, West India Squadron, 1840 ; frigate Columbus, Brazil Squadron, 1843-5 ; rendezvous, Boston, 1846; ship-of-the-line Ohio, Pacific Squadron, during all of the Mexican war. Lieu- tenant Green took part in all of the important actions on the Pacific Coast. He remained in the Ohio until 1850; Navy Yard, Boston, 1851-2; ordnance duty, 1853-4 ; Naval Academy, 1855-8 ; commissioned as Commander, Sep- tember 14th, 1855; waiting orders, 1859-60; ordnance duty, 1861; commis- sioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding steam-sloop Canandaigua, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4; participated in the bombard- ment of Fort Wagner; ordnance duty, Boston Navy Yard, 1866-8; commis- sioned as Commodore, July, 24th, 1867; special duty, 1869. COMMODORES. 39 COMMODORE AUGUSTUS L. CASE. Born in New York. Appointed Midshipman from the same State, April Ist^ 1828 ; attaclied to frigate Nelson, Brazil Squadron, 1830-32 ; sloop-of-war St. Louis, West Indies, 1833; on leave, 1831-36; bark Pioneer, 1837; Ex- ploring Expedition, 1840; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 25th, 1841 ; frigate Brandywine, East India Squadron, 1845; waiting orders, 1846; sloop- of-"war Germantown, Home Squadron, 1847. After Commodore Case had taken possession of Laguna, he was despatched in a "Bungo," with one of the brig Porpoise's 42-pounder cannonades mounted on the bow, with Midshipman P. K. Murray, and twenty-five men, up the Palisade River to the town of the same name, which he captured and held for a fortnight against a large body of cavalry, which almost daily threatened an attack. Lieutenant Case was present at Vera Cruz and capture of Tobasco during the war with Mexico. Sloop Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1848-51; commanding sloop Warren, 1852-53 ; Light-house Inspector, 1854-5-6-7 ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; waiting orders, 1858; commanding steamer Caledonia, Brazil Squadron, and Paraguay Expedition, 1859 ; waiting orders, 1860; com- manding steam-frigate Minnesota, 1861-2; engaged Forts Clarke and Hatteras, August 28th and 29th, 1861 ; took part in the battle of Roanoke Island, Feb- ruary 7th and 8th, 18G2; commanding steam-sloop Iroquois, N. A. B. Squad- ron, 1863. Commodore Case had charge nf the blockade of New Inlet, N. C, and was engaged in cutting out steamer Kate from under the batteries at New Inlet. In this exploit he was aided by steamer James Adger, Commander T. H. Patterson, and Mt. Vernon, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant James Strathan. Commissioned as Captain, January 2d, 1863; special duty, Washington, D. C., 1863-4; Navy Yard, New York, 1865; Fleet Captain European Squad- ron, 1866-7-8 ; Light-house Inspector, 1868 ; commissioned as Commodore, December 8, 1867 ; at present. Light-house Inspector. COMMODORE ALEXANDER M. PENNOCK. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Tennessee, April 1st, 1828 ; frigate Guerriere, Pacific Squadron, 1829-30; receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1833; sloop Natchez, Brazil Squadron, 1834; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 14th, 1834, and ordered to frigate Potomac, Mediterranean Squadron; frigate Colum- bia, East India Squadron, 1839; promoted to Lieutenant, March 25th, 1839 ; sloop Decatur, Brazil Squadron, 1843; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1846; store-ship Supply, 1848; sloop Marion, East India Squadron, 1850-2; Light-house In- spector, 1853-6; commissioned as Commander, December 15th, 1855; special duty, connected with steam frigate Niagara, 1857 _; commanding steamer South- ern Star, Brazil Squadron, and Paraguay Expedition, 1859-60; Light-house In- spector, 1861. In 1862, Commander Pennock was ordered to duty as Fleet Captain of the Mississppi Squadron, where he remained until the fall of 1864, gaining a repu- tation for executive ability of the highest order. Commissioned as Captain, Jan. 2d, 1863 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1866-67 ; commanding frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1868; commis- sioned as Commodore, May 6th, 18'68 ; in charge European Squadron, 1869. 40 COJIMODOEES. COMMODORE JOHN L. WOEDEN. BoEN in New York, March 12tli, 1818. Appointed from New York, January 12fh, 1835 ; sloop Erie, Brazil Squadron, 1836-37 ; NavarSchool, Philadelphia, 1840 ; promoted to Passed Jlidshipman, July 16th, 1840 ; store-ship Fielief, Pacific Squadron, 1843; special duty, 1845; Naval Observatory, 1846; store- ship Southampton, Pacific Squadron, 1846-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, November 30th, 1846 ; frigate Ohio, Pacific Squadron, 1848-50 ; Naval Ob- servatory, Washington, 1851-52; frigate Cumberland, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1853-55 ; Naval Observatory, Washington, 1856 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1857-58 ; sloop Savannah, Home Squadron, 1859 ; Home Squadron, 1860. Commanded iron-clad "Monitor" in her engagement with rebel iron-clad " Merrimac," in Hampton Roads, March 9th, 1862. On 8th of March, 1862, the Merrimac came down from Norfolk, and engaged the Congress' and Cum- berland, then lying off Newport News, and after a brief action destroyed those vessels. The 5lerrimac then steamed up the Elizabeth river, and it was feared that on the following day the steam frigates Minnesota and Roanoke, then lying in Hampton Roads, would share the fate of the Cumberland. At this juncture of affairs the Monitor arrived, and when the Merrimac steamed into the Roads on the 9th, it was to find an adversary of different metal from that of the ships so easily destroyed the day before. At 8.45 A. M., the Monitor opened fire on the Merrimac, and continued the action until 12.15 P. M., when the Merrimac retreated to Sewell's Point. During the action Captain Worden was injured in the eyes, by the explosion of a shell from the Merrimac upon the outside of the eye-hole of the pilot-house exactly opposite his eye. Commifsioned as Commander, July 12th, 1862 ; commanding iron-clad steamer Montauk, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron; commanded the iron- clad Montauk in the blockading fleet in Ossabaw Sound, and engaged Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee river, January 27th, 1863, and again, February 1st, 1863 ; attacked and destroyed the rebel privateer Nashville under the guns of Fort McAllister, on the 28th of February, 1863 ; commanded the Montauk in the attack made by Admiral Du Pont, with the iron-clad fleet, on the defences of Cha-leston, on the 7th of April, 1863 ; commissioned as Captain, February od, looo. Captain Worden was promoted out of the line as a reward for distinguished gallantry in the engagement with the Merrimack, and in other battles in which he had taken part. Special duty. New York, 1864-66 ; commanded the steam-sloop Pensacola, North Pacific Squadron, 1867 ; special duty, 1868 ; commissioned as Commo- dore, May 27th, 1868. At present. Superintendent Naval Academy, at Anna- polis. COMMODORE GEORGE F. EMMONS. Born in Vermont, August 23d, 1811. Appointed from Vermont, April 1st, 1828; Naval School, New York, 1829-30; serving in frigate Brandywine, Mediterranean Squadron, 1831-33; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 14th, 1834; bark Consort, Coast Survey, 1837 ; Exploring Expedition, 1838-42 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 25th, 1841 ; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1843; sloop Boston, Brazil Squadron, 1845-6; ship-of-the-line Ohio, Pacific Squadron, 1847. COMMODOEES. 41 DuriQg the war with Mexico, employed on the Pacific side on ship and on shore in Upper and Lower California; was sent as bearer of despatches to General Mason in the Sierra Nevada. In several engagements with natives of the Pacific Coast. _ Store-ship Southampton, Pacific Squadron, 1848-50; Bureau of Construc- tion, Navy Department, 1851-53 ; frigate Savannah, Brazil Squadron, 1854-6 ; commissioned as Commander, January 28th, 1856 ; waiting orders, 1856-59 • member of Light-house Board, 1861; commanding steamer Hatteras, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862, and commanding steamer K. R. Cuyler, same squa,dron, 18G3; captured Cedar Keys, West Coast of Florida, 1862, and Pass Christian, Mississippi; took some twenty prizes, some of which were burned or destroyed, among the latter the rebel ram Webb, which was fired into on passing New Orleans, and then chased on shore and burned, and officers and crew captured; commissioned as Captain, February 7th, 1863 • commanding steam-sloop Lackawanna, Western Gulf Squadron, 1864-5. Present at battle with the rebel force in the attempt to destroy the shipping and city of New Orleans, 1865, in which both were saved and several millions of Government property, principally through the exertions of the officers and crew of the Lackawanna, at the time under his command. Commanding steam-sloop Ossippee, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-68; commissioned as Commodore, September 20th, 1868 ; at present, senior mem- ber of Ordnance Board. COMMODORE EDWARD MIDDLETON. Born in South Carolina. Appointed from same State, July 1st, 1828 ; schooner Dolphin, Pacific Squadron, 1829-30 ; sloop Vandalia, West India Squadron, 1832-34 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 14th, 1834; frigate Constitution, Mediterranean Squadron, 1835-38 ; sloop Marion, Brazil Squad- ron, 1839-41; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 25th, 1841 ; Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1844-45; frigate Cumberland, Home Squadron, 1846; steamer Princeton, 1847 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1848 ; receiving-ship, Phi- ladelphia, 1849-50; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1851; receiving-ship, New York, 1853; executive officer of sloop Decatur, Pacific Squadron, 1854-5^-56; operating against a combination of hostile Indians of the various tribes of Wash- ington and Oregon Territories, during the war of the winter of 1865-06 ; at- tacks upon Seattle, Washington Territory, January 26th, 1856; commissioned as Commander, January 26th, 1856 ; commanding sloop Decatur, 1857 ; com- manding sloop St. Marys, Pacific Sqitadron, 1861-65 ; commissioned as Captain, April 24th, 1863 ; special duty. New York, 1866; Navy Yard, Blare Island. California, 1868 ; commissioned as Commodore, November 26tli, 1868 : com- manding steam-sloop Lackawanna, Pacific Fleet, 1869. COMMODORE GUSTAVUS H. SCOTT. Born in Virginia, June 13th, 1812. Appointed from Virginia, August 1st, 1828; frigate Guerriere, Pacific Squadron, 1829-31; schooner Experiment, Chesapeake Bay, 1833 j promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 14th, 1834 j 42 COMMODORES. sloop Vandalia, West India Squadron, 1835-6; waiting orders, 1837; West India Squadron, 1839^0; commissioned as Lieutenant^ Feb. 25th, 1841; fri- gate Columbus, Mediterranean Squadron, 1843-44; special duty,,1845; frigate United States, Mediterranean Squadron, 1846-47; ordnance duty, 18f8--49 ; waiting orders, 1850 ; ordnance duty, 1851 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Pacific Squadron, 1852-53 ; steamer Michigan on the Lakes, 1855-7 ; commissioned as Commander, December 27th, 1856 ; Light-house Inspector, 1858-60 ; com- manding steamer Keystone State, special service, 1861 ; commanding steam gun boat Maratanza, N. A. B. Squadron, 1862-3 ; commissioned as Captain, Nov 4th, 1863 ; commanding steamer De Soto, Blockading Squadron, 1864; com, manding steam-sloop Canandaigua, Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; commanding steam-sloop Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1866-7 ; member of Examining Board, Philadelphia, 1868 ; Light-house Inspector, 1869 ; commissioned as Commodore 1869. COMMODORE DAVID D. McDOUGAL. BoKN in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, April 1st, 1828; sloop Natchez, West India Squadron, 1829-31 ; frigate Brandywine, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1832-35 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 14th, 1884 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1835-36 ; sloop Natchez, West India Squadron, 1837-39 ; brig Consort, Coast Survey, 1840-43 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 25th, 1841; Navy Yard, New York, 1843-44; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1845-46; sloop St. Marys, 1846; attached to U. S. steamer Mississippi at the capture of Vera Cruz; brig Bainbridge, 1848-50, Coast of Africa; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1852-54; commanding store-ship Warren, 1855-7 ; commissioned as Commander, January 24th, 1857 ; Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, 1859-60 ; commanding steam-sloop Wyoming, Asiatic Squadron, 1861-4; while in command of the Wyoming, engaged six batteries and three vessels of war, at Simonsaki, Japan, July, 16th, 1863, sinking a brig and exploding the boilers of a steamer, with a loss of eleven killed and wounded on the Wyoming; commissioned as Captain, March 2,1864; commanding Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, 1865-66 ; commanding steam-sloop Pow- hattan, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-69 ; commissioned as Commodore, 1869. COMMODORES ON RETIRED LIST. COMMODORE JOHN H. AULICK. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Maryland, November 15th, 1809 ; at- tached to United States ship Enterprise, in the engagement with H. M. S. Boxer, 1813; commissioned as Lieutenant, December 9Dh, 1814; frigate Bran- dywine, Pacific Squadron, 1827-8; commissioned as Master Commandant, COMMODORES. 43 Marchi 3d, 1831; Navy Yard, Washington, 1834; commanding sloop Vin- cennes, 1837 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1840 ; commissioned as Captain, Sep- tember Sth, 1«41; Navy Yard, Washington, 1846; Ordnance duty, 1851; commanding East India Squadron, 18^2 ; East India Squadron, 1853 ; com- missioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODOKE WILLIAM K. LATIMER. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, November 15th, 1809 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, February 4th, 1815; commanding schooner Grampus, West India Squadron, 1827-30 ; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1833 ; commis- sioned as Master Commandant, March 2d, 1833 ; Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1837 ; commanding steamer Poinsett, 1840 ; commissioned as Captain, July 17th, 1843; Commandant Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1846-8; commanding frigate Cumberland, Mediterranean Squadron, 1850-1 ; special duty, 1853 ; commis- sioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODORE CHARLES BOARMAN. Born in Maryland. Appointed from District of Columbia, June 9, 1811 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 5, 1817; Mediterranean Squadron, 1829; frigate Hudson, Brazil Squadron, 1830 ; commissioned as Commander, Febru- ary 9th, 1837; commanding sloop Fairfield, Brazil Squadron, 1840; commissioned as Captain, March 29th, 1844; commanding frigate Brandywine, Brazil Squad- ron, 1850 ; Commandant New York Navy Yard, 1853-5 ; special duty, 1861-5 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODORE WILLIAM JAMESSON. Born in Virginia. Appointed from District of Columbia, September 1st, 1811 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 5th, 1817 ; rendezvous, Norfolk, 1829-30 ; sloop Boston, 1833-4 ; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1S37 ; commissioned as Commander, February 9th, 1837; commissioned as Captain, June 4th, 1844; commanding frigate Cumberland, Home Squadron, 1847-8 ; commanding razee Independence, Mediterranean Squadron, 1851-2 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODORE JOHN H. GRAHAM. Born in Vermont. Appointed from New York, June 18th, 1812 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, March 5th, 1817 ; commissioned as Commander, Febru- ary 28th, 1828 ; commissioned as Captain, March 7th, 1849; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. 44 COMMODOEES. COMMODORE WILLIAM INMAN. BOEN in New York. Appointed from New York, January 1st, 1812 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, April 1st, 1818; commissioned as Commander, May 24th, 1838; frigate Brandywine, Pacific Squadron, 1838; commanding steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1845 ; commissioned as Captain, June 2d, 1850 ; com- manding steam-frigate Susquehanna, East India Squadron, 1851 ; commanding sloop Macedonian, East India Squadron, 1852 ; commanding Squadron, Coast of Africa, 1860-1 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODOEE STEPHEN CHAMPLIN. BoKN in Rhode Island. Appointed from Connecticut; entered the service as Sailing Master, May 22d, 1812, and served with credit, in the squadron on Lake Erie, under command of Commodore Oliver H. Perry; commissioned as Lieutenant, December 9th, 1814 ; commissioned as Commander, June 22d, 1838, and as Captain, August 4th, 1850; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODORE JOHN J. YOUNG. BoKN in New York. Appointed from New York, January 1st, 1812 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, March 28th, 1820 ; sloop Hornet, West India Squad- ron, 1829 ; Superintendent, Naval Hospital, Norfolk, 1833—40 ; commissioned as Commander, April 15th, 1840, and as Captain, August 12th, 1854 ; com- missioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODORE FRANK ELLERY. BoEN in Rhode Island. Appointed from Rhode Island, January 1st, 1812 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 28th, 1820 ; sloop Cyane, Brazil Squadron, 1827; rendezvous, Boston, 1829-34; rendezvous. New York, 1837; com- manding steamer Enterprise, 1840; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODORE JOSEPH R. JARVIS. Born in Blassachusetts. Appointed from Maine, June 18th, 1812; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, March 28th, 1820 ; frigate Constellation, West India Squadron, 1827; Jlediterranean Squadron, 1829 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1834-7 ; commissioned as Commander, September 8th, 1841 ; com- manding brig Lawrence, 1845 ; commanding sloop Falmouth, Home Squadron, COMMODORES. 45 1846 Navy Yard Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1851 ; commissioned as Cap- tain, iviay Z4th, 1855 ; commanding sloop Savannah, Home Squadron, 1858-60 • commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODORE^ WILLIAM 0. NICHOLSON. _ Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, June 18th, 1812 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, March 3d, 1821 ; frigate United States, Pacific Squad- ron, 1827 J rendezvous, Baltimore, 1834; commanding schooner Boxer, Pacific bquadron, lb40; commissioned as Commander, September 8th 1841- com- manding sloop Preble, Mediterranean Squadron, 1843; rendezvous, Boston 1845-6; recemng-ship, New York, 1847-8; Commandant of Navy Yard Memphis, Tennessee, 1852-3; commanding rendezvous. New York, 1854- commissioned as Captain, August 22d, 1855 ; Fleet Captain, Pacific Squadron, lb56; commanding steam frigate Mississippi, East India Squadron, 1858-60- commanding steam frigate Eoanoke, 1861 ; special service, 1862-6 ; commis- sioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODORE EDWARD W. CARPENDER. Born in New York. Appointed from same State, July 10th, 1815 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, January 13th, 1825'; Mediterranean Squadron, 1827; sloop Falmouth, West India Squadron, 1829-30; rendezvous, Boston, 1833-4; frigate Constitution, Pacific Squadron, 1840; commissioned as Commander, September 8th, 1841 ; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1845 ; Inspector, &c., New York Navy Yard, 1852; commissioned as Commodore, Julyl6tb, 1862; Prize Com- missioner, Key West, Florida, 1864-5. COMMODORE JOSEPH B. HULL. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, November 9th, 1813 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, January 13th, 1825 ; frigate Constellation, West India Squadron, 1827; frigate Guerriere, Pacific Squadron, 1830; frigate Poto- mac, Mediterranean Squadron, 1837 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1840 ; commis- sioned as Commander, September 8th, 1841 ; commanding sloop Warren, Pacific Squadron, 1845-7; receiving-ship, Philadelphia, 1850-1 ; commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding frigate St. Lawrence, Brazil Squadron, 1857-9; commanding sloop Savannah, 1861; special duty, 1862-4; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; Commandant Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1865 ; special service, 1866-7. 46 COMMODORES. COMMODORE JOHN S. CHAUNCET. BOEN in New York. Appointed from same State, January 1st, 1812 ; com- missioned Lieutenant, January IStt, 1825; frigate Delaware, Mediterranean Squadron, 1829 ; frigate United States, Mediterranean Squadron, 1834 ; frigate Delaware, 1837 ; Assistant Inspector of Ordnance, 1840-43 ; commissioned as Commander, September Bth, 1841 ; commanding sloop Vandalia, Home Squad- ron, 1845 ; Ordnance duty, 1847-50 ; commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1855; commanding steam-sloop Susquehanna, 1861; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862 ; special duty, 1863-66. COMMODORE WILLIAM H. GARDNER. BoEN in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, September 6th, 1814; com- missioned as Lieutenant, January 13th, 1825 ; rendezvous, Baltimore, 1827 ; sloop Vandalia, Brazil Squadron, 1829-30 ; rendezvous, Norfolk, 1834 ; com- missioned as Commander, September 8th, 1841 ; commanding receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1843-45 ; commanding sloop Vandalia, Pacific Squadron, 1850-52 ; commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding steam-frigate Colorado, Home Squadron, 1859-60 ; Commandant Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 1861 ; special service, 1862 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862 ; Light-house Inspector, 1863-69. COMMODORE T. ALOYSIUS DORNIN. Born in Ireland. Appointed from Maryland, May 2d, 1815 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, January 13th, 1825 ; frigate Brandywine, Pacific Squadron, 1827-9 ; sloop Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1830 ; sloop Falmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1834 ; store-ship Relief, 1837 ; commissioned as Commander, Sep- tember 8th, 1841 ; commanding sloop Dale, Pacific Squadron, 1843 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1845-6 ; ordnance duty, 1847-8 ; commanding sloop Ports- mouth, Pacific Squadron, 1852-5 ; commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1855 ; ordnance duty, 1856 ; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1857-9 ; commanding steam- sloop San Jacinto, 1861 ; commanding Naval Station, Baltimore, 1862-5 ; com- missioned as Commodore, July 16, 1862 ; Light-house Inspector, 1868-9. COMMODORE JAMES GLYNN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Virginia, March 4th, 1815 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, January 13th, 1825 ; Exploring Expedition, 1829 ; Mediterranean Squadron, 1830 ; receiving-ship. New York, 1834 ; commanding bark Consort, Exploring Expedition, 1837 ; Coast Survey, 1840 ; commissioned as Commander, September 8th, 1841; Pacific Squadron, 1848; commanding" sloop Preble, Pacific Squadron, 1850 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1852 ; Light-house COMMODORES. 47 Inspector, 1853 ; commissioned as Captain, September 14t'h, 1855 ; command- ing steam-sloop Pensaoola, 1860 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding sloop Macedonian, Mediterranean Squadron, 1861 ; special duty, 1864-5. COMMODOKE ROBERT RITCHIE. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from same State, February 1st, 1816 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, Jan. ISth, 1825 ; schooner Grampus, West India Squadron, 1827; Mediterranean Squadron, 1830; recruiting for Exploring Expedition, 1837; receiving-ship, Philadelphia, 1840; commissioned as Com- mander, Sept. 13th, 1841 ; frigate Columbia, Brazil Squadron, 1846-7 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1850 ; commanding frigate Raritan, Pacific Squadron, 1853 ; commissioned as Captain, Sept. 14th, 1855 ; commanding steam-sloop Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1860-1 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862 ; special service, 1867. COMMODORE CHARLES LOWNDES. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, March 28th, 1815 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, January 13th, 1825 ; sloop Falmouth, West India Squadron, 1829-30 ; sloop Ontario, Brazil Squadron, 1834 ; commissioned as Commander, Sept. 8th, 1841 ; commanding sloop Germantown, Home Squad- ron, 1850; commanding rendezvous, Baltimore, 1852; commissioned as Cap- tain, Sept. 14th, 1855 ; commanding steam-sloop Hartford, East India Squad- ron, 1860-61 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; Prize Commis- sioner at Baltimore, 1864-5. COMMODORE JOHN MARSTON. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, April 15th, 1815; commissioned as Lieutenant, January 15th, 1825 ; frigate Brandywine, Pacific Squadron, 1827-29; sloop Falmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1833-34; frigate United States, 1840 ; commissioned as Commander, September 8th, 1841 ; commanding sloop Yorktown, Coast of Africa, 1850 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1853-55 ; commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding sloop Cumberland, Brazil Squadron, 1861 ; special service, 1862 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 186-2 ; Light-house Inspector, 1863-66 ; special ser- vice. Key West, 1867. COMMODORE HENRY BRUCE. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, November 9th, 1813 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, January 13th, 1825 ; receiving-ship. Boston, 48 COMMODORES. 1827 ; frigate Brandywine, Mediterranean Squadron, 1837 ; Navy Yard, Bos- ton, 1840; commissioned as Commander, September 8th, 1841 j commanding brig Truxton, Coast of Africa, 1845 ; commanding rendezvous, Boston, 1848-50 ; commissioned as Commodore, July I6th, 1862. COMMODORE JOHN POPE. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Maine, May 30th, 1816; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, April 28th, 1826 ; frigate Constitution, Mediterranean Squadron, 1827-8 ; sloop St. Louis, West India Squadron, 1883-4 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1837 ; razee Independence, Brazil Squadron, 1840 ; Navy Yard, Bos- ton, 1843 ; commissioned as Commander, February 15th, 1843 ; commanding brig Dolphin, Coast of Africa, 1846-7 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1850 ; commanding sloop Vandalia, East India Squadron, 1853-6 ; commissioned as Captain, Sep- tember 14th, 1855; Commandant Navy Yard Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1858-60; commanding steam sloop Richmond, Gulf Squadron, 1861; commis- sioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; Prize Commissioner, Boston, 1864-5; Light-house Inspector, 1866-9. COMMODORE THOMAS 0. SELFRIDGE. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, January 1st, 1818 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, J\Iarch 3d, 1827 ; Exploring Expedition, 1829 ; sloop Natchez, West India Squadron, 1830 ; frigate Delaware, Mediterranean Squadron, 1834; frigate North Carolina, 1837 ; rendezvous, Boston, 1840 ; commissioned as Commander, April 11th, 1844 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1845 ; frigate Columbus, East India Squadron, 1846 ; commanding sloop Dale, Pacific Squadron, 1848 ; commanding rendezvous, Boston, 1851-2 ; Boston Navy Yard, 1853-55 ; commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding steamer Mississippi, 1861 ; Commandant Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 1862-64 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862 ; Com- mandant Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1867-68 ; President Examining Board, 1869. COMMODORE HENRY EAGLE. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, January 1st, 1818 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, March 3d, 1827 ; sloop Natchez, West India Squad- ron, 1830 ; receiving-ship. New York, 1833-4; sloop Erie, Brazil Squadron, 1837 ; rendezvous, New York, 1840 ; schooner Shark, Pacific Squadron, 1848 ; commissioned as Commander, June 4th, 1844; Inspector, etc. New York, 1846; commanding bomb vessel ^tna. Home Squadron, 1847 ; special service, 1851 ; commanding steamer Princeton, Home Squadron, 1854-5 ; commissioned as Captain, Sept. 14th, 1855; commanding frigate Santee, Gulf Sauadron, 1861-2. COMMODORES. 49 Captain Eagle organized and sent out several successful expeditions against the enemy, whilst stationed in the Gulf. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; prize commissioner New Fork, 1864-5 ; Light-house Inspector, 1866. ' COMMODORE WILLIAM M. GLENDY. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Maryland, Jan. 1st, 1818 j commissioned as Lieutenant, March 3d, 1827; sloop Boston, Brazil Squadron, 1^27-9; schooner Dolphin, Pacific Squadron, 1831-3; frigate North CaroHna, Pacific Squadron, 1837 ; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1847-50 ; commissioned as Com- mander, Feb. 25th, 1847; commanding sloop Marion, East India Squadron, 1851-2 ; commissioned as Captain, Sept. 14th, 1855 ; commanding sloop Sara- toga, 1861-2; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; Prize Commis- sioner, Washington, D. C, 1863-4; special duty, Philadelphia, 1865. COMMODORE GEORGE S. BLAKE. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, April 23, 1818 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 31, 1827; West India Squadron, 1829 ;sur- vfty of Narragansett Bay, 1831-3 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1834; Coast Sur- vey, 1837-48; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1847-8; commissioned as Com- mander, February 27th, 1847 ; Fleet Captain, Mediterranean Squadron, 1850-2 ; Bureau Construction, 1853-5 ; commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1855 ; special duty, 1856-7 ; Superintendent Naval Academy, 1858-65 ; commis- sioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; Light-house Inspector, 1866-9. COMMODORE OSCAR BULLUS. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from New York, November 1st, 1817; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 3d, 1827; receiving-ship. New York, 1833-4; Mediterranean Squadron, 1837; brig Boxer, Home Squadron, 1843; receiving-ship, New York, 1845-6; commanding store-ship Relief, Home Squadron, 1847 ; commissioned Commander, May 16th, 1848 ; com- manding steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1850-1 ; commissioned as Captain, July 11th, 1861; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; commanding rendezvous. New York, 1863-6. COMMODORE CHARLES H. JACKSON. Born in Georgia. Appointed from Georgia, March 4th, 1818 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, March 3d, 1827; Coast Survey, 1827; receiving-ship, 4 50 COMMODORES. Philadelphia, 1830-2 ; Echooner Shark, West India Squadron, 1833-4; brig Boxer, Pacific Squadron, 1837; rendezvous, Boston, 1845; special duty, Bos- ton, 1847; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1848; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODOKE HUGH Y. PURVIANCE. Born in Blaryland. Appointed from Maryland, November 3d, 1818; com- missioned as Lieutenant, March 3d, 1827 ; frigate North Carolina, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1827 ; sloop Falmouth, West India Squadron, 1829-30 ; sloop Peacock, Brazilian Squadron, 1833-4 ; rendezvous, Baltimore, 1837-48 ; com- missioned as Commander, March 7th, 1849; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1850-1 ; commanding sloop Marion, Coast of Africa, 1853-5 ; rendezvous, Baltimore, 1856; commissioned as Captain, January 28th, 1856; commanding frigate St. Lawrence, 1861; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; Light-house Inspector, 1863-5. COMMODORE FRANCIS B. ELLISON. Born in Nev? York. Appointed from New York, May 28th, 1819 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, May 17th, 1828 ; schooner Porpoise, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1827-9 ; receiving-ship, New York, 1833-4 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1837 ; frigate Brandywine, 1840 ; store-ship Lexington, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1845 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1847-8 ; commissioned Commander, May 29th, 1850; Inspector, &c., New York, 1853-4 ; commanding sloop Jamestown, Coast of Africa, 1855 ; commissioned Captain, INIarch 2d, 1857 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; Light-house Inspector, 1866-8. COMSIODORE T. DARRAH SHAW. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, May 28th, 1820 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, May 17th, 1828; frigate Macedonian, Brazil Squadron, 1827; sloop Lexington, Brazil Squadron, 1833-4; frigate Constel- lation, Pacific Squadron, 1840; rendezvous, Baltimore, 1843; rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1846 ; Bureau of Construction, 1851 ; commissioned as Com- mander, August 7th, 1850 ; commanding rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1852-4 ; commanding sloop Falmouth, Home Squadron, 1855 ; commanding steamer Montgomery, W. G-. B. Squadron, 1860-1 ; commissioned Commodore, July 16th, 1862; special duty, Philadelphia, 1864-5. COMMODORE SAMUEL LOCKWOOD. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from New York, June 12th, 1820 ; com- missioned OS Lieutenant, May 17th, 1828 ; sloop Warren, Mediterranean Squad- COMMODORES. 51 ron, 1828 ; schooner Shark, West India Squadron, 1832-4; receiving-ship. New York, 1837 ; sloop Oyane, Mediterranean Squadron, 1840 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1845-6; frigate Potomac, Home Squadron, 1847-8 ; commissioned as Commander, October 8th, 1850 ; rendezvous, Bos- ton, 1853-5; commanding sloop Cyane, Pacific Squadron, 1859-60; command- ing steamer Daylight, North Atlantic Squadron, 1861. Commander Lockwood was present at the battle of Hatteras Inlet, in 1861. Commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; special duty, Philadelphia, COMMODORE JOHN COLHOUN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, January 25th, 1821 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, May 27th, 1828; frigate United States, Pacific Squadron, 1828 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, May 27th, 1830 ; frigate Hud- son, Brazil Squadron, 1830-31 ; frigate Constitution, Mediterranean Squadron, 1837; receiving-ship, New York, 1840; sloop Falmouth, Home Squadron, 1843 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1845-6 ; commissioned aa Commander, Novem- ber 4th, 1852 ; commanding sloop Portsmouth, Coast of Africa, 1860-1 ; com- missioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; commanding receiving-ship, Phila- delphia, 1864-5 ; Light-house Inspector, 1866-8. COMMODORE AUGUSTUS H. KILTY. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, July 4th, 1821 ; frigate Con- stellation, West India Squadron, 1827 ; frigate Hudson, Brazil Squadron, 1829 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, April 28, 1832 ; schooner Grampus, West India Squadron, 1832-4 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, September 6th, 1837 ; sloop John Adams, East India Squadron, 1840 ; frigate Columbus, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1843; frigate United States, 1847; Mediterranean Squadron, 1848 ; receiving-ship, New York, 1850; rendezvous, Baltimore, 1851 ; receiving- ship, New York, 1855 ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding rendezvous, Baltimore, 1860. In 1861 and '62, Commander Kilty commanded one of the vessels of the Mississippi Flotilla, and was with Foote in nearly all of his actions with the enemy, in one of which he lost an arm. Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862 ; ordnance duty, 1863-4 ; com- manding iron-clad Roanoke, North Atlantic Squadron, 1864-5; commissioned as Commodore, July 25th, 1866 ; Commandant Norfolk Navy Yard, 1866-9. COMMODORE WILLIAM SMITH. Born in Kentucky. Appointed from Kentucky, March 4th, 1823 ; sloop John Adams, West India Squadron, 1827; promoted to Passed Midshipman March 23, 1829 ; Coast Surrey, 1830-2 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 8 52 COMMODORES. 1831; sloop Vandalia, West India Squadron, 1837; frigate Constitution, Pacific Squadron, 1840; special service, 1843; steamer Mississippi, Home Squadron, 1846; brig Boxer, coast of Africa, 1848; rendezvous. New York, 1850; steamer Vizen, Home Squadron, 1851-2 ; commissioned as Com- mander, September 12th, 1854 ; commanding sloop Levant, East India Squad- ron, 1856-8 ; commanding receiving-ship, Boston, 1860-1 ; commissioned as Captain, 1861 ; commanding steamer Wachusett, James River flotilla, 1862 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862 ; Commandant Navy Yard, Pen- sacola, 1863-5. COMMODORE JONATHAN W. SWIFT. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from North Carolina, August 25th, 1823; promoted to Passed Midshipman, May 23d, 1829 ; frigate Brandywine, Pacific Squadron, 1827-29; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 3d, 1831; steamship Fulton, Atlantic coast, 1840; special service, 1850-55 ; commissioned as Com- modore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODORE JAMES M. WATSON. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia, February 1st, 1823 ; sloop Peacock, Pacific Squadron, 1827 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, March 23d, 1829; Mediterranean Squadron, 1830; commissioned as Lieutenant, December 30th, 1831 ; Brazil Squadron, 1834-6 ; frigate Constitution, Mediterranean Squadron, 1837 ; rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1840 ; frigate Columbus, Medi- terranean Squadron, 1843 ; Pacific Squadron, 1846 ; store-ship Erie, Pacific Squadron, 1847-8; Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1851-2; steamer Fulton, Home Squadron, 1854-5 ; commissioned as Commander, February 1st, 1861 ; Light- house Inspector, 1863-6 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODORE JOHN W. LIVINGSTON. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, March 4th, 1823 ; sloop Warren, Mediterranean Squadron, 1827 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, June 21st, 1832 ; frigate Congress, Pacific Squadron, 1846-7 ; frigate Congress, East India Squadron, 1848; Navy Yard, New York, 1850-1 ; commissioned as Com- mander, May 24th, 1855; commanding sloop St. Louis, coast of Africa, 1856- 7-8 ; commanding steamer Penguin, 1861 ; commissioned as Captain, 1861 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; commanding Naval Station, Norfolk, 1862-4 ; commanding Naval Station, Mound City, Illinois, 1865-6 ; special service, 1867. COMMODORES. 53 COMMODORE JUNIUS J. BOYLE. Born in Maryland. Appointed from District of Columbia, August 27th 1823 ; sloop Peacock, Pacific Squadron, 1827 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman^ March 23d, 1829 ; Mediterranean Squadron, 1830 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, June 21st, 1832; frigate Delaware, Mediterranean Squadron, 1884-6 ; frigate Congress, Mediterranean Squadron, 1843; Naval Storekeeper, Port Mahon, 1845-6 ; schooner Bonito, Home Squadron, .1848 ; store-ship Southampton,' 1851-3-4-5 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862. COMMODORE PETER TURNER. Born in Rhode Island Appointed from Rhode Island, March 4th, 1823 ; sloop Cyane, Brazil Squadron, 1827 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, March 23d, 1829; commissioned as Lieutenant, June 21st, 1832; receiving-ship Bos- ton, 1833-4; schooner Boxer, Pacific Squadron, 1837; frigate Constitution, Pacific Squadron, 1840 ; frigate Raritan, Brazil Squadron, 1845-6 ; special duty, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 1847-50 ; commanding store-ship Southampton, 1852 ; commissioned as Commander, July 1st, 1861 ; commissioned as Com- modore, July lG:h, 1S62; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1863-5. COMMODORE BENJAMIN J. TOTTEN. Born in West Indies. Appointed from New York, March 4th, 1823; Mediterranean Squadron, 1827 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, February 25th, 1830; schooner Dolphin, Pacific Squadron, 1830-4; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 29th, 1834; schooner Shark, Mediterranean Squadron, 1837; sloop Decatur, 1845; rendezvous, Boston, 1847; store-ship Relief, Mediterranean Squadron, 1850-1 ; rendezvous, Boston, 1852-3-4 ; commis- sioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; commanding sloop Vincennes, Coast of Africa, 1858-9-60; commanding store-ship Brandywine, North At- lantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding naval rendezvous, New Bedford, 1864-5 ; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1866-8. COMMODORE ROBERT B. HITCHCOCK. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Connecticut, January 1st, 1825 ; schooner Shark, West India Squadron, 1827 ; frigate Delaware, Mediterranean Squadron, 1829-30-1 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 4th, 1831 ; spe- cial duty, 1833-4 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 3d, 1835 ; special duty, 1837; frigate Ohio, Mediterranean Squadron, 1840; rendezvous, "ostou, 1843 ; frigate Savannah, Pacific Squadron, 1845-6 ; Ordnance duty, 1850-1-2 ; commanding store-ship Relief, 1853 ; Inspector, &c., Boston, 1854-5 ; commis- sioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; Ordnance duty, 1856-7; com 54 COMMODORES. manding steam frigate Merrimac, Pacific Squadron, 1858-9-60 ; Inspector of Ordnance, 1861 ; commissioned as Captain, 1861 ; commissioned as Commo- dore, Jijly 16th, 1862; commanding steam-sloop Susquehanna, Western Gulf Squadron, 1862-3. During the greater portion of the time Commodore Hitchcock was attached to the Western Gulf Squadron he was the senior officer of the blockading fleet off Mobile. Ordnance duty, 1864-5 ; Commandant Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1866. COMMODOKE JAMES F. SCHENCK. Born in Ohio, June 11th, 1807. Appointed from Ohio, March 1st, 1825 ; sloop Hornet, West India Squadron, 1829 ; frigate Brandy wine, 1830 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 4th, 1831 ; sloop John Adams, Mediterranean Squadron, 1833-4 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, December 22d, 1835; sloop St. Louis, West India Squadron, 1837; brig Dolphin, Brazil Squadron, 1840; razee Independence, Home Squadron, 1843 ; frigate Congress, Pacific Squadron, 1846-7. During the war with Mexico, Lieutenant Schenck, as Chief Military Aid to Commodore Stockton, landed and took possession of Santa Barbara, and San Pedro, in California ; serving in same capacity, marched on and was at the first capture of Los Angelos. As Second Lieutenant of the frigate Congress, was at the bombardment and capture of Guaymas, and the taking of Mazatlan. Frigate Congress, East India Squadron, 1848 ; commanding mail steam-ship Ohio, 1848—52 ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; com- manding receiving-ship New York, 1848; commanding steamer Saginaw, East India Squadron, 1860-1. On June 30th, 1861, the Saginaw was fired upon by a fort at " Quin Hone," Cochin China ; the fire was returned and the fort silenced. Commissioned as Captain, 1861; commanding frigate St. Lawrence, Block- ading Squadron, 1862 ; commissioned as Commodore, July 2d, 1863 ; command- ing steam-sloop Powhatan, North Atlantic Squadron, 1864-5 ; commanded Powhatan, and 3d division of Porter's Squadron, on the two attacks upon Fort Fisher; commanding Naval Station, Mound City, Illinois, 1866. COMMODORE TIMOTHY A. HUNT. BoRtJ in Connecticut. Appointed from Connecticut, February 1st, 1825 ; sloop Vincennea, Pacific Squadron, ]827; sloop Warren, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1829 ; sloop Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1830; promoted to Passed Mid- shipman, June 4th, 1831 ; frigate Delaware, Mediterranean Squadron, 1833-4, commissioned as Lieutenant, December 17th, 1836; receiving-ship, Boston, 1840; receiving-ship, New York, 1843; frigate Brandywine, East India Squadron, 1845 ; commanding ordnance-transport Eleotra, 1847-8 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1850; frigate Columbia, Home Squadron, 1853-5 ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; ordnance dutv, 1856-7-8-9 ; command- ing steam-sloop Narragansett, Pacific Squadron, 1880-61 ; commissioned as COMMODORES. 55 Captain, July 16th, 1862; commissioned as Commodore, January 2d, 1863; ordnance duty, Boston, 1862-7 ; special duty. New London, Connecticut, 1869. COMMODORE JOHN M. BERRIEN. Born in Georgia. Appointed from same State, March 1st, 1825 ; frigate Constellation, West India Squadron, 1827; frigate Guerriere, Pacific Squadron, 1829 ; sloop Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1830 ; promoted to Passed Midship- man, June 4th, 1831 ; schooner Shark, West India Squadron, 1833-4 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, February 9th, 1837 ; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1837 ; re- cruiting service, Norfok, 1840 ; sloop Dale, Pacific Squadron, 1843 ; frigate Potomac, Home Squadron, 1845; steamer Scorpion, Home Squadron, 1847-8; receiving-ship, Boston, 1850; frigate Savannah, Brazil Squadron, 1854-6; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1858-60 ; commanding sloop John Adams, 1861 ; commis- sioned as Captain, July 16th, 1852 ; ordnance duty, Pittsburg, 1862-4 ; com- manding Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1865 ; Light-house Inspector, 1866-9 ; commis- sioned as Commodore, September 26, 1866. COMMODORE JOHN C. CARTER. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Kentucky, March 1st, 1825 ; sloop Lex- ington, 1827 ; frigate Delaware, Mediterranean Squadron, 1829-30 ; promoted toPassed Midshipman, June 4th, 1831 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 9th, 18.37; frigate Macedonian, West India Squadron, 1840; receiving-ship. New York, 1845 ; steamer Mississippi, Home Squadron, 1846 ; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1847^8 ; frigate Raritan, Pacific Squadron, 1852 ; steamer Massa- chusetts, Pacific Squadron, 1853; rendezvous. New York, 1855 ;_ commissioned aa Commander, Sentember 14th, 1855 ; commanding steamer Michigan, on the Lakes, 1861-64; commissioned as Commodore, July 16th, 1862; commanding receiving-ship Vermont, New York, 1865; Light-house Inspector, 1866-69. COMMODORE JOHN P. GILLIS. Born in Delaware. Appointed from Illinois, December 12th, 1825 ; Pawfic Squadron, 1827-29 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, January 4th, 1831 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 9th, 1837; sloop Lexington, I^cifac Squadron, 1840; frigate Congress, Mediterranean Squadron, 1843; Navy Yard, Plnsacola, 1845; Pacific Squadron, 1846; Coast Survey, 1847 ; sloop i-lymouth, East India Squadron, 1853-54 ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; commanding rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1859-60 ; commanding steamer Monticello, 1861 ; commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding steam-sloop Ossipee, Western Gulf Squadron, 1863-64; Navy Yard, Philadel- phia, 1865 ; commissioned as Commodore, September 28th, 1866. 56 COMMODORES. COMMODORE JOHN J. GLASSON. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, February 21st, 1823 ; fri- gate North Carolina, Mediterranean Squadron, 1827 ; sloop Warren, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1829; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 4th, 1831; receiving-ship, New York, 1833-34 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 9th, 1837 ; rendezvous. New York, 1837; sloop Falmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1840 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1845 ; steamer Spitfire, Home Squadron, 1847 ; schooner Falcon, Home Squadron, 1848; Navy Yard, New York, 1850 ; com- manding store-ship Lexington, 1854-55; commissioned as Commaader, Septem- ber 14th, 1855 ; commanding rendezvous, New York, 1858-59 ; commanding rendezvous, New Bedford, 1861-64; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1865; commissioned as Commodore, September 28th, 1866. COMMODORE EDWARD R. THOMPSON. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from New Jersey, December 1st, 1826 sloop Ontario, Mediterranean Squadron, 1830-32 ; promoted to Passed Mid- shipman, April 28th, 1832 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 8th, 1837 sloop John Adams, East India Squadron, 1840 ; special service, 1843 ; steamer Princeton, special service, 1845 ; brig Porpoise, Home Squadron, 1846 ; Navy Ya^d, Philadelphia, 1848 ; sloop Germantown, Coast of Africa, 1851-52 ; ren- dezvous, Philadelphia, 1854-55 ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; ordnance duty, Philadelphia, 1858-60 ; commanding steam-sloop Semi- nole, 1861 ; rendezvous. New York, 1862-4 ; rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1865 ; commissioned as Commodore, September 28, 1866; special duty. New York, 1866-7. COMMODORE ROBERT HANDY. Born in Pthode Island. Appointed from Rhode Island, February 1st, 1826 ; sloop Adams, West India Squadron, 1827; Frigate Hudson, Brazil Squadron, 1829-30 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, April 28th, 1832 ; sloop Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1832-5; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 8th, 1837; frigate Brandywine, Pacific Squadron, 1837; Navy Yard, Boston, 1840; sloop Levant, Pacific Squadron, 1845-6; receiving-ship, Boston, 1847-8; Navy Yard, Boston, 1850; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; Light-house Inspector, 1858-9 ; commanding rendezvous, Boston, 1860 ; com- manding sloop D le, Pacific Squadron, 1862-5 ; Commissioned as Commodore, September 28th, 1866. COMMODORE CHARLES GREEN. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Connecticut, May 1st, 1826 ; receiv- ing-ship, Boston, 1827 ; sloop Peacock, West India Squadron, 1830-2 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, April 28th, 1832; Navy Yard, New York, 1833-4; COMMODORES. 57 frigate Brandywine, Pacific Squadron, 1837 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March Sth, 1887 ; receiving-ship. New York, 1840 ; sloop Falmouth, Home Squadron, 1843 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1850 ; steamer Fulton, Home Squadron, 1852 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1854-5 ; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; Light-house Inspector, 1859-GO ; commanding sloop Jamestown, 1861 ; commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862 ; commaading receiving-ship| Boston, 1864-5 ; commissioned as Commodore, September 28th, 1866 ; Light^ house Inspector, 1866-8. COMMODORE CICERO PRICE. Born in Kentucky. Appointed from same State, February 1st, 1826 ; frigate Macedonian, Brazil Squadron, 1827 ; sloop Falmouth, West India Squadron, 1829; sloop Erie, West India Squadron, 1830 ; promoted to Passed Midship- man, April 28th, 1832; schooner Shark, West India c-'quadron, 1834-6; brig Boxer, Pacific Squadron, 1837 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, September 6th, 1837 ; steamer Fulton, Atlantic coast, 1840 ; frigate Delaware, Brazil Squad- ron, 1843; receiving-ship. New York, 1845; sloop Marion, coast of Africa, 1846; sloop Marion, Mediterranean Squadron, 1847-8 ; Navy Yard, Memphis, 1850 ; Pacific Squadron, 1851 ; Ordnance duty, 1853 ; receiving-ship Norfolk, 1854; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; commanding sloop Constellation, Mediterranean Squadron, 1850 ; commanding steamer Huntsville, Blockading Squadron, 1861; commissioned as Captain, July 16, 1862; command- ing sloop Jamestown, East India Squadron, 1862-5 ; commissioned as Commo- dore, September 28th, 1866. COMMODORE JAMES P. McKINSTRY. Born in New York, February 9th, 1803. Appointed from Michigan, Febru- ary 1st, 1826 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1827 ; sloop Warren, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1829-30; promoted to Passed Midshipman, April 28th, 1832 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1833-4; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 9th, 1837; sloop Concord, West India Squadron, 1837; schooner Dolphin, Brazil Squadron, 1840; sloop Falmouth, Home Squadron, 1843; steamer Michigan, on the Lakes, 1845-6; sloop St. Marys, Pacific Squadron, 1847; rendezvous, Boston, 1850; commanding mail steamer Georgia, 1854-5; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855; Light-house Inspector, 1858-9; commanding steam- sloop Dakotah, Blockading Squadron, 1861; commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862; commanding steam-sloop Blonongahela, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron ; present at Port Hudson and Vicksburg, 1863. While in command of the Monongahela, operating on the Blississippi, Captain McKinstry was wounded, and during the remainder of the war was compelled to remain inactive. Commanding receiving-ship, New York, 1865-6; commissioned as Commo- dore, July 26th, 1866 ; at present. Commandant Naval Station, Sackett's Har- bor, New York. 58 CAPTAINS. COMMODORE JOHN DE CAMP. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from Florida, October 1st, 1827 ; sloop Vandalia, Brazil Squadron, 1829-30 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 10th, 1833; frigate Constellation, West India Squadron, 1837; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 28th, 1838; sloop Peacock, Brazil Squadron, 1840; sloop Boston, Brazil Squadron, 1845-6 ; sloop Falmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1850; frigate Constitution, Coast of Africa, 1854; commissioned as Commander, September 14th, 1855 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1855 ; Light-house Inspector, 1858-60 ; commanding store-ship Relief, 1861 ; commanding steam-sloop Iro- quois, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-2. Commanded the Iroquois at the attack upon and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, capture of New Orleans, and at the various battles on the Mis- sissippi, to and including Vioksburg. Commissioned as Captain, July 16th, 1862; commanding frigate Wabash, South Atlantic Squadron, 1863-4; commissioned as Commodore, September 28th, 1866; commanding store-ship Potomac, Pensacola, Florida, 1868-7; commanding receiving-ship Potomac, Philadelphia, 1868-9. CAPTAIN JOHN J. ALMY. Born in Rhode Island, April 25th, 1818. Appointed from Rhode Island, February 2d, 1829; attached to sloop Vinoennes, Pacific Squadron, 1834 ; sloop Ontario, Brazil Squadron, 1835-6 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, July 3, 1835 ; receiving-ship, New York, 1837 ; sloop Cyane, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1840; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 8th, 1841; brig Bainbridge, Home Squadron, 1843 ; frigate Macedonian, Coast of Africa, 1845 ; Naval Ob- servatory, Washington, 1846 ; frigate Ohio, Home Squadron, 1846 ; present at Vera Cruz and Tuspan ; frigate Ohio, Pacific Squadron, 1847-50 ; Coast Survey, 1851-7 ; commanding steamer Fulton, Home Squadron, 1858-9 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1860; commissioned as Commander, April 24th, 1861; com- manding steamer South Carolina, South Atlantic Squadron, 1862 ; commanding steamer Connecticut, 1863-4. The Connecticut was the steamer detailed to carry the mails to the vessels on the blockade, and, while commanding her. Captain Almy captured several valuable prizes. Special duty, New York, 1865 ; commissioned as Captain, March 3d, 1865 ; commanding steam sloop Juniata, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; ordnance duty, New York, 1868-9. CAPTAIN JAMES H. STRONQ. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, February 2d, 1829 ; at- tached to sloop Lexington, Brazil Squadron, 1832—3 ; schooner Enterprise, Brazil Squadron, 1834 ; Naval School, New York, 1835 ; frigate Constellation, West India Squadron, 1836 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 4tb, 1836 ; razee Independence, Brazil Squadron, 1839-42 ; commissioned as Lieutenant CAPTAINS. 59 September, 1841 ; frigate Columbus, East India Squadron, 1844-6 ; receivio"'- sliip New York, 1851-2; sloop Levant, Mediterranean Squadron, IBSS-S'- receiving-ship New York, 1856; rendezvous. New York, 1857-8; commandinCommander Meade for the promptness aod vigor with which he repelled the attack of the enemy. Commanding steam gunboat Chocura, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; Naval Academy, 1865-8; commissioned as Commander, September 20th, 1868 ; commanding steamer Saginaw, North Pacific Squadron, 1868-9 ; special duty, 1869. COMMANDER CHARLES C. CARPENTER. Born in Blassachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, October 1st, 1850 ; attached to sloop Portsmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1851-5 ; Naval Academy, 1856; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 20th, 1856; sloop St. Marys, Home Squadron, 1856-7 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1858-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, January 23d, 1858 ; steamer Mohawk, Brazil Squadron, and Para- guay Expedition, 1858-60; steamer Mohawk, Atlantic Coast, 1861 ; steamer Flag, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; iron-clad Catskill, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1S63 ; attacks on the defences of Charleston, April 9, 1863 and July 10th, 1863 ; Naval Academy, 1863-5 ; steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship, Asiatic Squadron, 1866-7 ; commanding steamer Wyoming, Asiatic Squadron, 1868 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1868-9 : commissioned as Commander! 1869. ' COMMANDER WILLIAM A. KIRKLAND. Born in North Carolina. Appointed from North Carolina, July 2d, 1850 • attached to sloop Portsmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1851-5 ; Naval Academy' COMMANDERS. 131 1856 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 20th, 1856 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Brazil Squadron, 1S5S-7 ; sloop Falmouth, Brazil Squadron, 1857-9 j commis- sioned as Lieutenant, March 18th, 1858 ; store-ship Release, Brazil Squadron, 1860; steamer Pulaski^ coast of Brazil, 1861-3; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, July 16th, 1862; steam-sloop Wyoming, East India Squadron, 1863-4; commaudiaj; iron-clad Winnebago, Western (rulf Blockading Squad- ron, 1864-5; served under Acting Rear Admiral Thatcher in the combined movements of the military and naval forces against the defences of the city of Mobile, which resulted in the capture of that place and the surrender of the rebel fleet ; commanding steamer Wasp, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-9 ; commissioned as Commander, 1869. COMMANDER WILLIAM H. DANA. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, May 1st, 1850 ; attached to sloop Decatur, Home Squadron, 1851-2 ; frigate Constitution, coast of Africa, 1852-5; Naval Academy, 1856; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 20th, 1856; frigate St. Lawrence, Brazil Squadron, 1856-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 1st, 1858; steam-sloop Narragansett, Pacific Squadron, 1860-1; commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; steam gunboat Genessee, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862, and Western G-ulf Blockading Squadron, 1863; attack on Port Hudson, March, 1863; commanding gunboat Cayuga, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; commanding steam gun- boat Winona, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864r-5 ; ordnance duty, Boston, 1866; steam-sloop Pawnee, South Atlantic Squadron, 1867; command- ing steamer Kansas, South Atlantic Squadron, 1868 ; commissioned as Com- mander, 1869. COMMANDER EDWARD E. POTTER. Born in New York. Appointed from Illinois, February 5th, 1850; attached to sloop Decatur, Home Squadron, 1852 ; frigate Constitution, Coast of Africa, 1853-5; Naval Academy, 1856; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 20th, 1856 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Coast of Brazil, 1857-9 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, July 9th, 1858 ; steam-frigate Niagara, 1861 ; Western Gulf Squadron, 1862 ; bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and capture of New Orleans; engagement with field-battery at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, June 9th, 1862 ; passed Vicksburg batteries twice ; engagement with ram Ar- kansas, above Vicksburg, June, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Command- er, July 16th, 1862; steam-sloop Lackawanna, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; commanding iron-clad Mahopac, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; several engagements with Howlett House batteries, Decem- ber, 1864 ; two engagements at Port Fisher, December, 1864, and January, 1865; bombardment of Fort Anderson, February 18th, 1865; steamer Rhode Island, Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1867-8 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Commander, 1869. 132 COMMANDEES. COMMANDER LESTER A. BEARDSLEE. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, Marcli 5th, 1850 ; attached to sloop Plymouth, East India Squadron, 1851— 5; participated in one battle and several skirmishes with the Chinese army, at Shanghai ; Naval Academy, 1856; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 20th, 1856; steam-frigate Merri- mack, special service, 1856—7 ; sloop Germantown, East India Squadron, 1857-60 ; promoted to Master, January 22d, 1858 ; commissioned as Lieuten- ant, 1859 ; sloop Saratoga, Coast of Africa, 1860-3 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863; attack on the defences of Charleston harbor, April 7th, 1863; steam- sloop Wachusett, special service, 1864-5 ; capture of rebel steamer Florida by the Wachusett, in October, 1864; commanding steam gunboat Aroostook, Asiatic Squadron, 1866-8 ; steam-sloop Lackawanna, North Pacific Squadron, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Commander, 1869 ; at present on duty at Hydro- graphical Office, Washington, D. C. COMMANDERS ON RETIRED LIST. COMMANDER NATHANIEL C. BEYANT. Born in Maine. Appointed from Maine, December 23d, 1836; attached to sloop Erie, West India Squadron, 1838-41; Naval School, Philadelphia, 1842-3; sloop Plymouth, Pacific Squadron, 1843-5 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 29th, 1843 ; sloop Dale, Pacific Squadron, during Mexican war and to 1849 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 7th, 1850 ; brig Bainbridge, Brazil Squadron, 1850-3 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1854 ; steam-frigate San Jacinto, East India Squadron, 1855-8 ; receiving ship, Boston, 1859-60 ; steam-sloop Piichmond, 1861 ; Blississippi Squadron, 1862, in several engagements with the enemy ; commissioned as Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; retired, September 26th, 1864. COMMANDER JOHN F. ABBOTT. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, December 27th, 1837 ; attached to frigate Brandywine, Mediterranean Squadron, 1837-41 ; Naval School, Philadelphia, 1842-3 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 29th, 1843 ; attached to Squadron on Coast of Africa, 1843-5 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1849-50 ; promoted to Master, October 3d, 1850 ; receiving-ship Philadelphia, 1851; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 22d, 1851- steam- frigate Saranac, Home Squadron, 1851-3 ; Coast Survey, 1854-5 ; retired September 13th, 1855; unemployed from 1858-69; commissioned as Com- mander, 1867. COMMANDERS. 133 COMMANDER BAYSE N. "WESTCOTT. Born iq New Jersey. Appointed from Florida, December 5th, 1837; Brazil Squadron, 1838-40 j Naval School, Philadelphia, 1842-3 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 29th, 1843 ; brig Somers, Home Squadron, 1843-5 ; store- ship Supply, Mediterranean Squadron, 1847-8 ; rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1848-50; promoted to Master, October 18th, 1850; frigate St. Lawrence, special service, 1850-1 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, June 11th, 1851 ; Coast Survey, 1853-4; frigate Congress, Mediterranean Squadron, 1855-7; Light- house Inspector, 1858; frigate Santee, 1861; commissioned as Commander,,, July 16th, 1862; retired, May 14th, 1863 ; special duty, New York, 1865;' Navy Yard, Pensaeola, Florida, 1868-9. COMMANDEE ANDREW J. DRAKE. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey, December 5th, 1887 ; sloop Levant, West India Squadron, 1838-40 ; Naval School, Philadelphia, 1841-3; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 29th, 1843; frigate Columbus, East India Squadron, 1844-8; Navy Yard, Boston, 1850; commissioned as Lieutenant, October 16th, 1851 ; sloop Albany, Home Squadron, 1852-3 ; sloop Decatur, Pacific Squadron, 1854-7; receiving-ship, New York, 1858; receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1859; frigate Congress, Brazil Squadron, 1860-2; commissioned as Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding steamer Sassacus, 1865-6; retired, April 12th, 1867. COMMANDER JOHN C. BEAUMONT. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, March 1, 1838 ; at- tached to sloop Ontario, West India Squadron, 1838-41 ; frigate Constellation, East India Squadron, 1842—4; promoted to Passed Midshipman, May 20th, 1844 ; brig Somers, Home Squadron, 1844-5 ; sloop Jamestown, Coast of Africa, 1845-6 ; frigate Ohio, Pacific Squadron, 1846-7 ; Observatory, Wash- ington, 1848; razee Independence, Mediterranean Squadron, 1849-52; pro- moted to Master, August 30th, 1851; commissionedasLieutenant, August 29th, 1852 ; Observatory, Washington, 1853—4 ; steamer San Jacinto, special service, 1855; frigate Potomac, Home Squadron, 1856; steam-frigate Wabash, Home.. Squadron, 1857 ; receiving-ship, New York, 1858-9 ; steam-sloop Hartford, East India Squadron, 1860-2; commissioned as Commander, July 14th, 1862 ; commanding steam gunboat Sebago, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; commanding steamer Mackinaw, North Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1864-5; commanding iron-clad Miantonomah, European Squadron, 1866-7 : retired, April 27th, 1868. 134 COMMANDERS. COMMANDER GEORGE A. STEVENS. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Tennessee, May 13 tL, 1840 ; at- tached to frigate Potomac, Home Squadron, 1840-3 ; steam-sloop Princeton, special service, 1844-5 ; Naval School, 1846 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, July 11th, 1846; razee Independence, flag-ship Pacific Squadron, 1846-8; Coast Survey, 1849-50; frigate Raritan, Pacific Squadron, 1850-2; store-ship Southampton, Pacific Squadron, 1852-5; commissioned as Lieutenant, Sept. 14th, 1855 ; brig Bainbridge, Brazil Squadron, 1858-60 ; ordnance duty, Bos- ton, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; com- ' manding steam gunboat Huron, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4 ; retired, October 25th, 1865 ; commissioned as Commander, March 3d, 1865 ; equipment duty, Pensaoola, 1867-9. COMMANDER WILLIAM P. BUCKNBR. Born in Kentucky. Appointed from Arkansas, Septetnber 9th, 1841 ; attached to sloop Marion, West India Squadron, 1841—4; frigate Constitution, East India Squadron, 1844-5 ; frigate Constitution, Pacific Squadron, 1846 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, August 10th, 1847; sloop Saratoga, Home Squadron, 1847-8; sloop Portsmouth, Coast of Africa, 1849—50 ; Naval Aca- demy, 1852-5; commissioned as Lieutenant, September 14th, 1855 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Brazil Squadron, 1856-9 ; sloop Savannah, Home Squadron, 1861-2 ; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, New York, 1862-8 ; commissioned as Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; retired, August 16th, 1864. COMMANDER WILLIAM MITCHELL. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from District of Columbia, Sep- tember 24th, 1841 ; attached to frigate Delaware, Brazil Squadron, 1841-4 ; frigate Congress, Pacific Squadron, 1844-7 ; frigate Congress, East India Squadron, 1847-9; promoted to Passed Midshipman, August 10th, 1847; mail-steamer Ohio, 1849-52 ; brig Bainbridge, Coast of Brazil, 185-3-5 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, September 14th, 1855 ; special duty, Washington, 1858; steam-sloop Brooklyn, Home Squadron, 1858-61; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, Wash- ington, 1862-4 ; West G-ulf Blockading Squadron^ 1865 ; commissioned as Commander, March Bd, 1865 ; Inspector, &c.. Navy Tard, Washington, 1867 ; retired, January 11th, 1867. COMMANDER WILLIAM GIBSON. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Pennsylvania, February 11th, 1841; attached to sloop Concord, Brazil Squadron, 1841-3 ; brig Lawrence, Home COMMANDERS. 135 Squadron, 1843-5 ; Home Squadron, 1847 ; steamer Mississippi, Home Squad- ron, 1848-50 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, August 10th, 1847 ; Coast Survey, 1850-2 ; steamer John Hancock, North Pacific Expedition, 1853-4 ; commanding steamer Fenimore Cooper, North Pacific Expedition, 1854 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, September 15th, 1855 ; sloop Vincennes, North Pacific Expedition, 1856 ; special duty, Washington, 1857-8 ; frigate Sabine, Brazil Squadron, 1858 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; commaoding steamer Yankee, Potomac flotilla, 1862; commanding steam gunboat Seneca, South Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1863 ; commanding steam gunboat Nipsic, South Atlantic Squadron, 1864 ; commanding steamer Mahaska, Bast Gulf Squadron, 1865; commissioned as Commander, March 8d, 1865 ; retired, April 26th, 1867 ; commanding steamer Tahoma, 1867; Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1868-9. COMMANDER GEEENLEAP CILLEY. Born in Maine. Appointed from Maine, February 26th, 1841 ; attached to frigate Cumberland, Mediterranean Squadron, 1843-5 ; sloop Plymouth, Brazil Squadron, 1845-6 ; frigate Ohio, Pacific Squadron, 1846-7 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, August 10th, 1847 ; Naval School, 1848 ; frigate Rari- tan. Home Squadron, 1849-50 ; Coast Survey, 1851-2 ; store-ship Predonia, Pacific Squadron, 1852-3; Pacific Squadron, 1854; frigate St. Lawrence, Pacific Squadron, 1855 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, September 15th, 1855 ; sloop Saratoga, Home Squadron, 1856-8 ; steamer Metacomet, Brazil Squadron and Paraguay Expedition, 1859 ; brig Bainbridge, Brazil Squadron, 1860 ; steamer Pulaski, Brazil Squadron, 1861-3; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, July 16th, 1862 ; retired March 18th, 1865; commissioned as Com- mander, March 3d, 1865. COMMANDER SAMUEL MAGAW. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, November 23d, 1841 ; attached to frigate Columbia, Brazil Squadron, 1841-3 ; brig Porpoise, Home Squadron, 1845-6 ; Naval School, 1847-8 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, August 10th, 1847 ; store-ship Supply, Pacific Squadron, 1849-51 ; Pacific Squadron, 1853 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Pacific Squadron, 1854-5 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, September 15th, 1855 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1856-8 ; steamer Pocahontas, 1861 ; commanding steamer Thomas Freeborn, Potomac flotilla, 1862-3; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862; commanding steamer Commodore Read, Potomac flotilla, 1863-4; com- manding steamer Lenapee, North Atlantic Squadron, 1865 ; commanding steamer Tallapoosa, Gulf Squadron, 1866 ; commissioned as Commander, October 10th, 1866. COMMANDER WILLIAM C. WEST. BoEN in New York. Appointed from New York, January 30th, 1841 ; at- tached to frigate United States, Pacific Squadron, 1841-4 ; sloop Vincennes, 136 COMMANDERS. East India Squadron, 1845-6 ; Naval School, 1847-8 ; promoted to Passed Midshipmac, August 10th, 1847 ; sloop St. Louis, Brazil Squadron, 1849-51 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Pacific Squadron, 1851-5 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, September 15th, 1855 ; Naval Observatory, V/a-shington, 1856-7 ; sloop Vin- cennes. Coast of Africa, 1858-60 ; frigate St. Lawrence, 1861; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; ordnance duty. Navy Yard, Boston, 1863 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; commissioned as Com- mander, March 3d, 1865; commanding at Beaufort, 1865; retired, April 26th, 1866 ; special duty, Portsmouth, N. H., 1868. COMMANDER FRANCIS G. DALLAS. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, November 8th, 1841 ; attached to frigate Columbia, Brazil Squadron, 1841-3 ; frigate Colum- bia, Mediterranean Squadron, 1843-5; Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1846; sloop Saratoga, Home Squadron, 1846-7; Naval School, 1847-8; promoted to Passed Midshipman, August 10th, 1847 ; unemployed from 1849 to 1855 ; sloop Decatur, Pacific Squadron, 1855-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, September 15th, 1855; receiving-ship, Philadelphia, 1858; sloop Dale, Coast of Africa, 1859-60; retired, December 16th, 1864; commissioned as Commander, March 3d, 1865 ; sick from 1861 to 1869. COMMANDER NATHANIEL T. WEST. BoEN in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, February 18th, 1841 ; attached to schooner Grampus, Home Squadron, 1841-4 ; sloop St. Louis, East India Squadron, 1845; Naval School, 1846; promoted to Passed Midshipman, August 10th, 1847; Home Squadron, 1847; steamer Vixen, Home Squadron, 1848 ; Germantown, Home Squadron, 1849-50 ; Coast Sur- vey, 1851; sloop Cyane, Home Squadron, 1852; sloop Macedonian, East India Squadron, 1853 ; frigate Columbia, Home Squadron, 1854-7 ; retired, Septem- ber 13th, 1855 ; sick from 1855 to 1869 ; commissioned as Commander, March 3d, 1865. COMMANDER WILLIAM M. GAMBLE. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from New York, May 1st, 1841; attached to steamer Missouri, Home Squadron, 1841-4 ; frigate Savannah, Pacific Squad- ron, 1844-6 ; Naval School, 1847-8 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, August 10th, 1847 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Mediterranean Squadron, 1849-50 ; Observ- atory, Washington, 1851 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Pacific Squadron, 1851-3 ; sloop Portsmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1853-5; commissioned as Lieutenant, September 15th, 1855 ; Coast Survey, 1856-8; sloop Saratoga, Home Squad- LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS 137 ron, 1858-60 ; steam-sloop Powhatan, South Atlantic Squadron, 1861-2 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; commanding steamer Pocahontas, Western Gulf Squadron, 1863; Souli Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1864 ; commissioned as Commander, Marched, 1865. COMMANDER EDMUND W. HENRY. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, April 7th, 1842 ; attached to sloop Saratoga, Coast of Africa, 1842-4; frigate Columbus, East India Squad- ron, 1845-6; Naval School, 1847-8; promoted to Passed Midshipman, August 10th, 1847 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Mediterranean Squadron, 1847-50 ; mail- steamer, Georgia, 1851-2; surveying the river La Plata, 1852-6; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, September 15th, 1855 ; special duty, Washington, 1857-8 ; steam-frigate Wabash, Mediterranean Squadron, 1858; sloop Savannah, 1861; steam gunboat Sebago, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1863 ; steam-frigate Colorado, West Gulf Squadron, 1863 ; commanding steam gunboat Owasco, Western Gulf Squadron, 1864 ; commissioned as Commander, Blarch 3d, 1865 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865; commanding steamer Nipsic, Brazil Squadron 1866; retired, March 19th, 1867; League Island, Pennsylvania, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES A. BABCOCK. Born in New Jersey, June 12th, 1833. Appointed from Michigan, April 8th, 1850; attached to sloop John Adams, Coast of Africa, 1850-3; brig Bain- bridge, Brazil Squadron, 1853-5 ; Naval Academy, 1856 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, June 20th, 1856 ; Coast Survey, 1857 ; sloop Vandalia, Pacific Squadron, 1858-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861 ; sloop Macedonian, 1861 ; steam-sloop Wachusett, West India Squadron, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862; commanding steamer Morse, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4. September, 1862, defeated rebel battery and infantry at City Point, Virginia ; engaged a rebel battery four miles below West Point, on York river, Virginia. At White House, Pamunky river, June 20th, 1864, engaged the rebel General Wade Hampton and Fitz Hugh Lee's cavalry, with three batteries, driving them from their position, and saving six hundred wagons, two thousand horses and fifteen hundred men from capture by the enemy. Mississippi Squadron, 1864-5 ; ordnance duty, Jefferson Barracks, 1866 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1867-8 ; commanding steamer Nyack, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER THOMAS 0. SELPRIDGE. Born in Massachusetts, February 6th, 1836. Appointed from Blassachu- settS; October 1st, 1851 ; Naval Academy, 1851-5 ; attached to frigate Inde- 138 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEES. pendenee, Pacific Squadron, 1855-7 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, Novem- ber 22d, 1856 J sloop Vincennes, Coast of Africa, 1857-9 ; promoted to Master, January 22d, 1858; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861; sloop Cumberland, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2. Lieutenant Selfridge was on board the Cumberland when she sank, after her engagement with the rebel ram Merrimac, in Hampton Roads, March 8th, 1862, and was favorably mentioned in the official report of Lieutenant George U. Morris, the officer in command of the Cumberland during the engagement ; was engaged in Hampton Roads up to the time of the capture of Norfolk. Commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862; Mississippi squad- ron, 1862-4. Engagements in the vicinity of Vicksburg,-ending in the capture of that city ; Yazoo and Red river expeditions. Commanding steamer Huron, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5. Was at first and second bomjsardments of Fort Fisher, bombardment of Fort Anderson, Cape Fear river, and operations against Wilmington, North Carolina; Naval Academy, 1866-8; commanding steamer Nipsic, North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOSEPH N. MILLER. BoEN in Ohio, November 22d, 1S36. Appointed from Ohio, April 8th, 1850; Naval Academy, 1851-4; frigate Independence, Pacific Squadron, 1855-6 ; promoted to Passed Midshipman, November 22d, 1856 ; Naval Acade- my, 1858; promoted to Master, January 22d, 1858; sloop Preble, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1858-9; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861; brig Perry, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 J iron-clad Passaic, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3; iron-clad steamer Sangamon, 1863-4; Fort McAllister, March 8d, 1863 ; Fort Sumpter, April 7th, 1863 ; iron-clad steamer Monadnock, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; present at the two attacks on Fort Fisher, December, 1864, and January, 1865 ; Naval Academy, 1866-7 ; steamer Powhatan, flag-ship South Pacific Squadron, 1867-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ALFRED HOPKINS. Born in New York. Appointed October 1st, 1851 ; Naval School, 1851-5 ; frigate Congress, Mediterranean Squadron, 1856-8; promoted to Master, Novem- ber 4th, 1858 ; brig Bainbridge, Mediterranean Squadron, 1858-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861; steamer Louisiana, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; iron-clad steamer Lehigh, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4; capture of Roanoke Island, and of rebel squadron off Elizabeth city ; capture of Newborn ; bombardment of Fort Sumpter during several days, in November, 1863 ; also several small affairs around Sewell's Point, and on the eastern shore of Vir- ginia; Naval Academy, 1865; steamer Florida, North Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7; steamer De Soto, North Atlantic Squadron, 1868; receiving-shiT), Philadelphia, 1868-9. - LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 139 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER MONTGOMERY SICARD. Born in New York, September 30th, 1836. Appointed fjom New York, October 1st, 1851 ; Naval Academy, 1851-5 ; attached to frigate Potomac, Home Squadron, 1855-6; steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1856-9; promoted to Master. November, 4th, 1858; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861; steam-sloop Dacotah, 1861; steam-sloop Oneida, Western Gulf Squadron, 1862-3. Bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and Chalmetto batteries, and destruction of rebel flotilla and transports, April 24th, 1862 ; passage of Vicksburg batteries, June, 1862 ; engagement vrith rebel ram Ar- kansas, July, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5. Two attacks on Fort Fisher, in December, 1864, and January, 1865 ; naval and land assault on Fort Fisher, January i5th, 1865 ; bombardment of Fort Anderson, February, 1865; Naval Academy, 1866-8 ; steam-sloop Pensaoola, North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9 : at present, commanding steamer Saginaw, Pacific Fleet. LIEUTENANT EDMUND 0. MATTHEWS. Born in Missouri. Appointed from Missouri, October 2d, 1851; Naval Academy, 1851-5; frigate Potomac, Home Squadron, 1855-6; steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1857 ; sloop Saratoga, Home Squadron, 1858 ; pro- moted to Master, November 4th, 1858 ; sloop Macedonian, Mediterranean Squadron, 1859 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861 ; steam-frigate Wabash, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1862-4 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; capture of forts at Hatteras Inlet ; commanded Naval Light Artillery, at Honey Hill, South Caro- lina, November 30th, 1864 ; battles at Tullifermy Cross Roads, December, 1864; Naval Academy, 1866-9 ; at present, in charge of Torpedo Corps. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWARD P. LULL. Born in Vermont, February 23d, 1836. Appointed from Wisconsin, Octo- ber 7th, 1851 ; Naval Academy, 1851-5; attached to frigate Congress, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1856-8 ; promoted to Master, November 8th, 1858 ; steam-frigate Roanoke, Home Squadron, 1858-61 ; engagement between Roanoke and forts at Hatteras Inlet, July, 1861; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1860; Naval Academy, 1862-3 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; passage of forts in Mobile Bay, and engagement of lebel gunboats, August 5th, 1864 ; bombardment of Fort Morgan, August 14th, 1864 ; commanding cap- tured iron-clad Tennessee, Mississippi Squadron, 1864-5 ; commanded Tennes- see at the bombardment of Fort Morgan, August 22d, 1864; steamer Swatara, West India Squadron, 1866 ; Naval Academy, 1867-9. 140 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEE ALEXANDER F. CROSMAN. Born in Missouri, June llth, 1838. Appointed from Pennsylvania, Octo- ber 1st, 1851 ; Naval Academy, 1851-5 ; attached to frigate Congress, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1856-8 ; promoted to Master, November 4th, 1858 ; steamer M. W. Chapin, Brazil Squadron and Paraguay Expedition, 1858-9; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, 1861 ; steam-sloop Mohican, 1861 ; steam gunboat Tahoma, East Gulf Squadron, 1861-2 ; commanding steamer Somerset, East Gulf Squadron, 1862; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; steam-frigate Wabash, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865. Engagements at Honey Hill with Naval Brigade of South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Devaux creek and two others, all on the expedition commanded by General Hatch, endeavoring to sever the railroad between Charleston and Savannah. Two engagements with battery Marshall, on east end of Sullivan's Island. Engagement with Fort Pringle on Stono river. Co-operated with the army on Stono river several times, engaging Fort Lamar once. Naval Academy, 1866; steamer Ossipee, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-8; temporary command of barque Onward, store-ship of South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9 ; at present, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES S. NORTON. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, October 3d, 1851 ; Naval Academy, 1851-5 ; attached to frigate Potomac, Home Squadron, 1855-6 ; steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1856-8; promoted to Master, Novem- ber 4th, 1858 ; Mediterranean Squadron, 1858-60 ; commissioned as Lieuten- ant, 1861; steam-sloop Seminole, 1861; battle of Port-Royal; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 16th, 1862 ; steam gunboat Maratanza, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3; steamer Fort Jackson, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; steam-sloop Richmond, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; steamer Shamrock, European Squadron, 1866-8 ; receiving-ship. New York, 1866-8. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ROBERT P. BRADFORD. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, May 21st, 1852 ; Naval Academy, 1852-6 ; steam-frigate Merrimack, special service, 1856-7 ; steam-frigate Merrimack, Pacific Squadron, 1857-8 ; promoted to Master, 1859 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861 ; sloop Portsmouth, 1861 ; steam gunboat Chooura, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-8 ; engaged in the reduc- tion of Yorktown and Gloucester, and on the York river, in 1863 ; Naval Aca- demy, 1865-7; steamer Minnesota, special service, 1867-8; commanding steamer Aroostook, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9 ; at present, commanding steamer Ashuelot, Asiatic Fleet. LIETJTENANT-OOMMANDEES. 141 / LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ROBERT L. PHYTHIAN. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, January 28th, 1852; Naval Academy, 1852-6; attached to frigate St. Lawrence, Brazil Squadron, 1857-9 ; promoted to Master, 1859 ; sloop Jamestown, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1862-3 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Conamander, July 16th, 1862 ; iron-clad Lehigh, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; iron-clad New Ironsides, South Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1864-5 ; Naval Academy, 1866-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER AUGUSTUS P. COOKE. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, May 27th, 1852 ; Naval Academy, 1852-6; steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1856-8; promoted to Master, 1859 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861 ; steam-sloop San Jacinto, 1861; steam gunboat Pinola, Western Gulf Squadron, 1862-3; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, August 11th, 1862 ; commanding steamer Estrella, Western Gulf Squadron, 1864 ; Naval Academy, 1865-7 ; steam-frigate Frank- lin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1867-8; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1868-9 ; at present. Naval Academy. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER LE ROY FITCH. Born in Indiana, October 1st, 1835. Appointed from Indiana, October 1st, 1851; Naval School, 1851-6; attached to sloop St. Marys, Pacific Squadron, 1856-9 ; promoted to Master, 1859; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861 ; steamer Wyandot, 1861; Mississippi Squadron, 1861-5 ; engaged at Island No. 10, and Fort Pillow; capture of Memphis, Tennessee, and destruction of rebel fleet; Fort Donaldson, Cumberland river, February 3d, 1863. On the morning of the 19th July, 1863, Lieutenant-Commander Le Roy Fitch, then in command of the steamer Moose, intercepted the flying guerilla Morgan, frustrating him in his attempts to recross the Ohio, at Buffington Island, having followed him for more than five hundred miles up the river. The zeal, energy and ability displayed by Lieutenant-Commander Fitch called forth complimentary letters from Generals Burnside and Cox, and also a con- gratulatory letter from Secretary Welles, in which he says: "Your pursuit of the flying guerilla Morgan, intercepting him, and frustrating him in his attempts to recross the Ohio, capturing his train, a portion of his guns, and routing his band, all of which materially crippled his strength and led to his final capture, gives additional evidence of your zeal and activity, and reflects additional credit on the service and yourself." Defended Johnsonville, Tenn., from the attack of the rebel general Forrest ; engagement before Nashville, Tennessee, during the operations of Hood ; nu- merous minor engagements with guerillas on the Mississippi, Cumberland and Tennessee rivers ; was on several land expeditions with the army up the Ten- nessee, Cumberland and Ohio rivers ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, September 21st, 1862 ; Naval Academy, 1866; commanding steamer Marble- head, North Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8. 142 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER THOMAS H. EASTMAN. Born in New York, August, 1847. Appointed from New Hampshire, Janu- ary 31st, 1853 ; Naval Academy, 1853-6; attaclied to steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1856-8; promoted to Master, 1859 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, 1860 ; commanding steamer Yankee, Potomac flotilla, 1861 ; steamer Thomas Freeborn, Potomac flotilla, 1861 ; numerous sharp engagements with rebel batteries and guerrillas on the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers, 1861 ; steamer Keystone State, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; engagement with Forts Hattsras and Clarke; engagement of Keystone State with rebel iron-clads Chicura and Palmetto, off Charleston, in 1863 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, September 30th, 1862 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1868-5; on board the Weehawken at the reduction of Fort Sump- ter and Charleston, South Carolina; Naval Academy, 1866-7; commanding steamer Penobscot, North Atlantic Squadron, 1867—9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER RUSH R. WALLACE. BoKN in Tennessee, November 7th, 1835. Appointed from Tennessee, Blay 25th, 1852 ; Naval Academy, 1852-6 ; attached to frigate St. Lawrence, Brazil Squadron, 1856-9 ; promoted to Master, 1859 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861 ; steamer Crusader, 1861 ; sloop Constellation, Mediterranean Squadron, 1861-3 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, October 1st, 1862 ; steam- sloop Shenandoah, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; present at the two attacks on Fort Fisher, December, 1864 and January, 1865 ; steamer Fort Jackson, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1865; Naval Academy, 1866-7; frigate Guerriere, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1868 ; steam-sloop Rich- mond, European Fleet, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHESTER HATFIELD. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from New York, May 21st, 1852 ; Naval Academy, 1852-6 ; attached to steam-frigate Merrimack, special service, 1856-7 ; steam-frigate Merrimack, Pacific Squadron, 1857-8 ; promoted to Mas- ter, 1859 ; commissioned as Lieutenant 1860 ; steamer Mohawk, 1861 ; steam gunboat Owasco, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and attack on Vicksburg; capture of GalvestoD(, Texas ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, October 2d, 1862 ; commanding steam gunboat Aroostook, West Gulf Blockading Squadron,1863-4 ; steamer Roanoke, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; Naval Acade- my, 1866 ; steamer Ashuelot, Asiatic Squadron, 1867 ; steam-sloop Shenandoah, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9 ; at present on duty at Navy Yard, New York. LIEOTENANT-COMMANDEES. 143 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEE CHARLES J. McDOUGAL. Born in New York. Appointed from Pennsylvania, May 26th, 1852; Naval Academy, 1852-6; attached to sloop Cyane, Home Squadron, 1856-8; sloop Marion, Coast of Africa, 1858-60; promoted to Master, 1859; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, January 23d, 1861 ; steamer Saginaw, 1861 ; steam gun- boat Port-Royal, East Grulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, November 16th, 1862 ; commanding steamer Hendrick Hudson, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; commanding steamer Ca- manohe, San Francisco, California, 1865-6 ; commanding store-ship James- town, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-8; steam-sloop Guerriere, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE H. PERKINS. Born in New Hampshire, October 21st, 1831. Appointed from New Hamp- shire, October 1st, 1851 ; Naval Academy, 1851-6 ; attached to sloop Cyane, Home Squadron, 1856-8 ; store-ship Release, Brazil Squadron, 1858-60 ; pro- moted to Master, 1859; steamer Sumpter, 1861; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 2d, 1861 ; steam gunboat Cayuga, Western Gulf Blockading Squad- ron, 1862-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 13th, 1862 ; commanding steam gunboat Sciota, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; bombardment of the forts below New Orleans and Chalmette batteries ; passage of the forts in Mobile Bay and capture of the city ; skirmishes on the Blissis- sippi in the New London, Cayuga and Sciota, and on the blockade of the Coast of Texas in the Sciota; special duty, New Orleans, 1866; steam-sloop Lacka- wanna, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-8. At present, ordnance duty, Boston. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WELD N. ALLEN. Born in Maine, March 27th, 1837. Appointed from Maine, May 24th, 1852 ; Naval School, 1852-6; attached to sloop Cyane, Home Squadron, 1857-8; brig Perry, Brazil Squadron, 1858-60 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1861 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, February 24th, 1861 ; steam gunboat Kanawha, West- ern Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, January 2d, 1863; commanding steamer New London, Western Gulf Squadron, 1863-4 ; steam-sloop Tuscarora, South Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1864-5 ; two attacks on Fort Fisher, December, 1864, and January, 1865; assault on Fort Fisher, January 15th, 1865. In this engagement Lieutenant-Commander Allen was wounded in the left arm. Steam-sloop Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1866-8 ; receiving-ship, Bos- ton, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER NATHANIEL GREEN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, May 28th, 1852-6 ; ittached to steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1856-8 ; sloop St. Louis, 144 LIETJTENANT-COMMANDEES. 1861; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 27th, 1861; steam gunboat Ka- tahdin, Western Gulf Squadron, 1861-3. Eeinforcement of Fort Pickens, April, 1861 ; bombardment and passage of forts below New Orleans and ChaJmette batteries; operations against Vicks- burg from April to September, 1862 ; battle of Baton Rouge and destruction of the rebel ram Arkansas; numerous skirmishes along the Mississippi river, while on the Katahdin and Genessee ; siege and surrender of Port Hudson ; capture of the city of Mobile. Commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, January 2d, 1863 ; Naval Acad- emy, 1865-6 ; receiving-ship Vermont, 1867-8 ; steam-sloop Contoocook, flag- ship North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FRANCIS B. BLAKE. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from same State, September 30th, 1853 ; Naval Academy, 1853-7 ; attached to steam-frigate Minnesota, East India Squadron, 1857-9; steam-frigate Colorado, 1861; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 4th, 1861 ; steam gunboat Kennebec, Western Gulf Blockading Squad- ron, 1861-2 ; destruction of rebel privateer Judith, at Pensacola, September 14th, 1861 ; bombardment and passage of forts Jackson and St. Philip, and passage of Vieksburg, June, 1862 ; Naval Academy, 1863-4 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, January 2, 1863 ; steamer Susquehanna, Brazil Squad- ron, 1865-6; commanding steamer Nipsic, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7; Naval Academy, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JAMES M. PRITCHETT. Born in Indiana, August 25th, 1836. Appointed from Indiana, May 27th, 1852; Naval Academy, 1852-7; attached to steam-frigate Mississippi, East India Squadron, 1857-9 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1851 ; commissioned as Lieuten- ant, April 3d, 1861 ; Mississippi flotilla, 1861-2 ; steam gunboat Tyler, Mis- sissippi Squadron, 1863-4; at Haines' Bluff, December, 1862; siege of Vieksburg, 1863; numerous skirmishes on the Mississippi river; commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, January 2d, 1864 ; steamer Mahopac, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; steamer Augusta, European Squadron, 1866-7; steamer Tuscarora, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9; at present steam-sloop Dacotah, Pacific Fleet. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWARD TERRY. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Connecticut, September 21st, 1853; Naval Academy, 1853-7 ; attached to sloop Germantown, East India Squadron, 1857-9; steam-sloop Richmond, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-5 ; engagement with rebel ram Manassas, and steamers in the Mississippi river, LIBTJTENANT-OOMMANDERS. 145 October 12tli, 1861; Fort McEae and rebel batteries, November 22d, 1861; bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, capture of New Orleans and passage of Vicksburg, bombardment of batteries at Port Hudson, March 14th, 1863 ; battle of Mobile bay, August 5th, 1864 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, January 4th, 1863; steam-frigate Powhatan, Pacific Squadron, 1866-7 ; Naval Academy, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FEANCIS M. BUNCE. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from same State, May 28th, 1852 ; Naval Academy, 1852-7; attached to sloop Germantown, East India Squadron, 1857-9 ; sloop Macedonian, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 11th, 1861 ; steam gunboat Penobscot, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; skirmishes at Yorktown and Gloucester, April, 1862; engagements at Fort Fisher and other rebel batteries at mouth of Cape Fear river, from May to August, 1862 ; steam-sloop Pawnee, South Atlantic Squadron, 1863 ; iron-clad Catskill, South Atlantic Squadron, 1863-4. JulyiOth, 1863, commanded aboat expedition co-operating with Gen. Gilmore in assault on and capture of a part of Morris Island ; participated in all actions at siege of Charleston, from July 16th to November 12th, 1863; attack upon Fort Sumpter, September 8th, 1863 ; was wounded by the premature explosion of a one hundred and fifty pound rifled gun in the turret of the iron-clad Patapsoo. Commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, January 16th, 1863 ; iron-clad Dictator, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864; commanding iron-clad Monadnock, special cruise, 1865-6 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1867-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEE BYEON WILSON. Born in Ohio, December 17th, 1837. Appointed from Ohio, January 31st, 1853 ; Naval Academy, 1853-7 ; attached to steam-frigate Mississippi, East India Squadron, 1857-9 ; steamrsloop Eichmond, Western Gulf Squadron, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 16th, 1861 ; commanding iron-clad Mound City and a division of the Mississippi Squadron, 1864-5 ; passage of Vicksburg batteries, April 16th, 1863 ; attack on Grand Gulf, April, 1863; Deer Creek, 1863 ; Eed Eiver Expedition, 1864 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, November 5th, 1863 ; steam-sloop Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1866-8 ; steam- sloop Plymouth, European Fleet, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEE HENEY B. SEELY. BoEN in New York, July 7th, 1838. Appointed from New York, May 26th, 1852 ; Naval Academy, 1852-7 ; attached to steam-frigate Minnesota, East India Squadron, 1857-9 ; steamer Keystone State, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 17th, 1861 ; steamer Sumpter, South Atlantic Blockading 10 146 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. Squadron, 1862 ; steam-sloop Narragansett, Pacific Squadron, 1863-5 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, February 21st, 1864; steamer Bienville, 1866 ; steamer Pawnee, South Atlantic Squadron, 1867-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FREDERICK V. MoNAIR. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 21st, 1853 ; Naval Academy, 1853-7 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, East India Squad- ron, 1857-9 ; steam-sloop Iroquois, West Gulf Squadron, 1861-2; bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and Chalmette batteries ; engagement at Grand Gulf; passage both ways of Vicksburg batteries, and destruction of rebel ram Arkansas ; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 18th, 1861 ; steam-sloop Juniata, 1862-3 ; steam-sloop Seminole, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863^ ; steam-sloop Juniata, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; at both attacks on Fort Fisher ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, April 20th, 1864 ; steam-sloop Juniata, Brazil Squadron, 1865-6 ; steamer Brooklyn, flag- ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; Naval Academy, 1868 ; frigate Frank- lin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM B. GUSHING. Born in Wisconsin. Appointed from New York, September 25th, 1857 ; resigned, 1858; re-entered the service as an acting officer in 1861; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, United States Navy, July 16th, 1862 ; attached to North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-5. On the 23d of November, 1862, Lieutenant Cushing, then in command of the steamer Ellis, entered New River Inlet, with orders to capture the town of Jacksonville, intercept the Wilmington mail, take possession of any vessels found in the river, and to destroy any salt works found on its banks. At 1 P. M. he reached the town of Jacksonville, captured twenty-five stand of public arms, a large mail and two schooners. He then started down the river, shelling a rebel camp on his way, and came to anchor about five miles from the outer bar, it being impossible to take the steamer from the river that night. On the fol- lowing morning the enemy opened on him with two pieces of artillery from a blufi', but were soon silenced, the Ellis passing within short range without re- ceiving fire. At about five hundred yards from this point the Ellis grounded, and every efi'ort was made to get her afloat, but without success. Everything was removed from the steamer excepting the pivot-gun and a few small arms ; the crew were called to muster and told that they could go aboard the prize schooner. Lieutenant Cushing then called for six volunteers to remain with him on board the Ellis and fight the remaining gun. Six men came forward, two Masters' Mates, Valentine and Barton, amongst the number. The schooner was ordered to drop down the channel and await the termination of the impend- ing engagement. On the morning of the 25th, the enemy opened a cross fire on the Ellis from four points with heavy rifled guns, so disabling the vessel that the only alternatives left were surrender, or a pull of one and a half miles in a small boat, under fire, to the schooner; the latter alternative was chosen. Lieu- LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 147 tenant Cushing fired the Ellis, reached the schooner and made sail for sea, and four hours later arrived at Beaufort. The coolness, courage and conduct of Lieutenant Gushing was specially commended in the official reports of Com- mander H. K. Davenport and Acting Rear Admiral S. P. Lee, commanding N. A. B. Squadron. On the night of the 27th of October, 1864, Lieutenant Gushing ascended the Koanoke river in a torpedo-boat, having the second cutter of the steamer Shamrock in tow, for the purpose of blowing up the rebel ram Albemarle, at Plymouth. He passed the rebel steamer Southfield without being noticed, and arrived within a short distance of the ram before he was discovered, when he cast loose the cutter, ordering her to board the Southfield and capture the picket stationed there, while he attacked the ram with the torpedo. Although the enemy kept up a severe fire of musketry and with howitzers mounted on the wharf, he succeeded in exploding his torpedo under the Albemarle at the same instant that the gun of that vessel, to which they were directly opposite, was fired on the torpedo-boat, which immediately filled, and the Lieutenant ordered his oflBcers and men to save themselves, and jumped overboard. Mostof the party were captured, some drowned, and only two escaped. Lieutenant Gushing man- aged to reach the shore, and after some hours' travel through the swamps came to a creek, where he took possession of a boat belonging to a picket of the enemy, and by eleven o'clock the next night had made his way out to the steamer Valley Gity. For this daring act Lieutenant Gushing received a vote of thanks from Congress, and the following complimentary letter from the Sec- retary of the Navy : — "Navy Department, November 9th, 1864. " Sir — Your report of October 30th has been received, announcing the destruction of the rebel iron-clad steamer Albemarle, on the night of the 27th ult., at Plymouth, North Carolina. When, last summer, the Department selected you for this important and perilous undertaking, and sent you to Eear Admiral Gregory, at New York, to make the necessary preparations, it left the details to yourself to perfect. To you and your brave comrades, therefore, belongs the exclusive credit which attaches to this daring achievement. The destruction of so formidabio a vessel, which had resisted the combined attacks of a number of our steamers, is an important event touching our future naval and military ope- rations. The judgment, as well as the daring courage displayed, would do honor to any officer, and redounds to the credit of one of twenty-one years of age. On four previous occasions the Department has had the gratification of expressing its approbation of your conduct in the face of the enemy, and in each instance there was manifested by you the same heroic daring and innate love of perilous adventure ; a mind determined to succeed and not to be deterred by any apprehensions of defeat. The Department has presented your name to the President for a vote of thanks, that yuu may be promoted one grade, and your comrades also shall receive recognition. It gives me pleasure to recall the assurance you gave me at the commencement of your active professional career, that you would prove yourself worthy of the confidence reposed in you, and of the service to which you were appointed. I trust you may be preserved through further trials, and it is for yourself to determine, whether, after entering upon so auspicious a career, you shall, by careful study and self-discipline, be prepared for a wider sphere of usefulness on the call of your country. "Very respectfully, &c., " Gideon Wells, Secretary of the Navy." " Lieut. W. B. Cushing, U. S. N., Wasldngton." 148 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. There was not a year during the war that Lieutenant Gushing did not distin- guish himself by some signal act of, perilous adventure. Commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, October 22d, 1864; steamer Lan- caster, flag-ship Pacific Squadron, 1866-7; commanding steamer Maumee, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ARTHUR R. YATES. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 24th, 1853 ; Naval Academy, 1853-7 ; attached to steam-frigate Minnesota, East India Squadron, 1857-9 ; sloop Cyane, Pacific Squadron, 1861-3 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 18th, 1861 ; steamer Augusta, 1864 ; Western Gulf Block- ading Squadron, 1864-5; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, November 16fch, 1864; commanding steamer Chocura, Gulf Squadron, 1865-7 ; steamer Piscataqua, flag-ship Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9; steamer Ashuelot, Asiatic Fleet, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOHN ADAMS HOWELL. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 27th, 1854 ; Naval Academy, 1854-8 ; attached to sloop Macedonian, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1858-9 ; store-ship Supply, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 18th, 1861 ; steam-sloop Ossipee, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; steam-sloop Ossipee, Western Gulf Squadron, 1863-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 3d, 1865 ; steamer De Soto, special service, 1866 ; steamer De Soto, North Atlantic Squad- ron, 1866-7 ; Naval Academy, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ALLEN V. REED. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 26th, 1854 ; Naval Academy, 1854-8 ; attached to sloop Macedonian, Mediteranean Squad- ron, 1858-9; steamer Water Witch, 1861; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 18th, 1861; store-ship Potomac, Ship Island, 1862-3; steamer Pawtuxet, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; present at both attacks on Fort Fisher, December, 1864, and January, 1865; also, engaged with other defences of Cape Fear river, February, 1865; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 3d, 1865; iron-clad Miantonomah, 1867; steamer Resaoa, North Pacific Squad- ron, 1867-8; store-ship Jamestown, North Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE DEWEY. Born in Vermont. Appointed from Vermont, September 23d, 1854 ; Naval Academy, 1854-8; attached to steam-frigate Wabash, Meditorranoan Squadron, LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 149 1858-9; steam-sloop Mississippi, West Gulf Squadron, 1861-3; capture of New Orleans, April, 1862 ; Port Hudson, March, 1863 ; engagements with rebels below Donaldsonville, Louisiana, July, 1863 ; commissioned as lieuten- ant, April 19th, 1861; steam gunboat Agawam, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; two attacks on Fort Fisher, December, 1864, and January, 1865; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 8d, 1865; steamer Kear- sarge, European Squadron, 1866 ; frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squad- ron, 1867 ; Naval Academy, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES L. FRANKLIN. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, October 23d, 1854 ; Naval Academy, 1854—8; attached to sloop Macedonian, Mediterranean Squadron, 1858-9; steam-frigate Minnesota, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861; steamer Hetzel, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; Capture of Forts Hat- teras and Clark ; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 19th, 1861 ; steamer James Adger, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; was engaged at Roanoke Island, Elizabeth City, Port Macon and Fort Fisher, cutting out steamers ; steamer Iosco, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; at Fort Fisher in December, 1864, and January, 1865 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, March 3d, 1865; steamer Vanderbilt, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-7; Naval Academy, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE B. WHITE. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from same State, September 28th, 1854 ; Naval Academy, 1854-8 ; attached to steam-sloop Saratoga, Home Squadron, 1858-60 ; was on the Saratoga in the action which resulted in the capture of the steamers Miramon and Marquis de la Habana, Vera Cruz, 1860 ; steamer Union, Home Squadron, 1861; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 19th, 1861 ; steam gunboat Ottawa, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; at battle of Port Royal, 1861 ; engagement at Port Royal Ferry, June 1st, 1862 ; en- gagement with rebel flotilla, Wilmington river, February, 1862 ; capture of Fernandina, and action in St. Marys river, March, 1862, and operations in Stono river ; steamer State of Georgia, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; steamer Mendota, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; capture of Fort Fisher; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 3d, 1865 ; steam-sloop Dacotah, Pacific Squadron, 1866-8 ; League Island, Pa., 1869 ; at present, on equipment duty, Philadelphia. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HENRY L. HOWISON. Born in Indiana. Appointed from Indiana, September 26th, 1854 ; Naval Academy, 1854-8 ; attached to steam-frigate Wabash, Mediterranean Squadron, 1858-60; steamer Pocahontas, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 19th, 150 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 1861 ; steamer Augusta, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; at Port Eoyalj engagement with rams off Charleston, 1863; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864; engagement with the Forts of Charleston, 1863-4 ; steamer Bienville, Western Gulf Squadron, 1864-5; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 3d, 1865; temporary ordnance duty, Washington, 1866 ; steam-sloop Pensacola, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-8 ; ordnance duty, Washington, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ALBEET KAUTZ. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, September 28th, 1854 ; Naval Acade- my, 1854-8 ; attached to steam-frigate Roanoke, Home Squadron, 1858-60 ; prisoner in North Carolina, 1861; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 21st, 1861 ; steam-sloop Hartford, Western Gulf Squadron, 1861-2 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, 1863; served .n the Hartford at the capture of New Orleans, and the passage of Vicksburg, June 29th and July 16th, 1862; Pacific Squad- ron, 1865; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, May 31st, 1865; steamer Towanda, 1866; steamer Pensacola, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-8; receiving- ship, Norfolk, 1869 ; at present, on duty at Navy Yard, Boston LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ALFRED T. MAHAN. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September "SOth, 1854 ; Naval Academy, 1856-9 ; attached to frigate Congre'ss, Home Squadron, 1861 ; steamer Pocahontas, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, August 31st, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1863 ; steam-sloop Seminole, Western Gulf Squadron, 1863-4; steamer James Adger, South Atlantic Squadron, 1864-5 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, June 7th, 1865; steamer Muscoota, Gulf Squadron, 1865-6; steamer Iroquois, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9 ; at present, commanding steamer Aroostook, Asiatic Fleet. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE C. REMEY. Born in Iowa. Appointed from Iowa, September 20th, 1855 ; Naval Acad- emy, 1855-9; attached to steam-sloop Hartford, East India Squadron, 1860-1 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 31st, 1861 ; steam gunboat Marblehead, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-4 ; was present at the siege of Yorktown, and on several occasions engaged the batteries at long range. In consequence of the Marblehead being grounded, was compelled to witness the battle of West Point, Virginia, without being able to participate. Engagement with rebels at White House, Pamunkey river, June 29th, 1862; engaged bat- teries on Sullivan's Island, S. C, on two difierent occasions; engaged Battery Wagner, Morris Island, S. C, at long range ; took part in general engagement of Battery Wagner, August 17th, 1863 ; was in command of naval battery on LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 151 Morris Island, from August 23d to September 8th, 1863, and was engaged in bombardment of Fort Sumpter, and at times Fort Gregg ; had command of tbe 2d division of boats in the night attack on Fort Sumpter, September 8th, 1863; and was taken prisoner by the rebels ; steam gunboat Marblehead, Naval Aca- demy, Newport, 1865-6; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, June 25th, 1865; steamer Mohongo, Pacific Squadron, 1866-7; Naval Academy, 1868-9; at present, attached to frigate Sabine, special service. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER NORMAN H. FARQUHAR. Born in Pennsylvania, April 11th, 1840. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 27th, 1854; Naval Academy, 1854-9; Squadron on coast of Africa, 1860-1 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 31st, 1861 ; steam gunboat Mahaska, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3; steamer Rhode Island, West India Squadron, 1863-4 ; steamer Santiago de Cuba, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; present at both attacks on Fort Fisher; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, August 5th, 1865 ; Naval Academy, 1866-8^ steamer Swatara, European Squadron, 1868-9; at present, on duty at Navy Yard, Boston. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER SAMUEL D. GREENE. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Rhode Island, September 21st, 1855 ; Naval Academy, 1855-9 ; attached to steam-sloop Hartford, East India Squad- ron, 1859-61 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 31st, 1861 ; iron-clad steamer Blonitor, North Atlantic Squadron, 1861-2 ; was Executive Officer of the Monitor during the engagement with the rebel ram Merrimack, in Hampton Roads, March 9th, 1862 ; engagement at Sewell's Point, May 1862 ; also in engagement at Fort Darling, James river. May 15th, 1862 ; steamer Florida, 1863; steamer Iroquois, special service, 1864-5; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, August 11th, 1865; Naval Academy, 1866-8; steamer Ossipee, North Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER THEODORE F. KANE. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from New York, September 27th, 1855 ; Naval Academy, 1855-9 ; attached to sloop Constellation, Coast of Africa, 1859-61 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 31st, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1862-3; steamer Neptune, West India Squadron, 1863-5; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, September 22d, 1865 ; Naval Academy, 1866-8 ; steamer Mohongo, North Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. 152 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEKS. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER BBATTY P. SMITH. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 29th, 1855; Naval Academy, 1855-9; attached to steam-sloop Wyoming, Pacific Squadron, 1859-61 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1861 ; steam-sloop San Jacinto, East Gulf Squadron, 1861-3 ; steamer Mackinaw, North Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1864-5 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, October 25th, 1865 ; steamer Susquehanna, Brazil Squadron, 1865-6 ; Naval Academy, 1866-7 ; steamer Shamokin, South Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8; steamer Wasp, South Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER C. M. SCHOONMAKER. Born in New York, February 2d, 1839. Appointed from New York, Sep- tember 28th, 1854 ; Naval Academy, 1854-9 ; attached to steam-frigate Minne- sota, 1860-1; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 31st, 1861; steam gunboat Sagamore, East Gulf Squadron, 1861-2 ; steam gunboat Ootorara, West India Squadron, 1862 ; steam gunboat Octorara, West Gulf Squadron, 1863-4 ; battle of Mobile bay and capture of Port Morgan ; steamer Augusta, 1865 ; 'commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 24th, 1865 ; steamer Juniata, South Atlantic Squadron, 1865-7 ; steamer Pisoataqua, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER RODERICK S. McCOOK. Born in Ohio, March 10th, 1839. Appointed from Ohio, September 21st, 1854; Naval Academy, 1854-9; attached to steam-frigate Minnesota, 1859-61; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 31st, 1861 ; commanding steamer Stars and Stripes, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; steamer Bienville, North Atlantic Squadron, 1862-3 ; engagements with rebel batteries in the James river and off Wilmington, N. C, Forts Hatteras, Clark, and Roanoke Island ; iron-clad steamer Canonicus, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5; commanded a battery of six howitzers at battle of Newbern, N. C. ; both attacks on Fort Fisher ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 3d, 1865; steamer Tioga, Gulf Squadron, 1865-6; Naval Academy, 1867; steamer Kearsarge, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GILBERT C. WILTSE. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 20th, 1855 ; Naval Academy, 1855-9 ; attached to frigate Congress, Brazil Squadron, 1859-60; frigate Congress, Home Squadron, 1860-2; took part in the battle between the Congress and Cumberland and the rebel ram Merrimack, in Hampton Roads, March 9th, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, April 19th, 1861 ; steam- sloop Dacotah, West India Squadron, 1862-3; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 3d, 1865; LIEUTENANT- COMMANDERS. 153 steamer Agawam, Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; apprentice-Bhip Sabine, 1868; Navy Yard, New York, 1869 ; at present, attached to steamer Centaur, North Atlantic Fleet. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOSEPH D. MARVIN. Born in Ohio, October 2d, 1839. Appointed from Ohio, September 25th, 1856 ; Naval Academy, 1856-60 ; promoted to Master, 1861 ; attached to steam-frigate Niagara, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; Naval Academy, 1862-4; steamer Mohican, South Atlantic Squadron, 1864-5; present at both attacks on Fort Fisher ; steamer Susquehanna, Brazil Squadron, 1865-6 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, April 12th, 1866 ; steam- sloop Brooklyn, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, Washington, 1867; frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JAMES O'KANE. Born in Indiana. Appointed from Indiana, October 80th, 1856; Naval Academy, 1856-60; promoted to Master 1861; attached to steam-frigate Niagara, 1861 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, West Gulf Squadron, 1861-3 ; passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Chalmette batteries and capture of New Orleans ; passage of Vicksburg; was wounded by a musket-ball in the left leg at passage of the forts below New Orleans. Commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steam gunboat Paul Jones, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5; engagements at Honey Hill, Tullifirmy Cross Roads, and on the Charleston and Savannah railroad ; steamer Rhode Island, flag-ship West India Squadron, 1865-6 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, April 12th, 1866; steamer Swatara, European Squadron, 1866-7; Naval Academy, 1868-9; at present, attached to steam-sloop Lancaster. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER SIMEON P. GILLETT. Born in Indiana, November 2d, 1840. Appointed from Indiana, September 20th, 1856 ; Naval Academy, 1856-60 ; promoted to Master, 1861 ; attached to steam-sloop Dacotah, 1861; Naval Academy, 1862; steamer State of Georgia, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862; steamer Glaucus, North Atlantic Squadron, 1863-4; twice engaged with Fort Fisher while chasing blockade-runners ; also with batteries on Smith's Island, N. C, and with batteries above Port Fisher, while on same duty in 1863 ; steamer Canandaigua, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, January 6th, 1866 ; Naval Academy, 1867-9; at present, serving in the European Squadron. 154 UEUTENANT-OOMMANDEES. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER THOMAS L. SWANN. BoEN in Maryland, August, 1841. Appointed from Maryland, December 8tli, 1856 ; Naval Academy, 1856-60 ; promoted to Master, 1861 ; attached to steam-frigate Niagara, 1860-1 ; bombardment of Forts McRae and Barrancas, and Pensacola Navy Yard, Nov. 1st, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1862-3 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; engagement with Fort Morgan and rebel fleet, August 5th, 1864 ; bombardment of Fort Morgan, August 22d, 1864 ; both attacks on Fort Fisher; steamer Algonquin, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenantrCommander, May 2d, 1866 ; steamer Mohican, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-8 ; Naval Academy, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDBE SULLIVAN D. AMES. Born in Rhode Island, July 16th, 1840.. Appointed from Rhode Island, September 22d, 1856 ; Naval Academy, 1856-60 ; promoted to Master, 1861 ; attached to steam-sloop Dacotah, 1861; Naval Academy, 1862; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steam-sloop Dacotah, North Atlantic Squadron, 1862-4 ; engagement with Sewell's Point Battery, May 8th, 1862 ; steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1865-6; steamer Resaca, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER J. CRITTENDEN WATSON. BoKN in Kentucky, August 24th, 1842. Appointed from Kentucky, Sep- tember 29th, 1856; Naval Academy, 1856-60; promoted to Master, 1861; attached to frigate Sabine, 1861 ; steam-sloop Hartford, West Gulf Squadron, 1862-4; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16, 1862. Bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and Chalmette batteries, April, 1862; passage of Vicksburg batteries, June and July, 18G2 ; passage of Port Hudson, March 14th, 1863; passage of Grand Gulf, March 19lh and 30th, 1863 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; was wounded by a fragment of shell from rebel battery at Warrington. Steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1865-7; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1867-8 ; steam-sloop Canandaigua, European Squadron 1868-9 ; at present, special duty, Philadelphia. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HENRY B. ROBESON. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Connecticut, September 25th, 1856 • Naval Academy, 1856-60 ; promoted to Master, 1860 ; attached to stcam-frio-ate LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 155 Niagara, Blockading Squadron, 1860-1; engagement at Fort McRae, Novem- ber 23d, 1861 ; iron-clad steamer New Ironsides, special service, 1863; and South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864. Engagement with the defences of Charleston, S. C, April 7th, 1863; com- manded a landing party from the New Ironsides in the assault and capture of rebel works on the lower part of Morris Island, July 10th, 1863 ; various bom- bardments of Forts Wagner, Sumpter, Moultrie, and all the actions in which the New Ironsides was engaged off Charleston. Steam-frigate Colorado, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5. Both assaults on Fort Fisher ; commanded a landing party from the Colorado in the assault upon Fort Fisher, January 15th, 1865. Steamer Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1865—7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steam-sloop Piscataqua, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ANTOINB R. McNAIR. Born in Louisiana. Appointed from Missouri, September 22d, 1856 ; Naval Academy, 1856-60; promoted to Master, 1861 ; attached to steam-sloop Semi- nole, 1861; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862; steam-sloop Pow- hatan, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-5 ; steamer Chickopee, At- lantic Squadron, 186-5-6 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; Naval Academy, 1867 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, special service, 1867-8; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FRANCIS S. BROWN. BoKN in New York. Appointed from New York, September 24th, 1856 ; Naval Academy, 1856-60 ; promoted to Master, 1861 ; attached to steam-sloop Dacotah, 1861 ; steam-sloop Oneida, West Gulf Squadron, 1862; bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Chalmette batteries, and capture of New Orleans, April 25th, 1862; passage of the batteries of Vicksburg, July 2d, 1862; Vicksburg batteries and destruction of rebel ram Arkansas, July 15th, 1862; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862; South Atlantic Blocka- ding Squadron, 1863 ; engagement with Fort Wagner, April, 1863 ; Naval Academy, 1864-5; steam-sloop Dacotah, Pacific Squadron, 1865-7; commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steamer Nyack, South Pacific Squadron, 1867-8 ; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squad- ron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HENRY D. H. MANLEY. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 25th, 1856 ; Naval Academy, 1856-60 ; promoted to Master, 1861 ; attached to steam-sloop Brooklyn, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861. 156 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. Reinforcement of Fort Pickens ; on board the Congress, in her fight with the rebel iron-clad Merrimack, March 8th, 1862, and favorably mentioned in the official report of the action. Steam-sloop Canandaigua, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4. Attack on Port Sumpter, April, 186.3 ; attack and capture of lower end of Morris Island, July, 1863 ; numerous engagements during the siege of Charleston. Commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steamer State of Georgia, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; school-ship Sabine, 1866 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1867-8; Hydrographioal Office, Washington, 1869; at present, attached to steam-sloop Lancaster, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron. i LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM WHITEHEAD. BoEN in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 23d, 1856; Naval Academy, 18-56-60; promoted to Master, 1861; attached to steam-sloop Dacotah, 1861 ; steam gunboat Sonoma, West India Squadron, 1861-2 ; North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, in York river, from March to May, 1862 ; in James river, from May to July, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, July 16th, 1862; iron-clad steamer Passaic, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5. Engaged off Charleston, S. C, from July, 1868, to April, 1864 ; engagement in Stono river, S. C, with batteries on James Island, July 3d to 6th, 1864 ; in Togoda ereek, February 9th, 1865. Attached to iron-clad Monadnock, on her passage from New York to San Francisco, 1866; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steamer Saco, Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; steam-sloop Kearsarge, South Pacific Squadron, 1867-8; steam-sloop Dacotah, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9 ; at present, attached to steam-frigate Powhatan, Pacific Squadron. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWARD A. WALKER. Born in Massachusetts, December 31st, 1840. Appointed from same State, September 26th, 1856; Naval Academy, 1856-60; promoted to Master, 1861; attached to steam-sloop Seminole, 1861 ; slight engagement with battery at Freestone Point, on the Potomac river ; frigate Sabine, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862; steam gunboat Paul Jones, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; steam gunboat Chippewa, South Atlantic Block- ading Squadron, 1863-5 ; numerous engagements in the inland waters of North and South Carolina and Georgia; steamer Don, Atlantic Squadron, 1866" steam-sloop Lackawanna, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-9; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; at present, on duty, at Hydrographi- oal Office, Washington, D. 0. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 157 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WINPIELD S. SCHLEY. Born in Maryland, 1839. Appointed from Maryland, September 20th, 1856; NaYal Academy, 1856-60 ; promoted to Master, 1861 ; attached to frigate Po- tomao, store-ship at Ship Island, 1861-2 ; steam gunboat Winona, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; engaged with a field battery near Port Hudson, La., Deo. 14th, 1862 ; in all the engagements which led to the capture of Port Hudson, from March 16th to July 9th, 1863 ; in one or two small skirmishes in cutting out schooners ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steam gunboat Wateree, Pacific Squadron, 1864-6 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, July 25th, 1866 ; Naval Academy, 1867-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER SILAS CASEY, Jr. Born in Rhode Island, September 11th, 1841. Appointed from New York, September 25th, 1856; Naval Academy, 1856-60 ; promoted to Master, 1861; attached to steam-frigate Niagara, 1861 ; engagements with the batteries at Pensacola, Florida, October 1861 ; steam gunboat Wissahickoo, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; several engagements with Fort McAllister, Oc- tober, 1862 ; first attack on Charleston, under Admiral Du Pont; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steamer Quaker City, North Atlantic Blocka- ding Squadron, 1863-5 ; attack on Fort Fisher, December, 1864 ; steamer Winooski, Atlantic Squadron, 1865-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; Naval Academy, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM T. SAMPSON. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 24th, 1857; Naval Academy, 1857-60 ; frigate Potomac, 1 861 ; promoted to Master, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862; practice-ship John Adams, 1862-3; Naval Academy, 1864 ; iron-clad Patapsco, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; was in Patapsco when she was destroyed in Charleston harbor, January 15th, 1865 ; steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squad- ron, 1865-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; Naval Academy, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ALFRED T. SNELL. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 25th, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-60 ; attached to steam-sloop Pawnee, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; engagements with batteries in Potomac river during June and October, 1861; Hatteras Inlet, August, 1861; Port Royal, November 7th, 1861 ; expedition to Pernandina, Florida, and Stono river, S. C, 1862 ; St. Johns Blufi', September 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steam-sloop Lancaster, flag-ship Pacific Squadron, 1864 ; steamer 158 LIEUTENANT- COMMANDERS. Glaucus, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1865; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1866-9; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; at present, on duty at Hydrographical Office, Washington. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM F. STEWART. BoEN in Pennsylvania, June 30th, 1840. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 23d, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-60 ; attached to steamer Union, 1861; sloop St. Louis, special service, 1862-5 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steamer Bienville, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, July 25th, 1866; steam-sloop Iroquois, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-8 ; steam-sloop Oneida, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE P. RYAN. Born in Massachusetts, May 8th, 1842. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 30th, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-60 ; attached to brig Bainbridge, 1861 ; steam-sloop Sacramento, special service, 1862-5 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steamer Lenapee, Atlantic Squadron, 1865-6 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; Naval Academy, 1867-9 ; at present, attached to frigate Sabine, special service. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE M. BACHE. Born in District of Columbia, November 12th, 1840. Appointed from Penn- sylvania, November 19th, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-60 ; attached to sloop Jamestown, Atlantic Squadron, 1861 ; steam-sloop Powhatan, Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862; commanding iron-clad Cincinnati, Mississippi Squadron, 1862-3 ; attack on Haines' Bluff, December 27th, 1862 ; engagement with batteries and sharp-shooters, March, 1S63 ; engagement with Vicksburg batteries. May 27th, 1863, at which time the Cincinnati was sunk. Lieutenant Bache received the commendation of his commanding-officer, Rear Admiral Porter, for his meritorious conduct in this affair ; and General Sher- man, who was an eye-witness of the engagement, testifies, that " the style in which the Cincinnati engaged the battery elicited universal praise." Lieutenant Bache also received a letter of thanks from the Navy Department. Commanding steam gunboat Lexington, Blississippi Squadron, 1863—4 ; en- gagement with batteries and sharp-shooters at Blair's Landing, on Red river, April 12th, 1864, and at Point of Rooks, La., April 26th, 1864; steam-sloop Powhatan, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher, and in the naval assault on the works ; wounded in the rit^ht shoulder in the assault on Fort Fisher; steam-sloop Sacramento, special cruise 1865-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1868 ; steam-sloop Juniata, European Squadron, 1809. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 159 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER BARTLETT J. CROMWELL. Born in G-eorgia. Appointed from Nebraska, September 21st, 1857 j Naval Academy, 1857-60; attached to frigate St. Lawrence, 1861 j steamer Quaker City, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; steam gunboat Conemaugh, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; attack on Morris Island and Battery G-regg ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steamer Proteus, East Gulf Squadron, 1863-5; steamer Shawmut, Brazil Squadron, 1865-6; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; Naval Academy, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE W. HAYWARD. Born in Ohio, October 31st, 1838. Appointed from Wisconsin, Septem- ber 26th, 1857 ; Naval Academy 1857-60 ; attached to sloop Vandalia, 1861 ; battle of Port Royal, November 7th, 1861 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1862-3 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steam gunboat Sonoma, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5; blockading Charleston from December, 1863, to October, 1864; practice-ship Sabine, 1865-6; steamer Mohican, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, July 25th, 1866; steamer Mohongo, North Pacific Squadron, 1868-9; at present, on duty at Naval Academy. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOHN W. PHILLIP. Born in New York, August 26th, 1840. Appointed from New York, Sep- tember 22d, 1856 ; Naval Academy, 1856-60 ; attached to sloop Marion, 1861; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; steam gunboat Chippewa, special service, 1862-3 ; steam gunboat Chippewa, South Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1863-5; siege of Charleston, July 10th, 1863, to January 1st, 1864; wounded in the leg by a splinter in Stono river, July 16th, 1863 ; steam-sloop Wachusett, East India Squadron, 1866-7 ; steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship Asiatic Squadron, 1867-8 ; at present, attached to steam-sloop Richmond, Euro- pean Fleet. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HENRY P. PICKING. Born in Pennsylvania, January, 1840. Appointed from same State, Septem- ber 28th, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-60 ; attached to frigate St. Lawrence, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; sinking of the privateer Petrel ; engagement with the rebel ram Merrimack and Sewell's Point batteries, 1862 ; frigate St. Lawrence, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; Naval Academy, 1864 ; South Atlantic Blocka- ding Squadron, 1864-5 ; several skirmishes with batteries on Sullivan's Island during 1864-5: steamer Swatara, West India Squadron, 1865-6; commissioned 160 LIETJTENANT-COMMANDBKS. as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25tli, 1866 ; steamer Swatara, European Squad- ron, 1866-8; League Island, Pa., 1868-9; at present, on duty at Naval Academy. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FREDEEICK RODGERS. Born in Maryland, October 3d, 1842. Appointed from Maryland, Septem- ber 25th, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-60 ; attached to frigate Santee, 1861-2 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; West Gulf Blockading Squad- ron, 1862-3 ; engagement at Donaldsonville, La., October 4th, 1862 ; Port Hudson, La., March 14th, 1863 ; steamer Grand Gulf, North Atlantic Block- ading Squadron, 1863-4 ; steamer Grand Gulf, West Gulf Blockading Squad- ron, 1864-5; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steamer Swatara, European Squadron, 1866-7 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FRANCIS O. DAVENPORT. Born in Michigan, October 3d, 1842. Appointed from Michigan, Septem- ber 26th, 1856; Naval Academy, 1856-60; attached to brig Perry, 1861; capture of privateer Savannah, 1861; steam gunboat Scioto, West Gulf Blocka- ding Squadron, 1862-3 ; bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 1862; engagements with guerillas, Galveston, Texas, July 9th, 1863. While temporarily in charge of the Scioto, Lieutenant Davenport went on shore on the coast of Texas with two boats and twelve men, crossed the island (three and a half miles in width,) and captured one schooner, with one hun- dred bales of cotton, and one sloop with thirty bales; not being able to bring them out on account of the low water, he burned them. In preparing to leave he was wounded by the accidental discharge of a rifle, the ball entering the right knee, and passing out at the side of the knee, fracturing his left arm, and rendering amputation above the elbow necessary. Naval Academy, 1864; frigate Sabine, 1865-6; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1866-7; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steam-sloop Tuscarora, South Pacific Squadron, 1868 ; store-ship Onward, South Pacific Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HORACE E. MULLAN. . Born in Maryland, April 8th, 1837. Appointed from Kansas, September 25th, 1857; Naval Academy, 1857-60; attached to steamer Anacostia, Potomac flotilla, 1861; engagement with batteries at Acquia Creek, Va., 1861; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2; battle of Port Royal, 1861; steam- sloop Iroquois, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; Naval Academy, 1864 ; steamer Ncreus, convoy service, West India Squadron. 1864; steamer Nereus, North Atlantic Block- LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 161 ading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher, 1864-5; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; sloop Cyane, Pacific Squadron, 1866; steam-sloop Dacotah, South Pacific Squadron, 1867; steam-sloop Pisca- taqua, flag-ship Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOHN WBTDMAN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 27th, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-60 ; attached to steamer Flag,1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; steam-sloop Tuscarora, special service, 1863 ; steam gunboat Osceola, North Atlantic*Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; bombardment of Fort Fisher, De- cember, 1864, and capture of Fort Fisher, January, 1865 ; bombardment of two forts on Cape Fear river, January, 1865 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, Brazil Squadron, 1865-5; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steam-sloop Ossipee, North Pacific Squadron, 1867; steam-sloop Kearsarge, South Pacific Squadron, 1868 ; steamer Nyack, South Pacific Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOHN F. MoG-LENSEY. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 28th, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-60 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1861 ; South At- lantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; battle of Port Royal, November 7th, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 16th, 1862 ; Bast Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864; steamer Blingo, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; several engagements with the enemy ; steam-sloop Monongahela, Atlantic Squadron, 1866-8; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; Naval Academy, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDGAR C. MERRIMAN. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 21st, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-60 ; resigned, 1860 ; re-entered the service as Acting- Master, 1861 ; mortar flotilla, 1861-3 ; bombardment of forts Jackson and St. Philip, April, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant U. S. Navy, July 16th, 1862 ; steamer Florida, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; Pacific Squadron, 1865-6; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, July 25th, 1866; steamer Wateree, South Pacific Squadron, 1867 ; Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal., 1868 ; steam-sloop Pensacola, flag-ship North Pacific Squadron, 1868-9 ; navigation duty, Mare Island, Cal., 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWARD T. BROWER. Born in New York. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 20th, 1858 ; Naval Academy, 1858-61 ; serving in Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; 11 162 LIETJTENANT-COMMANDEES. battle of Hatteras Inlet, 1861 ; battle of Port Eoyal, 1861 ; steamer South Caro- lina, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862 ; Bteam-sloop Housatonio, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863; prisoner of war, 1864; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship Asiatic Squadron, 1866-7; commissioned as Lieutenant^Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Wachusett, Asiatic Squadron, 1868 ; steamer Nipsic, North Atlantic Squadron^ 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEB, JOHN H. KOWLAND. Born in Kentucky. Appointed from Kentucky, September 21st, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-61; attached to steam-frigate Wabash, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; battle of Hatteras Inlet, 1861 ; battle of Port Royal, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862 ; Naval Academy, 1864 ; sloop St. Marys, Pacific Squadron, 1865-6 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, July 25th, 1866; steamer Gettysburg, Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1867-8; naval rendez- vous, Philadelphia, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FREDERICK E. SMITH. Born in Maine. Appointed from Maine, September 24th, 1858; Naval Academy, 1858-61 ; attached to steam-frigate Colorado, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861; steamer Flambeau, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; engagement with Fort McAllister; boat expedition Bull's Island, S. C, 1863; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862; steam-sloop Ticonder- oga, 1864 ; steamer Rhode Island, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher; land assault on Fort Fisher; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steamer Ashuelot, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT -COMMANDER JAMES P. ROBERTSON. Born in Pennsylvania, Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 28th, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-61 ; steam-frigate Wabash, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; battle with Forts Hatteras and Clarke, 1861 ; battle of Port Royal, 1861 ; siege and reduction of Port Pulaski ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862 ; steamer Keystone State, North Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1864-5; steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1866-7; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25ith, 1866; steamer Frolic, Eu- ropean Squadron, 1868 ; sloop Portsmouth, South Atlantic Squadron, 1869. LIETJTENANT-COMMANDERS. 163 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES L. HUNTINGTON. Born in Illinois, Appointed from Illinois, Septembei* 29th, 1858 ; Naval Academy, 1858-61; attached to steamer Cambridge, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862; commissioned aa Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862; steam-sloop Monongahela, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863; siege of Port Hudson, and frequently under the fire of the enemy's batteries; several engagements with rebel batteries near Donaldsonville, La. ; steam-sloop Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; battle of Mobile bay, August 5th, 1864; com- missioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steamer Kansas, Brazil Squadron, 1866-8; League Island, Pa., 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER RUFUS K. DUBR. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey, September 23d, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-61; serving in South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; engagements with rebel gunboats in the Savannah river in the spring of 1862, and numerous engagements with the rebels during the same year ; steam- sloop Mohican, special service, 1863-4 ; steamer Shamrock, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; capture of Plymouth, N. C, October 31st, 1864 ; steam-sloop Canandaigua, European Squadron, 1866-7 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; apprentice-ship Saratoga, 1868 ; steam- sloop Narragansett, North Atlantic Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER LOUIS KEMPFF. Born in Illinois. Appointed from Illinois, September 21st, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-61; attached to steam-frigate Wabash, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2; battle of Port Royal, November 7th, 1861; in charge of a howitzer from the Wabash, and with the body of troops under General Stevens in the expedition against Port Royal Perry, January, 1862 ; expedition which resulted in the capture of Fernandina and Jacksonville, Florida, and St Marys, Ga.; commissioned as Lieutenant, Aug. 1st, 1862; West Gulf Blockading Squad- ron, 1863; supply steamer Connecticut, 1864; steamer Suwanee, South Pacific Squadron, 1865-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; apprentice-ship Portsmouth, 1868; receiving-ship Independence, Mare Island, Cal., 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER SMITH W. NICHOLS. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 25th, 1858 ; Naval Academy, 1858-61 ; attached to steam-frigate Wabash, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862 ; school-ship Macedonian, 1863 ; steam-sloop Shenandoah, North Atlantic Block- ading Squadron, 1864-5; bombardment of Fort Fisher, December, 1864; cap- 164 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEKS. ture of Fort FisTier, January, 1865 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Shenandoah, Asiatic Squadron, 1866-9 ; special duty, Boston, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER AECHIBALD N. MITCHELL. Born in Illinois. Appointed from Illinois, September 27th, 1858 ; Naval Academy, 1858-61 ; attached to sloop Savannah, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; Hilton Head, 1861 ; Stono river, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862 ; steamer Pocahontas, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863; Galveston and Texas Coast, 1863 ; steam gunboat Mattabessett, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; engagement with rebel ram Albemarle, 1864 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 j steamer Wasp, Brazil Squadron, 1866-8; apprentice-ship Saratoga, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FRANCIS J. HIGGINSON. BoKN in Massachusetts. Appointed from same State, September 21st, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-61 ; attached to steam-frigate Colorado, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-2; capture of rebel privateer Judith at Pensacola, Florida, 1861; bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Chalmette bat- teries, and capture of New Orleans, April, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862; steamer Vixen, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862; steam-sloop Powhatan, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; bombard- ment of Fort Sumpter; Naval Academy, 1864-5; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, July 25th, 1866; steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship Asiatic Squad- ron, 1866-8; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOHN McFARLAND. BoEN in Pennsylvania. Appointed from same State, September 21st, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-61 ; attached to steam-sloop Iroquois, West Gulf Block- ading Squadron, 1862 ; Forts Jaekson and St. Philip, and engagements attendant on capture of New Orleans ; both attacks on Vicksburg ; engagement with ram Arkansas ; attack on Grand Gulf; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862 ; steam gunboat Chocura, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; several times under fire of Forts Fisher and Caswell ; commissioned as Lieuten- ant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steamer Shamokin, Brazil Squadron, 1866-7 ; steamer Monooaoy, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9; naval rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1869. lilEUTENANT-OOMMANDEBS. 165 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER aEORGE W. SUMNER. Born in Michigan. Appointed from Kentucky, September 20th, 1858; Naval Academy, 1858-61 ; attached to steam-frigate Colorado, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; mortar flotilla, 1862; bombardment of Forts Jack- son and St. Philip, April, 1862; Vicksburg batteries, 1862; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; steamer Massasoit, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; steamer De Soto, Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER BENJAMIN F. LAY. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, September 20th, 1858 ; Naval Acad- emy, 1858-61 ; attached to steamer New London, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; numerous engagements with the enemy in Mississippi sounds ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862 ; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; steamer Saugus, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher; steam-sloop Tusearora, Pacific Squadron, 1866-8; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Conto- cook, flag-ship North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER STEPHEN A. McCARTY. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 20th, 1856; Naval Academy, 1856-61 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862 ; Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; steam-sloop Lackawanna, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Wyoming, Asiatic Squadron, 1866-7 ; steamer Monocacy, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HENRY C. TALLMAN. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 24th, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-61 ; attached to steam-sloop Wachusett, James river flotilla, 1862, and later in the same year attached to West India Squadron ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; engagements with the forts in Charleston harbor, November, 1863, on the occasion of the grounding of the iron-clad Lehigh ; engagement with Fort Moultrie, May 16th, 1864; North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher; steam-sloop Brooklyn, flag-ship Brazil Squadron, 1866-7; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; apprentice-ship Sabine, 1868 ; steamer Yantic, North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9. 166 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEES. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JAMES D. GRAHAM. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from Illinois, September 25tli, 1857 ; Naval Academy, 1857-61 ; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; Forts Jackson ajid St. Philip ; two attacks on Vicksburg ; James river flotilla, 1862 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, August 1st, 1862 ; sloop Jamestown, East India Squadron, 1862-5 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25tli, 1866; steamer Augusta, special service, 1866-7; steam-sloop Powbatan, flag- sbip South Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8 ; reoeiving-sbip Boston, 1868-9 ; steam- sloop Juniata, European Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM R. BRIDGMAN. Born in Iowa. Appointed from Iowa, November 29tli, 1859 ; Naval Acade- my, 1859-61 ; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Chalmette batteries, and capture of New Orleans, April, 1862 ; Arkansas Post, 1862 ; promoted to Ensign, September 10th, 1862 ; most of the naval fights about Vicksburg, ending in the capture of the city, July, 1863; steam-frigate Niagara, special service, 1864 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; steam-sloop Lancaster, flag-ship Pacific Squadron, 1865-7 ; /ommissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steam-frigate Min- nesota, special service, 1868 ; steam-sloop Coctocook, flag-ship North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9 ; frigate Sabine, special cruise, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ALEXANDER H. McCORMICK. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from Texas, September 21st, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to steamer Norwich, South Atlantic Block- ading Squadron, 1862-3 ; bombardment of Port Pulaski, 1862 ; fort in Wingaw Bay, S. C, 1862 ; second occupation of Jacksonville, Florida, 1863 ; promoted to Ensign, December 22d, 1862; steam-sloop Iroquois, special service, 1864-5; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; Naval Academy, 1866-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steam-sloop Lancas- ter, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HENRY L. JOHNSON. Born in Vermont. Appointed from same State, September 30th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to steam-sloop Mississippi, 1861 ; steam- sloop Tuscarora, special service, 1862-3 ; promoted to Ensign, September 24th, 1863 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, February 22d, 1864 ; steamer Nipsic, Atlantic Squadron, 1865-6 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; Naval Academy, 1866-9; steam-sloop Juniata, European Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEBS. 167 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ALBERT S. BARKER. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, October 25th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 j attached to steam-sloop Misaisaippi, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; bombardment and passage of Forts Jack- son and St. Philip, Chalmette batteries, and capture of New Orleans, 1862 ; Port Hudson ; promoted to Ensign, February 22d, 1862 ; steam-frigate Niagara, special service, 1864 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; Pacific Squadron, 1865-7; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steam-sloop Guerriere, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1867-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER MORTON W. SANDERS. Born in Massachusetts. AppointSd from Massachusetts, September 25th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to sloop Vincennes, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; engagement with rebel fleet at S. W. Pass, Mississippi river, October, 1861 ; promoted to Ensign, November 22d, 1862 Mississippi Squadron, 1864 ; Red River Expedition, 1864 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, February 22d, 1864; North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 bombardment of Fort Fisher, December, 1864 ; capture of Fort Fisher, January 1865 ; Pacific Squadron, 1865-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander July 25th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Juniata, European Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES S. COTTON. Born in Wisconsin. Appointed from Wisconsin, September 23d, 1858 ; Naval Academy, 1858-61 ; attached to frigate St. Lawrence, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; sinking of the privateer Petrel ; battle with the rebel ram Merrimack, March 8th, 1862 ; promoted to Ensign, November 11th, 1862; North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; steam-sloop Iroquois, special service, 1863-4 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; steam-sloop Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864^5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, Au- gust 5th, 1864; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steam-sloop Shenandoah, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9 ; Naval Academy, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES F. BLAKE. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, October 26th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to steam-sloop Mississippi, Atlantic Coast, 1861 ; sloop Constellation, Mediterranean Squadron, 1862-3 ; promoted to Ensign, June 26th, 1863; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; steam-sloop Powhatan, Pacific Squadron, 1865-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; Naval Academy, 1868-9. 168 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEES. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOHN R. BARTLETT. BoEN in New York. Appointed from Rhode Island, November 25th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to steam-sloop Mississippi, West Gulf Block- ading Squadron, 1861-2 ; bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Chalmette batteries, and capture of New Orleans ; attack on Vicksburg, June, 1862 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; pro- moted to Ensign, September 8th, 1863; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; steam-sloop Sus- quehanna, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; bombardment of Fort Fisher, December, 1864; on shore with assaulting party at capture of Fort Fisher, January, 1865 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, special service, 1866 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steamer Nipsic, Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7; Naval Academy, 1867-9; frigate Sabine, special cruise, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER OLIVER A. BATCHELLER. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, November 25th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to sloop Vincennes, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; promoted to Ensign, November 22d, 1862 ; steam-sloop Mississippi, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3; attack on Port Hudson, March 14th and 15th, 1863 ; siege of Port Hudson ; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; battle of Blobile bay, August 5th, 1864; siege of Fort Morgan; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864; steamer Frolic, European Squadron, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1867 ; steam-sloop Piscataqua, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER SILAS W. TERRY. Born in Kentucky.- Appointed from Kentucky, September 28th, 1858; Naval Academy, 1858-61 ; attached to sloop Dale, Atlantic Coast, 1861-2 ; engagement with rebels on the South Edisto river in 1862; promoted to Ensign, September 16th, 1862 ; North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864; Blississippi Squadron, 1864; Red River Expedition, 1864. While in temporary command of a naval transport, had an engagement with a rebel battery, supported by a large force of infantry. Lieutenant Terry was, upon recommendation of Rear Admiral Porter, advanced several numbers in his grade for his gallantry upon this occasion. North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; battles with Forts Fisher and Anderson and other rebel batteries near Wilmington, N. C; was on the James river and present at the fall of Richmond; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, July 25th, 1866; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1865-8; receiving-ship. New York, 1868-9 ; at present, on duty at Naval Academy. LIEUTENANT-OOMMANDERS . 169 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER MERRILL MILLER. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, November 28th, 1859 ; Naval Acad- emj^ 1859-61; attached to frigate Potomac, Atlantic Coast, 1861-2; promoted to Ensign, October 13th, 1862 ; Mississippi Squadron, 1862-3 ; battle of Ar- kansas Post, 1863 ; Haines' Bluff, 1863 j in charge of mortar-boats, at siege of Vicksburg, for twenty-three days, in 1863 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, Febru- ary 22d, 1864 ; North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; expedition up James river, 1864 j both attacks on Fort Fisher ; attached to iron-clad Monadnock on her passage from New York to San Francisco, 1866; commissioned as Lieu- tenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; Naval Academy, 1867-9 ; steam-sloop Lancaster, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FREDERICK J. NAILE. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, October 27th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to frigate St. Lawrence, Atlantic Coast, 1861 J sinking of privateer Petrel, 1861 ; steam-sloop Oneida, Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862; attack on and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and Chalmette batteries ; capture of New Orleans ; bombardment and passage of Vicksburg batteries twice ; promoted to Ensign, 1862 ; Mississippi Squadron, 1863-5 ; Red River Expedition, 1864 ; co-operation of the Mississippi Squadron, on the Cumberland and Tennessee, with the army under General Thomas, in the defeat of the rebel General Hood ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864; steamer Lenapee, Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steamer Penobscot, North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FREDERICK PEARSON. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 21st, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to frigate St. Lawrence, Atlantic Coast, 1861 ; sinking of privateer Petrel ; steam-frigate Wabash, flag-ship South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; attached to the naval howitzer battery which accompanied the army in the operations against the enemy's batteries on Coo- saw creek, S. C. ; attached to the rifle battery at the reduction of Fort Pulaski, at the occupation of Fernandina, Florida, and the engagement the day after between the Ottawa and the enemy up the St. Marys river ; attached to the navy howitzers at the battle of Pocotaligo ; promoted to Ensign, September 16th, 1862; sloop Jamestown, East India Squadron, 1864-5; commanded a chartered steamer, and co-operated with vessels of the English, French, and Dutch fleet at Simonasaki, Straits of Japan, 1864; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; Pacific Squadron, 1865-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1867-8 ; practice-ship Macedonian, 1868-9. 170 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEBS. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWARD N. KELLOGG. BoKN in Maine. Appointed from Illinois, September 24t]i, 1858 ; Naval Acad- emy, 1858-61 ; attached to sloop Marion, Atlantic Coast, 1861 ; steam gunboat Sonoma, West India Squadron, 1862-3 ; promoted to Ensign, September 8th, 1863; steam-sloop Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; steamer Mackinaw, Atlantic Coast, 1866-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, July 25th, 1866; apprentice-ship Portsmouth, 1868 ; store-ship Guard, European Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER RICHARD S. CHEW. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from District of Columbia, No- vember 25th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to steam-frigate Roanoke, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; battle with rebel ram Merrimack, March 8th and 9th, 1862 — slightly wounded in the second day's fight; promoted to Ensign, December 13th, 1862; steam-frigate Niagara, special service, 1864; commissioned as Lieutenant, Feb. 22d, 1864 ; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; steam-sloop Shenandoah, Asiatic Squadron, 1865-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; at present, on duty at Navy Yard, Washington, D. C. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOHN J. READ. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey, September 21st, 1858 ; Naval Academy, 1858-61; Atlantic Squadron, 1861; steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; in all of Farragut's battles, from the South West Pass of the Mississippi river to Vicksburg, 1862-3 ; pro- moted to Ensign, November 22d, 1862 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864; steamer R. R. Cuyler, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; steamer De Soto, At- lantic Squadron, 1865-6 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steamer Rhode Island, Atlantic Squadron, 1867 ; steam-sloop Susque- hanna, flag-ship North Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WALTER ABBOTT. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Rhode Island, November 29th, 1859 • Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to steam-sloop Mississippi, West Gulf I31ocka- ding Squadron, 1861-2 ; bombardment and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Chalmette batteries, and capture of New Orleans ; promoted to Ensio-n November ■ 22d, 1862 ; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; iron-ofad LIEUTENANT-OOMMANDEKS. 171 steamer New Ironsides, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864; school-ship Sabine, 1865-6; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Sacra- mento, special cruise, 1867; steam-sloop Dacotah, South Pacific Squadron, 1888-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWIN T. WOODWARD, Born in Vermont. Appointed from Vermont, November 21st, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to steam-sloop Mississippi, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; attack on and passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Chalmette batteries and capture of New Orleans ; two attacks on Port Hudson ; promoted to Ensign, November, 1862; sloop Cyane, Pacific Squadron, 1863-4; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864; steam-frigate Minnesota, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; two attacks on Fort Fisher; steam-sloop Kearsarge, European Squadron, 1865-6 ; commissioned as Lieuten- ant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; Naval Academy, 1867 ; steam-sloop Guerriere, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8 ; steamer Kansas, South Atlantic Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HENRY B. RUMSEY. Born in Indiana. Appointed from Indiana, October 25th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to frigate St. Lawrence, Atlantic Coast, 1861 ; steamer Clifton, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; Forts Jackson and St. Philip and Vicksburg, capture of Galveston, October, 1862 ; Matagorda, Texas, November, 1862 ; re-capture of Galveston, January 1st, 1863 ; promoted to Ensign, February 24th, 1863 ; iron-clad steamer Roanoke, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; frigate New Ironsides, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; both attacks on Port Fisher; steam-sloop Monongahela, Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Guerriere, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE W. WOOD. Born in Ireland. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 22d, 1859 Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Atlantic Coast, 1861 ; destruc- tion of privateer Petrel ; steam-sloop Oneida, W. G. B. Squadron, 1862 : through all the operations with Admiral Farragut on the Mississippi, from the attack on the forts below New Orleans until the siege of Vicksburg was raised in 1862 ; commanded a howitzer and landing party that forced the surrender of Natchez, May 12th, 1862 ; promoted to Ensign, February 24th, 1863 ; steam- sloop Dacotah, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864; iron-clad Roanoke, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5. 172 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. On February 5tla, 1865, commanded a boat expedition consisting of ten boats and one hundred and fifty men, proceeded up Pagan creek, a tributary to the James, and captured a torpedo-boat and torpedo, filled, and ready for use. Steamer Vanderbilt, special service, 1866-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, July 25th, 1866; steamer Suwanee, North Pacific Squadron, 1868 j sloop Cyane, North Pacific Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES W. TRACY. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from same State, October 27th, 1859 } Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to frigate St. Lawrence, Atlantic Coast, 1861 ; destruction of privateer Petrel ; steam gunboat Octorara, Mississippi Squadron, 1862-3 ; Vicksburg, July, 1862 ; promoted to Ensign, December 10th, 1862 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; at Charleston, April 1863, and other actions during the siege ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; Pacific Squadron, 1866-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Plymouth, European Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GOUVERNEUR K. HASWELL. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, November 25th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to steam-frigate Roanoke, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; engagement with rebel ram Merrimack and Sewell's Point batteries, March, 1862 ; steam-sloop Adirondack, West India Squadron, 1862; promoted to Ensign, October 7th, 1862; steam-frigate Colo- rado, West G-ulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; steamer Van- derbilt, special cruise, 1866-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Saranao, Pacific Squadron, 1868 ; receiving-ship, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWARD E. PREBLE. Born in Maine. Appointed from Maine, November 29th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-61 ; attached to steam-sloop Mississippi, W. G. B. Squadron, 1861 ; steam-sloop Kearsarge, special service, 1862-3 ; promoted to Ensign, August 9, 1864; steam-sloop Susquehanna, North Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1864-5 ; both attacks on Port Fisher; commissioned as Lieutenant, Febru- ary 22d, 1864; steam-sloop Susquehanna, special service, 1866-7; commissioned as Lieutenant Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, special cruise, 1868 ; Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 173 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER MORTIMER L. JOHNSON. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, November 29th, 1859; Naval Academy, 1859-61; attached to frigate Sabine, Atlantic Coast, 1861 ; steam-frigate Wabash, flag-ship South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-3; battle of Port Royal, Port Royal Ferry, Fort Pulaski, 1861; St. Johns river, 1862; all the battles before Charleston, ia 1863; Stono river and James Island, 1863; promoted to Ensign, September 16th, 1862; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, Feb- ruary 22d, 1864; steam-frigate Colorado, North Atlantic Blockading Squad- ron, 1864-5 ; first attack on Fort Fisher, December, 1864 ; fall of Fort Fisher, January, 1865; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1865; fall of Mobile; steam-sloop Dacotah, South Pacific Squadron, 1866-7; commissioned aa Lieu- tenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866; steamer Wateree, South Pacific Squadron, 1868; steam-sloop Plymouth, European Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWIN M. SHEPPARD. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, November 24th, 1859; Naval Academy, 1859-61; attached to sloop Vincennes, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; passes of the Mississippi river ; promoted to Ensign, No- vember, 22d, 1862 ; steam-sloop Mississippi, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3; siege of Port Hudson ; steam-sloop Wachusett, special service, 1864-5 ; capture of privateer Florida, October 7th, 1864 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 22d, 1864 ; steamer Tacony, Atlantic Squadron, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, July 25th, 1866 ; steamer Osceola, Atlantic Squad- ron, 1867; apprentice-ship Saratoga, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES McGREGOR. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Illinois, September 21st, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-8 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 18G3 ; attached to steam- sloop Juniata, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher and land assault; steam-sloop Juniata, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 25th, 1866; steam-sloop Powhatan, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER IRA HARRIS, Jr. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 22d, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863 ; attached to steamer Rhode Island, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; both at- 174 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. tacks on Fort Fisher and assault on same ; wounded by a rifle-ball in the leg, in naval assault on Fort Fisher; steam-frigate Colorado, European Squadron, 1865-7; commissioned as Lieutenant, July i25th, 1866 ; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1867-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; sloop Portsmouth, South Atlantic Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEK DOUGLAS R. CASSEL. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, September 29th, 1860; Naval Aca4- emy, 1860-3; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863; served in W. G B. Squadron, 1864 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; wounded during the passage of the forts in Mobile Bay ; attached to naval battery on shore during the bombardment of Fort Morgan, August, 1864; steam-sloop Brooklyn, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher, and naval assault on the same ; steam-sloop Dacotah, South Pacific Squadron, 1866-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 25th, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, March 12th, 1868; steam-sloop Eichmond, European Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEK EOBLEY D. EVANS. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Utah, September 20th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; attached to steam- sloop Powhatan, West India Squadron, 1864; North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher, January 15th, 1865; in the land attack on Fort Fisher received two severe wounds from rifle shots ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 25th, 1866 ; ord- nance duty, Navy Yard, Washington, 1867 ; steam-sloop Piseataqua, flag-ship Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER G-EORGE W. COFFIN. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 20th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-8 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; steam- sloop Ticonderoga, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; both attacks on Fort Fisher. Wounded by a minie ball in right leg at land assault on Fort Fisher; Steamer Shawmut, Brazil Squadron, 1866; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, July 25th, 1866 ; steam-frigate Franklin, European Squadron, 1867-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; Naval Academy 1868-9. ^ LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HENRY GLASS. Born in Kentucky. Appointed from Illinois, September 24th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-8; promoted to Ensign, September 8th, 1863 ; attached to steam- LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 175 sloop Canandaigua, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5; all the general engagements with forts and batteries in Charleston harbor, from July 8th to September 28th, 1863 ; engagements with batteries in Stono river, S. C, December 28th, 1863, and July 3d and 11th, 1864 ; engagements with batteries in North Edisto river, February 9th, 1865; capture of Georgetown, S. 0,, February 5th, 1865 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1865 ; steam-sloop Powhatan, Pacific Squadron, 1865-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, July 25th, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; steam-sloop Tuscarora, North Atlantic Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ERNEST J. DICHMAN. BoEN in Wisconsin. Appointed from Wisconsin, September 20th, 1860; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; attached to steam-sloop Canandaigua, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; Fort Wagner, August, 1863; Stono river, S. C, July, 1864; several engagements with defences of Charleston harbor, from July, 1863, to February, 1865 ; protect- ing working party while building battery " Swamp Angel," from an attack of the enemy's boats, with two launches under his command, August 1863; capture of Montgomery, Gra., 1864 ; various operations with torpedoes ; engaged in scout and picket duty at Charleston and other points on the coast ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1865; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1866-8; commissioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866; commissioned as Lieu- tenant-Commander, May 12th, 1868 ; steam-sloop Canandaigua, European Squad- ron, 1868-9 ; at present, on duty at Naval Observatory, Washington. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM W- MACLAY. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, October 4th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863 ; attached to steam-sloop Ticonderoga, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; both attacks on Fort Fisher; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1865; steam-sloop Shenandoah, Asiatic Squadron, 1865-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; on duty at Naval Academy, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER PHILIP H. COOPER. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 28th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1800-3 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863; attached to steam-sloop Richmond, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; promoted to Master, November, 1865 ; steam- sloop Powhatan, South Pacific Squadron, 1865-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; Naval Academy, 1807-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; frigate Sabine, special cruise, 1869. 176 LTEUTENANT-COMMANDEKS. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HENRY C. TAYLOR. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from Ohio, September 28th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863 ; attached to steam-sloop Shenandoah, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; steam- sloop Iroquois, special service, 1864-5 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1865 ; steamer Rhode Island, North Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7; commissioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866; steam-sloop Susquehanna, flag-ship North Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; store-ship Guard, European Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ALLEN D. BROWN. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 26th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863; attached to steam-sloop Iroquois, special service, 1863-4 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1865 ; steamer Rhode Island, North Atlantic Squadron, 1865-6 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; steamer Unadilla, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; Naval Academy, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER MARSTON NILES. Born in New York. Appointed from New Jersey, November 25th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1860 ; attached to steam-sloop Sacramento, special cruise, 1863-5 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1865 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1866 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, flag-ship North Atlantic Squadron, 1868 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, March 12th, 1868; steam -sloop Contocook, flag-ship North Atlantic Squadron, 186S-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE H. WADLEIGH Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from New Hampshire, September 26th, 1860; Naval Academy, 1860-3; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863; attached to steam-sloop Lackawanna, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1865; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1865-9 ; commissioned aa Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; Naval Academy, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 177 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER A. S. CROWNINSHIELD. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 21st, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863 ; attached to steam-sloop Ticonderoga, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher; steam-sloop Hartford, East India Squadron, 1865-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant-Commander, March 10th, 1868; steam-sloop Richmond, European Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES H. CRAVEN. Born in Maine. Appointed from Maine, September 20th, 1860; Naval Academy, 1860-3; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863; serving in South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; occupation of Morris Island, July, 1863; in command of Fifth Division at assault on Port Sumpter, September 7th, 1863; attacks on rebel batteries in Stono river, July 3d and 7th, 1864; joint expedition of naval and military forces to cut Charleston and Savannah Railroad, August and September, 1864 ; in charge of launch from Housatonic, stationed inside of Morris Island, to prevent rebel communication ; while on this duty, captured Major Walley, of the rebel army, who was in a boat, with a surgeon and the crew ; made attack with the army on Forts Gregg and Wagner, and at the evacuation of Morris Island captured three boats with eighty men and officers in them ; performed duty in naval battery on Morris Island ; was attached to Housatonic when she was blown up, February 17th, 1864 ; steam- frigate Colorado, European Squadron, 1865-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Wampanoag, 1868 ; commisioned as Lieu- tenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868; steam-sloop Powhatan, Pacific Squad- ron, 1868-9 ; store-ship Onward, South Pacific Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FRANK "WILDES. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 21st, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863 ; attached to steam-sloop Lackawanna, West Grulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5; Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; siege of Mobile, April, 1865 ; attached to iron-clad Monadnock, on her passage from New York to Sain Francisco, 1866 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; steamer Vanderbilt, North Pacific Squadron, 1867 ; steamer Suwanee, North Pacific Squadron, 1868; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868; receiving-ship, Boston, 1868; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM W. HENDRICKSON. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Ohio, September 26th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863; attached to 12 178 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. steam-sloop Brooklyn, 1864; Pacific Squadron, 1864-7; commissioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866; apprentice-ship Portsmouth, 1867-8; com- missioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; steam-sloop Plymouth, European Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER AUGUSTUS G. KELLOGG. BoEN in Ohio. Appointed from Illinois, September 21st, 1860 ; Naval Acad- emy, 1860 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863 ; attached to steamer Rhode Island, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1854 ; steam-sloop Powhatan, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1865; steam-sloop Shenandoah, East India Squadron, 1865-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; steam gunboat Aroos- took, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9 ; iron-clad duty. New Orleans, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOSEPH B. COGHLAN. Born in Kentucky. Appointed from Illinois, September 27th, 1860 ; Naval School, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863 ; attached to steam-frigate Niagara, special service, 1864-5 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1865 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, flag-ship Brazil Squadron, 1865-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868; steam-sloop Richmond, European Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JAMES H. SANDS. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from Maryland, November 22d, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-63 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863 ; at- tached to steam-sloop Tusoarora, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863^ ; steam-sloop Shenandoah, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; both attacks on Fort Fisher ; steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship East India Squadron, 1865-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; steam-sloop Richmond, European Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER YATES STIRLING. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, September 27th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, May 28th, 1863 ; attached to steam-sloop Shenandoah, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; both LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 179 attacks on Fort Fisher; steamer Mohongo, Pacific Squadron, 1865-7; com- missioned as Lieutenant, November 10th, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; steam-sloop Contocook, flag-ship North Atlan- tic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COIMMANDBR WILLIAM C. WISE. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Kentucky, September 29th, 1860; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; attached to frigate New Ironsides, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863^; steam- frigate Minnesota, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; at bombard- ment and capture of Fort Fisher, and subsequent attacks on the rebel fortifica- tions on Cape Fear river up to the city of Wilmington; steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship Asiatic Squadron, 1865-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 21st, 1867 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; practice- ship Dale, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER LOUIS CLARKE. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Connecticut, September 24th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-3 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; steam-sloop Richmond, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; Mobile, April, 1865; burned by explosion of torpedo off Mobile Point; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1865-8 ; promoted to Master, May 10th, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 1st, 1867 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1868; Naval Academy, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER PURNELL F. HARRINGTON. Born in Delaware. Appointed from Delaware, September 20th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-3 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; attached to steam- sloop Ticonderoga, 1863 ; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864, and in all the operations against the rebel defences at entrance of Mobile Bay, during the summer of 1864; steam-sloop Shenandoah, East India Squadron, 1865-6 ; promoted to Master, May 10th, 1866 ; steam- sloop Monongahela, North Atlantic Squadron, 1867 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, February 21st, 1867; steamer De Soto, North Atlantic Squadron, 1868; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868; Naval Academy, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE HOFF. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, October 24th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863; attached to 180 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. steam-frigate Niagara, 1864; East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; steamer Shawmut, Brazil Squadron, 1865-6 ) promoted to Master, May 10th, 1866 ; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1867-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, Fehruary 21st, 1867 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868; Naval Academy, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM K. WHEELER. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, December 2d, 1859; Naval Academy, 1859-63; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863; attached to steam-sloop Iroquois, special service, 1864-5 ; steam-sloop Rhode Island, flag- ship West India Squadron, 1865-6; promoted to Master, May 10th, 1866; steamer Huron, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 21st, 1867; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; steamer Kansas, South Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM S. DANA. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, October 25th, 1859; Naval Academy, 1859-63; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863; steam- frigate Niagara, 1863; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864; steam-sloop Lancaster, flag-ship Pacific Squadron, 1865-6; promoted to Master, May 10th, 1866; steamer Aroostook, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-8; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 21st, 1867; commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868; steam-sloop Shenandoah, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9 ; steamer Ashuelot, Asiatic Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER NICOLL LUDLOW. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, October 28th, 1859; Na- val Academy, 1859-63 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; attached to steam-sloop Wachusett, Brazil Squadron, 1863-5; attached to iron-clad Monad- nock, on her passage from New York to San Francisco, in 1866 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866; steam-sloop Iroquois, Asiatic Squadron, 1866-9; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 21st, 1867 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, March 12th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FRANCIS A. COOK. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 20th 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; at-' LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 181 taohed to steam-sloop Seminole, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; steamer Vanderbilt, North Pacific Squadron, 1865-7; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866; North Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 21st, 1867 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; Naval Academy, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER COLBY M. CHESTER. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Connecticut, October 31st, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-63 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; attached to steam-sloop Richmond, West Gulf Squadron, 1863-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; operations against Mobile ; steam-frigate Powhatan, South Pacific Squadron, 1865-7 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, February 21st, 1867 ; steamer Gettysburg, North At- lantic Squadron, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ARTHUR H. WRIGHT. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, September 20th, 1860 ; Naval Acad- emy, 1860-3 ; attached to West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; siege of Mobile ; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1865-8 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 21st, 1867 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868; receiving-ship. New York, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES E. CLARK. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, September 29th, 1860 ; Naval Acad- emy, 1860-3; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863; attached to steam- sloop Ossipee, West Gulf Squadron, 1863-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; bombardment of Fort Morgan ; steam-frigate Vanderbilt, Pacific Squad- ron, 1865-7 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866 ; steamer Suwanee, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-8; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 21st, 1867; receiving-ship, Portsmouth, N. H., 1868-9; commissioned as Lieuten- ant-Commander, March 12th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES J. BARCLAY. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 21st, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863; steam-sloop 182 LIEDTENANT-COMMANDEKS. Wachusett, Brazil Squadron, 1863^ ; steam-sloop Kearsarge, European Squadron, 1865-6; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866 ; steam-frigate Susquehanna, special service, 1867 j commissioned as Lieutenant, February 21st, 1867 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, special service, 1868 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1869. LIEUTENAJSTT-COMMANDEE CHARLES V. GEIDLEY. Born in Indiana. Appointed from Michigan, September 26th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; attached to steam- sloop Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864; steam-sloop Brooklyn, flag-ship Brazil Squadron, 1865-7; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866; steam-sloop Kearsarge, South Pacific Squadron, 1867-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February, 21st, 1867 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FRANCIS MORRIS. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 27th, 1860; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; attached to steam-sloop Powhatan, flag-ship West India Squadron, 1863-4 ; North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher; steam-sloop Monongahela, West India Squadron, 1865-7 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866; steam-sloop Piscataqua, flag-ship Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9 ; com- missioned as Lieutenant, February 21st, 1867 ; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, March 12th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES D. SIGSBEE. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 27th, 1859 ; Naval Academy, 1859-63 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863 ; attached to steam-sloop Monongahela, West Gulf Squadron, 1863-4 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; both attacks on Fort Fisher, and final assault on the same ; steam-sloop Wyoming, Asiatic Squadron, 1865-7 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, February 21st, 1867; steamer Ashuelot, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, March 12th, 1868 ; at present, on duty at Naval Academy. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM H. WHITING. Born in New York. Appointed from Wisconsin, September 21sfc, 1860; Naval Academy, 1860-3; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863. Attached LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 183 to steam-sloop Monongahela, West Gulf Squadron, 1803-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864, and burning of the blockade runner " Ivanhoe," under the guns of Port Morgan, August 5th, 1864; surrender of Fort Gaines, Au- gust 8th, 1864; bombardment and surrender of Fort Morgan, August 24th, 1864 ; steam-sloop Kearsarge, European Squadron, 1865-6 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866 ; steamer Frolic, European Squadron, 1866-8; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, February 2l8t, 1867; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, March 12th, 1868; steam-sloop Tioonderoga, European Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER DENNIS W. MULLAN. BoEN in Maryland. Appointed from Kentucky, September 21st, 1860; Na- val Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1833 ; attached to steam-sloop Monongahela, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; two attacks on Fort Morgan ; steamer Mohongo, Pacific Squadron, 1865-7 ; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1867 ; steam- sloop De Soto, North Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8; commissioned as Jjieutenant, February 21st, 1867; Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9; commissioned as Lieutenant- Commander, March 12th, 1868; at present, attached to steamer Monocacy, Asi- atic Squadron. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE T. DAVIS. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 20th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3 ; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1868 ; at- tached to iron-clad steamer New Ironsides, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; both attacks on Fort Fisher, and final assault on the same; steam-sloop Dacotah, Pacific Squadron, 1865-8; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866; commissioned as Lieu- tenant, February 21st, 1867; steam-sloop Plymouth, European Squadron, 1868-9; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE D. B. GLIDDEN. Born in Maine. Appointed from Maine, September 24th, 1860 ; Naval Academy, 1860-3; promoted to Ensign, October 1st, 1863; attached to steam- sloop Seminole, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; steam-sloop Wyoming, East India Squadron, 1865-7; promoted to Master, November 10th, 1866; commissioned as Lieutenant, Feb- ruary 21st, 1867 ; steamer Monocacy, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868; steamer Ashuelot, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9 ; at present, on duty at Naval Academy. 184 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. LIBUTENANT-COMMANDEE N. MAYO DYER. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, May 2d, 1862 j entered the Volunteer Navy as a Master's Mate, 1862 ; attached to steamer R. R. Cuyler, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3. On May 18th, 1863, at 2 A. M., Master's Mate Dyer, having under his com- mand the second cutter, manned by nine of the crew of the R. R. Cuyler, and being on picket duty close to the swash channel leading out of Mobile Bay, discovered a vessel close under Fort Morgan, and seeing no movement on her part he pulled cautiously along, trying to get in-shore of her, but ran upon a hawser which was run from the vessel to the fort. Concluding she was aground, he boarded her, taking the crew completely by surprise, and capturing her cap- tain with six men and all her papers. Finding it impossible to get her off, and seeing the rebel gunboat Gaines coming to her relief. Master's Mate Dyer re- moved the prisoners, papers, etc., and set fire to her. As she burned but slowly, he returned, knocked in the heads of two barrels of turpentine, and again fired her and return^ to his ship, leaving the schooner in flames. According to the statement of the captain of the blockade-runner, his vessel was boarded and burned within two hundred yards of Fort Morgan. Her cargo consisted of two hundred bales of cotton. Promoted to Acting Ensign, May 18th, 1863 ; commanding steamer Eugenie, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; promoted to Acting Master, 1864 ; attached to steamer Metaeomet, at the battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; promoted to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, April 22d, 1865; special duty. Navy Department, 1866-7 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander U. S. Navy, December 18th, 1868; South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FRANCIS M. GREEN. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, June 18th, 1861 ; entered the service as an Acting Master, in the Volunteer Navy, June 18, 1861 ; attached to sloop Vincennes, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-2; Passes of the Mississippi ; steam-sloop Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squadi'on, 1863 ; promoted to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, April 21st, 1864; steam-frigate Ni- agara; special service, European waters, 1864; commanding steamer Louisiana, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; steamer Florida, North Atlantic Squadron, 1866; special duty. Navy Department, 1867; steam-sloop Guerriere, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1868; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, U. S. Navy, December 18th, 1868; steamer Wasp, South Atlantic Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWARD HOOKER. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Rhode Island, July 19th, 1861; en- tered the service as Acting Master's Mate ; promoted to blaster, 1861 ; attached to steamer Louisiana, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; promoted to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, September 20th, 1862 ; commanding steamer Vic- LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. 185 toria, North Atlantic BlookadiDg Squadron, 1863 ; commanding steamer Curri- tuck, Potomac flotilla, 1863-5 ; Naval Store-keeper, Navy Yard, New York, 1866-7; commanding store-ship Idaho, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9; commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HENRY H. GORRINGB. Born in West Indies. Appointed from New York, October 1st, 1862 ; en- tered the service as a Master's Mate, October 1st, 1862 ; Mississippi Squadron, 1862-5 ; promoted to Acting Ensign, 1863 ; promoted to Acting Master^ 1864 ; promoted to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, 1865. Acting Lieutenant Gorringe took part in nearly all the important battles of the Mississippi Squadron, and was three times promoted for gallantry in battle. Promoted to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant-Commander, July 10th, 1865 ; commanding steamer Memphis, Atlantic Squadron, 1867 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. Navy, December 18th, 1868 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1868 ; sloop Portsmouth, South Atlantic Squadron, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ALONZO W. MULDAUR. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, October 18th, 1861 ; entered the service as an Acting Master in the Volunteer Navy, October 18th, 1861 ; attached to steamer Santiago de Cuba, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3; steamer Sassacus, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; engagement with rebel ram Albemarle, 1864; promoted to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, May 24th, 1864 ; steam gunboat Chicopee, Atlantic Squadron, 1866; steam-sloop Oneida, East India Squadron, 1867-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. Navy, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES O'NEIL. Born in England. Appointed from Massachusetts, May 1st, 1862 ; entered the service as Acting Master in the Volunteer Navy, May 1st, 1862 ; attached to steam gunboat Tioga, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; steam gunboat Tioga, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; steamer Rhode Island, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; both attacks on Fort Fisher; promoted to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, May 80th, 1865 ; steamer Shamrock, Brazil Squadron, 1866-7 ; store-ship Guard, European Squadron, 1868; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. Navy, December 18th, 1868; receiving-ship, Boston, 1869. 186 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEE/i. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEK CASPER F. GOODEICH. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Connecticut, December 9th, 1861; Naval Academy, 1861-4; attached to steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1865-7 ; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866 ; steamer Frolic, European Squadron, 1867-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868 ; sloop Portsmouth, South Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9; commissioned as Lieu- tenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER ALBERT G-. CALDWELL. Born in Indiana. Appointed from Indiana, December 23d, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-4; attached to steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1865-7; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866; steamer Sham- rock, European Squadron, 1867-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868 ; steamer Nipsic, North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Lieu- tenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES W. KENNEDY. Born in New York. Appointed from Wisconsin, September 28th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-4 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, Brazil Squadron, 1865-6 ; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866 ; steamer Nipsic, South Atlantic Squad- ron, 1866-7 ; steam-sloop Kearsarge, South Pacific Squadron, 1867-8 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868 ; steam-frigate Powhatan, flag-ship South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868 ; at present, attached to steam-sloop Pensacola, flag-ship Pacific Squadron. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER BOWMAN H. McCALLA. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey, November 30th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-4 ; attached to steam-sloop Susquehanna, Brazil Squad- ron, 1865-6; steam-sloop Brooklyn, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866; steam-sloop Kearsarge, South Pacific Squadron, 1867-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th' 1868 ; steam-sloop Tuscarora, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9 ; commissioned as LieutenantrCommander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FRENCH E. CHADWICK. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Yirginia, September 28th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-4; attached to steam-sloop Susquehanna, Brazil Squadron, LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEES. 187 1865-6; steam-sloop Juniata, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866; apprentice-ship Sabine, 1868 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868 ; steam-sloop Tuscarora, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER SAMUEL H. BAKER. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Arkansas, September 24th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861^ ; attached to steam-sloop Brooklyn, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1865-7; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866; steamer Shamokin, South Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868 ; receiving-ship, Philadelphia, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER THEODORE F. JEWELL. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from Virginia, November 29th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-4 ; attached to steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship, European Squadron, 1865-7; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866; steam- sloop Canandaigua, European Squadron, 1867—8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868; Hydrographioal Oifice, Washington, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868 ; at present, attached to frigate Sabine, special cruise. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES F. SCHMITZ. Born in Indiana. Appointed from Indiana, October 19th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-4 ; attached to steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squad- ron, 1865-7; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866 ; steam-sloop Piscataqua, flag-ship Asiatic Squadron, ] 867-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE W. ARMENTROUT. Born in Indiana. Appointed from Indiana, November 23d, 1861; Naval Academy, 1861-4; attached to steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squad- ron, 186-5-7; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866; apprentice-ship Sabine, 1868 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868 ; steam-sloop Contocook, flag-ship North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, December 18th, 1868. 188 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDERS. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER DAVID C. WOODROW. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, September 21st, 1861 ; Naval Acad- emy, 1861-5; attached to steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship Asiatic Squadron, 1865-7 ; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866 ; steamer Ashuelot, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868; commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HENRY C. WHITE. BoKN in Connecticut. Appointed from New York, October 16th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-5; attached to steam-sloop Susquehanna, Brazil Squad- ron, 1865-6 ; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; store-ship Guard, European Squad- ron, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EDWARD M. STEDMAN. BoEN in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 27th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-5 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, Brazil Squadron, 1865-6; steam-sloop Juniata, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866; apprentice-ship Saratoga, 1868; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868; receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1868-9; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOHN C. KENNETT. Born in Missouri. Appointed from Missouri, October 2d, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-5; attached to steam-sloop Susquehanna, Brazil Squadron, 1865-6 ; steamer Rhode Island, flag-ship North Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, North Atlantic, 1868 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868 ; steam-sloop Kearsage, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Com- mander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER WILLIAM M. FOLGER. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, September 21st, 1861 ; Naval Acad- emy, 1861-5 ; attached to steam-sloop Hartford, Asiatic Squadron, 1866-8 ; pro- moted to Master, December 1st, 1866 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868 ; steam-frigate Franklin, flag-ship European Squadron, 1868-9 ; commis- sioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDEES. 189 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER BENJAMIN P. LAMBERTON. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 21st, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-5 ; attached to steam-sloop Susquehanna, Brazil Squad- ron, 1865-6 ; steam-sloop Juniata, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866 ; apprentice-ship Saratoga, 1867-9 j commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1867 j commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOHN SCHOULER. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 25th, 1861 ; attached to steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1865-7 ; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866 ; steamer Frolic, European Squadron, 1867-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868 ; sloop Portemouth, South Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1869. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER FRANCIS W. DICKINS. Born in New York. Appointed from Connecticut, September 20th, 1861 ; attached to steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1865-7; pro- moted to Master, December 1st, 1863 ; sohool-ship Sabine, 1868 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868; steam-sloop Tuscarora, South Pacific Squad- ron, 1868-9; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER GEORGE P. F. WILDE. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, November 30th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861^5 ; attached to steam-sloop Susquehanna, Brazil Squadron, 1865-6 ; steamer Nipsic, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866 ; steam-sloop Kearsarge, South Pacific Squadron, 1867-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868 ; steam-sloop Contocook, flag- ship North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9; commissioned as Lieutenant- Comman- der, December 18th, 1868. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CHARLES H. DAVIS. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, November 29th, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1861-5 ; attached to steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1865-7 ; promoted to Master, December 1st, 1866 ; South Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8 ; commissioned as Lieutenant, March 12th, 1868 ; steam-sloop Guerriere, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Lieutenant-Commander, December 18th, 1868. 190 SURGEONS. SURGEON WILLIAM S. W. EUSCHENBEEGER. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey, August 10th, 1826 ; Entered the service with the rank of Assistant Surgeon; Pacific Squadron, 1826-9 ; commissioned as Surgeon, April 4th, 1831 ; sloop Falmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1832-4 ; Fleet Surgeon, East India Squadron, 1836-9 ; naval ren- dezvous, Philadelphia, 1840-2 ; Naval Hospital, New York, 1845 ; Fleet Sur- geon, East India Squadron, 1847-9 ; rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1852 ; Fleet Surgeon, Pacific Squadron, 1854-7; Navy Yard, Boston, 1860-4; special duty, Philadelphia, 1865-6; President Board of Examiners, 1869. SUEGEON WILLIAM MAXWELL WOOD. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, May 16th, 1829 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1830-1 ;. schooner Grampus, West India Squadron, 1832-3 ; special duty, 1834-7 ; commissioned as Surgeon, February 20th, 1888 ; steamer Poinsett, Home Squadron, 1838-42 ; Naval Station, Baltimore, 1843 ; Fleet Surgeon, Pacific Squadron, 1844-6 ; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1847-8 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1850-1 ; Naval Station, Sackett's Harbor, New York, 1853-5 ; Fleet Surgeon, East India Squadron, 1856-8; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1859-61; Fleet Surgeon, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, during the rebellion ; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1866-7 ; President of the Examining Board, 1868 ; Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1869. SURGEON JONATHAN M. FOLTZ. BoEN in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Maryland, April 4th, 1831 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to frigate Potomac, Pacific Squadron, 1832-4 ; Medical Bureau, Washington, 1885 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1836-7; commissioned as Surgeon, December, 8th, 1838 ; United States Naval Hospital, Port Mahon, 1839-40 ; frigate Earitan, Brazil Squadron, 1844-7 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1850; sloop Jamestown, Brazil Squadron, 1851-4; rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1855-8; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1859; steam-frigate Niagara, 1861 ; Fleet Surgeon, West Gulf Squadron, 1862-8 ; was with Admiral Farragut in all his battles on the Mississippi during 1862-3 ; member Board of Examiners, 1864-6 ; President Board of Examiners, 1867 ; Fleet Surgeon, European Squad- ron, 1868-9. SURGEON EDWAED GILCHEIST. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from New York, January 26th, 1832 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon, attached to sloop Peacock, Brazil Squadron, 1833-4; Navy Yard, Boston, 1836 ; Naval Hospital, Bos- ton, 1837 ; Exploring Expedition, 1840 ; commissioned as Surgeon, Septem- SURGEONS. 191 ber 27th, 1840 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1842-3 ; sloop Levant, Pacific Squadron, 1844-5 ; sloop Portsmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1846-8 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1850-1 ; steam-frigate San Jacinto, Mediterranean Squadron, 1852 Hospital, Chelsea, 1855-8; steam-frigate Wabash, 1861; Fleet Surgeon, Missis sippi flotilla, 1861-2 ; Fleet Surgeon, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 1866-9. SURGEON JAMES C. PALMEK. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, March 26th, 18-34 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to frigate Brandywine, Pacific Squadron, 1835 ; sloop Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1836 ; rendezvous, Balti- more, 1837; Exploring Expedition, 1838-42; commissioned Surgeon, October 27th, 1841 ; sloop St. Marys, 1844-6 ; sloop Vandalia, Pacific Squadron, 1850-3 ; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1853-6 ; sloop Macedonian, Mediterranean Squadron, 1858-60; Naval Academy, 1861-3; Fleet Surgeon, West Gulf Squadron, 1863-5; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864; Naval Hospital, New York, 1866-9. SURGEON NINIAN PINKNEY. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, March 26th, 1834 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Erie, Brazil Squadron, 1835-7; frigate Brandywine, Mediterranean Squadron, 1839—40; commissioned as Surgeon, October 27th, 1841 ; store-ship Relief, Pacific Squadron, 1842-3 ; rendezvous, Baltimore, 1844-6 ; sloop Albany, Home Squadron, 1847 ; sloop Germantown, Home Squadron, 1848 ; steam-frigate Saranac, Home Squadron, 1850-1 ; Naval Academy, 1853-5 ; steam-frigate Susquehanna, Mediterranean Squadron, 1857-8 ; Hospital, Norfolk, 1859 ; special duty, Washington, 1860-2 ; Fleet Surgeon, Mississippi Squadron, 1863-5 ; special duty, 1868-9. SURGEON DAVID HARLAN. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, February 23d, 1835 attached to sloop Peacock, East India Squadron, 1835-7 ; rendezvous, Baltimore 1843; brig Somers, Home Squadron, 1844-5; commissioned as Surgeon December 6th, 1845 ; steamer Princeton, Home Squadron, 1846 ; sloop Fal mouth. Pacific Squadron, 1849-51; receiving-ship Boston, 1852-4; steam, frigate Merrimack, 1855-7; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1859; sloop Cyane, 1861 steam-sloop Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1863 ; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia! 1864-5 ; Naval Academy, 1,867-8. 192 BURGEONS. SURGEON J. DICKINSON MILLER. Born in New York. Appointed from New Jersey, December 5th, 1836; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Lexington, Pacific Squadron, 1838-40; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1842-3; brig Perry, Bast India Squadron, 1844-5; Home Squadron, 1846-7; commissioned as Surgeon, April 25th 1847; steamer Scorpion, Home Squadron, 1847-9; Navy Yard, Philadel- phia, 1850-2; sloop St. Louis, Mediterranean Squadron, 1852-5; ordnance ship Plymouth, practice cruise, 1857-8 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1859 ; frigate Potomac, 1861-2 ; steam-sloop Hartford, West Gulf Squadron, 1862-3 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1864-6; Fleet Surgeon, North Atlantic Squadron, 1866-9; at present, attached to receiving-ship, Philadelphia. SURGEON JOSEPH BEALE. BoKN in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 8th, 1837 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop John Adams, Bast India Squadron, 1839-41 ; brig Bainbridge, Home Squadron, 1842-3 ; Naval Hospital, New York, 1845 ; brig Boxer, Coast of Africa, 1846-8 ; commissioned as Surgeon, April 19th, 1848 ; sloop John Adams, Coast of Africa, 1849-51 ; rendezvous, Baltimore, 1852-3 ; sloop Germantown, Brazil Squadron, 1853-7; receiving-ship, Philadelphia, 1858-60; steam-sloop Susquehanna, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1863-5; steam-sloop, Hartford, flag-ship East India Squadron, 1865-6 ; Fleet Surgeon, Asiatic Squadron, 1866-8 ; rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1869. SURGEON GEORGE MAULSBY. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, March 7th, 1838; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to frigate Ohio, Mediterra- nean Squadron, 1838-41 ; brig Porpoise, Coast of Africa, 1842-3 ; brig Por- poise, Home Squadron, 1S45-G ; Hospital, New York, 1847-8 ; store-ship Relief, Mediterranean Squadron, 1849-51 ; rendezvous, Boston, 1852; steam-frigate Saranac, Home Squadron, 1852-6 ; commissioned as Surgeon; April 14th, 1852 ; receiving-ship. New York, 1857-9; steam-sloop Wyoming, 1861; special duty, Brooklyn, 1862 ; special duty, Washington, 1863 ; special duty, New York, 1864; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1866-9; at present, member Board of Ex- aminers. SURGEON WILLIAM GRIER. Born in Ireland. Appointed from Maryland, March 7th, 1838 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Cyane, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1838-41 ; store-ship Erie, Pacific Squadron, 1842-4 ; schooner Shark, Pacific Squadron, 1844-6 ; Hospital, New York, 1848 ; razee Independence SURGEONS. 193 Mediterranean Squadron, 1849-52 ; commissioned as Surgeon, April 14th, 1 852 ; Fleet Surgeon, North Pacifio Surveying Expedition, 1853—6 ; Naval Academy, 1859 ; sloop Macedonian, 1861 ; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1862 ; Naval Hos- pital, Memphis, Tenn., 1863-5 ; special duty, Hartford, Conn., 1867 ; member Board of Examiners, 1868-9 ; at present, on duty at naval rendezvous, Balti- SURGEON J. WINTHROP TAYLOR. Born in New York. Appointed from New Jersey, March 7th, 1838 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Erie, West India Squadron, 1838-40; sloop Marion, West India Squadron, 1842-3 ; sloop John Adams, Home Squadron, 1845-8 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1850; sloop Dale, 1851-3 ; commissioned as Surgeon, May 1st, 1852; rendezvous. New York, 1854-6; sloop St. Marys, 1856-9 ; steam-sloop Pensacola, West Gulf Blockading Squad- ron, 1861-3; naval rendezvous, Boston, 1864-6; Fleet Surgeon, Gulf Squad- ron, 1866-7 ; Fleet Surgeon, North Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. SURGEON SAMUEL JACKSON. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from North Carolina, June 20th, 1838 entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to frigate Constitution 1839^0 ; frigate Congress, Mediterranean Squadron, 1841-3 ; sloop Fairfield Mediterranean Squadron, 1844-5 ; razee Independence, flag-ship Pacific Squad ron, 1846-8; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1849-50; receiving-ship, Boston, 1851 sloop Decatur, Home Squadron, 1851-2 ; commissioned as Surgeon, September 2d, 1852 ; unemployed from 1852-9 ; frigate Cumberland, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, West Gulf Squadron, 1862—3 ; with Rear Admiral Farragut, iu the passage of the forts below New Orleans and the capture of the city, and in his operations before Vicksburg ; Na- val Academy, 1864 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1865-6 ; Fleet Surgeon, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-9 ; at present, on duty at Naval Hospital, Philadelphia. SURGEON JAMES McCLELLAND. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, June 20th, 1838 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; frigate United States, 1839—40 ; schooner Enterprise, Brazil Squadron, 1842-4 ; brig Bainbridge, Brazil Squad- ron, 1846; store-ship Southampton, Pacific Squadron, 1846-8; Naval Asy- lum, Philadelphia, 1851-3 ; , commissioned as Surgeon, March 6th, 1853 ; sloop St. Marys, Pacific Squadron, 1853-4 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes 1855-7 ; sloop Savannah, Home Squadron, 1858-60 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn West Gulf Squadron, 1861 ; reinforcement of Fort Pickens ; receiving-ship Philadelphia, 1862-4; steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron 1865-7 ; Fleet Surgeon, South Pacifio Squadron, 1867-8; Navy Yard, Philadel phia, 1868-9. 13 194 SURGEONS. SUEGEON JOHN S. MESSERSMITH. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, February 9th, 1837 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to sloop Fairfield, Brazil Squadron, 1839-40 ; brig Dolphin, Home Squadron, 1842-3 ; steamer Col. Harney, 1845; bomb-brig iEtna, Home Squadron, 1846-8; Hospital, New York, 1850; store-ship Southampton, Pacific Squadron, 1850-4; commissioned as Surgeon, July 13th, 1853; steam-frigate Susquehanna, East India Squadron, 1855; Navy Yard, Mare Island, Gal., 1857-9; steam-sloop San Jacinto, 1861 ; sloop Constellation, Mediterranean Squadron, 1861-4 ; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1866; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1867-8. SURGEON THOMAS M. POTTER. Born in Rhode Island. Appointed from Rhode Island, October 17th, 1839 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Vaudalia, Home Squadron, 1840-3 ; frigate Raritan, Brazil Squadron, 1845-6 ; sloop Yorktown, Coast of Africa, 1849-50 ; receiving-ship, New York, 1852-8 ; store-ship Relief, Home Squadron, 1853-4; commissioned as Surgeon, September 17th, 1854; sloop John Adams, Pacific Squadron, 1854-8; receiving-ship, Boston, 1859 ; frigate Santee, 1861-2 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1863-4 ; steam-frigate Niagara, special service, European waters, 1864-5 ; naval rendezvous. New York, 1866-9. SURGEON ANDREW A. HENDERSON. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 8th, 1841 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Vincennes, Home Squadron, 1842-3 ; store-ship Erie, Coast of Africa, 1845 ; Pacific Squadron, 1846 ; sloop Portsmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1847-8 ; brig Perry, Coast of Africa, 1850-1 ; brig Dolphin, special service, 1853; Naval Asylum, 1854-6 ; commissioned as Surgeon, March 1st, 1856 ; sloop Portsmouth, East India Squadron, 1857-8; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1859; steam-sloop Richmond, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; passage of the batteries of Vicksburg, July, 1862, and action with Port Hudson batteries, March, 1863 ; member of the Board of Examiners, 1864; Naval Hospital, Norfolk, 1865-7 ; member of the Board of Examiners, 1868 ; Fleet Surgeon, South Pacific Squad- ron, 1868-9. SURGEON LEWIS J. WILLIAMS. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, January 25th, 1842 ; en- tered the service as Assistant Surgeon; sloop Falmouth, Home Squadron, 1842-4 ; sloop Yorktown, Coast of Africa, 1 845-6 ; brig Washington, 1847 ; brig Porpoise, Coast of Africa, 1847-8; sloop Jamestown, Mediterranean Squadron, 1849-50; Hospital, New York, 1851 ; steam-frigate Mississippi, East SURGEONS. 195 India Squadron, 1853-4 ; Naval Hospital, Pensacola, 1855 ; Hospital, New York, 1856; commissioned as Surgeon, August SOth, 1856; sloop Cyane, Pacific Squadron, 1859-60 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1861-3 ; steam-sloop Kichmond, West Gulf Squadron, 1864-5 ; battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th, 1864 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1867-9. SURGEON MARIUS DUVALL. BoEN in Maryland. Appointed from Mayland, January 25th, 1842 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to frigate Constitution, Home Squad- ron, 1842-3 ; East India Squadron, 1844-5 ; Pacific Squadron, 1845-6 ; steam- frigaie Saranac, Home Squadron, 1850-1 ; practice-ship Preble, 1852-4 ; Coast Survey, 1855 ; commissioned as Surgeon, September 12th, 1856 ; sloop James- town, Home Squadron, 1858-60 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1861 ; iron-clad steamer New Ironsides; special service, 1862; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862^; attack on Fort Sumpter, April 8th, 1864; Navy Yard, Washington, 1865-6 ; store-ship Jamestown, 1867 ; Fleet Surgeon, South At- lantic Squadron, 1868-9. SURGEON JOSEPH WILSON, Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, May 13th, 1843 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to frigate Savannah, Pacific Squadron, 1843-5; sloop Levant, Pacific Squadron, 1846; brig Bainbridge, Coast of Africa, 1849-50; Marine Barracks, Washington, 1851-2; store-ship Supply, East India Squadron, 1853-5; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1856-7; commissioned as Surgeon, May 23d, 1857; sloop Vandalia, Pacific Squadron, 1857—9 ; steam-sloop Powhatan, 1861 ; steamer Michigan on the lakes, 1862-4 ; steamer Vanderbilt, North Pacific Squadron, 1865 ; member Board of Exami- ners, 1867 ; Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia, 1868-9 ; at present. Fleet Sur- geon, South Atlantic Squadron. SURGEON CHARLES EVERSFIELD. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, May 29th, 1843 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to frigate Macedonian, Coast of Africa, 1843-5 ; frigate Congress, Pacific Squadron, 1846-8 ; Naval Asylum, Philadel- phia, 1850 ; steam-frigate Susquehanna, East India Squadron, 1851-3 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1854-5 ; frigate Congress, Mediterranean Squadron, 1855-7 ; commissioned as Surgeon, August 15th, 1857 ; Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1859 ; sloop Vandalia, 1861 ; store-ship Vermont, Port Royal, S. C., 1862-3 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1864-7; steam-frigate Minnesota, special service, 1868; special duty, Philadelphia, 1869; at present. Fleet Surgeon, European Squadron. 196 SURGEONS. SURGEON ROBERT T. MACCOUN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from New Jersey, October 2d, 1844; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Jamestown, Coast of Africa, 1844-6; frigate Ohio, Pacific Squadron, 1847-50; receiving-ship, New York, 1851 ; frigate Columbia, Home Squadron, 1852-5 ; Mediterranean Squadron, 1857; steam-frigate Susquehanna, Home Squadron, 1858; commis- sioned as Surgeon, September 21st, 1858 ; rendezvous, Baltimore, 1859 ; steam- sloop Blississippi, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; in the attack on the batteries at Port Hudson, March, 1863 ; special duty, Baltimore, 1864-6 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, special service, 1867 ; Fleet Surgeon, Asiatic Squad- ron, 1868-9. SURGEON HENRY O. MAYO. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, February 24th, 1846 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to frigate United States, Mediterranean Squadron, 1846-8 ; Coast Survey, 1850 ; sloop Albany, Home Squadron, 1850-2; Hospital, New York, 1854-5; frigate Potomac, Home Squadron, 1856 ; Coast Survey, 1857-8 ; steamer Fulton, Brazil Squadron, 1859; commissioned as Surgeon, January 24th, 1859; sloop Savannah, 1861 ; steam-sloop Powhatan, South Atlantic Squadron, 1862-3 ; flag-ship West India Squadron, 1864-5 ; marine rendezvous. New York, 1866-8. ^ SURGEON JOHN RUDENSTEIN. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, February 24th, 1846; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Dale, Pacific Squad- ron, 1846-8 ; Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 1849-50 ; brig Bainbridge, Brazil Squadron, 1851 ; Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 1852-3 ; brig Bainbridge, Brazil Squadron, 1854-7; rendezvous, Baltimore, 1858; steam-frigate Wabash, Mediterranean Squadron, 1859; commissioned as Surgeon, August 21st, 1859 sloop Jamestown, 1861 ; steam-sloop Adirondack, 1862 ; rendezvous, Boston 1863 ; iron-clad Roanoke, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; steam, sloop Powhatan, Pacific Squadron, 1866 ; Fleet Surgeon, South Pacific Squad ronj,1867; Naval Hospital, Pensacola, 1869. SURGEON PHILIP LANSDALE. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, March 5th, 1847; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steamer Onkahyes, Brazil Squad- ron, 1848 ; frigate Brandywine, Brazil Squadron, 1849-50; frigate Cumberland, Mediterranean Squadron, 1853-5; Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1856-9; sloop John Adams, 1861; commissioned as Surgeon, January 20th, 1861; SUKGEONS. 197 steam-sloop Pensacola, "West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; naval ren- dezvous, Philadelpliia, 1866-8; Examining Board, Philadelphia, 1868-9; Fleet Surgeon, Pacific Squadron, 1869. SUKGEON WILLIAM LOWBER. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, November 8th, 1847 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Plymouth, Bast India Squadron, 1847-8 ; sloop Preble, Pacific Squadron, 1850 ; receiving- ship, Boston, 1852 ; frigate Savannah, Brazil Squadron, 1854-6 ; brig Perry, Brazil Squadron, 1858 ; steamer Westernport, Brazil Squadron and Paraguay Expedition, 1859 ; steam-sloop Narraganset*, 1861 ; commissioned as Surgeon, April 18th, 1861 ; store-ship Vermont, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864; store-ship Portsmouth, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865; receiving-ship, Philadelphia, 1867-9. SURGEON PHINEAS J. HORWITZ. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Pennsylvania, November 8th, 1847 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to Home' Squadron, 1847-8 ; frigate Constitution, Mediterranean Squadron, 1850 ; store-ship Relief, Brazil Squadron, 1852; steamer Princeton, Home Squadron, 1854; Navy Yard, Pen- sacola, 1855; receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1856; Coast Survey, 1857; store-ship Supply, Brazil Squadron, 1858-9 ; Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1861 ; commissioned as Surgeon, April 19th, 1861 ; Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1862-5 ; Chief of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1866-9 ; at present, on duty at Naval Hospital, Philadelphia. SURGEON CHARLES MARTIN. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 5th, 1848 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Albany, Home Squadron, 1848-50 ; Coast Survey, 1851; frigate Congress, Brazil Squadron, 1852-3 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1855 ; Coast Survey, 1856 ; steam-frigate Mis- sissippi, East India Squadron, 1858 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, East India Squad- ron, 1859; receiving-ship, Boston, 1861; steam-sloop Sacramento, 1861-3; commissioned as Surgeon, April 22d, 1861; steam-sloop Seminole, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864; steam-sloop Mohican, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1867-8; Fleet Surgeon, North Atlan- tic Squadron, 1869. SURGEON PRANCIS M. GUNNELL. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from District of Columbia, March 29th, 1849 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Fal- 198 STJKGEONS. mouth, Pacific Squadron, 1849-51 ; store-ship Supply, Pacific Squadron, 1852 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1853 ; frigate Independence, Pacific Squadron, 1855-7 ; receiving-ship, New York, 1859 ; steam-sloop Pawnee, South Atlantic Block- ading Squadron, 1861-2 ; commissioned as Surgeon, April 23d, 1861 ; steam- sloop Sacramento, 1863 ; Naval Hospital, Washington, 1864-5 ; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1866-8 ; Naval Hospital, Washington, 1869. SUKGEON JAMES SUDDARDS. Born in England. Appointed from Pennsylvania, May 17th, 1849 j entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop John Adams, Coast of Africa, 1849-50 ; store-ship Lexington, Pacific Squadron, 1852-3 ; Coast Sur- vey, 1854-5; receiving-ship, Boston, 1857; Coast Survey, 1858-9 ; commis- sioned as Surgeon, April 24th, 1861 ; steam-sloop Canandaigua, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4 ; receiving-ship Vermont, New York, 1866 ; special duty, Philadelphia, 1867 ; steam-sloop Oneida, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9. SURGEON EDWARD SHIPPEN. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from Pennsylvania, August 7th, 1849 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Marion, East India Squadron, 1849-52; receiving-ship, Boston, 1853; brig Dolphin, Coast of Africa, 1856-7 ; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1859 ; steamer Caledonia, Brazil Squadron and Paraguay Expedition, 1859; frigate Congress, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; was on the Congress when attacked by the rebel ram Merrimack, and was wounded ; commissioned as Surgeon, April 26th, 1861 ; receiving-ship, New York, 1862-4; frigate New Ironsides, North Atlantic Squadron, 1864-5; steam-sloop Canandaigua, European Squadron, 1866-8; Naval Academy, 1869. SURGEON SAMUEL F. COUES. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from New Hampshire, February 25th 1851; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to sloop Portsmouth' Pacific Squadron, 1852-5; Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 1857; Laboratory, New york, 1858-9; steamer Saginaw, 1861; commissioned as Surgeon, April 26th 1861 ; steam-sloop Housatonio, West Gulf Squadron, 1862 ; steam-sloop Housa- tonic South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863; steam-sloop Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1864-5;, Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 1866-8 : steam-sloop Rich- mond, European Squadron, 1868-9. SURGEON JACOB S. DUNGAN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, February 25th 1851 ■ entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to steamer Vixen,' Home SURGEONS. 199 Squadron, 1852 ; Coast Survey, 1853 ; steamer Pulton, Home Squadron, 1854-5 Naval Hospital, Norfolk, 1857-8 ; Paraguay Expedition, 1859 ; receiving-ship Philadelphia, 1861; sloop Portsmouth, West Gulf Squadrop, 1861-4; com missioned as Surgeon, May 1st, 1861; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1865 Naval Academy, 1866; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1867-8; steamer Ossipee, Pacific Squadron, 1869. SURGEON GEORGE PECK. BoEN in New Jersey. Appointed from New York, February 25th, 1851 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Cyane, Home Squadron, 1851^; rendezvous. New York, 1855 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Brazil Squadron, 1857-9; steam-sloop Seminole, 1861; marine rendezvous, New York, 1861-4; commissioned as Surgeon, May 30th, 1861; steam-sloop Dicta^ tor. North Atlantic Squadron, 1865 ; steamer Vanderbilt, Pacific Squadron, 1866; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1868 ; frigate Sabine, special cruise, 1869. SURGEON JOHN M. BROWNE. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from New Hampshire, March 26th, 1853 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; store-ship, San Francisco, Cal., 1853-5; Coast Survey, 1856; Hospital, Norfolk, 1859; sloop Constellation, 1861; commissioned as Surgeon, June 19th, 1861; steam-sloop Kearsarge; special service, 1862-4 ; in fight with privateer Alabama, in June, 1864 ; tem- porary duty. Navy Yard, New York, 1865; Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal., 1866-8. SURGEON THOMAS J. TURNER. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, December 16th, 1853 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to Pacific Squadron, 1854-5; frigate Independence, Pacific Squadron, 1856; sloop John Adams, Pacific Squadron, 1857-8; rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1859; Laboratory, New York, 1861-2 ; commissioned as Surgeon, June 20th, 1861 ; steam-sloop Ossipee, North Atlantic Squadron, 1863 ; Naval Hospital, Pensacola, 1864-5 ; special duty, Philadelphia, 1866; member Board of Examiners, 1867; Recorder Board of Examiners, 1868-9 ; at present, attached to steam-sloop Juniata, European Squadron. SURGEON JOHN Y. TAYLOR. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Delaware, September 26th, 1853 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Decatur, Pacific 200 SURGEONS. Squadron, 1853-7 ; rendezvous, Philadelpliia, 1858; sloop Preble, Brazil Squad- ron, 1859; brig Dolphin, Brazil Squadron, 1860; Naval Hospital, New Yorij, 1861; steam-sloop Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861^; in en- gagement with tbe rebel batteries at Vicksburg, June, 1862 ; commissioned as Surgeon, August 1st, 1861; steam-sloop Tuscarora, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; Becorder Examining Board, Philadelphia, 1866 ; Naval Hos- pital, New York, 1867-8; steam-sloop Plymouth, European Squadron, 1868-9. SURGEON WILLIAM T. HORD. Born in Kentucky. Appointed from Kentucky, November 1st, 1854 ; en- tered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam-frigate Saranac, Medi- terranean Squadron, 1856 ; store-ship Relief, Brazil Squadron, 1857 ; Coast Survey, 1858 ; steam-sloop Lancaster, Pacific Squadron, 1860-1 ; commissioned as Surgeon, August 1st, 1861 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1862 ; steam-sloop Paw- nee, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; Naval Station, Mound City, Illinois, 1865; steam-sloop Monongahela, West India Squadron, 1866-7 ; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1868-9. SURGEON JOHN S. KITCHEN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, May 1st, 1855 ; en- tered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop St. Louis, Coast of Africa, 1855-8 ; steam-frigate Wabash, Mediterranean Squadron, 1858-9 ; pro- moted to Passed Assistant Surgeon, 1859 ; commissioned as Surgeon, August 1st, 1861 ; steamer Pocahontas, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; steam- frigate Minnesota, flag-ship North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; steam-sloop Sacramento, special cruise, 1864-5 ; Naval Hospital, Port Royal, S. C, 1866; naval rendezvous, Boston, Massachusetts, 1867-8; receiving-ship, Boston, Massachusetts, 1868-9 ; iron-clad Dictator, North Atlantic Squadron, 1869. SURGEON ALBERT L. GIHON. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointedfrom Pennsylvania, May 1st, 1855 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Levant, East India Squad- ron, 1855-8; brig Dolphin, Brazil Squadron and Paraguay Expedition, 1858-9; promoted to Passed Assistant Surgeon, 1859 ; commissioned as Surgeon, August 1st, 1861; sloop St. Louis, special service, 1862-5; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1866-7 ; store-ship Idaho, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9. SURGEON EDWIN R. DENBY. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia, July 11th, 1855 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam-frigate Merrimack, special SURGEONS. 201 cruise, 1855-7 j steamer Fulton, Home Squadron, 1858 ; steamer Atlanta, Brazil Squadron, and Paraguay Expedition, 1858-9 ; steam-sloop Daootah, West India Squadron, 1861; commissioned as Surgeon, August 1st, 1861; steam- sloop Wyoming, East India Squadron, 1862-4 ; naval rendezvous. New York, 1865 ; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1866 ; Recorder Medical Board, Philadel- phia, 1867 ; steam-sloop Saranao, North Pacific Squadron, 1868 ; sloop James- town, Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. SUEGEON WILLIAM R. JOHNSON, Ja. Born in Delaware. Appointed from Delaware, September 3d, 1855 ; en- tered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to frigate Potomac, Home Squadron, 1855-6; steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1856-8; steamer Atlanta, Brazil Squadron, and Paraguay Expedition, 1859 ; brig Bainbridge, 1861 ; sloop Cyane, Pacific Squadron, 1861-4 ; commissioned as Surgeon, Au- gust 1st, 1861; Naval Hospital, Norfolk, 1865; steamer Bienville, 1866; steam-sloop Pawnee, South Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8. SURGEON RICHARD C. DEAN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from New Jersey, April 17th, 1856; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Dale, Coast of Africa, 1857-9 ; steamer Crusader, Home Squadron, 1860 ; steam-sloop Wyan- dotte, 1861 ; steam-sloop Tuscarora, special service, 1861—3 ; commissioned as Surgeon, August 1st, 1861 ; steam-sloop Tuscarora, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; Naval Academy, 1865-6 ; steam-sloop Sacramento, special service, 1867; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1868-9. SURGEON PHILIP S. WALES. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, August 7th, 1856 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to Naval Academy, 1857; steam- frigate Mississippi, East India Squadron, 1858-60 ; steamer Water Witch, 1861; commissioned as Surgeon, October 12th, 1861; Naval Hospital, Nor- folk, 1863 ; steamer Fort Jackson, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; steamer Fort Jackson, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1865; Examining Board, 1868 ; sloop Portsmouth, South Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9. SURGEON ALBERT C. 60RGAS. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, August 30th, 1856 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Germantown, East 202 SUEC3E0NS. India Squadron, 1858-60 ; steamer Crusader, Home Squadron, 1861 ; commisi sioned as Surgeon, October 13th, 1861 ; sloop Vandalia, South Atlantic Block- ading Squadron, 1862-3 ; Naval Hospital, Norfolk, 1864 ; steam-sloop Juniata, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; steam-sloop Juniata, Brazil Squad- ron, 1866; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1868-9. SUEaEON DBLAVAN BLOODGOOD. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, March 13th, 1857 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam-frigate Merrimack, Pacific Squadron, 1858-60 ; steamer Mohawk, 1861 ; commissioned as Surgeon, January 24th, 1862; steam-sloop Dacotah, West India Squadron, 1862; steam- sloop Dacotah, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1868—4 ; steamer Michi- gan, on the lakes, 1865-6; receiving-ship. New York, 1867; sloop Jamestown, North Pacific Squadron, 1868 ; steam-sloop Lackawanna, North Pacific Squad- ron, 1868-9 ; receiving-ship. New York, 1869. SURGEON THOMAS WALTER LEACH. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from New Hampshire, July 29th, 1858 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam-sloop Brooklyn, Home Squadron, 1858-61 ; Naval Hospital, New York, 1862 ; com- missioned as Surgeon, May 22d, 1862 ; steam-sloop Lackawanna, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863, and West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864^5 ; Naval Hospital, New York, 1806 ; steam-sloop Iroquois, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9. SURGEON WILLIAM M. KING. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, December 3d, 1858 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; temporary duty. Navy Yard, Pensa- cola, 1859; attached to sloop Saratoga, Home Squadron, 1860; store-ship Supply, 1861; steam-sloop Hartford, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3; commissioned as Surgeon, May 22d, 1862 ; Naval Academy, 1864 ; steam-sloop Wachusett, East India Squadron, 1865-6 ; member Examining Board, 1868. SURGEON BENJAMIN P. GIBBS. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey, November 12th, 1858 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steamer Memphis, Brazil Squadron, and Paraguay Expedition, 1858-9 ; sloop John Adams, East India Squadron, 1860-1; steam-sloop Hartford, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, STJEGEONS. 203 1863; steamer Ossipee, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; scLool-ship Sabine, 1866 ; steam-sloop Ossipee, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-9. SURGEON DAVID KINDLEBERGER. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, May 20th, 1859 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam-sloop San Jacinto, 1860-1 ; commis- sioned as Surgeon, August 14th, 1862 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1862 ; steam- sloop Monongahela, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863, and West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; steamer De Soto, North Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7. SURGEON WILLIAM E. TAYLOR. BoEN in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia, July 3d, 1859 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Savannah, Home Squadron, 1859-60 ; sloop St. Marys, 1861 ; commissioned as Surgeon, September 5th, 1862 ; steam-sloop Iroquois, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863^ ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1864-5 ; iron-clad Miantonomah, European Squadron, 1867 ; Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, 1869. SURGEON JAMES McMASTER. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, October 8th, 1859 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam-frigate Niagara, special service, 1861 ; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1863 ; commissioned as Surgeon, October 11th, 1862; steam-sloop Shenandoah, North Atlantic Block- ading Squadron, 1864, and South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 : iron- clad Miantonomah, European Squadron, 1866; receiving-ship, New York, 1868; at present, attached to practice-ship Savannah. SURGEON JOHN J. GIBSON. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Illinois, July 4th, 1860; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam-sloop Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1860-3 ; steam-sloop Hartford, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864; steam-sloop Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1866-7; steamer De Soto, North Atlantic Squadron, 1868 ; steam-sloop Seminole, Atlantic Squadron, 1869. 204 SUKGEONS. SUKaEON CHRIS. J. CLEBORNB. Born in Scotland. Appointed from Pennsylvania, May 9, 1861; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam-gunboat Aroostook, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; commissioned as Surgeon, November 24th, 1863 ; naval rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1864 ; steam-sloop, Ticonderoga, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865; steamer Rhode Island, flag-ship West India Squadron, 1866 ; apprentice-ship Saratoga, 1868-9. SURGEON JOHN C. SPEAR. Born in Delaware. Appointed from Delaware, May 9th, 1861 ; entered tho service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steamer Mahaska, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1864 ; commissioned as Surgeon, June 24th, 1864 ; steam-sloop Seminole, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1865; steamer Swatara, West India Squadron, 1866, and European Squadron, 1867-8; naval rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1869. SURGEON CHARLES H. BURBANK. Born in Maine. Appointed from Maine, May 9th, 1861 ; entered the ser- vice as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to Naval Hospital, Pilot Town, Mississippi, 1861-2 ; school-ship Marion, 1863 ; steam-sloop Housatonic, 1864 ; commis- sioned as Surgeon, August 24th, 1864 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865; receiving-ship, Portsmouth, N. H., 1866-7; steam-sloop Kearsarge, Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. SURGEON HENRY C. NELSON. » Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, May 9th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to steam-sloop Susquehanna, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3; Naval Hospital, New York, 1864; commis- sioned as Surgeon, October 25th, 1864 ; steam-sloop Pawnee, South Atlantic Squadron, 1865-7; apprentice-ship Sabine, 1868 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1868-9 ; at present, attached to apprentice-ship Macedonian. SURGEON SOMERSET ROBINSON. Born in Maryland. Appointed from District of Columbia, May 9th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam gunboat Katahdin' West Gulf Squadron, 1861-3; Navy Yard, New York, 1864; commissioned as SUBGEONS. 205 Surgeon, December 18tli, 1864; sloop Cyane, Pacific Squadron, 1865-6; steam-sloop Saranac, North Pacific Squadron, 1867 ; receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1868-9 ; at present, under orders to steamer Monooacy, Asiatic Squadron. SURGEON ARCHIBALD 0. RHOADES. BoEN in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey, July 30th, 1861; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to steamer Pocahontas, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3; Naval Hospital, New York, 1864; com- missioned as Surgeon, March 19th, 1865 ; steamer Bienville, West Gulf Block- ading Squadron, 1865; steam-sloop Shenandoah, East India Squadron, 1866-9. SURGEON MICHAEL BRADLEY. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, July 30th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steamer Louisiana, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-3; Mississippi Squadron, 1864-5 ; com- missioned as Surgeon, June 12th, 1865 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes^ 1867-8 ; steam-sloop Tuscarora, North Atlantic Squadron, 1869. SURGEON ADRIAN HUDSON. Born in Canada. Appointed from New York, July 30th, 1861; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to Mississippi flotilla, 1862; steam gun- boat Eastport, Mississippi Squadron, 1863 ; apprentice-ship Sabine, 1864-5 ; com- missioned as Surgeon, June 12th, 1864-5 ; steam-sloop Tuscarora, South Pacific Squadron, 1866-7; Mound City, Illinois, 1868-9. SURGEON NEWTON L. BATES. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, July 30th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam gunboat Seneca, South At- lantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; Naval Laboratory, New York, 1863-7 ; commissioned as Surgeon, September 16th, 1865 ; apprentice-ship, Portsmouth, 1868 ; steam-sloop Swatara, European Squadron, 1869. SURGEON JAMES A. TINKHAM. BoRNin New York. Appointed from New York, July 30th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to steam-gunboat Kanawha, West 206 SURGEONS. Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3; receiving-ship, Boston, 1864; North At- lantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 j commissioned as Surgeon, December 5th, 1865 ; steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1866-7 ; steamer Frolic, European Squadron, 1868 ; steam-sloop Canandaigna, European Squad- ron, 1869; at present, Recorder Board of Examiners. SUEGEON STEPHEN D. KENNEDY. BoEN in Virginia. Appointed from Maryland, May 9th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Preble, West Gulf Squadron, 1861-3 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1864 ; resigned, 1865 ; re-appointed, January 5th, 1866 ; commissioned as Surgeon, January 5th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Lacka- wanna, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-8; special duty. New York, 1869. SURGEON FREDERICK E. POTTER. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from New Hampshire, July BOtli^ 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steamer Monti- cello, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1863 ; steam-sloop Narragansett, Pacific Squadron, 1864-6 ; commissioned as Surgeon, April 6th, 1866; steam-sloop Lancaster, flag-ship Pacific Squadron, 1867 ; at present, attached to steam-sloop Mohican, Pacific Squadron. SURGEON EDWARD S. BOGERT. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, July 30th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam gunboat Cayuga, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; Naval Hospital, New York, 1864 ; steam- frigate Niagara, special service, 1864; Naval Hospital, New Briton, 1866 ; com- missioned as Surgeon, April 7th, 1866 ; Naval Laboratory, New York, 1867-9. SURGEON WALTER K. SCHOFIELD. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Connecticut, July 30tli, 1861 ; en- tered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam gunboat Sagamore, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; steamer Union, East Gulf Blockad- ing Squadron, 1864; Naval Hospital, Norfolk, 1865-6; steamer Augusta, European Squadron, 1866-7 ; commissioned as Surgeon, June 19th, 1866 ; naval rendezvous, Boston, 1868 ; sloop Saratoga, North Atlantic Squadron, 1869. SURGEONS. 207 SURGEON AARON S. OBERLY. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Connecticut, July 30th, 1861 ; en- tered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam gunboat Kineo, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; Naval Academy, 1864 ; steamer Santiago de Cuba, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; Naval Station, Mound City, 111., 1866-8 ; commissioned as Surgeon, June 19th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Narragansett, 1869. SURGEON GROVE S. BEARDSLEY. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, July 30th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam-sloop Lancaster, Pacific Squadron, 1861-4; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; steam-sloop Brook- lyn, flag-ship Brazil Squadron, 1866, and South Atlantic Squadron, 1867 ; commissioned as Surgeon, July 25th, 1866 j receiving-ship Independence, San Francisco, 1868-9. SURGEON JAMES S. KNIGHT. Born in Delaware. Appointed from Delaware, July 30th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam-sloop Brooklyn, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1864; Mississippi Squadron, 1864-5 ; Naval Station, Mound City, 111., 1866 ; commissioned as Sur- geon, July 29th, 1866; steam-sloop Mohican, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-8; at present, attached to receiving-ship, Boston. SURGEON HENRY M. WELLS. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, July 30th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to sloop Portsmouth, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3; receiving-ship, Boston, 1864; iron-clad Onondaga, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865; steamer Shamokin, Brazil Squadron, 1866-8 ; commissioned as Surgeon, October 9th, 1866 ; Naval Hospital, New York, 1869. SURGEON EDWARD S. MATTHEWS. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from District of Columbia, July 30th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steamer Hatteras, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3; steam-sloop Lancaster, flag -ship Pacific Squadron, 1864; East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1865 j Pacific Squad- 208 SUEQEONS. ron, 1866; commissioned as Surgeon, July 25th, 1866; store-ship Fredonia, Callao, 1867; steam-sloop Saranao, North Pacific Squadron, 1868; naval ren- dezvous, Boston, 1869. SURGEON JOHN H. CLAEK. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from New Hampshire, Octoher 19th, ' 1861; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to West Gulf Block- ading Squadron, 1861^; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1865; steamer Mo- hongo, Pacific Squadron, 1865-7 ; commissioned as Surgeon, May 14th, 1867; receiving-ship, Portsmouth, N. H., 1868-9. SURGEON ADOLPH A. HOEHLING. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, August 14th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to mortar flotilla, 1861-3; steam-frigate Roanoke, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1865; steam-sloop Dacotah, Pacific Squadron, 1866-8 ; commissioned as Surgeon, Octoher 2d, 1867 ; Retiring Board, Philadelphia, 1868-9 ; receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1869. SURGEON BENJAMIN H. KIDDER. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 20th, 1861; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam gunboat Marblehead, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4 ; steam-frigate Colo- rado, flag-ship North Atlantic Squadron, 1865 ; steamer De Soto, special ser- vice, 1866, and North Atlantic Squadron, 1867; commissioned as Surgeon, March 2d, 1868 ; special duty, Boston, 1869. SURGEON NEWTON H. ADAMS. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, November 29th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to frigate Santee, 1862 ; store- ship Potomac, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; Naval Hospital, Nor- folk, 1864-5; steam-sloop Pensacola, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-8; commis- sioned as Surgeon, April 26th, 1868; steamer Mohongo, North Pacific Squadron, lobo— 9. PAYMASTERS. 209 SUEGEON WILLIAM K. VAN KEYPEN. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey, November 29th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to Naval Hospital, New York, 1862; frigate St. Lawrence, Bast Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; steamer Lenapee, Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, Euro- pean Squadron, 1868; steamer Frolic, European Squadron, 1868-9; special duty. New Orleans, 1869. SURGEON THOMAS C. WALTON. Born in England. Appointed from New York, October Sth, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to sloop Jamestown, East India Squadron, 1862-5; receiving-ship, Boston, 1866-7; steamer Suwanee, North Pacific Squadron, 1868 ; commissioned as Surgeon, October 22d, 1868 ; steamer Kesaca, Pacific Squadron, 1869. SUEGEON THBOEON WOOLVEETON. Born in Canada. Appointed from Pennsylvania, July 17th, 1862 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to steam -frigate Wabash, South Atlantic Blockading Sqiiadron, 1863 ; Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 1864 ; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1866 ; steamer Monocacy, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9 ; commissioned as Surgeon, No- vember 23d, 1868. SUEGEON THOMAS HILAND. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from New Hampshire, November 22d, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Surgeon ; attached to steam gunboat Sonoma, West India Squadron,, 1862-3 ; West Gulf Blockading Squadroq, 1864-5; steam-sloop Canandaigua, European Squadron, 1866-8 ; steamer Swa- tara, European Squadron, 1868-9 ; commissioned as Surgeon, November 24th, 1868 ; at present, on duty at Quarantine Hospital, Portsmouth, N. H. PAYMASTEE EDWAED T. DUNN. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from District of Columbia, Febru- ary 21st, 1831 ; attached to sloop John Adams, Mediterranean Squadron, 1833-4 ; schooner Boxer, Pacific Squadron, 1835; sloop Vincennes, Pacific Squadron, 1836 ; frigate Macedonian, West India Squadron, 1837-40 ; receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1845; frigate Columbus, East India Squadron, 1846, and in the Pacific Squadron during the Mexican war ; Navy Yard, New York, 1850-1 ; 14 210 PATMASTEES. frigate Columbia, Home Squadron, 1852-5; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1857-60; sloop St. Marys, Pacific Squadron, 1861-3 ; Fleet Paymaster, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; Paymaster at Baltimore, 1866-9. PAYMASTER JOHN B. RITTENHOUSE. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from Alabama, July 21st, 1840; attached to brig Oregon, survey of Tampa Bay, etc., 1840-3 ; sloop Levant, Pacific Squadron, 1844-7; Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1848-50; sloop Albany, Home Squadron, 1851-2 ; steam-frigate San Jacinto, Mediterranean Squadron, 1852-3 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1854-6 ; steam-frigate, Susquehanna, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1856-8 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1859-60 ; special duty, 1861 ; Inspector, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1862-4 ; Fleet Paymaster, Pacific Squad- ron, 1864-6; Inspector of Provisions, Boston, 1867—9. PAYMASTER HORACE M. HEISKEL. BoKN in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 13tli, 1841 ; attached to brig Somers, special service, 1842^ ; sloop Falmouth, Home Squadron, 1844-6 ; sloop Jamestown, Coast of Africa, 1847-50 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1851-4; frigate Potomac, Home Squadron, 1854-6; sloop G-ermantown, East India Squadron, 1857-60 ; frigate Constitution, school- ship, Naval Academy, 1861 ; Naval Academy, 1862-4 ; Fleet Paymaster, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; Inspector of Provisions, Phila- delphia, 1867-8 ; Paymaster at Philadelphia, 1868-9. PAYMASTER GEORGE F. CUTTER. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, June 5th, 1844 ; attached to brig Truxton, Coast of Africa, 1844-5 ; sloop Albany, Home Squad- ron, 1846-50 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1850-4 ; steamer Massachusetts, Pacific Squadron, 1854-7; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1858-60 ; steam-sloop Richmond, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-2; North Atlantic Block- ading Squadron, 1863 ; Inspector, Navy Yard, Boston, 1865-7 ; Fleet Pay- master, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9. PAYMASTER JAMES H. WATMOUGH. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, December 12th, 1844 ; attached to sloop Portsmouth, Pacific Squadron, 1844-8 ; brig Perry, Coast of PATMASTEES. 211 Africa, 1849-51 ; frigate Constitution, Coast of Africa, 1852-5 ; steamer Michi- gan, on the lakes, 1857-9 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1861-3 ; eteam-fri^te Niagara, special service, 1863-4 ; Fleet Paymaster, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1866-8 ; Inspector, etc.. Navy Yard, New York, 1869. PAYMASTER JOHN 0. BRADFORD. Born in Delaware. Appointed from Pennsylvania, March 14th, 1845 j at- tached to sloop Saratoga, 1845-6 ; sloop Germantown, Home Squadron, 1846-8; sloop Portsmouth, Coast of Africa, 1849-51; Navy Yard, Boston, 1854-5 ; steam-frigate San Jacinto, East India Squadron, 1855-8 ; receiving-ship, Bos- ton , 1860-1 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1862 ; West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; Fleet Paymaster, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; Inspector of Provisions, etc.. New York, 1865-7 ; Fleet Paymaster, European Squadron, 1867-9 ; Paymaster at New York, 1869. PAYMASTER J. GEORGE HARRIS. Born in Connecticut. Appointed from Tennessee, August 19th, 1845 ; Navy Yard, Memphis, 1845-6; attached to sloop Decatur, Coast of Africa, 1846-9; sloop Saratoga, East India Squadron, 1851-4; Navy Yard, New York, 1855-7; steam-frigate Wabash, flag-ship Mediterranean Squadron, 1858-9; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1861 ; frigate Sabine, Atlantic Coast, 1861-3 ; special duty. New York, 1865 ; Fleet Paymaster, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1865-8 ; Inspector of Provisions, Boston, 1869. PAYMASTER EDWARD C. DORAN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Indiana, September 15th, 1845 ; attached to brig Dolphin, Coast of Africa, 1845-6 ; sloop Marion, Mediterranean Squadron, 1846-8 ; sloop John Adams, Coast of Africa, 1849-50 ; sloop Ply- mouth, East India Squadron, 1852-5 ; receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1856 ; steam- frigate Roanoke, flag-ship Home Squadron, 1858-9 ; special duty, 1861 ; Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal., 1864-7 ; Paymaster at San Francisco, 1868 ; Fleet Paymaster, North Pacific Squadron, 1869. PAYMASTER JOSEPH C. BLDREDGE. Born in New York. Appointed from Texas, February 2d, 1847 ; attached to brig Perry, Coast of Brazil, 1847-9 ; brig Porpoise, Coast of Africa, 1850-2 ; steam-frigate Powhatan, East India Squadron, 1853-6 ; Inspector, etc., New 212 PAYMASTERS. York, 1858-61; steam-sloop Lancaster, flag-ship Pacific Squadron, 1862^; special duty, New York, 1865 ; Paymaster at New York, 1866-9. PAYMASTER JOHN S. GULICK. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey, February 1st, 1851 ; attached to sloop Jamestown, Brazil Squadron, 1851-4 ; special duty, Washing- ton, 1855 ; steam-sloop Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1857-9 ; steam- frigate Wabash, flag-ship South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; Navy Yard, Washing- ton, 1863; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1864; Fleet Paymaster, Mississippi Squadron, 1864-5; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1865 ; Naval Academy, 1867-8 ; Fleet Paymaster, European Squadron, 1869. PAYMASTER W. BRENTON BOGaS. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New York, November 30th, 1852 ; attached to sloop Vincennes, North Pacific Expedition, 1852-6 ; special duty, Washington, 1857 ; ordnance-ship Plymouth, 1858-9; steam-sloop Wyoming, 1861; special duty, Washington, 1862; special duty, Mississippi Squadron, 18^3-4; Navy .Yard, Washington, 1866-9. PAYMASTER WILLIAM G. MARCY. Born in New York. Appointed from California, April 1st, 1853 ; attached to steamer Fulton, Home Squadron, 1853-6 ; sloop Cumberland, flag-ship African Squadron, 1857-9 ; receiving-ship. New York, 1860^ ; iron-clad Dic- tator. North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864—5 ; steam-sloop Madawaska, 1867; Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, 1867-9. PAYMASTER THOMAS H. LOOKER. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, August 31st, 1853 ; attached to brig Bainbridge, Brazil Squadron, 1853-6 ; sloop Portsmouth, East India Squadron, 1856-8; steam-sloop Brooklyn, Home Squadron, 1858-60; steam-sloop Brooklyn, Atlantic Squadron, 1861 ; store-ship Brandywine, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1864; steam-sloop Powhatan, South Pacific Squadron, 1866; Fleet Paymaster, South Pacific Squadron, 1867-8 ; Paymaster at Baltimore, 1869. PAYMASTERS. 213 PAYMASTER CALEB J. EMERY. BoKN ia Maine. Appointed from New Hampshire, April IStli, 1855; attached to store-ship Relief, Brazil Squadron, 1855-6 ; sloop Levant, East India Squadron, 1857-8 ; sloop Saratoga, Home Squadron, 1859-60 ; steam- sloop Narragansett, 1861-2 j store-ship Brandywine, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1864-5 ; Fleet Paymaster, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-8 ; Storekeeper, Asiatic Squadron, 1869, PAYMASTER CHARLES W. ABBOT. Born in Rhode Island. Appointed from Rhode Island, September 2d, 1856 ; attached to sloop Falmouth, Brazil Squadron, 1856-8 ; frigate St. Lawrence, Brazil Squadron, 1859 ; steam-sloop Pawnee, Atlantic Coast, 1861 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; special duty, New York, 1864 ; Naval Academy, 1865-7 ; Fleet Paymaster, North Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8 ; Paymaster at Boston, 1869. PAYMASTER JOHN S. CUNNINGHAM. Born in South Carolina. Appointed from South Carolina, March 13th, 1857 ; attached to sloop Dale, Coast of Africa, 1857-9 ; sloop Macedonian, Home Squadron, 1860-1 ; steam-frigate Wabash, flag-ship South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; Inspector, etc., Navy Yard, Washington, 1864-5 ; steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1866-7 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1868-9. PAYMASTER CALVIN C. JACKSON. Born in New York. Appointed. from Michigan, July 17th, 1857 ; attached to sloop Vandalia, Pacific Squadron, 1857-8 ; steamer Memphis, Brazil Squad- ron, and Paraguay Expedition, 1858-9 ; steam-sloop Dacotah, East India Squad- ron, 1859-61 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1862-3 ; special duty, Missis- sippi Squadron, 1864-5: Paymaster at Washington, 1866-8; Naval Academy, 1869. PAYMASTER ROBERT H. CLARK. Born in Delaware. Appointed from Delaware, July 18th, 1857 ; attached to steamer Fulton, Home Squadron, 1858-9 ; steam-sloop Iroquois, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-2; Naval Station, Pensaoola, Florida, 1863-5; Paymaster, Boston, 1866-8 ; Fleet Paymaster, South Pacific Squadron, 1869. 214 PAYMASTERS. PAYMASTEK JAMES D. MUKRAT. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Minnesota, June 3d, 1858 ; attached to sloop Cyane, Pacific Squadron, 1858-9 ; frigate Potomac, Atlantic Coast, 1861 ; store-ship Potomac, West Gulf Squadron, 1862 ; iron-clad Roanoke, North At- lantic Blockading Squadron, 1863^ ; receiving-ship and Naval Asylum, Phila- delphia, 1865-7 ; Fleet Paymaster, North Atlantic Squadron, 1868-9. PAYMASTER JAMES FULTON. Born in Tennessee. Appointed from Tennessee, November 20th, 1858 ; at- tached to steamer Saginaw, Pacific Squadron, 1860-1 ; steam-sloop Adirondack, Blockading Squadron, 1862; steam-sloop Lackavranna, West G-ulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1865-6 ; member Board of Ex- aminers, 1867 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, special cruise, 1867-8 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1868-9. PAYMASTER JAMES N. CARPENTER. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Kentucky, September 13th, 1860 ; at- tached to sloop Saratoga, coast of Africa, 1860-2 ; Potomac flotilla, 1863-5 ; steamer Rhode Island, North Atlantic Squadron, 1865-6; Fleet Paymaster, North Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1868-9. PAYMASTER ALEXANDER W. RUSSELL. Born in Maryland. Appointed from District of Columbia, February 28th, 1861; attached to iron-clad steamer New Ironsides, special service, 1862, and South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1803-4; receiving-ship North Carolina, New York, 1865 ; steam-sloop Sacramento, special service, and North Pacific Squadron, 1867 ; Inspector of Provisions, &c., Washington, 1808-9. PAYMASTER GEORGE LEONARD DAVIS. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Wisconsin, April 16th, 1861 ; attached to steam-sloop Pensacola,"West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-4 ; receiving-ship, Cairo, Illinois, 1865; steam-sloop Pensacola, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-7 ; Fleet Paymaster, North Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. PAYMASTERS. 215 PAYMASTER AUGUSTUS J. GILMAN. BoEN in New Hampshire. Appointed from Maine, June 1st, 1861 ; attached to sloop Marion, Atlantic Coast, 1861 j frigate '■Santee, 1862 ; special duty, Cairo, 111., 1863-5 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1866-7 ; la- speotor of Provisions, eto., Washington, 1867-8 j Fleet Paymaster, Asiatic Squadron, 1869. PAYMASTER WASHINGTON IRVING. * Born in Maryland. Appointed from New York, June 1st, 1861 ; attaohed.to steam-sloop Susquehanna, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; frigate' St. Lawrence, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; store-ship Brandywine, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; Inspector, Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1864-5 ; steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship Asiatic Squadron, 1866-8. PAYMASTER RUPUS C. SPAULDING. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, June 1st, 1861 ; attached to sloop Vincennes, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; Mississippi Squadron, 1863-4; Inspector, etc.. Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1865; Naval Station, Mound City, 111., 1866; school-ship Sabine, 1867-8; in charge of stores, Panama, 1869. PAYMASTER CUTHBERT P. WALLACH. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from District of Columbia, June 1st, 1861 ; attached to sloop Preble, Atlantic Coast, 1861-2 ; steam-sloop Mis- sissippi, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; steam-sloop, Powhatan, flag- ship West India Squadron, 1864 ; Naval Station, Mound City, Illinois, 1867-8 ; receiving-ship, Portsmouth, N. H., 1869. PAYMASTER CHARLES H. ELDRIDGE. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from New York, July 10th, 1861; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steam-sloop Canandai- gua. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4; promoted to Paymaster, February 6th, 1862 ; special duty. Navy Yard, New York, 1866; Navy Yard and Station, Pensacola, Fla., 1867-8; Storekeeper, Asiatic Squadron, 1869. 216 PAYMASTERS. PAYMASTER GILBERT E. THORNTON. Born in New York. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 6tli, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; store-ship Brandywine, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, 1864-5; Inspector of Provisions, etc., Norfolk, 1866-7; Storekeeper, Naval Academy, 1868-9; Fleet Paymaster, South Atlantic Squadron, 1869. PAYMASTER EDWARD FOSTER. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, October 23d, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster ; attached to store-ship Supply, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; promoted to Paymaster, February 6th, 18G2 ; steam-sloop Ossipee, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; steam- sloop Lancaster, flag-ship Pacific Squadron, 1866-7 ; receiving-ship, New York, 1S68-9. PAYMASTER EDWARD MAY. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, September 6th, 1861; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; attached to steam gunboat Unadilla, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862; promoted to Paymaster, February 6th, 1862 ; Mississippi Squadron, 1863-4 ; special duty, Washington, 1865-6 ; steam-sloop Lackawanna, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-9 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1869. PAYMASTER HENRY M. DENNISTON. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 9th, 1861 ; en- tered the service as Assistant P.iymastcr ; attached to steam gunboat Winona, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; promoted to Paymaster, April 14th, 1862 ; steamer Blaokstone, 1863 ; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; store-ship Onward, Brazil Squadron, 1866 ; in charge of stores in Rio Janeiro, 1867-8; steamer Blichigan, on the lakes, 1869. PAYMASTER RICHARD WASHINGTON. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from Virginia, August 21st, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steam-sloop Daeotah, West India Squadron, 1862, and North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; promoted to Paymaster, April 14th, 1862; Naval Station, Norfolk, 18G5-7 ; re- ceiving-ship, Norfolk, 1868-D ; steam-sloop Guerrlere, South Atlantic Squadron, 1869. PAYMASTERS. 217 PAYMASTER CHARLES W. HASSLER. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from Virginia, August 29th, 1861 ; entered tlie service as Assistant Paymaster; attached to steam-sloop Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-4 ; promoted to Paymaster, April 14th, 1862; receiving-ship Vermont, New York, 1865-7 ; Inspector of Provisions, New York, 1869. PAYMASTER THOMAS C. MASTEN. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, October 11th, 1861 ; en- tered the service as Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steam-sloop San Jacinto, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; promoted to Paymaster, April 14th, 1862; steam-sloop Juniata, Atlantic Coast, 1863; practice-ship Macedonian, 1865-6 ; Inspector of Provisions, Norfolk, 1869. PAYMASTER PRANK COSBY. Born in Kentucky. Appointed from Kentucky, August 24th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster ; attached to Potomac flotilla, 1862-3 ; pro- moted to Paymaster, April 14th, 1862; store-ship Vermont, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1865-7 ; in charge of coal, Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, 1868-9 ; receiving-ship Independence, San Prancisco, 1869. PAYMASTER EDWIN STEWART. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 8th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; attached to steam gunboat Pembina, South Atlantic Squadron, 1862 ; promoted to Paymaster, April 14th, 1862 ; steam-sloop Richmond, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1866-8 ; Paymaster at Washington, 1869. PAYMASTER JOSEPH A. SMITH. Born in Maine. Appointed from Maine, October 8th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster ; steam-sloop Kearsarge, special service, 1862-4 ; promoted to Paymaster, August 23d, 1862; receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1866; Fleet Paymaster, Gulf Squadron, 1867 ; receiving-ship, Boston, 1868-9. 218 PATMASTEES. PAYMASTER AMBROSE J. CLARK. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 12th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster j attached to steam-sloop Tuscarora, special service, 1862-3; promoted to Paymaster, August 19th, 1863; steam- sloop Tuscarora, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864; steam-sloop Sus- quehanna, Brazil Squadron, 1865-6; special service, 1867; receiving-ship, New York, 1868 ; special duty, 1869. PAYMASTER GEORGE COCHRAN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 27th, 1861; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; attached to steam-sloop Wyoming, East India Squadron, 1862— 4; promoted to Paymaster, June 12th, 1868 ; steam-frigate Wabash, 1865 ; steamer De Soto, special service, 1866 ; North Atlantic Squadron, 1867 ; receiving-ship and Naval Asylum, Philadel- phia, 1868-9. PAYMASTER CASPER SCHENCK. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 14th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; attached to sloop Portsmouth, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-4; promoted to Paymaster, January 6th, 1864; steam-sloop Juniata, South Atlantic Squadron, 1865 ; receiving-ship, Mare Island, Cal., 1867-9. PAYMASTER THOMAS T. CASWELL. Born in Rhode Island. Appointed from Rhode Island, September 9th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steam gunboat Huron, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; iron-clad steamer, Sanga- mon, 1863; steam-sloop Seminole, West Gulf Squadron, 1863-4 ; promoted to Paymaster, September 17th, 1863; store-ship Guard, European Squadron, 1866-7; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1868-9. PAYMASTER WILLIAM W. WILLIAMS. _ Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, August 29th, 1861 ; entered the ser- vice as Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Louisiana, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4; promoted to Paymaster, March 2d, 1864 ; steam- sloop Wachusett, Brazil Squadron, 1864; Mound City, Illinois, 1865; store- ship Fredonia, at Callao, 1867-8; special duty, South Pacific Squadron, 1869. PAYMASTERS. 219 PAYMASTER JAMES HOT, Jk. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New York, October 11th, 1861 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; attached to steam-sloop Mohican, special service, 1863-4 ; promoted to Paymaster, October 18th, 1864 ; special service. New York, 1865; steam-sloop Monongahela, West India Squadron, 1866, and North Atlantic Squadron, 1867-8 ; school-ship Constitution, 1869 ; at present, Naval Storekeeper, Naval Academy. PAYMASTER ARTHUR J. PRITCHARD. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, October 11th, 1861; enter- ed the service as Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steam gunboat Itasca, West Gulf Squadron, 1861-3 ; steam gunboat Wyalusing, North Atlantic Squadron, 1863-5 ; promoted to Paymaster, November 9th, 1864 ; steam-sloop Ticonde- roga, European Squadron, 1865-8. PAYMASTER ALBERT J. KENNY. Born in Iowa. Appointed from Vermont, March 19th, 1862 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer South Carolina, South At- lantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4 ; steamer Santiago de Cuba, North Atlan- tic Squadron, 1865 ; promoted to Paymaster, March 9th, 1865 ; in charge of stores at Loando, 1866; Paymaster at San Francisco, California, 1868-9. PAYMASTER FORBES PARKER. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio, October 19th, 1861 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Dawn, South At- lantic Squadron, 1861 ; appointed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, March 19, 1862; steam-sloop Monongahela, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3, and West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863^; promoted to Paymaster, August 25th, 1865 ; steamer Winooski, North Atlantic Squadron, 1865-6 ; receiving ship, Baltimore, 1867; in charge of stores, Rio Janeiro, 1868-9. PAYMASTER ALEXANDER MoC. BISHOP. Born in New_ Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey, March 19th, 1862; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Wyandotte, Potomac flotilla, 1862 ; steamer Mendota, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; promoted to Paymaster, November 22d, 1865 ; in charge of stores, Bay Point, S. C, 1866; store-ship Cyane, at Panama, 1868. 220 PATMASTEES. PAYMASTEE GEOKGE A. LYON. BoEN in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, June lltli, 1862 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster ; Mississippi flotilla, 1862-3 ; steam- sloop Pontoosuc, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; receiving-ship Potomac, Gulf Squadron, 1865-6; promoted td Paymaster, January 23d, 1866 ; store-ship Idaho, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9. PAYMASTER GEORGE W. BBAMAN. BoBN in Vermont. Appointed from Missouri, March 5th, 1862 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steam gunboat Seneca, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; steamer Union, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; special duty. Mound City, Illinois, 1864 ; steamer Algonquin, 1865-6; promoted to Paymaster, March 28th, 1866; practice-ship Marion, 1867 ; store-ship Oyane, Panama, 1868-9. PAYMASTER HORATIO L. "WAIT. Born in New York. Appointed from Illinois, July 14th, 1862; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; attached to steam gunboat Pembina, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862, and West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; steamer Philadelphia, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; store-ship Ino, European Squadron, 1865-6; promoted to Paymaster, April 1st, 1866; receiving-ship, Norfolk, Va., 1867; Navy Yard, Pensacola, Fla., 1868-9. PAYMASTER ARTHUR BUETIS. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, July 14th, 1862; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; attached to steam gunboat Sangamon, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; steamer Connecticut, special service, 1863, and North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864; steamer Muscoota, Gulf Squadron, 1864-5 ; promoted to Paymaster, May 4th, 1866 ; League Island, Pa., 1867-9. J > J > > o , PAYMASTER EDWIN PUTNAM. Born in Maine. Appointed from Maine, September 20th, 1862; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; attached to iron-clad steamer Nahant, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; sloop Portsmouth, West Gulf Block- ading Squadron, 1864-5; steamer Mackinaw, North Atlantic Squadron, 1866 ; promoted to Paymaster, May 4th, 1866 ; in charge of stores at Loando, 1867-8 ; Paymaster at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1869. PATMASTERS. 221 PAYMASTER GEORGE R. MARTIN. EoRN in New York. Appointed from New York, June 30, 1862 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Albatross, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; steamer Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; appointed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, June 80, 1864; steamer Blohican, North Pacific Squadron, 1866; promoted to Pay- master, May 4th, 1866 ; steamer Mohican, North Pacific Squadron, 1868; steamer Juniata, 1869. PAYMASTER WILLIAM N. WATMOUGH. BoEN in Maryland. Appointed from Pennsylvania, November 2d, 1862 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster; steamer Harriet Lane, West Gulf, 1862 ; appointed Assistant Paymaster, U. S Navy, June 30th, 1864; steam-sloop Kearsarge, European Squadron, 1865 ; promoted to Pay- master, May 4th, 186G ; store-ship Onward, Asiatic Squadron, 1868. PAYMASTER WORTHINGTON GOLDSBOROUGH. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, September 30th, 1862 ; en- tered 1?he service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to'SteamerSouthfield, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; store-ship St. Lawrence, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; appointed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 2d, 1864 ; steamer Shamrock, European Squadron, 1866-7 ; com- missioned as Paymaster, May 4th, 1866 ; frigate Constitution, school-ship, 1869. PAYMASTER HORACE P. TUTTLE. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, February 17th, 1863 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to school- ship Macedonian, ] 863-4 ; appointed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 2d, 1864; iron-clad Catskill, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, 1865-6; commissioned as Paymaster, May 4th, 1866; store-ship Onward, South Atlantic Squadron, 1867; store-ship Guard, European Squadron, 1868-9. PAYMASTER FRANK H. HINMAN. Born in New York. Appointed from Ohio, March 7th, 1863 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steam gunboat Penobscot, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; appointed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 2d, 1864; commissioned as Paymaster, May 4th, 1866; special duty, New Orleans, 1867-8 ; iron-clad Dictator, North Atlantic Squadron, 1869. 222 PATMAST£ES. PAYMASTER CHARLES F. GUILD. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, October 8tli, 1864; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; special duty on the staff of Rear Admiral Porter, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864—5 ; steam-sloop Canandai- gua, European Squadron, 1865-8; commissioned as Paymaster, May 4th, 1866; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1869. PAYMASTER JAMES E. TOLFREE. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 13th, 1862 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Van- derbilt, special service, 1862-5 ; appointed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, March 3d, 1865; commissioned as Paymaster, U. S. Navy, May 4th, 1866; steam-sloop Richmond, European Squadron, 1869. PAYMASTER LUTHER G. BILLINGS. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, October 24th, 1862 ; en- tered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster; attached to steamer Water Witch, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4; steamer Connecticut, special cruise, 1864r-5 ; appointed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, March 3d, 1865 ; steamer Wateree, South Pacific Squadron, 1866-8 ; commissioned as Pay- master, U. S. Navy, May 4th, 1866; receiving-ship, Norfolk, 1869. PAYMASTER JAMES F. HAMILTON. _ Born in_ Maine. Appointed from Maine, May 19th, 1863 ; entered the ser- vice as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to receiving-ship Clara Dolsen, Mississippi Squadron, 1863-4; Naval Station, Mound City, Illinois, 1865 ; ap- pointed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, March 3d, 1865 ; steam-sloop Daco- tah. South Pacific Squadron, 1865-8; commissioned as Paymaster, U. S. Navy, June 29th, 1866 ; store-ship Onward, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. PAYMASTER CHARLES P. THOMPSON. Born in Virginia. Appointed from New York, January 19th, 1865 ; entered the service as Assistant Paymaster; special duty, Navy Department, 1865-8; commissioned as Paymaster, August 1st, 1866; attached to steam-sloop Ply- mouth, European Squadron, 1869. PAYMASTERS. " 223 PAYMASTER FRANCIS H. SWAN. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, December 9th, 1861 J entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster; attached to steamer Potomska, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; prisoner of war, 1864-5; appointed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, March 9th, 1865; steamer Frolic, European Squadron, 1865-7 ; promoted to Passed Assistant Paymaster, May 4th, 1866; commissioned as Paymaster, March 5th, 1867; steam-sloop Saranao, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-8 ; practice-ship Macedonian, 1869. PAYMASTER SAMUEL T. BROWNE. Born in Rhode Island. Appointed from Rhode Island, September 30th, 1862 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to iron- clad steamer Montauk, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; iron- clad Onondago, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; appointed As- sistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, March 9th, 1865 ; steamer Mackinaw, North Atlantic Squadron, 1865-6 ; promoted to Passed Assistant Paymaster, May 4th, 1866; steamer Ashuelot, Asiatic Squadron, 1866-9; commissioned as Pay- master, March 22d, 1867. PAYMASTER ROBERT P. LISLE. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, November 2d, 1863 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; special duty, Bureau of Pro- visions and Clothing, 1863-4 ; appointed Assistant Paymaster, July 2d, 1864 ; iron-clad Canonicus, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864^5 ; steam-sloop Swatara, West India Squadron, 1865-6 ; promoted to Passed Assistant Pay- master, May 4th, 1866 ; steam-sloop Resaca, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-9 ; commissioned as Paymaster, December 11th, 1867. PAYMASTER ROBERT W. ALLEN. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, January 20th, 1864 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Ma- haska, East G-ulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; store-ship New Hampshire, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; receiving-ship New Hampshire, Norfolk, Va., 1866; appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 23d, 1866; steam-sloop Besaca, European Squadron, 1867-9; commissioned as Paymaster, February 1st, 1868. PAYMASTER HENRY M. MEADE. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, January 31st, 1862 ; en- tered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to receiving-ship, 224 FAYMASTEES. New York, 1862-4; steamer Mattabessett, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; special duty, Navy Department, 1865-6 j appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 23d, 1866 ; steam-sloop Juniata, South Atlantic Squadron, 1867 ; steam-sloop Kearsarge, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9 ; com- missioned as Paymaster, April 9th, 1868. PAYMASTEE FRANK CLAEKE. Born in P»,hode Island. Appointed from Ehode Island, December 4th, 1862 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Curri- tuck, Potomac flotilla, 1862-5; barque L. G. Kuhn, Gulf Squadron, 1865-6; appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, July 23d, 1866 ; steamer Paul Jones, Grulf Squadron, 1867 ; commissioned as Paymaster, June 5th, 1868 ; steamer De Soto, North Atlantic Squadron, 1868 ; receiving-ship, Baltimore, 1869. PAYMASTER ALBERT D. BACHE. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, November 19th, 1862 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Hendrick Hudson, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-4 ; steam gunboat Tacony, Atlantic Squadron, 1865-6 ; appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, United States Navy, July 23d, 1866-7 ; steam-sloop Iroquois, Asiatic Squad- ron, 1866-9 ; commissioned as Paymaster, June 11th, 1868. PAYMASTER DOMINIOK B. BATIONE. Born in Spain. Appointed from Nevada, March 15th, 1865 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; Potomac flotilla, 1865 ; appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, United States Navy, July 23d, 1866 ; steamer Cone- inaugh, Atlantic Squadron, 1866-7; store-ship Purveyor, 1868-9; commis- sioned as Paymaster, August 26th, 1868. PAYMASTER WILLIAM F. A. TORBERT. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, May 11th, 1864 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to iron-clad Lehigh, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; special duty, Pensacola, 1866; appoint- ed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 2.3d, 1866 ; suppJy steamer IMassaohusetts, 1866-7; steam-sloop Wampanoag, 1867-8; commissioned as Paymaster, September 16th, 1868; special duty, Philadelphia, 1869 ; at present, attached to school-ship Savannah. PAYMASTERS. 225 PAYMASTEE LEONARD A. FEAILEY. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from District of Columbia, Au- gust 20th, 1864; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster; attached to steamer Quaker City, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; steamer Nyack, Pacific Squadron, 1865-7; appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 23d, 1866 ; special duty, Navy Yard, Washington, 1867-8 ; Naval Station, Mound City, Illinois, 1869; commissioned as Paymaster, 1869. PAYMASTEE JOHN H. STEVENSON. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 19th, 1862 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Satel- lite, Potomac flotilla, 1862-3 ; steam-sloop Pensaoola, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1868-4; steamer Massasoit, North Atlantic Squadron, 1864-5 ; ap- pointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 23d, 1866 ; North At- lantic Squadron, 1866 ; steam-sloop Pawnee, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-9 ; commissioned as Paymaster, 1869. PAYMASTEE THOMAS L. TULLOCK, Jr. Born in New York. Appointed from New Hampshire, May 11th, 1863 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Adela, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; steamer Paul Jones, Gulf Squadron, 1865-6; appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 23d, 1866; steam-sloop Oneida, Asiatic Squadron, 1867-9 ; commissioned as Paymaster, 1869. PAYMASTER GEORGE E. HENDEE. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, March 25th, 1864 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Don, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 23, 1866; steam-sloop Ossipee, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-9 ; commissioned as Paymaster, 1869. PAYMASTEE MILTON B. CUSHING. Born in Ohio. Appointed from New York, August 20th, 1864 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steam gunboat Seneca, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; steam gunboat Chicora, Gulf Squad- 15 226 PATMASTEES. ron, 1865-6; appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 23d, 1866; steamer Suwanee, North Pacific- Squadron, 1866-8; commissioned as Paymaster, 1869. PAYMASTER J. HENRY BULKLEY. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, November 4th, 1862 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to ship National Guard, Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-4 ; steamer Vicksburg, North Atlantic Squadron, 1864-5 ; appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 23d, 1866 ; steamer Monocacy, Asiatic Squadron, 1866-9 ; commissioned as Pay- master, 1869. PAYMASTER ROBERT B. RODNEY. Born in Delaware. Appointed from Pennsylvania, October 25th, 1862 ; en- tered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to sloop Dale, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ;, schooner James S. Chambers, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; steamer Conemaugh, Atlantic Squadron, 1865-6; appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 23d, 1866 ; school- ship Constitution, 1867; commissioned as Paymaster, 1869. PAYMASTER JAMES S. GIRAUD. Born in New York. Appointed from District of Columbia, December 12th, 1864; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster; attached to steamer Gettysburg, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; steamer Wasp, Brazil Squadron, 1865-7 ; Appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, United States Navy, July 2od, 1866; apprentice-ship, Saratoga, 1867-9 ; commissioned as Paymas- ter, 1869. PAYMASTER GEORGE L. MEADE. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 11th, 1862 ; entered the service as Acting Assistant Paymaster ; attached to steamer Sove- reign, Mississippi Squadron, 1862-3 ; steam gunboat, Itasca, West Gulf Block- ading Squadron, 1864; receiving-ship. New York, 1865; steamer South Caro- hna, Atlantic Squadron, 1866 ; appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, July 23d, 1866 ; steamer Memphis, Atlantic Squadron, 1866 ; Naval Storekeeper, Key West, Fla., 1867-9 ; commissioned as Paymaster, 1869. i CHIEF ENGINEERS. 227 CHIEF ENGINEER WILLIAM W. W. WOOD. Born in North Carolina. Appointed from New York, March 15th, 1845 ; entered the service with the rank of Chief Engineer j stationed at Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1845-7 ; special duty, Boston, 1849 ; steam-frigate Saranac, Home Squadron, 1850-,^; superintending construction of engines of steam-frigate Merrimack, Cold Spring, New York, 1854-7; special duty, Philadelphia, 1858-9; steam-sloop Lancaster, Pacific Squadron, 1859-61; special duty, Phil- adelphia, 1862; special duty, New Fork, 1863; special duty, Boston, 1864; special duty. New York, 1865 ; Naval Academy, 1866-7; Navy Yard, New York, 1868-9 ; at present, Inspector of Machinery afloat, New York. CHIEF ENGINEEE BENJAMIN F. ISHERWOOD. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, May 23d, 1844 ; entered the service as First-Assistant Engineer ; stationed at Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1844-5 ; attached to steamer General Taylor, Pensacola, 1846-7 ; special duty, 1848-50 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, October 81st, 1848 ; special duty. Navy Department, 1852-3 ; steam-frigate San Jacinto, East India Squadron, 1854r-8 ; special duty, 1859-60 ; appointed Engineer-in-Chief, 1861, which position he retained until 1869 ; at present, on duty at Navy Yard, Mare Island, California. CHIEF ENGINEER GEORGE SEWELL. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, March 18th, 1847; entered the service with the rank of First- Assistant Engineer; attached to steamer Vixen, Home Squadron, during the Mexican war ; special duty, Nor- folk, Va., 1849-52; commissioned as Chief Engineer, July 15th, 1852 ; steam- frigate Powhatan, East India Squadron, 1852-6; Inspector of Ocean Steamers, etc., 1857-8; special duty. Mare Island, California, 1859; steam-sloop Susque- hanna, Mediterranean Squadron, 1860 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, West Gulf Block- ading Squadron, 1862-3; special duty. New York, 1864-5; Fleet Engineer, North Atlantic Squadron, 1866-8 ; special duty, Newburg, New York, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER WILLIAM H. SHOCK. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, January 18th, 1845 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; steamer General Taylor, Home Squadron, during the Mexican war; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, July 10th, 1847 ; steamer Engineer, Home Squadron, 1848-9 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, October 1st, 1848 ; steam-frigate Susquehanna, East India Squadron, 1850-1; special duty, Boston, 1852 ; promoted to Chief Engi- neer, September 16th, 1862 ; steamer Princeton, Home Squadron, 1853-4 ; 22S CHIEF ENGINEEES. Steam-frigate Merrimack, 1856; steam-frigate Powhatan, East India Squadron, 1857-60; special duty, 1861; special duty, St. Louis, Mo., 1862-3; Fleet Engineer, West Gulf Bloekadiug Squadron, 1863-5; Navy Yard, Boston, 1866; Navy Yard, Washington, 18S7-8 ; Fleet Engineer European Squadron, 1868-9 ; at present, Inspector of Machinery afloat, Washington, D. C. CHIEF ENGINEER JAMES W. KING. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, September 2d, 1844 ; en- tered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer ; steamer General Taylor, Home Squadron, 1844-5 ; steamer Mississippi; Home Squadron, during the Mexican. war; promoted to Seco-nd- Assistant Engineer, July 10th, 1847; steamer Prince- ton, Mediterranean Squadron, 1847-9 ; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, Sept. 13th, 1849 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, November 12th, 1852 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1852-3; Inspector Ocean Steamers, New York, 1854 ; Superintendent construction of engines of steam-frigate Wabash, at Philadel- phia, 1855-6 ; steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1856-8 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1858-60 ; steam-frigate Wabash, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861; special duty, Pittsburg, Pa., 1862-3; special duty, St. Louis, Mo., 1864; special duty, 1865 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1866-7 ; special duty, New York, 1868-9 ; appointed Engineer-in-Chief, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER THEODORE ZELLER. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, June 15th, 1843; en- tered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; steamer Col. Harney, Home Squadron, 1843-7; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, July 10th, 1847 steamer Iris, Home Squadron, 1847-8 ; steamer Massachusetts, Pacific Squad- ron, 1849-53 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, February 26th, 1851 , steam-frigate Saranac, Mediterranean Squadron, 1853-6; promoted to Chief En- gineer, June 27th, 1857; steam-frigate Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1858-9; steamer Michigan, on the ^akes, 1860-1; special duty, 1861; special duty New York, 1862-3 ; Fleet Engineer, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; Fleet Engineer, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; Navv Yard. Philadelphia, 1866-9. > J > CHIEF ENGINEER ELBRIDGE LAWTON. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, March 23d, 1848; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; Home Squadron, 1848 ; special ?o'?' ^^1''™°'^®' 1849-50; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, September 13th, 1849 ; steam-frigate Saranac, Home Squadron, 1850-2 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, February 26th, 1851; steamer John Hancock, North Pacific Expedition, 1852-5; promoted to Chief Engineer, June 26th, 1856 ; steam- trigate Roanoke, Home Squadron, 1859-60; steam-sloop Mississippi, West Gulf CHIEF ENGINEERS. 229 Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; special duty, New York, 1863-4 ; Fleet Engineer, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1865; special duty, New York, 1866-7 ; special duty, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1868-9 j at present, on duty at Navy Yard, Boston. CHIEF ENGINEEK ROBEKT DANBY. Born in Delaware. Appointed from Massachusetts, March 23d, 1848 ; en- tered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer ; steamer Colonel Harney, Home Squadron, 1845-7 ; steamer General Taylor, Home Squadron, 1847-8 ; pro- moted to Second- Assistant Engineer, July 10th, 1847 ; steamer Mississippi, Mediterranean Squadron, 1849-51; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, February 1st, 1851; steam-frigate Mississippi, East India Squadron, 1852-5; special duty. New York, 1856-7 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, June 26th, 1856 ; steam-frigate Mississippi, flag-ship East India Squadron, 1858-60 ; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1861-2 ; special duty, Philadelphia, 1863 ; Fleet Engineer, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; special duty, New York, 1866-7 ; Inspector, Navy Yard, New York, 1868-9. CHIEF ENGINEER BENJAMIN F. GAEVIN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, March 29th, 1847 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer ; steamer Spitfire, Home Squad- ron, 1847-8; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, October 31st, 1848; steamer Water Witch, Home Squadron, 1849-50 ; Coast Survey, 1851 ; pro- moted to First-Assistant Engineer, February 26th, 1851 ; steam-frigate San Jacinto, Mediterranean Squadron, 1851-3 ; steamer Princeton, Home Squadron, 1854-5 ; special duty, Philadelphia, 1856 ; steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squad- ron, 1856-7 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, May 11th, 1858 ; steam-frigate Wabash, Mediterranean Squadron, 1858-9 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1861-2 ; special duty. New York, 1863 ; Fleet Engineer, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864 ; steam-frigate Colorado, flag-ship European Squadron, 1865-7; President Board of Examiners, 1868-9; at present. Inspector of Machinery afloat, Philadelphia. CHIEF ENGINEER HENRY H. STEWART. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from Pennsylvania, March 23d, 1848 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; Home Squadron, 1848-9; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, September 13th, 1849 ; Coast Survey, 1849 ; steam-frigate Susquehanna, East India Squadron, 1850-5 ; promoted to First-Assistant , Engineer, February 26th, 1851 ; special duty, Philadelphia, 1856; Coast Survey, 1857-8 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, July 1st, 1858; steam-sloop Dacotah, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; special duty, Wil- mington, Delaware, 1862^; steamer Wyalusing, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; President of Board of Examiners, 1866-7 ; member of Board of Examiners, 1868-9 ; at present, on duty at Navy Yard, Norfolk, Ya. 230 CHIEF ENGINEERS. CHIEF ENGINEER HAEMAN NEWELL. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, September 22d, 1849 ; entered the service as Third-AssistantEngineer ; Coast Survey, 1849-50 ; office of Engineer-in-Chief, 1851 ; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, February 26tb, 1851 ; steamer Vixen, Home Squadron, 1851-2 ; steam-frigate Saranac, Home Squadron, 1853 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, May 21st, 1853 ; steamer Princeton, Home Squadron, 1854-5 ; special duty, 1856-7 ; steamer Fulton, Brazil Squadron and Paraguay Expedition, 1858-9 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, April 23d, 1859 ; steam-sloop Powhatan, Atlantic Blocka- ding Squadron, 1861; frigate New Ironsides, special service, 1862-3; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1864-5 ; Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, 1866-9 ; at pre- sent, Fleet Engineer, South Atlantic Squadron. CHIEF ENGINEER ANDREW LAWTON. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, June 24th, 1850 ; entered the service as Third-Assistant Engineer; Coast Survey, 1850 ; steamer Water Witch, Home Squadron, 1851; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, February 26th 1851 ; steam-frigate Saranac, Home Squadron, 1852-3 ; pro- moted to First-Assistant Engineer, May 21st, 1853 ; Coast Survey, 1854-5 ; steam-frigate San Jacinto, East India Squadron, 1855-8; special duty, Boston, 1859-60 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, April 23d, 1859 ; steam-sloop Hart- ford, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; special duty, Taunton, Mass., 1862 ; special duty, Boston, 1863-4 ; special duty, Wilmington, Del., 1865 ; steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship Asiatic Squadron, 1866-8 ; Navy Yard, Phila- delphia, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER EDMUND S. De LUCE. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 22d, 1849 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer ; office of Engineer-in-Chief, 1849-51 ; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, February 26th, 1851 ; steamer Vixen, Home Squadron, 1851-2; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, May 21st, 1853 ; Coast Survey, 1863-5 ; steam-frigate San Jacinto, East India Squadron, 1855-8 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, Home Squadron, 1858-60 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, October 12th, 1861 ; special duty, 1861 ; special duty, Boston, 1862-3 ; special duty, New York, 1864 ; Navy Yard, New York, 1865 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, flag-ship Brazil Squadron, 1865-7 ; special duty, New York, 1867-8. CHIEF ENGINEER EDWIN FITHIAN. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from Pennsylvania, October 31st, 1848 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer ; special duty, Boston, 1849-50; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, February 26th, 1851 ; steam-frigate CHIEF ENGINEERS. 231 Susquehanna, East India Squadron, 1851-5 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engi- neer, May 21st, 1853 ; special duty, Eichmond, 1856 ; steam-frigate Susque- hanna, Mediterranean Squadron, 1856-8; special duty, Philadelphia, 1859; steam-sloop Narragansett, Pacific Squadron, 1859-61 ; promoted to Chief Engi- neer, October 23d, 1859 ; special duty, New York, 1862-3 ; steam-frigate Roa- noke, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5 ; special duty, New York, 1866-8 ; Fleet Engineer, European Squadron, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER MONTGOMERY FLE^TCHER. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Pennsylvania, June 25th, 1850 ; enter- ed the service as Third-Assistant Engineer; Coast Survey, 1850-1; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, February 21st, 1857 ; special duty, Norfolk, 1852-3 ; steam-frigate Saranac, Mediterranean Squadron, 1854-6 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, June 21st, 1856; office of Engineer-in-Ohief, 1857 ; steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1857-8 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, October 25th, 1859; steam-frigate Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1861-5 ; special duty, New York, 1866; Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal., 1867-9. CHIEF ENGINEER THOMAS A SHOCK. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, February 6th, 1851; enter- ed the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; steam-frigate Susquehanna, East India Squadron, 1851-5 ; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, May 21st, 1853 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1856 ; promoted to First-Assistant En- gineer, June 21st, 1856; steam-frigate Roanoke, Home Squadron, 1858-60; promoted to Chief Engineer, December 6th, 1859 ; steam-sloop Mohican, At- lantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; member of Board of Examiners, 1862 ; special duty, Hartford, 1863-8 ; Fleet Engineer, North Atlantic Squadron, 1859. CHIEF ENGINEER CHARLES A. LORING. Born in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachusetts, February 26th, 1851; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; Coast Survey, 1851 ; special duty, Baltimore, 1852 ; steamer Princeton, Home Squadron, 1858-5 ; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, Blay 21st, 1853 ; steam-frigate Merri- mack, Pacific Squadron, 1855-9 ; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, May 9th, 1857 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, March 21st, 1861; steam-frigate Min- nesota, flag-ship North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-8; special duty, Cincinnati, 1863-4 ; special duty, St. Louis, 1865-6 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, special service, 1867; steam-frigate Minnesota, special service, 1868 ; Navy Yard, Washington, 1869. 232 CHIEF ENGINEERS. CHIEF ENGINEER ALEXANDER HENDERSON. BoKN in District of Columbia. Appointed from Virginia, February 26th, 1851 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer ; steam-frigate Susque- hanna, East India Squadron, 1852-5 ; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, May 21st, 1853 ; office of Engineer-in-chief, 1856; steam-frigate Susquehanna, Mediterranean Squadron, 1857-8 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, May 9th, 1857 ; steamer Southern Star, Brazil Squadron, and Paraguay Expedition, 1868; steam-sloop Iroquois, Mediterranean Squadron, 1859-60; promoted to Chief Engifaeer, Jane 28th, 1861 ; special service, 1861 ; steam-sloop Adiron- dack, Blockading Squadron, 1862; special duty, Newburg, N. Y., 1863; iron- clad Onondaga, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; special duty, Navy Yard, Washington, 1866 ; Navy Yard, Boston, 1867-8 ; special duty, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER STEPHEN D. HIBBERT. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia, February 26th, 1851 ; entered the service as Third-Assistant Engineer ; steam-frigato Susquehanna, East India Squadron, 1851-5 ; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, May 21st, 1853 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1856-7 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, May 9th, 1857 ; steam-frigate Merrimack, Pacific Squadron, 1857-9 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, June 29th, 1861; special duty, 1861; steam-sloop Pensa- cola, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; special duty, Bureau of Steam Engineering, 1863-7 ; Fleet Engineer, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-9. CHIEF ENGINEER FRANCIS C. DADE. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia, January 20th, 1849 ; entered the service as Third-Assistant Engineer; steamer Water Witch, Home Squad- ron, 1849-50; steam-frigate Saranac, Ilome Squadron, 1851-2; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, February 26th, 1851 ; Coast Survey, 1852-3 ; pro- moted to First-Assistant Engineer, May 21st, 1853 ; steam-frigate Saranao, Mediterranean Squadron, 1853-6 ; Coast Survey, 1857 ; special duty, connected with the Colorado, 1858 ; special duty, Boston, 1859 ; steam-sloop Hartford, East India Squadron, 1859-61 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, June 30th, 1861 ; steam-sloop Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-3 ; special duty, Philadelphia, 1864-5; steam-sloop Canandaigua, European Squadron, 1866-7; member Board of Examiners, 1866-8 ; Inspector of Machinery afloat, Nor- folk, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER DAVID B. MACOMB. Born in Florida. Appointed from Pennsylvania, January 11th, 1849; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; office of Eogineer-in-Chief, 1849-50; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, February 20th, 1851; CHIEF ENGINEERS. 233 special duty, New York, 1851 ; special duty, 1852 ; steamer John Hancock, Home Squadron, 1853-5; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, June 26th, 1856; steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1656-8; steam-frigate Sara- nac. Pacific Squadron, 1859-60; steam-frigate Niagara, Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, September 16th, 1861 ; special duty, Bos- ton, 1862; special duty, New York, 1863 ; iron-clad steamer Canonious, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; special duty, Baltimore, 1866 ; Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1867; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H,, 1868-9. CHIEF ENGINEER EDWARD D. ROBIE. Born in Vermont. Appointed from New York, February 16th, 1852; entered the service as Third-Assistant Engineer ; steam-frigate Mississippi, East India Squadron, 1852-5 ; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, June 27th, 1856 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1856 ; steam-frigate Susquehanna, Medi- terranean Squadron, 1857-8 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, July 21st, 1858 ; steam-sloop Lancaster, Pacific Squadron, 1859-61 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, September 21st, 1861; special duty. New York, 1862-4; iron-clad Dictator, special service, 1864-5 ; member Board of Examiners, 1866 ; steam- sloop Ossipee, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-7 ; Fleet Engineer, North Pacific Squadron, 1868 ; Inspector of Machinery afloat, Boston, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER THOMAS WILLIAMSON. Born in North Carolina. Appointed from Virginia, May 24th, 1853 ; enter- ed the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; steam-frigate Saranac, Mediter- ranean Squadron, 1853-6 ; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, June 22d, 1855; special duty, connected with steam-frigate Powhatan, 1857 ; steam-frigate Wabash, flag-ship Home Squadron, 1858-9 ; promoted to First- Assistant En- gineer, 1859; steam-sloops Lancaster, Pacific Squadron, 1859-61; promoted to Chief Engineer, September 21st, 1861 ; special duty. Mystic, Connecticut, 1862-8 ; steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; special duty. New York, 1865-7; Naval Academy, 1868-9. CHIEF ENGINEER WILLIAM S. STAMM. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Delaware, February 26th, 1851 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer ; Coast Survey, 1851-2 ; steam- frigate Powhatan, Bast India Squadron, 1852-6; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer May 21st, 1853 ; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, May 9th, 1857; special duty, 1857-8; steam-sloop Hartford, East India Squadron, 1859-61 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, September 22d, 1861 ; steam-sloop Canandaigua, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4; special duty, Newburg, New York, 1864-8 ; Fleet Engineer, North Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. 234 CHIEF ENGINEERS. CHIEF ENaiNEER WILLIAM J. LAMDEN. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, February 16th, 1861 ; en- tered the service as Third-Assistant Engineer ; Coast Survey, 1851 ; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, October 1st, 1852 ; steamer Water Witch, Survey of river La Plata, 1852-6 ; Coast Survey, 1857 ; steam-frigate Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1857-9 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, May 9th, 1857 ; steam- sloop Powhatan, Blockading Squadron, 1861; promoted to Chief Engineer, Oc- tober 1st, 1861; special duty, Baltimore, 1862-5; steam-sloop Daeotah, South Pacific Squadron, 1866-7 ; Fleet Engineer, South Pacific Squadron, 1868. CHIEF ENGINEER GEORGE R. JOHNSON. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia, February 16th, 1852; entered the service as Third-Assistant Engineer ; East India Squadron, 1852 ; steamer Princeton, Home Squadron, 1853-4 ; special duty, Norfolk, 1855-6 ; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, February 27th, 1855 ; steam-frigate Merrimack, special cruise, 1857; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, July 21st, 1858; steam-sloop Lancaster, Pacific Squadron, 1861—4 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, December 1st, 1861 ; special duty, Chester, Pa., 1865-7 ; Inspector, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1868-9 ; iron-clad Dictator, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER WILLIAM B. BROOKS. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia, February 16th, 1852 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; steamer Michigan, on the lakes 1852-4 ; steam-frigate Powhatan, East India Squadron, 1855 ; steam-frigate San Jacinto, East India Squadron, 1856-8 ; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer June 27th, 1855 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, Home Squadron, 1858-61 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, July 21st, 1858 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3; promoted to Chief Engineer, October 16th, 1861 ; special duty, New York, 1864-6 ; steam-frigate Sacramento, North Pacific Squadron, 1867-8 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER JAMES B. KIMBALL. Born in Illinois. Appointed from Illinois, September 8th, 1858; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; steamer Fulton, Home Squadron, 1853-6 ; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, June 26th, 1856 ; steam- frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1857; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1858; steam-frigate Wabash, 1859 ; promoted to First-Assistnnt Engineer, 1859 ; special duty, 1861; steam-sloop Hartford, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, October 17th, 1861 ; special duty, New York, 1864-5; steam-frigate Powhatan, Pacific Squadron, 1866-7; steamer Michigan, 1869. OHIEr ENGINEERS. 235 CHIEF ENGINEEK JOHN W. MOORE. BoKN in New York. Appointed from New York, May 21st, 1853 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer ; steam-frigate Saranac, Mediterranean Squadron, 1853-6; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, June 27th, 1855 ; steam-frigate Roanoke, Home Squadron, 1858-9 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, 1859; steam-sloop Richmond, West G-ulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-3 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, November 29th, 1861 ; special duty, Philadelphia, 1864; special duty. East Boston, 1865-7 ; Fleet Engineer, Euro- pean Squadron, 1868 ; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER CHARLES H. BAKER. BoKN in Massachusetts. Appointed from Massachiisetts, August 2d, 1855; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; steam frigate San Jacinto, East India Squadron, 1856-8 ; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, July 21st, 1858; steamer M. W. Chapin, Brazil Squadron, and Paraguay Expedition, 1859-60 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, 1859 ; steamer Mystic, 1861 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, October 29th, 1861; member Board of Examiners, 1863 ; special duty, Boston, 1864-7 ; Fleet Engineer, South Atlantic Squad- ron, 1868-9; steam-sloop Guerriere, South Atlantic Squadron, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER JOHN S. ALBERT. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, September 8th, 1855; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer ; Coast Survey, 1857-8 ; pro- moted to Second- Assistant Engineer, July 21st, 1858 ; steamer Westernport, Brazil Squadron and Paraguay Expedition, 1859-60; promoted to First- Assis- tant Engineer, 1859 ; steamer Mohawk, Home Squadron, 1860-1 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, October 29th, 1861 ; steam-sloop Housatonic, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-4 ; special duty, New York, 1865-8; Fleet Engineer, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9; steam-sloop Powhatan, Pacific Squadron, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER RICHARD M. BARTLEMAN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, December 24th, 1853 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer ; office of Engineer-iu- Chief, 1854; Coast Survey, 1855; steam-frigate Merrimack, Home Squadron, 1856-7 ; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, May 9th, 1857 ; steam- frigate Mississippi, East India Squadron, 1858-61 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, 1859 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, November 6th, 1861 ; steam- frigate Colorado, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; special duty, Portsmouth, 1865 j steam-sloop Shenandoah, East India Squadron, 1866-9. 236 CHIEF ENGINEERS. CHIEF ENGINEEE MORTIMER KELLOGG. BoEN in New York. Appointed from New York, February 16th, 1852 ; en- tered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; East India Squadron, 1852-3 ; steam-frigate Powhatan, East India Squadron, 1853-6 ; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, June 27th, 1855 ; special duty. New York, 1857 ; promoted , to First- Assistant Engineer, 1859 ; steam-sloop San Jacinto, Coast of Africa, ' 1860-1 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, November 8th, 1861 ; steam-sloop San Jacinto, East Gulf Squadron, 1862-3 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, 1864-5 ; special duty, New York, 1866 ; special duty, Bridgeport, Conn., 1867 ; steamer De Soto, North Atlantic Squadron, 1868. CHIEF ENGINEER GEORGE T. KUTZ. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, June 26th, 1856; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer ; special duty connected with Niagara, 1858; steamer Atlanta, Brazil Squadron, and Paraguay Expedition, 1859 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, 1859 ; steamer Saginaw, East India Squadron, 1860-1 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, November 10th, 1861 ; steam- sloop Pawnee, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; steam-sloop Mo- nongahela. North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863, and West Gulf Block- ading Squadron, 1864-5; steam-sloop Ticonderoga, European Squadron, 1866-9 ; Inspector of Machinery afloat. League Island, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER ANDREW J. KIERSTED. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Maryland, June 26th, 1856; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; special duty, Philadelphia, 1866-7; steam-frigate Merrimack, Pacific Squadron, 1858 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, East India Squadron, 1859 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, 1859 ; steam-sloop Mohican, Coast of Africa, 1860-1 ; steam-sloop Tuscarora; special service, 1861-3; promoted to Chief Engineer, November 12th, 1861; steam-sloop Tus- carora, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; special duty, Philadel- phia, 1866-7 ; steam-sloop Ossipee, Pacific Fleet, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER WILLIAM H. RUTHERFORD. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Virginia, September 22d, 1849 ; en- tered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; Coast Survey, 1351; promoted to Second-Assistant, February 16th, 1852 ; attached to steam-frigate Mississippi, East India Squadron, 1853-6; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, June 26th, 1856 ; special duty connected with Roanoke, 1857 ; steam-frigate Powha- tan, East India Squadron, 1858-68 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, December 1st, 1861; steam-sloop Pawnee, 1861; steam-sloop Juniata, 1802; steam-sloop CHIEF ENGINEERS. 237 Mississippi, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863; steam-sloop Waoliusett, Brazil Squadron, 1864-5; steam-sloop Monongahela, West India Squadron, 1866; steam-sloop Canandaigua, European Squadron, 1867-9 ; special duty^ Providence, Rhode Island. CHIEF ENGINEER WILLIAM W. DUNGAN. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, June 26th, 1856 ; entered the service as Third-Assistant Engineer ; attached to steam-frigate Powhatan, East India Squadron, 1858-60 ; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, 1860 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, 1S61 ; steam gunboat Ottawa, South Atlantic Blockad- ing Squadron, 1861-2 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, February 1st, 1861 ; steam-sloop Daootah, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4; special duty, Philadelphia, 1865; steam-sloop Pensacola, North Pacific Squadron, 1865-7 ; steam-sloop Ossipee, North Pacific Squadron, 1867 ; steam-sloop Lacka- wanna, North Pacific Squadron, 1868 ; special duty, Portsmouth, N. H., 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER JAMES W. THOMPSON, Jr. Born in Delaware. Appointed from New Jersey, June 26th, 1856 ; en- tered the service as Third-Assistant Engineer ; attached to steam-frigate Wa- bash, Home Squadron, 1857-60; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, 1860 ; steam-sloop Dacotah, 1861 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, February 2d, 1862 ; steam-sloop Shenandoah, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862-4; special duty, Philadelphia, 1865 ; member of Board of Examiners, 1866-9. CHIEF ENGINEER THOMAS J. JONES. Born in Iowa. Appointed from New York, June 26th, 1856 ; entered the service as Third-Assistant Engineer ; attached to steam-frigate Wabash, Home Squadron, 1857-8; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, July 21st, 1858; steamer Atlanta, Brazil Squadron and Paraguay Expedition, 1858-9 ; steamer Sumpter, Coast of Africa, 18S0-1 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, 1860 ; steam gunboat Penobscot, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; pro- moted to Chief Engineer, January 18th, 1863 ; steam-sloop Tioonderoga, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron^ 1863-4; special duty, New York, 1865-8. CHIEF ENGINEER WILLIAM H. HUNT. Born in New York. Appointed from New York, December, 24th, 1858 ; entered the service as Third-Assistant Engineer; special duty, 1853-4 ; attached 238 CHIEF ENGINEEES. to steam-frigate Saa Jacinto, special service, 1854-5; office of Engineer-in- CHef, 1856; Coast Survey, 1857; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, May 9tli, 1857 ; steam-frigate Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1857-60 ; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, August 2d, 1859 ; steam-sloop Mississippi, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, February 19th, 1863 ; steam-sloop Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; steamer Bienville, 1865; steam-sloop Dacotah, South Pacific Squadron, 1867-9. CHIEF ENGINEER JACKSON McELMELL. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, August 2d, 1855 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer, attached to steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1856-7 ; special duty connected with Niagara, 1858 ; steamer Memphis, Brazil Squadron, and Paraguay Expedition, 1858-9 ; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, March 25th, 1861 ; steam-sloop Powhatan, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1860-1 ; steam gunboat Octorara, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861-2; promoted to Chief Engineer, April 21st, 1863; steam-sloop Richmond, North Atlantic 'Blockading Squadron, 1862-3; steam- sloop Richmond, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; special duty, Phila- delphia, 1865-7 ; special duty. League Island, Pa., 1868 ; steam-sloop Plymouth, European Squadron, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER B. B. H. WHARTON. Born in Virginia. Appointed from Maryland, November 21st, 1857 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; attached to steamer Water Witch, Brazil Squadron and Paraguay Expedition, 1857-9 ; steam-sloop Sara- nac, Pacific Squadron, 1859-61; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, 1859 ; promoted to First- Assistant Engineer, October 16th, 1861; steam gunboat Mahaska, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862 ; iron-clad Patapsco, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; steam gunboat Chicopee, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, November 10th, 1863 ; steam-sloop Lancaster, flag-ship Pacific Squadron, 1865-7; inspector, Navy Yard, Boston, 1868-9. CHIEF ENGINEER JAMES W. WHITTAKER. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey, November 21st, 1857 ; entered the service as Third- Assistant Engineer; office of Engineer-in-Chief, 1857 ; steam-sloop Brooklyn, Home Squadron, 1858-61 ; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, October 16th, 1861 ; steam-sloop Kearsarge, special service, 1862 ; special duty, Cairo, Illinois, 1863 ; steamer Octorara, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1863-6 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, November 10th, 1863 ; mem- ber of Board of Examiners, 1867 ; Inspector, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1868 ; steam-sloop Tuscarora, South Pacific Squadron, 1868-9. CHIEF ENGINEERS. 239. CHIEF ENGINEER GEOEGE S. BRIGHT. Born Iq District of Columbia. Appointed from District of Columbia, May 20 th, 1857 ; steam-frigate Powhatan, East India Squadron, 1857-60 ; promoted to Second-Assistant Engineer, 1860 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, July 1st, 1861 ; iron-clad steamer New Ironsides, special service, 1862; iron-clad steamer Passaic, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863 ; promoted to Chief Engi- neer, November 10th, 1863 ; steam-sloop San Jacinto, East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; special duty, Philadelphia, 1866; steam-sloop Pawnee, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866-9. CHIEF ENGINEER PHILIP INCH. Born in District of Columbia. Appointed from District of Columbia, No- vember 21st, 1857; entered the service as Third-Assistant Engineer; steam- frigate Roanoke, Home Squadron, 1858-60 ; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, 1860 ; steam-sloop Wyoming, East India Squadron, 1861-4 ; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, July 1st, 1861 ; promoted to Chief Engineer, No- vember 10th, 1863 ; special duty, Providence, Rhode Island, 1865-8 ; steam- sloop Mohican, Pacific Fleet, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER JOHN JOHNSON. Born in Delaware. Appointed from Delaware, May 20th, 1857; steam- frigate Merrimack, Pacific Squadron, 1858-60 ; promoted to Second- Assistant Engineer, 1860; steam-sloop Pawnee, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861; promoted to First-Assistant Engineer, July 1st, 1861 ; steam gunboat Pinola, "Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1862-4; promoted to Chief Engineer, November 10th, 1863 ; steam-sloop Susquehanna, Brazil Squadron, 1864-6 ; steam-sloop Richmond, European Squadron, 1869. CHIEF ENGINEER JOHN H. LONG. Born in England. Appointed from New York, July 1st, 1861 ; entered the service as Acting First- Assistant Engineer; attached to steam-sloop Iroquois, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861-2 ; special duty, New York, 1862 ; steam-frigate Minnesota, flag-ship North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-4; appointed Chief Engineer, U. S. Navy, November 10th, 1863 ; special duty, New York, 1865-8 ; steam-sloop Seminole, North Atlantic Fleet, 1869. 240 MARINE COEPS. CHIEF ENGINEER JOHN Q. A. ZIEGLEE, Born ia Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania, February 24tli, 1862; entered tlie service as Acting First- Assistant Engineer; attached to steamer Florida, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1862; promoted to Acting Chief Engineer, February 4th, 1863; iron-clad Monadnock, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1865 ; attached to iron-clad Monadnock, on her passage from New York to San Francisco, 1866-7; commissioned as Chief Engineer, U. S. Navy, June 18th, 1868; League Island, Pa., 1868-9. OFFICERS OF THE MARINE CORPS. BRIGADIER-GENERAL JACOB ZEILIN, COMMANDANT. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania; commissioned as Second-Lieutenant, October 1st, 1831 ; Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachu- setts, 1882-3 ; sloop Erie, Brazil Squadron, 1833-8 ; commissioned as First- Lieutenant, September 12th, 1836 ; Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1839-40; frigate Columbia, Brazil Squadron, 1842-5; frigate Congress, Pa- cific Squadron, during the Mexican war ; commissioned as Captain, September 14th, 1847 ; brevetted Major for gallantry in action, 1847 ; Marine Barracks, Gosport, Va., 1849-52 ; steam-frigate Mississippi, East India Squadron, 1852-3 ; steam-frigate k'usquehanna. East India Squadron, 1853-i; Marine Barracks, Gosport, Va., 1855-7; Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C, 1858; steam-frigate Wabash, Mediterranean Squadron, 1858-9 ; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, Pa., 1860-2. Brevet Major Zeilin participated in the battle of Bull Run, and was wounded; commissioned as Major, July 26th, 1861 ; Marine Barracks, Brook- lyn, New York, 1863-4; commissioned as Colonel, and appointed Commandant of the Marine Corps, June 10th, 1864; headquarters, Washington, D. C, 1864-9 ; commissioned as Brigadier-General, March 2d, 1867. GENERAL STAFF. MAJOR WILLIAM B. SLACK, QUARTERMASTER. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, January 28th, 1839; headquarters, Washington, D. C, 1839-40; frigate Delaware, Brazil Squadron, 1841-4 ; Marine Barracks, Gosport, Va., 1845-6 ; Home Squadron, during Mexican war ; brevetted Captain for bravery MARINE CORPS. 241 in battfe, 1847; commissioned as First Lieutenant, Marct 3d, 1847; Marino Barracks, Washington, D. C, 1850-1 ; steam-frigate Susquehanna, East India Squadron, 1851-2; steam-frigate Mississippi, East India Squadron, 1853-5; Marine Harracks, Washington, D. C, 1855-6; receiving-ship Pennsylvania^ Norfolk, Va., 1857 ; commissioned as Captain, February 18th, 1857 ; steam- frigate Merriujack, Pacific Squadron, 1858-60; commissioned as Major, and appointed Quartermaster of Marine Corps, 1861; headquarters, Washington, D. C, 1861-9. MAJOR AUGUSTUS S. NICHOLSON, INSPECTOR. Born in New York. Appointed from New York ; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, March 16th, 1827; on duty with the army in Mexico, 1847-8; brevetted for bravery in action, September 13th, 1847 ; razee Independence, Mediterranean Squadron, 1849-51 ; Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C, 1852; frigate St. Lawrence, Pacific Squadron, 1858 ; sloop Germantown, Brazil Squadron, 1854-6; commissioned as First Lieutenant, March 14th, 1856; Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C, 1857 ; receiving-ship Pennsylvania, Nor- folk, Va., 1858; stea-m-frigate Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1859-60; commis- sioned as Major, and appointed Adjutant and Inspector of the Marine Corps, 1861 ; headquarters, Washington, D. C, 1861-9. MAJOR JOHN C. CASH, PAYMASTER. ' Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania ; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, March 14th, 1845; frigate Columbus, East India Squadron, 1846-8; Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C, 1849-50; frigate Raritan, Pacific Squadron, 1850-2 ; commissioned as First Lieutenant, September 21st, 1852; Murine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C, 1853-5; sloop Sara- toga, Home Squadron, 1855-6; Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., 1857; steam-frigate Saranab, Pacific Squadron, 1857-8; frigate Sabine, Home Squadron, 1859-60 ; commissioned as Captain, 1861 ; commissioned as Major and apnointed Paymaster of the Marine Corps, 1862; headquarters, Washington, D. C, 1862-9. CAPTAIN WM. A. T. MADDOX, ASSISTANT-QUARTERMASTER. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, March .14th, 1837; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1839-40; frigate Delaware, Brazil Squadron, 1841-4; headquarters, Washington, D. C, 1845; sloop Cyane, Pacific Squadron, during war with Mexico; brevetted Captain, for gallant and meritorious service, 1847 ; Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C, 1849-50; receiving-ship North Carolina, 1851 ; Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C, 1852-3 ; steamer Michigan, on the lakes, 1853-5 ; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1856 ; commissioned as Captain and appointed Quartermaster of the Marine Corps, 1857; stationed at Philadelphia, from 1857 to 1869. 16 242 MARINE COEPS. CAPTAIN JAMES WILEY, ASSISTANT-QUAKTERMASTER. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Indiana; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, June 9th, 1847 ; frigate Brandywine, Brazil Squadron, 1847-9 ; frigate Constitution, Mediterranean Squadron, 1849-50 ; Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1851; steam-frigate Saranac, Home Squadron, 1851-2; Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1852 ; sloop St. Marys, Pacific Squadron, 1853-6; commissioned as First Lieutenant, September 27tli, 1856; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1857-8; steam-frigate Wabash, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1858-9 ; steam-frigate Wabash, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861 ; battle of Port lloyal, etc. ; commissioned as Captain, and appointed Assistant-Quarter- master of the Marine Corps, 1861 ; Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1862-3 ; San Francisco, Cal., 1863-7 ; New York, 1868. OFFICERS OF THE LINE. COLONEL MATTHEW R. KINTZING. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, September 8th, 1841 ; sloop Vincennes, Home Squadron, 1841^ ; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1845-6 ; sloop Grermantown, Home Squadron,during the war with Mexico; commissioned as First Lieutenant, July 16th, 1847; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1849-50; sloop Saratoga, East India Squadron, 1850-3 ; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1854-6 ; Marine Bar- racks, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1856-7 ; sloop Cumberland, Coast of Africa, 1857-9; commissioned as Captain, August 1st, 1860; steam-frigate Eoanoke, Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1861; Mare Island, Cal., 1864-7 ; Marine Bar- racks, recruiting service, Philadelphia, 1862 ; Marine Barracks, Cairo, Illinois, 1863-4; commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel, June 10th, 1864; Marine Bar- racks, Philadelphia, 1867-9; commissioned as Colonel, December 5th, 1867. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES H. JONES. Born in Delaware. Appointed from Delaware; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, March 2d, 1847; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1848; frigate Rantan, Home Squadron, 1849-50 ; steam-sloop Saranac, Home Squadron, 1851 ; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1852; sloop Macedonian, East India Squadron, 1852-4, and frigate Powhatan, East-India Squadron, 1855-6 ; commissioned as First Lieutenant, September 1st, 1853; receiving-ship Ohio, 1857-8; Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C, 1859; sloop Macedonian, Mediterranean Squad- ron, 1859-60 ; commissioned as Captain, May 7th, 1861 ; was present at the battle of Bull Run ; Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C, 1861 ; steam-sloop Lancaster, Pacific Squadron, 1862-3; Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washin-7 ; Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, New York, 1868; Naval Station, Nor- folk, Ya, 1869. FIRST LIEUTENANT LOUIS E. FAGAN. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, June 14th, 1862; headquarters, 1862; Marine Barracks, Phila- delphia, 1363 ; steam-frigate Wabash, flag-ship South Atlaatic Blockading Squad^- ron, 1863-4 ; brevetted First Lieutenant for gallantry in action ; North Atlan- tic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; bombardment of Fort Fisher, and land as- sault on the same ; brevetted Captain for bravery in battle ; commissioned as First Lieutenant, December 8th, 1864 ; Marine Barracks, Gosport, Va., 1865—6 ; special duty. New York, 1866-7 ; Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1867 ; steam-sloop Ossipee, North Pacific Blockading Squadron, 1868-9. FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES L. SHERMAN. Born in Michigan. Appointed from Michigan ; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, July 12th, 1862 ; headquarters, 1862 ; Marine Barracks, Charles- town, Massachusetts, 1863; steam-sloop Hartford, flag-ship West G ulf Blocka- ding Squadron, 1863-4 ; battle of Mobile Bay ; brevetted First Lieutenant for gallantry ; steam-sloop Richmond, West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; commissioned as First Lieutenant, December 8th, 1864 ; Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, New York, 1865-7 ; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1868-9. FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE M. WELLES. Born in New York. Appointed from New York ; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, July 12th, 1862; headquarters, 1862; Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, 254 MARINE CORPS. New York, 1863; Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., 1864-5; commissioned as First Lieutenant, January 11th, 1865; Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1865-7; Marine Barracks, Mare Island, California, 1869. FIRST LIEUTENANT HENRY C. COCHRANE. Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, March 10th, 1863 ; headquarters, 1863 ; Mississippi Squad- ron, 1864-5; commissioned as First Lieutenant, August 20th, 1865; head- quarters, 1855-6; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1866; receiving-ship Con- stellation, Philadelphia, 1867 ; sloop Jamestown, North Pacific Squadron, 1868 ; steam-sloop Saranae, Pacific Fleet, 1869. FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE B. HAYCOCK. Born in Maine. Appointed from California ; commissioned as Second Lieu- tenant, March 18th, 1863; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1864-5; steam-sloop Canandaigua, European Squadron, 1865-9 ; commissioned as First Lieutenant, June 20th, 1866 ; at present, on duty at Marine Barracks, Charlestown, Mass. FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM S. MUSE. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland ; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, March 18th, 1864; sloop St. Marys, Pacific Squadron, 18G4-6; commissioned as First Lieutenant, April 27th, 1867 ; Marine Barracks, Wash- ington, D. C, 1867-9. FIRST LIEUTENANT ISRAEL H. WASHBURN. BoEN in Maine. Appointed from JIaine ; commissioned as Second Lieuten- ant, March 18th, 1864; Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, N. H., 1864-5 ; steamer Rhode Island, flag-ship Atlantic Squadron, 1865-6 ; Marine Barracks, Ports- mouth, N. H., 1867 ; commissioned as First Lieutenant, August 29th, 1867 ; Marine Barracks, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1868 ; Marine Barracks, Ports- mouth, N. H., 1869. FIRST LIEUTENANT ALBERT B. YOUNG. Born in District of Colurnbia. Appointed from Massachusetts ; commissioned 3 Second Lieutenant, March 18th, 1864; iron-clad frigate New Ironsides, North MARINE CORPS. 255 Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5 ; steam-sloop Powhatan, flag-ship South Pacific Squadron, 1865-7 ; commissioned as First Lieutenant, November 29th, 1867 ] headquarters, 1867 ; Marine Barracks, Mare Island, California, 18Q.8-9. FIKST LIEUTENANT FRANK D. WEBSTER. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from New Hampshire ; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, March 18th, 1864 ; Marine Barracks, Charlestown, Mass., 1864 j steam-sloop Lancaster, flag-ship Pacific Squadron, 1864-7 ; Marine Bar- racks, Boston, Massachusetts, 1867-8 ; commissioned as First Lieutenant, December 5th, 1867 j Naval Station, Pensacola, Florida, 1869. FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES D. B. BEBESE. Born in Illinois. Appointed from Illinois ; commissioned as Second Lieu- tenant, March 18th, 1864 ; headquarters, 1864 ; South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; receiving-ship Vermont, New York, 1866; Marine Bar- racks, Brooklyn, New York, 1866-9; commissioned as First Lieutenant, May 1st, 1868. FIRST LIEUTENANT A. S. TAYLOR. Born in New Jersey. Appointed from New Jersey ; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, July 2d, 1864 ; headquarters, 1864; Marine Barracks, Mare Island, California, 1864r-8 ; commissioned as First Lieutenant, July 30th, 1868 ; steam- sloop Tuscarora, Pacific Fleet, 1868-9. FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES M. T. YOUNG. Born in New York, Appointed from Maryland; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, July 2d, 1864; headquarters, 1864-5 ; Marine Barracks, Pensa- cola, 1865-6; headquarters, 1866-7; steam-sloop Pawnee, South Atlantic Squad- ron, 1867-9 ; commissioned as First Lieutenant, August 9th, 1868. FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM B. MURRAY. Born in Iowa. Appointed from Iowa; commissioned as Second Lieutenant July 2d, 1864; headquarters, 1864; Marine Barracks, Mound City, Illinois,^ 256 MAKINE CORPS. 1865-6 ; steam-sloop Lackawanna, North Pacific Squadron, 1866-9 ; commis- sioned as First Lieutenant, 1869 ; at present, on duty at Marine Barracks, Mare Island, California. FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE C. REID. Born in Ohio. Appointed from Ohio ; commissioned as Second Lieutenant July 2d, 1864 ; headquarters, 1864-6 ; steam-sloop Monongahela, North At- lantic Squadron, 1867 ; appointed Aid-de-camp to Commandant, 1867 ; head- quarters, 1867-9; commissioned as First Lieutenant, 1869. FIRST LIEUTENANT ERASTUS R. ROBINSON. Born in New York. Appointed from New York; commissioned as Second Lieutenant, July 2d, 1864 ; headquarters, 1864 ; Marine Barracks, Mare Island, California, 1865; steam-sloop Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1866-7; Marine Bar- racks, Brooklyn, New York, 1868; steam-sloop Seminole, North Atlantic Squad- ron, 1869 ; commissioned as First Lieutenant, 1869. A BRIEF HISTORY OP Naval Operations during the Rebellion. The war of the rebellion opened upon a people but ill-prepared for such a con- test, and in nothing was this want of preparation more manifest than in the con- dition of the navy. The limited number of ships and men at command, when the proclamation announcing the blockade of the Southern ports was issued, de- volved upon the Navy Department the necessity of calling into service, not only the entire available naval force, but also vessels from the commercial marine. Or- ders were issued to at once prepare for service all the public vessels which were lying dismantled at the various yards ; vessels of every kind that could be in any way rendered serviceable were purchased or chartered, and the force thus hurriedly collected was divided into two squadrons, and placed along the coast. One of these two, denominated the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, under command of Flag-Officer Charles Stringham, had for its field of operations the entire coast, from the eastern line of Virginia to Cape Florida. The other, the G-ulf Squad- ron, under Flag-Officer Wm. Mervine, operated from Cape Florida westward to the Rio Grande. The task of blockading the coast, an unattractive one enough, and one re- quiring unceasing vigilance, was carried out as effectually as the nature of the coast and the circumstances of the case would permit. The ports of North Carolina, situated within the shallow waters of the sounds, afforded peculiar facilities for the evasion of the blockade, as well as for annoying piratical enterprises, and accordingly an expedition was undertaken having for its object the occupation of the defences at Hatteras Inlet. Flag-Officer Stringham commanded in person the naval forces, and Major-General Butler the small military force, consisting of about 800 men, which was to co-operate with the navy on this occasion. The expedition left Hampton Roads on the 26th of August, 1861 ; it con- sisted of the flag-ship Minnesota, with four other U. S. steamers, and three chartered vessels, and two transport towing schooners with surf-boats. On the 27th, the fleet rounded Cape Hatteras, and anchored to the southward, and on the following morning the troops were landed without mishap, through a heavily rolling surf. The inlet was defended by two heavy batteries. Forts Hatteras and Clark, and against the latter of these the fire of the fleet was first directed — the Wabash and Cumberland opening at ten o'clock — and with the other vessels passing and repassing until shortly after noon, the flag on the fort was down and the rebels were seen running towards Fort Hatteras. The troops thereupon moved up the beach, and at two o'clock the American flag was flying over Fort Clark. Captain Gillis, of the Monticello, was ordered to feel his way into the inlet and take possession, but he had not advanced far when fire was opened on him from Fort Hatteras, whereupon a general engagement ensued, continu- ing until dark. Early the following morning, the fire was renewed and oon- 17 C257~> 258 NAVAL OPERATIONS DURING THE REBELLION. tinued with such effect that before noon a white flag was displayed from the fort, and the troops marched up; the crews of the squadron, spontaneously, though as if by a preconcerted signal, giving three hearty cheers. General Butler immediately went intb the inlet with his tug to take posses- sion, and shortly after returned to the flag-ship with the three senior officers of the Confederate army and navy, between whom and the commanders of the joint expedition terms of capitulation were drawn up. The loss in killed and wounded in the forts had been large, but although they had returned the fire of the squadron throughout the engagement, they had done so without effect, the shot for the most part falling short, and thus this important victory was achieved without a single casualty to any one upon the vessels or among the troops. Unfortunately the military force was insufficient to follow up the advantage thus gained by occupying a position on the main land, and important as was the occupation of the defences of Hatti-ras inlet, it was not until some time after that any very strong hold was obtained upon the coast of North Carolina. Another region which early taxed the energies of the navy was that of the lower Potomac, where it was necessary to place a flotilla. The duties of this flotilla were extremely embarassing, and it was evident that without the active co-operation of the army it would be impossible to prevent the obstruction of navigation by hostile batteries. For several months, however, the navy suc- ceeded in keeping the river open and restricting to a great extent communica- tion between the shores, until the close of October, 1861, when the rebels suc- ceeded in erecting batteries at various points on the Virginia shore, thus render- ing passage of the river dangerous. It was in the heroic discbarge of the annoying duties of his post that the first commander of the flotilla, Commander J. H. Ward, lost his life; the first officer of the navy killed in action during the rebellion. He was shot by a musket ball while sighting a gun, in an attempt to effect a landing at Matthias Point, where a formidable battery was afterwards erected. In spite of the continued increase of the squadrons, the labor of enforcing the blockade increased quite as rapidly, since the needs of the blockaded States called forth the most desperate efforts for their relief. The duties so imposed upon the flag-officers thus became more arduous and extensive than could well be performed by a single commander, and rendered a division of the squadrons necessary. Shortly after the capture of Hatteras Inlet, Flag-Officer Stringham relinquished his command, and the Atlantic Squadron was divided into two. Captain Louis M. Groldsborough was appointed to the command of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, to guard the coast of Virginia and North Caro- lina, and raised his flag on the Minnesota, September 23d, 1861. The remain- der of the coast, from the northern boundary of South Carolina to Cape Florida, was entrusted to the squadron of the South Atlantic, under Captain Samuel F. Du Pont. At the same time, Captain William W. McKean relieved Flag-Officer Mervine from the command of the Gulf Squadron, the division of which was postponed until a larger force could be sent around the peninsula. This was consummated on the 21st of February, 1862, Flag-Officer McKean retaining command of the Eastern Gulf Squadron, whose limits embraced the Florida coast^ from Cape Canaveral to Pensacola. The Western Gulf Squadron guarded the coast from and including Pensacola, to the Rio Grande, including numerous im- portant harbors and the outlet of the great valley of the Mississippi. This most important command, which included the preparation of a great expedition for the capture of New Orleans, was entrusted to Captain D. G. Farragut. NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. 259 In addition to the five large squadrons thus constituted upon the maritime frontier, it early became necessary to have an organized naval force on the Mis- sissippi and its tributaries; and on the 16th of May, 1861, Commander John Eodgers was directed to report to the War Department for the purpose of or- ganizing an armed flotilla on the western waters. He immediately proceeded to the West, purchased steamers, which were fitted and armed as gunboats, and commenced the organization of the Mississippi flotilla, which soon after made itself known by a succession of brilliant achievements. NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. We have already spoken of the annoyance experienced at the commencement of the blockade, from vessels of light draught which made egress and ingress through the many sounds on the coast of North Carolina. The occupation of one of the most important inlets was not sufficient to exercise much control over these operations, and it early became necessary to gain possession of the im- portant points within the sounds. Flag-Officer Louis M. Groldsborough had, as has been stated, assumed command of the North Atlantic Squadron, in Sep- tember, 1861, and early in the following January a joint expedition of the navy and army, for operations in the waters of North Carolina, moved from Hampton Roads, under command of that officer and Brigadier-General A. E. Burnside, respectively. The naval force, consisting of seventeen light-draught. vessels, with an arma- ment of 48 guns, most of them of heavy calibre, arrived at Hatteras Inlet on the 13th, and in two days succeeded, with great difficulty, in passing over the bulkhead and through the narrow and tortuous channel. It was not, however, until some weeks later that the transports were able to surmount the obstacles and to be prepared for active co-operation, which period of delay was employed in obtaining information of the enemy's position and in forming plans for the attack. Roanoke Island lies between the two bodies of water known as Pamlico and. Albemarle sounds, being separated from the mainland by a shallow channel, Croatan sound. Opposite the southern extremity of the island the mainland juts out in a low marshy point, around which the vessels threaded their way, and on the morning of February 7th moved up Croatan sound in three columns, commanded respectively by Lieutenants Werden, Murray and Davenport, the whole under the immediate command of Commander S. C. Rowan. The enemy had formed an extensive obstruction, of a double row of piles and sunken vessels, stretching across the sound between the batteries on Pork and Wier points, and behind this their vessels, eight in number, were drawn up. By half-past ten o'clock the squadron had approached near enough to begin the attack, directing most of its fire against the fort on Pork Point, but not neglecting the vessefi or the other works, all of which returned the fire, though with but slight effect. By noon the engagement had become general, and was continued so hotly that at two o'clock the battered barracks behind the fort were burning furiously, and at half-past four the batteries for the most part ceased for a while, to reply to the firing of the fleet ; five of the enemy's steamers, apparently injured, retired behind the point, and the first landing of troops took place. Throughout the sound the depth of water is but slight, and even at the distance of a mile or more from the shore it scarcely exceeds a general depth of seven feet. As noua 260 NOETH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. of the vessels, with one or two exceptions, drew less than this amount of water, and some of them drew more than eight feet, the discretion of their commanders was taxed to the utmost in placing them so that their guns would tell effectively. The landing was effected, in light-draught steamers and boats, at Ashby's harbor, a large body of the enemy guarding the shore being soon cleared away by some shrapnels from the guns of the Delaware. At five o'clock the batteries again opened, and the vessels of the enemy again came out, but were soon com- pelled to retire, and at six, the firing being only from Pork Point and at long intervals, the signal to cease firing was made. By midnight some 10,000 troops had been safely landed at Ashby's harbor, where they were joined by six launches from the fleet, with their howitzers, to hold the road during the night, and be ready for active operations in the morning. It was arranged by General Burnside that his forces should move at a very early hour on the morning of the 8th, and begin their attack upon the enemy ; and it was agreed that, as the direction they would have to take would probably soon bring them into the line of fire of the fleet, the vessels should not renew operations until it was known that their fire would not be destructive to friend and foe alike. At nine o'clock, a continuous firing in the interior of the island an- nounced that the army was hotly engaged about midway between the landing and Pork Point, and the vessels at once moved up to re-engage the forts. This they continued until the firing in the interior slackened, when, taking it for granted that General Burnside was carrying everything before him and approaching the rear of the batteries, Flag-Officer Goldsborough gave the order to desist, and pro- ceeded to the task of clearing a passage-way through the obstructions. By four o'clock this was accomplished, and at about the same time that the vessels succeeded in bursting through the barricades, the American flag was unfurled over the battery on Pork Point. A few minutes afterwards the enemy himself fired the works on Redstone Point, together with a steamer which had taken refuge under its guns, and thus ended the eventful struggle of two days, which secured complete possession of the island of Koanoke./ Retreating from Roanoke Island, the rebel naval fleet fled up the sound and into Pasquotank river, towards Elizabeth City, Commander Rowan pursuing them with a flotilla of fourteen vessels, and anchoring for the night a few miles from Port Cobb. On the morning of the 10th, the rebel steamers were dis- covered drawn up behind the battery, which mounted four heavy guns, and sup- ported by a schooner — the Black Warrior — moored to the opposite bank, and carrying two heavy 32-pounder3. When within long range fire was opened from the battery, the schooner and the steamers; but the vessels moved on silently and steadily, shot and shell falling thick and fast among them. When within three-quarters of a mile of the battery. Commander Rowan gave the signal for a dash at the enemy; fire was opened with telling effect, and the vessels put at their utmost speed. The enemy was completely demoralized by this bold and wholly unexpected movement; the Black Warrior was set on fire by her officers and destroyed, the fort abandoned, and the entire fleet captured or destroyed. Passing up the river the flotilla took possession of Elizabeth City, which the enemy had attempted to fire before hastily leaving it, and Lieut. Murray was dispatched with a small force to Edenton, of which he quietly took possession on the 12_th, and was then sent to obstruct the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal, a duty which he successfully accomplished. At the same time. Commander Rowan made a reeonnoissance of the Chowan river as far as Win ton, where a sharp engage- ment took place on the 19th, but which was, the following morning, occupied by the troops under Col. Hawkins, who entered the town and destroyed the military stores and quarters found there. NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. 261 riag-Officer Goldsborougli having been recalled to Hampton Roads, leaving Commander Rowan in command of the naval forces in the sound, a combined expedition of the navy and army, under that officer and General Burnside, left Hatteras Inlet on the morning of the 12th of March, for an attack upon Newborn, N. C. The fleet, numbering fourteen sail, besides the transports, entered the Neuse river in the afternoon, and at nightfall anchored in three columns off Slocum's creek, the point selected for the debarkation of the troops, about fifteen miles distant from Newbern. Early the following morning the gunboats were deployed at either side of the mouth of the creek, and opened with grape and canister upon the landing place, while the troops started from the transports, the fire ceasing as soon as the first brigade had landed. At the same time six naval boat howitzers, under command of Lieutenant R. S. McOook, were sent ashore to assist in the attack upon the enemy's works. As soon as all the troops had em- barked, the flag-ship, with another vessel, proceeded on a reconnoissance up the river, where fire was opened upon it by the battery Fort Dixie, and a spirited fire was kept up until dark, when all the vessels anchored for the night in a position to support the troops on shore. At daylight, on the morning of the 14th, General Burnside engaged the enemy in force, and Commander Rowan advanced steadily up the river with his fleet. The passage of the river was obstructed by a formidable line of piles and torpedoes, and defended by six well constructed forts, at distances of half a mile to a mile and a-half from each other, mounting some thirty-two heavy guns ; but under pressure of the combined attack the rebels abandoned their defences in succession, the army and navy contesting the honor of raising the American flag on their ramparts, so that at noon the fleet arrived before the deserted town of Newbern. The attempt had been made by the re- treating enemy to fire the fbwQ, as was not unusual during the war, but the injury effected was not great, except that the railroad bridge was destroyed by fire communicated from a raft loaded with cotton, saturated with turpentine, which had been prepared to send down against the fleet. A large quantity of public stores fell into the hands of the navy, and were turned over to the victorious troops, who arrived and took possession of the town at two o'clock. After the fall of Newbern, Lieut. Commanding Murray was dispatched with a naval column, accompanied by a detachment of troops, to take possession of "Washington, N. C, which he did without opposition on the 21st, the defences of the town having been abandoned, and most of the arms and stores removed or destroyed. Lieut. Murray was met at the wharf by the authorities, to whom he explained the object of his visit, and then proceeded with the troops to the court house, where the American flag was raised with all the ceremonies. The occupation of Washington restored to the government the important Hatteras light-house property, the most valuable portion of which, however, the lenses, had been removed by the rebels to Tarboro before his approach. On the 1st of April, Commander Rowan dispatched to New York and Philadelphia nine vessels freighted with prize naval stores, some of the fruits of the capture of Newbern. Fort Macon, Beaufort harbor, was the next object which engaged the atten- tion of the army and navy. On the morning of the 25th April, fire was opened upon the fort from the batteries on shore, and Commander Samuel Lookwood, the senior officer of the blockading fleet off Beaufort, prepared his vessels for action and proceeded within range of the fort, his three steamers, the Daylight,- State of Georgia and Chippewa, steaming round in a circle, and delivering their shot as they came within range, at a distance of a mile and a quarter from the fort. The firing continued for an hour and a quarter, when the heavy sea rendering the guns unmanageable, the navy was obliged to withdraw, hoping that a subsidence of the wind would enable him to renew the action in the 262 NOKTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. afternoon. The wind and sea, however, increased in violence, rendering a renewal of the engagement on the part of the navy impossible ; but toward evening a flag of truce appeared on the fort, and on the following morning the gallant fellows, who had been reluctantly compelled to leave the action, where their fire had rendered most essential service in withdrawing the fire of the enemy from the land batteries, were enabled heartily to cheer the reappearance of the old flag over the ramparts of Fort Macon. Entering the fort, Commander Rowan had an interview with General Burnside, with whom he signed the terms of capitulation on the part of the United States. It is not a little remarkable that this important post should have been taken with a loss of but one killed and two wounded in the army, and a single officer wounded in the naval forces. At the same time, Commander Rowan, finding that the army had failed to accomplish the object for which it was landed at Elizabeth city, and had returned without destroying the canals, determined to undertake this duty with the navy, and accordingly sent Lieutenant Hurser with the three gunboats and two schooners, one carrying apparatus for blowing up the banks, and the other filled with sand to block up the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal. This he successfully performed, by sinking the sand schooner at the mouth of the canal, and obstructing the passage for fifty yards with brush, stumps and earth, accomplishing in two days what many months' labor could hardly undo. The same officer also, during the following season, rendered varied service in the neighboring waters, in the destruction of stores, etc., and in the recovery of the Wade's Point light-house apparatus, which was found stored in a barn near Elizabeth city, and in numerous expeditions to points upon the sound. While the operations we have recorded were in progress, most exciting scenes had been enacted in Hampton Roads. On the 8th of March, one of the look- out vessels of the squadron lying there reported, by signals, that the enemy was coming out from the James river; and soon the iron-plated steam-battery Merri- mack, accompanied'ijy several small gunboats, was seen passing Sewell's Point and standing toward Newport -News. Passing close by the frigate Congress, to which she delivered a destructive broadside, this formidable monster bore down upon the Cumberland sloop-of-war, in command, in the temporary absence of Commander Radford, of Lieut. George U. Morris. The Cumberland at once opened fire, but entirely without efiect, upon her antagonist, which stood on and struck her under the starboard fore-channels, at the same time delivering her fire. The destruction was terrible. So great, indeed, was the injury inflicted by this crushing blow, that notwithstanding the pumps were kept actively at work, the water rose rapidly in the hold, and in about two hours had drowned the forward magazine. All this time the gallant crew had kept up an active fire, and did not desist until, at 3.35 P. M., when the water had risen to the main hatchway, the ship canted to port, and after a parting volley, each man took his chance of life by jumping overboard. All of the wounded who were able to walk had been ordered up, but those who had been carried into the sick-bay were so mangled that it was impossible to save them, and they were left to go down with the vessel they had served so well. Of the gallantry of this action, which has fur- nished one of the brightest, as well as one of the saddest pages to the naval his- tory of the world, it is difficult to speak in fitting terms; and perhaps no better words can be found than the simple sentence in which Lieut. Morris concluded his report to his commanding officer, who arrived at Newport News only in time to see his vessel go down : " I will only say, in conclusion, that all did their duty, and we sank with the American flag at the peak." The Cumberland lost more than a hundred men, nearly one-third of her crew. NOETH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. 263 While tbe Merrimack was engaged with the Cumberland, the smaller vessels accompanjing her attacked the Congress, killing and wounding many of her crew ; and her commander, seeing the fate of the Cumberland, set sails, and with the assistance of a tug, ran the vessel ashore. At half-past three the Mer- rimack took position astern of her at a distance of a hundred and fifty yards, and raked her with shells ; one of the smaller steamers meanwhile keeping up a fire on her starboard quarter, and two others approaching from up the James river, opening fire with precision and doing great damage. The two stern guns were now the only means of defence left the Congress, and these were soon disabled, one being dismounted and the other having its muzzle knocked away, and the men were swept away from them rapidly and with terrible slaughter by the cruel fire of the enemy. Meanwhile, the steam-frigate Roanoke, the vessel of Capt. Marston, the senior officer, and the Minnesota, the most powerful vessel in the Eoads, were aground at some miles' distance ; and Lieut. Pendergrast, on whom, at the death of Lieut. Smith, who fell at his post, at half-past 4 o'clock, devolved the com- mand of the Congress, seeing the rapid slaughter of his men, without any pros- pect of relief, and being unable to bring his guns to bear upon the enemy, while his ship was on fire in several places, concluded to haul down his colors, and suffer no further loss of life. An officer from the Merrimack boarded the vessel, and soon after a tug came along-side, whose captain demanded of the crew to surrender and leave the ship, as he intended to burn her imme- diately. A sharp fire from the troops on the shore, however, soon compelled the tug to leave, and the Merrimack again fired several shell, after which she hauled off to engage the Minnesota, and Lieut. Pendergrast, left to himself, made all haste to get his men ashore, the ship being on fire in several places, and near the magazine. The Minnesota, upon the first appearance of the battery, had got under way to engage her, but after proceeding to within a mile and a-half of Newport News, had there grounded, and as the tide was ebbing she could not be floated off. Here, then, the great frigate lay at 4 o'clock, when the Merrimack, with her two consorts, leaving the Congress to her fate, bore down upon her. Fortunately, however, the iron battery drew too much water to come within a mile of her ; but the two other steamers, firing rifled guns, did much damage in killing and wounding men, until the heavy gun of the Minnesota drove them off, followed at 7 o'clock by the Merrimack, when all three steamed towards Norfolk. The firing of her broadside guns had crowded the Minnesota still further upon the mud bank, and although all hands were at work during the night with tugs and hawsers, it was found impossible to move her. The situation of the vessel, hopelessly grounded, with the certainty of the renewal of the attack by her apparently invulnerable antagonist in the morning, was unpleasant in the extreme ; but at midnight a new and powerful actor arrived upon the scene. The iron-clad Monitor, Commander John L. Worden, the first of three iron-clad ves- sels which had been built by the Navy Department, had arrived, most oppor- tunely, at Hampton Roads, at 9 o'clock, and immediately received orders from Captain Marston to proceed to Newport News and protect the Minnesota from the attack of the Merrimack ; and all untried as the strange little craft was, she was warmly welcomed as she anchored alongside. At eight o'clock the following morning the Merrimack was perceived ap- proaching. When she had come within a mile of the Minnesota, that vessel opened upon her and signaled the Monitor to attack. Then came the contest which was to exert so important an influence upon naval architecture. Running down the wake of the frigate, the tiny Monitor placed herself alongside of her 264 NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. huge antagonist and fired gun after gun, which were returned by whole broad- sides without efiect. After a time the little vessel began maneuveriDg, shooting by her antagonist and sending her shots first into her bow, and again raking her stern, while broadside after broadside was fired from the Merrimack, either pass- ing quite over, or, if they struck, glancing harmless from her bomb-proof turret. Finding that she could make no impression on the Monitor, the Merrimack again gave her attention to the Minnesota, returning a tremendous broadside from the frigate with a shot from her rifled bow gun, which went crashing through the vessel, bursting in the boatswain's room and setting fire to the ship. The fire was, however, promptly extinguished. Her second shell exploded the boiler of the tugboat alongside ; but an incessant fire from the frigate was now concen- trated upon her, some fifty solid shot striking upon her sides, without^ however, any apparent effect. The Monitor by this time again came between the con- tending vessels, forcing the battery to change her position. In doing this she grounded, and the broadsides of the Minnesota were again poured upon her. As soon as she got off she stood down the bay, chased at full speed by the Monitor. Suddenly she turned and made for her antagonist, but a plunging shot through the roof arrested her dash, and for a time the encounter between this seemingly ill-matched pair was again hot and furious. After a time the Merrimack seemed to tire of the fray, and again headed toward the frigate. It was a trying moment for the Minnesota, fast aground and badly crippled ; but the enemy had no mind to renew the experience of the morning, and, it being then shortly after noon, retreated to Sewell's Point. During the night Captain Van Brunt succeeded in getting his ship afloat, and next morning was safely at anchor near Fortress Monroe. Toward the close of this terrific engagement, a percussion shell exploded against the look-out chink of the pilot house of the Monitor, where Captain Worden, who so brilliantly fought his little vessel, and who thus made him- self in a few hours the hero of the day, was stationed throughout the engagement. The result was a severe injury to the eyes of that officer, which, with the effects of the concussion, so disabled him as to oblige him to place the vessel in com- mand of Lieutenant Greene, executive officer, and to be subsequently removed to Washington. One officer and one seaman were also injured by concussion during the day, the only casualties on board the Monitor, whose impregnability was thus abundantly proven. This remarkable combat operated in a great degree to alter the ideas of the whole world in regard to naval operations, and its influence was immediately apparent in the construction of vessels, not only by the American Navy but by those of European nations, though it is doubtful whether it effected so great a revolution in naval affairs as was at the time anticipated. The capacities of the Monitor class are more limited than they were, after this affair, supposed to be, but we shall have abundant instances of their achievements to note in the course of our record. The arrival of the Army of the Potomac on the Peninsula rendered it neces- sary to detail several gunboats from the North Atlantic Squadron, to convoy the transports and to protect the flank of the army on its march. Gen. McClellan occupied Yorktown, May 4th, and immediately afterwards telegraphed to Comman- der William Smith to come up and assist in the communication with Gloucester. Commander Smith accordingly proceeded up York river with his flotilla, and was enabled to render the army valuable assistance. On the 7th, the enemy, in large force, attacked Gen. Franklin's division, the right wing of the army, at West Point, and he having requested the assistance of the navy, Commander Smith dispatched the Wachusett, Maratanza and Sebago to his support. These gunboats, taking position near the rebels, opened upon them with great effect, NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. 265 giving most essential aid to Gen. Franklin, and enabling him to hold his posi- tion and repel the attack. On the 8th of May, the Monitor moved up and shelled Sewell's Point. The Merrimack came out, but though the Monitor kept well up toward her, she refused to engage her plucky adversary, and soon retired under the point. This was her last appearance, for two days after Norfolk surrendered to the military forces under G-en. Wool, and the next morning a terrific explo- sion, in the direction of Craney Island, announced to the navy in Hampton Eoads that the once dreaded battery was no more. Lieut. Selfridge, of the flag-officer's staff, proceeding in a tug to Sewell's Point, raised the American flag over the abandoned works, and the ships sailed up to Norfolk unmolested. Two days before the fall of Norfolk, three gunboats, the G-alena, Aroostook and Port Royal, under Commander John Kodgers, were sent up the James river, in accordance with the orders of the President. On the 11th, the Monitor and Nau- gatuok joined the expedition at Jamestown Island, and the little squadron, after numerous engagements with the enemy's batteries and sharp-shooters, arrived at Drury's Bluff, eight miles from Kichmond, where they encountered a heavy battery and two barriers formed of piles and sunken vessels. The Galeaa and Monitor ran within six hundred yards of the Bluff, but the latter was obliged to drop down again some distance, being unable to elevate her guns sufficiently to make them tell efficiently upon the battery. After an action of three hours the gunboats, having exhausted their ammunition, returned to City Point, the Naugatuck disa- bled by the bursting of a gun. Other expeditions were also made up the James and Pamunkey, and other rivers, during the summer, though none of them were important in their results. On the 5th of September, Bear Admiral Goldshorough was, at his own re- quest, relieved of command of the North Atlantic Squadron, by Acting Bear Admiral P. P. Lee. The operations of the squadron during the remainder of the year embrace nothing of special importance, with the exception of two or three incidents, which, although without practical results, deserve more than a mention by reason of the courage and gallantry displayed in them. The opera- tions to which we allude were those of the fleet in the waters of North Caro- lina, at that time under Commander S. K. Davenport. The intricacies of these waters called for continual activity on the part of the naval force, more especially as the army, scattered at a number of points, was frequently in need of support; as on one occasion, the 6th of September, when the enemy attacked and entered the town of Washington, and would probably have obtained posses- sion of this important point, but for the timely action of Lieut. Benshaw, of the gunboat Louisiana, who immediately opened fire and soon succeeded in driving the rebels from the town. The navy also, upon numerous other occa- sions, rendered very material assistance to the army in its movements. Major General Dix having requested the co-operation of a naval expedition in a proposed attack upon Franklin, Va., a town upon the Blackwater river, about twenty miles above its confluence with the Chocan, and somewhat more than that distance southwest from Portsmouth, Lieut. Commander Flusser, of the Perry, was directed to act in concert with the land forces. The expedition, con- sisting of the Perry, Hunchback, Acting Lieut. Commander Colhoon, and the Whitehead, Acting Master French, ascended the river on October 2d, and lay over night within three miles of the town. Very early next morning the vessels got under way, but the stream was narrow and very tortuous, the banks high and offering safe refuge for the riflemen of the enemy, who kept up a contin- uous scattered fire upon the crews. The vessels were several times aground, and the barricades placed in the channel helped to make a passage almost im- 266 NORTH ATLANTIC SQtIADEON. possible. But courage and determination forced a way through every difficulty, until the town was almost within sight. But here a fresh impediment was en- countered, a barricade which it was impossible to pass or to remove under such a fire, and so all further progress was stopped. The long expected fire of the co-operating land forces was now opened, and the enemy seemed determined to make it impossible to move backward as well as forward. After the woods had been well shelled in every direction, the vessels were ordered to drop down the narrow, winding channel with high bluffs on either side. Under a heavy fire of musketry, and over and through all obstructions made by the enemy, the gallant little vessels pushed on, and at nightfall reached the point from which they started. Like many another expedition at this time, this one_ proved almost barren of results, beyond the confidence in themselves and in their leaders which was inspired in the men. Several of them are reported as worthy of especial commendation. One swam ashore with a line through a heavy fire; another put out the burning fuse of a shell which had dropped on the deck ; and so of others. Lieut. Gushing was especially commended to the notice of the Department. An expedition, undertaken by Lieut. Gushing, of the steamer Ellis, was boldly conceived and carried out with great spirit. The object was the destruc- tion of salt works and of vessels engaged in contraband trade, and the capture of mail matter and public property at Jacksonville, in all of which it was very successful. Entering the New river inlet on the morning of November 23d, Lieut. Gushing burned a valuable outward-bound trader, captured other schooners, and had the happiness of seeing the county town in possession of his men. There they found a valuable mail made up for Wilmington, and also some public arms; but such men and officers as were in the town escaped. No time was to be lost, however, and at 2 P. M. the Ellis started to return, but this_ did not prove to be so easily accomplished. The enemy had put guns in position at several places; and near where the vessel fired in the morning was still burning they collected in some force, but were put to flight after a few rounds of shell. Unfortunately, daylight began to fail before the mouth of the river was reached, and the two pilots declared it impossible to pass through a narrow and crooked channel, except by day and with high water. So the night had to be passed at anchor, with the enemy in force on either bank ; but it was better to risk a night attack than to lose the vessel on the rocks. How- ever, the enemy kept quiet till morning ; but grew troublesome when the ves- sel got under way, and soon opened a battery of two pieces. A sharp fight followed; but the rebels were driven from their guns, and all would have gone well, for the Ellis was but five miles from the bar, had not the pilots, mistaking the channel, run the vessel hard and fast aground. All attempts to lighten her proved in vain. Everything was removed except the pivot gun and a few stores ; six men volunteered to remain with the commander, and all the rest were allowed to go aboard the schooner, and it dropped down out of reach of the shot. In the morning the enemy opened a heavy cross-fire, which soon disabled the engine, and before long, cut up the vessel in every part, but the brave little crew held to their gun as long as it could be worked. The time came at last, however, when they must either surrender, or undertake a perilous escape in the small boat, and this the gallant commander resolved to attempt, though escape from a fire concentrated from every side seemed hardly to be dreamed of. The vessel was fired in five places, and the little crew managed to reach the prize in safety, and the schooner was quickly on her way to sea, but did not pass the bar and breakers without great peril. Everything that could be NOETH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. 267 moved was brought away from the steamer, and she blew up soon after she was abandoned. The year 1862 closed with a disaster, in the loss of the Monitor, the little vessel which had rendered such signal service in saving the fleet in Hampton Boads from the destructive attack of the Merrimack. She left the Roads on the 29th of December, in tow of the steamer Rhode Island, but off Cape Ilatte- raa she foundered in a heavy sea, the utmost efforts of her officers and crew being insufficient to keep her afloat. Commander Bankhead acted with the greatest coolness and gallantry, and succeeded, though with great danger and diffi- culty, in transferring most of his crew to the boats of the Rhode Island, with the loss, however, of four officers and twelve men. The year 1863 was spent by the vessels of the North Atlantic Squadron in constant activity, guarding the extended coast, penetrating the rivers and sounds of Virginia and North Carolina, repelling attacks upon points already occupied, and protecting and helping the army in times of difficulty and embarrassment. A number of expeditions have been heretofore described, which will serve as examples of many more, carried out with skill and bravery at various times. On the 11th of April, Admiral Lee received information that the enemy in large force was about to attack the town of Suffi)lk, then held by General Peck, and he at once dispatched Lieutenant Lamson, of the Mount Washington, with three other small vessels, to occupy the Nansemond between Suffolk and the mouth of the Western branch, with instructions to render all the assistance in their power to the army, while Lieutenant Gushing, with the Barney, occu- pied the lower Nansemond. The stream is a very narrow one, and the vessels were constantly exposed to the fire of both artillery and musketry. The occupa- tion of the river extended through a considerable period, and was condueted with skill and courage. At about the same time the enemy again made a demonstration against Washington, N. C., appearing before the intrenchments on the 8th of March, and investing the town until April 15th, when he suddenly abandoned his works and retired ; the naval forces, under Commander Daven- port, being constantly and severely engaged during this time. In Virginia, also, the navy continued to co-operate with the land forces in various expeditions, intercepting mails, destroying stores, etc., while the vessels all along the coast made frequent captures of valuable prizes ; although, notwith- standing their vigilance, numerous vessels succeeded in eluding the blockade at Wilmington and other points. On the 18th of August the iron propeller Hebe attempted to enter Wilmington, but, being headed off, was run ashore and abandoned. A boarding party from the Niphon was captured by the enemy, who had brought a battery to protect the wreck. They were, however, soon driven away, the battery captured and the wreck destroyed. This was but one of many instances of the same sort, in which vessels with cargoes of great im- portance to the insurgents were captured or destroyed under perilous circum- stances. In order to secure the most thorough performance of the duties imposed upon the blockading squadron, Admiral. Lee, in the summer of the following year, (1864,) by direction of the Navy Department, established four divisions of the North Atlantic Squadron — one on the James river, one on the sounds of North Carolina, and two off Cape Fear river and adjacent inlets, and removed his head- quarters from Hampton Roads to Beaufort. Major General Butler, on the 5th of May, removed his army from Newport News up James river, under convoy of a naval force, and landed on the follow- ing night at City Point. Two of the gunboats were destroyed in this move- ment, by the explosion of formidable torpedoes which the enemy had planted in 268 NOKTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. the bed of the river. The enemy had been for two years previous engaged in the preparation of a fleet of iron-elads and rams, with which the naval forces anticipated an engagement ; but the military commanders, considering that the safety of the army transports was of vital importance, and should be placed be- yond any contingency, ordered the obstruction of the channel by the sinking of vessels. This, although doubtless conducing to the security of the army opera- tions, greatly restricted the movements of the fleet, and was not very favorably regarded by the naval commanders. A number of short but severe engage- ments, however, took place at various times between the gunboats and the many powerful batteries with which the enemy had lined the shore of the James, in many of which the navy acquired great credit. In the sounds of North Carolina important events were in preparation. The value of the possession of these waters was evidenced by the frequent and persis- tent efforts made by the enemy to repossess himself of them and of the impor- tant points upon their shores, held by the army and navy. In the spring of 1864, the possession of the sounds seemed very insecure ; the land force was small and scattered; most of the gunboats were slightly built, the iron-clads then at the disposal of government being unsuited for operations in shallow waters ; and far up in the almost inaccessible waters of the Roanoke and the Neuse, it was known that the construction of armored vessels, as well as of others of lighter draught, was in progress. On April 17th, the enemy besieged Plymouth, and two days after the ram Al- bemarle, a formidable iron-plated battery, descended the Roanoke and attacked the wooden gunboats lying off that town. Lieutenant-Commander Flusser, in anticipation of tlie attack, had chained together his vessels, the Miami and the Southfield, intending to fight the ram in that way, but at three o'clock in the morning she made her appearance, and in half an hour had sunk the Southfield, disabled the Miami, whose gallant commander was killed, and obtained posses- sion of the river. The next day the defences of the town were carried, the garrison taken prisoners, and thus the entire command of the upper sound passed into the hands of the enemy. To prevent further disaster, vigorous measures were at once adopted. Cap- tain Melancthon Smith was ordered to assume command in the sounds, with in- structions to attack the ram at all hazards, in the best manner to insure its destruction. On the 5th of May, the enemy besieged Newborn, and on the same day the ram again came out. Captain Smith promptly engaged her, with four vessels, the Matabessett, Wyalusing, Sassacus and Whitehead. The en- gagement began about half-past four and continued furiously for three hours, the gunboats firing rapidly and repeatedly, and ramming the battery, (but this unsuccessfully,) with such effect that at dark she retired up the river, and did not again make her appearance until the 24th, when she was seen near the mouth of the river, but on a shell being thrown from the Whitehead immedi- ately returned. The next day, a bold attempt was made by five volunteers from the Wyalu- sing to destroy the ram by means of a torpedo. The attempt was, however, unsuccessful, and the gunboats remained throughout the summer awaiting her movements. As no cause could be assigned for her non-appearance, a consider- able force was required to be constantly on guard, and this being not only so wearisome service, but embarrassing to a great extent the operations of the navy, it became important to make a decided attempt for her destruction. For this perilous service, Lieut. W. B. Cushing was selected ; a torpedo of extra- ordinary power was properly arranged in a light picket boat, and placed at his disposal, and on the night of October 27th, accompanied by fourteen brave officers NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. 269 and men who had volunteered for the service, he ascended the Koanoke to Ply- mouth, approached the ram under a heavy fire, exploded his torpedo, and sunk her. A shot from the ram sunk the torpedo boat just as its work was completed, and Lieut. Gushing, with four of his party, escaped, the remainder being killed or wounded. This daring achievement removed the main defence of Plymouth, and Commander Macomb at once availed himself of the opportunity, and with the naval force at his command pressed up to the town, drove the rebels from their works, took possession of the place with all its armament, and re-established the supremacy of the Government in the waters of North Carolina. At two o'clock on the morning of April 9th, 1864, the flag-ship Minnesota, then anchored off Newport News, at the mouth of James river, was struck and slightly injured by a torpedo boat. Acting Ensign Birtwistle, who was officer of the deck at the time, discovered a boat a little forward of the port beam, and about one hundred and fifty yards distant. He hailed, and ordered the boat to keep off, or he would fire into her. As she continued to approach. Acting Ensign Birtwistle hailed the tug Poppy, tender to the flag-ship, and lying astern, and ordered her to run the boat down. For some reason, which has never been satisfactorily explained, the tug did not obey the order, and before a gun could be brought to bear on the torpedo boat, she had struck the flag-ship and steamed off, and was soon lost sight of in the darkness. Fortunately the injury to the Minnesota was very slight. About the middle of April, 1864, an expedition under Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Breck was sent to destroy the extensive salt works belonging to the State, situated at Masonboro, N. C. The expedition was entirely successful, and returned to the squadron without the loss of a man, after destroying prop- erty of immense value to the rebel confederacy. Early in July a joint expedi- tion from the army and navy was sent to cut the Wilmington and Weldon Hail- road, but the rebels, having obtained information that the expedition was on foot, were enabled to defeat its object. In July, 1864, Lieutenant-Commander William B. Cushing, accompanied by Acting Ensign J. E. Jones, and Acting Master's Mate William Howertt and fifteen men, left the squadron for the purpose of making a reconnoissance of Wilmington, N. C. ; they approached within two miles of the city, and returned to their ships fully informed in regard to the rebel fleet and the fortifications of Wilmington. Lieutenant-Commander Cushing displayed his usual gallan- try in several trying positions in which he was placed. In September, 1864, Acting Kear Admiral Lee was enabled to transmit to the Navy Department a package of Wilmington newspapers, in which were editorial articles bitterly complaining of the stringency of the blockade. No finer compli- ment could have been paid to the ability of Admiral Lee and the efficiency of his squadron. For a long time, since early in 1862, in fact, the Navy Department had been fully aware of the importance of closing the port of Wilmington. It was the last port remaining to the rebels, and it was through it that supplies and muni- tions were obtained; through it cotton was sent to Europe, and the rebel credit abroad chiefly sustained. Owing, however, to the many claims upon its attention, the co-operation of the War Department, though often asked for, could not be obtained until, in the fall of 1864, Lieutenant-General Grant, having given the subject the closest consideration, was of opinion that under cover of the guns of the navy a landing might be effected on the beach. A part of the naval vessels might, he thought, force a passage beyond the batteries, and thus the works on Cape Fear being isolated, a combined attack upon them might be followed by their reduction. 270 NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. This plan of operations the heads of departments adopted, and it became necessary to select for the command of the very large fleet which would be required; that officer whose past career would -be the best guarantee of future services. The choice fell upon Admiral Farragut. But the health of this distinguished officer had been so impaired by long and arduous service in the gulf, that he was obliged to decline the command, and Eear Admiral David D. Porter, who had become well known in connection with the operations of the Mississippi Squadron, was selected in his place, and ordered to take command of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. This plaoed the port of Wil- mington and its defences within the sphere of his operations. Major-General Butler was to have command of the land forces. The 1st of October was first named for the sailing of the expedition, but so many delays occurred, that it was not until the month of December that the expedition was in motion. This delay seems to have been unavoidable on the part of the army, owing to the many operations in which it was engaged, but the naval preparations were complete long before. In the meantime every squadron was suffering a depletion to furnish the vessels which lay idle at Hampton Koads and Beaufort. At length, however, all was in readiness, and on the 16th of December the troops were embarked in transports, only to be once more delayed, however, by a severe gale, which lasted three days, and caused them severe suffering in their crowded quarters. On the 18th, Admiral Porter sailed from Beaufort with all the monitors and smaller vessels, and was joined at the rendezvous, twenty miles east of New Inlet, on the North Carolina coast, by the larger war vessels and by the trans- ports which had there assembled. The next day another heavy gale set in, which lasted two days. This somewhat scattered the fleet, but a calm succeeded, with weather so favorable, that at length the propitious time seemed to have arrived. A novel experiment was, however, to be first made : a powder magazine was to be exploded, so close to the fort that it was thought by many that the fort itself would be leveled to the ground, or that the magazines of the fort would be ignited, and that thus the rebels and all their works would be swept from the earth. A vessel called the Louisiana, which had been brought from Nor- folk, loaded with an immense charge of powder, and carefully fitted with long fuses and machinery, was to do this deadly work. On the night of the 23d, she was towed by another steamer close in shore, so near that the guns in the casemates of Fort Fisher could be distinguished from her deck. The rebels, mistaking her for a blockade runner, welcomed her with the usual sig- nals, and the brave little party having her in charge lighted their fuses and fires in the cabins almost in sight of the garrison. They then took to their small boat, and escaped to the vessel which had towed the powder boat to the shore. An hour after, the explosion followed, but the result was by no means what was hoped for. The enemy was somewhat stunned for a time, but little real damage was done. In the meantime the fleet remained at a distance of twelve miles from the bar, and the transports an equal distance down the coast, but with orders to stand in shore as soon as the noise of the explosion should be heard. A care- fully prepared plan had been distributed to each commander of a vessel and early in the morning they were to take their places accordingly, and to open fire as each got its assigned position. The whole fleet, consisting of about fifty vessels, was formed in three divisions, each with its reserve close at hand, and all plaoed upon the radius of a circle about a mile from the fort. At 11.30 the New Ironsides took its position and at once opened fire, followed by the Monad- NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. 271 nock, Canonicus and Mahopao. At first the enemy replied briskly, but as the larger vessels were followed by the others, each adding to the deadliness of the fire, his guns were served with less vigor, and, in an hour and a quarter after the first shot was fired, the fort relapsed into silence. The effect within the fort of such a concentrated fire must have been fearful. Two of the magazines were blown up, and shot and shell so rained upon the garrison that no living thing could stand it. The bravest would have been forced to take refuge in the bomb-proofs. A moderate fire was continued for three hours after the enemy had ceased to reply, but the army transports not having arrived, the fleet retired for the night to a safe anchorage. During this day's operations, a few of the vessels were struck, and one or two were severely injured, but they were of the smaller and less serviceable class. Much damage, however, was done by the bursting of large guns in the fleet. No less than six of the one-hundred pound Parrots thus exploded, killing and wounding a large number of ofiScers and men. The next day was Christmas, and all the transports had come in. After consultation with General Weitzel, oa the part of General Butler, a plan of operations was decided upon. The forts were to be attacked again by the navy, while the army should be landed and an assault made. A hundred small boats were to assist in landing the troops. At seven o'clock on the 25th, signal was made to get under way, and the vessels proceeded to take position as before, which they did promptly and in the best order. Again the terrible rain fell around and over the fort, but this day little reply was made from the fort. The landing of the troops was begun about five miles further up the beach, and was quite unopposed. Three thousand men were put ashore, and a reconnoisance made of the neighborhood of the works. One soldier even went inside the fort ; an orderly with dispatches was captured, and the flag-staff, which had been shot down, was brought away ; but the enemy kept himself so close that scarce a human being was to be seen. Two light batteries and a few men were captured. But General Butler decided that the fort was substantially uninjured as a place of defence; that so soon as the fire of the fleet should be withdrawn the enemy would be as strong as ever, and that only a regular siege, for which he was not prepared, could reduce the works. He therefore decided to withdraw the troops to the trans- ports again. This he did, and the next morning the army returned to Fortress Monroe. The war vessels in the meantime remained, keeping up a slow but constant fire, hoping to tire out the enemy or to dismount their guns. On the 29th of December, the Secretary of the Navy again addressed General Grant, at the suggestion of the President, asking that a new and more formi- dable attempt might be made by the army ; telling him that the fieet could maintain itself for the present, prevent the erection of new works, and be ready for any service which might be required of them. General Grant decided to send immediately a competent force, under command of Major General A. H. Terry. He arrived at Beaufort on the 8th of January, and a new plan of operations was arranged. Two days of stormy weather succeeded, but on the 13th every pre- paration had been made, and the vessels got under way once more, ranged in three lines, with the transports in company. This time the order of attack was different. The New Ironsides went in first, followed by the monitors, all of which got promptly into position, undisturbed by the fire from the fort, which opened at 7.30, and at first was quite spirited. Before long, however, the guns in the fort began to grow silent, and the vessels evidently had the best of it. The fire of the fleet was kept up all day, and at intervals through the night a few shot and shell were thrown. No sooner had the firing begun in the 272 NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. morning than the landing of the troops was undertaken, and it had been carried on so rapidly, that by 2 P. M. they were all ashore, with twelve days' pro- visions. The next day was the 15th, and on it the grand attack was to be made by sea and land. The troops by this time were rested after their long confinement on ship-board, and were eager for the attack. At 9 A. M., the squadron was sig- naled to attack in three lines, and at about eleven o'clock they were all in position. Each had opened fire as they took position in line, and the bombardment was kept up furiously all day. At first the rebels replied with some effect, from the same batteries as before, but they were soon driven away into the bomb-proofs. Sixteen hundred sailors and four hundred marines had been detailed to assist in the assault ; they were to attack the sea face of the fort, while the soldiers assaulted from the land side. By three o'clock the troops were all in position, and the signal to change the direction of fire was given, when the guns were' turned on the upper batteries, away from the point where the assault was to be made. As soon as the army was found to be in motion, the men from the fleet were ordered to advance also. This they did on the run, along the beach. The sailors, being armed with cutlasses and pistols, were expected to treat the fort as a ves- sel and board it with a dash. They went forward promptly to where the pali- sades joined the fort, but the enemy here opened such a heavy fire upon the advance that they were here checked, and a number of officers and men fell killed and wounded. The first line was thus thrown back, but the second and third lines, forming one compact column, advanced rapidly up the sea face of Fort Fisher, and nearly gained the parapet, which was lined with one dense mass of musketeers, whose fire checked and fiaally brought them to a halt. Although rallied several times by the officers, and exhibiting great valor and determiaation, they failed to get any further, though a few gained the parapet. The men in the rear commenced to retreat, and were soon followed by the rest, who got under cover till night. The attack in front, however, had the effect of diverting the attention of the enemy, who supposed this to be the main column, and the troops, assaulting from behind, thus met with less opposition. The fire from the vessels was kept up on those portions of the fort still held by the enemy, each traverse, as it was captured, being freed from the shot which fell wherever the rebels still held possession. In this remarkable manner the army and navy co-operated ; and the result was, that though the fighting lasted till long after nightfall, this immense fort, with traverses and bomb-proofs of enormous strength, was captured by a handful of men under the fire of the guns of the fleet, and in seven hours after the attack was begun. The number of guns captured was seventy-five, and of prisoners twenty-five hundred, among them Generals Whiting and Lamb, both wounded. Rear Admiral Porter, his officers and men, received the thanks of Congress for their services in the capture of Fort Fisher. Within twenty-four hours after the fall of Fort Fisher, Fort Caswell, Bald- head Fort and Fort Shaw were evacuated by the rebels, who, before leaving, spiked the guns and demolished the works. Fort Campbell was abandoned a few hours later, thus placing in the possession of the United States forces the entire chain of rebel defences in the vicinity of Fort Fisher. The next important duty devolving upon the officers and men of Admiral Porter s squadron was the removal of the torpedoes from Cape Fear river, an extremely hazardous undertaking, requiring the greatest caution. About the 15th of February, the combined forces resumed operations against Wilmington, N.L.; moving up the river in concert. Fort Anderson, the most important SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. 273 work remaining in possession of the rebels, surrendered on the 18tli of Febru- ary, after a vigorous bombardment of two days from the vessels of the squadron, supported by General Sohofield, who advanced upon the fort with 2,000 men. On the 21st, the rebels were driven from Fort Strong, which left the way to Wilmington unobstructed, and on the 22d of the month that city was evacuated. With the fall of Wilmington ended the war record of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, which a few months later was disbanded. SOUTH ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON. In October, 1861, a joint expedition of military and naval forces was organized by the Government. Captain Samuel F. Du Pont, an officer of great professional skill and experience, was appointed to its command, the military force being under the control of Brigadier- General W. T. Sherman. The intention of the Department was to seize and occupy one or more points on the southern coast where the blockading squadron might find shelter, possess a depot, and afford protection to loyal citizens. To Flag-officer Du Pont was entrusted the impor- tant and responsible duty of selecting the point of attack. And he, believing that the capabilities of the expedition justified it, determined, after consultation with Brigadier General Sherman, to make Port Koyal, S. C, a well defended harbor, the objective point. On the 29th of October, 1861, the fleet, consisting of forty-eight vessels, in- cluding transports, a larger squadron than ever before assembled under the United States flag, left Hampton Roads. On Friday, November 1st, the fleet, being then off Hatteras, encountered one of the severest storms ever known on the coast. The gunboat Isaac Smith was compelled to throw her formidable battery over- board, to keep from foundering, and thus relieved was enabled to go to the assistance of the chartered steamer Governor, then in a very dangerous condition, and on board of which was the battalion of marines under Major Reynolds. They were finally rescued by Captain Ringgold, in the Sabine, under difficult circumstances, soon after which the Governor went down. The transport Peer- less, in a sinking condition, was met by the Mohican, Commander Godon. All the men on board the transport, twenty-six in number, were saved by the boats of the Mohican under very perilous circumstances. On Sunday, November 3d, the weather moderated, and on the following morning the fleet arrived at Port Royal, and came to anchor off the bar. All aids to the navigation of Port Royal harbor had been removed by the rebels ; but, thanks to the skill of Commander Davis, Fleet Captain, and Mr. Boutelle, of the Coast Survey, the channel was immediately found, sounded out aid buoyed. By 3 P. M., the transports, with all the gunboats, were sent forward, and before dark they were securely anchored in the roadstead. The gunboats almost immediately opened their batteries on two or three rebef steamers under Commodore Tatnall, instantly chasing him under the shelter of the batteries. In the morning. Commander John Rodgers, serving temporarily on Admiral Du Font's staff, accompanied by Brigadier General Wright in the gunboat Ottawa, Lieutenant-Commanding Stevens, and supported by the Seneca, liieutenant-Commanding Ammen, and the steamers Curlew and Isaac Smith, made a reconnoissance in force, and drew the fire of the batteries on Hilton Head and Bay Point, sufficiently to show that the fortifications were works of strength and scientifically constructed. 18 274 SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. On the morning of Tuesday, the frigate Wabash, the flag-ship, crossed the bar, followed closely by the frigate Susquehanna and the Atlanta, Vanderbilt, and other transports of deep draught. Preparations for the ensuing battle were at once commenced, but the inclemency of the weather made the postponement of the attack unavoidable. Thereconnoissance of the 5th of November led Flag- officer Du Pont to believe that the forts on Bay Point and Hilton Head were armed with more than twenty guns each, of the heaviest calibre and longest raufie, and were well constructed and well manned, but that the one on Hilton Head was the strongest. The distance between them was two and two-tenths nautical miles, too great to admit of their being advantageously engaged at the same time, except at long range. He therefore determined to undertake the reduction of Fort Walker, on Hilton Head, first, and afterwards to turn his at- tention to Fort Beauregard, the fort on Bay Point. The greater part of the guns of Fort Walker were presented upon two water fronts, and the flanks were but slightly guarded, especially on the North, on which side the approach of an enemy had not been looked for. A fleet of the enemy, consisting of seven steamers armed with rifle guns, oc- cupied the northern portion of the harbor, and stretched along the mouth of Beaufort river to Scull creek. It was high water on the 7th instant at 11.35 A. M., by the tables of the Coast Survey. These circumstances, the superiority of Fort Walker and its weakness on the northern flank, the presence of the rebel fleet, and the flood tide of the morn- ing, decided the plan of attack. The order of battle comprised a main squadron ranged in a line ahead, and a flanking squadron, which was to be thrown off on the northern section of the harbor to engage the enemy's flotilla and to prevent their attacking the rear ships of the main line when it turned to the southward" or cutting off a disabled vessel. The main squadron consisted of the frigate Wabash, Commander C. K. P. Eodgers, the leading ship; the frigate Susquehanna, Captain J. L. Lardner ; the sloop Mohican, Commander S. W. Godoa ; the sloop Seminole, Commander J. P. Gillis ; the sloop Pawnee, Lieutenant-Commanding R. H. Wyman ; the gunboat Unadilla, Lieutenant-Commanding N. Collins; the gunboat Ottawa, Lieutenant-Commanding T. H. Stevens ; the gunboat Pembina, Lieutenant-Com- manding J. P. Bankhead, and the sailing-sloop Vandalia, Commander F. 8. Haggerty, towed by the Isaac Smith, Lieutenant-Commanding J. W. A. Nich- olson. The flanking squadron consisted of the gunboat Bienville, Commander Charles Steedman, the leading ship; the gunboat Seneca, Lieutenant-Command- ing Daniel Ammen; the gunboat Curlew, Lieutenant-Commanding P. G. Wat- mough ; the gunboat Penguin, Lieutenant^Commanding T. A. Budd ; and the gunboat Augusta, Commander E. G. Parrott, the closing ship of that line. ^ The plan of attack was to pass up midway between Ports Walker and Beau- regard, receiving and returning the fire of both to a certain distance, about two and a-half miles north of the latter. At that point the line was to turn to the south, round by the west, and close in with Fort Walker, encountering it on its weakest flank, at the same time enfilading in nearly a direct line its two water faces. When abreast of the fort the engine was to be slowed and the movement reduced to a rate of speed that would be but sufficient to overcome the tide, to preserve the order of battle by passing the batteries in slow succession, and to avoid becoming a fixed mark for the enemy's fire. On reaching the extremity of SOUTH ATLANTIC SQTJADKON. 275 Hilton Head the line was to turn to the north by the east, and passing to the northward, to engage Fort Walker with the port battery nearer than when first oa the same course. These evolutions were to be repeated. At 8 A. M., the flag-ship signaled to the squadron to get under way, and to take position in the line of battle. At nine o'clock, the signal was made for close order. At 9.26, the Wabash poured a broadside into Fort Walker, and the action commenced, and after a spirited engagement of three hours' dura- tion, fought at a distance of six hundred yards, the order of battle being strictly observed, the vessels having passed the batteries three times, the enemy desert- ed the works at Hilton Head, and Commander John Rodgers, with a boat's crew from the Wabash, landed and hoisted the American flag over the deserted post. As soon as this was done, a detachment of gunboats was sent to reconnoitre Fort Beauregard and ascertain its condition, when it was discovered that that work also had been abandoned. Lieutenant-Commanding Ammen had the honor of hoisting the national ensign over the rebel works. None of the vessels that participated in the battle of Port Royal received any serious injury, while the loss in killed and wounded was but light. Flag-officer Du Pont and his command received a letter of commendation from the Navy Department, and the thanks of Congress, for their services at Port Royal. In the latter part of November, Commander John Rodgers, of the steamer Flag, took possession of Tybee Island at the mouth of Savannah river, the fortifi- cations having been previously abandoned by the rebels. On November 25th, 1861, Commander Drayton, of the Pawnee, left Port Royal harbor in command of an expedition up St. Helena sound and adjacent rivers, in company with the Unadilla, Lieutenant-Commanding Collins, and the Pembina, Lieutenant-Commanding Bankhead. Reconnoissanee was made of St. Helena sound and the Coosa and Ashepoo rivers, and the fortifications on Otter Island, at the junction of Barnwell Creek with the Coosa, were found to be deserted, their magazines blown up and everything valuable carried away or destroyed. A reconnoissanee of the North and South Edisto rivers revealed a like abandon- ment of their fortified places on the part of the enemy. Flag-officer Du Pont, being fearful of losing possession of the bay of St. Helena, dispatched a second expedition under Commander Drayton, with orders to hold the island until General Sherman was prepared to assume military occupation of it. Commander C. R. P. Rodgers, with a force of gunboats under his command, was ordered to make a reconnoissanee of Warsaw Inlet, in order to ascertain the position and force of the enemy's battery there. The recon- noissanee was made, and Commander Rodgers reported that the rebels, after removing the guns, had abandoned the fortifications at Warsaw Island. In the latter part of December, Commander Drayton, with his own vessel, the Pawnee, and accompanied by the gunboat Seneca, Lieutenant-Commanding Ammen, the Penguin, Lieutenant-Commanding Budd, and the coast survey steamer Vixen, Captain Boutelle, made a reconnoissanee of North and South Edisto rivers and the adjacent waters. He discovered numerous fortifications which had been abandoned by the rebels. A large quantity of cotton was captured by the expedition. Commander C. R. P. Rodgers was directed to take under his command the gun- boats Ottawa, Lieutenant-Commanding Stevens, and Seneca, Lieutenant-Com- manding Ammen, and the steamer Henry Andrew, Acting Master Mather, and to proceed to Ossibaw, where he was to inform himself as accurately as possible of the state of affairs in the inlet and sound, and Vernon and Great Ogeechee rivers. He left Tybee Roads on the Ilth of December, and crossed the bar at Ossibaw soon after 8 A. M. 276 SOTITH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. The expedition returned to Port Royal Roads on the following day, and Com- mander Kodgers reported that there were no batteries on Ossibaw Island, or in the Great Ogeechee, up which river he had ascended as far as Morrell's plantation, which he found abandoned. He also reported that there was a fort, advan- tageously situated and mounting eight guns, on the eastern end of Green Island ; it commanded Vernon river, the Little Ogeechee, Hell-Gate, the passage from the Vernon into the Great Ogeechee, and the channel of the latter river. On the 28th of December, General Sherman addressed a communication to Flag-officer Du Pont/requesting him to furnish a naval force to co-operate with the army in arresting the design of the enemy, who had been for some time endeavoring to shut up the national forces on Port Royal island, by obstructing the Coosa river and Whale branch, by constructing batteries at Port Royal Ferry, Seabrook and Boyd's Neck, and also by concentrating a force of three thousand troops in the vicinity. Commander C. R. P. Rodgers was appointed to the command of the naval forces, which consisted of the gunboats Ottawa, Seneca, Pembina, Ellen, and C.B.Hale. The part assigned to the gunboats was to protect the landing of the troops at Heywood's plantation, the first point of debarkation ; to cover the route of the advancing column and the second point of debarkation, and to assail the batteries on the front. The attack was made on the first day of January, 1862, and the movement was entirely successful. The aid rendered the army was of such a character as to elicit from Brigadier General Sherman, who commanded the military forces, the most cordial thanks. Flag-officer DuPont, having in contemplation an attack on Fernandina, deemed it advisable to direct the enemy's attention from that point, by sending an expe- dition of gunboats to make a reconnoissance of the Little Tybee river and the adjacent streams, which would serve as a demonstration upon Savannah. The expedition was commanded by Fleet Captain Charles H. Davis, and consisted of the Ottawa, Lieutenant-Commanding Stevens j Seneca, Lieutenant-Command- ing Ammen ; Isaac Smith, Lieutenant-Commanding Nicholson ; Potomska, Lieutenant-Commanding Watmough; Ellen, Lieutenant-Commanding Budd; Western World, Acting Master Gregory, and two armed launches of the Wabash ; having in company three transport steamers, on board of which were the _6th Connecticut, the 4th New Hampshire and the 97th Pennsylvania Regiments, in all twenty-four hundred men, commanded by Brigadier-General H. G. Wright. Commander C. R. P. Rodgers accompanied the expedition. The expedition left Port Royal on the 1st of February, and anchored in Warsaw Sound the same evening. On the 2d they entered the Little Tybee river, and passed Fort Pulaski without being fired on. After passing the high- land on Wilmington Island, the further progress of the gunboats was arrested by a blockade of heavy piles across the channel. The vessels were anchored, and boats were dispatched from them to examine the numerous creeks leading into the river. Captain Rodgers landed with the armed launches and a detachment of troops, to scout and determine whether there were then or had been any batteries in position in the vicinity; none were found ; Captain Ammen landed, passed the marsh, and cut the telegraph wire leading from Fort Pulaski to the city. About noon, five steamers, composing the rebel fleet, commanded by Commo- dore Tatnall, attempted to pass down the river with scows in tow. They were immediately fired upon by Fleet Captain Davis, and Commodore Tatnall returned the fire. The engagement lasted less than half an hour. Commodore Tatnall, with one of his squadron, was driven back; the rest escaped apparently without injury, and succeeded in reaching Fort Pulaski. SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. 277 In the afternoon, ttey returned up the river from the fort, and the firing was resumed. They had waited for low water, and were so well protected by the banks of the river, while Flag-officer Davis's gunboats were lying in a natural., trench or moat, that the harm inflicted upon them was entirely disproportionate to the amount of ammunition expended. As a demonstration, the appearance of the naval and military force in Wil- mington and Warsaw Sounds was a complete success. Savannah was thrown into a state of great alarm, and the energies of the place exerted to increase its military defences, for which purpose troops were withdrawn from other points. As a reconnoissance the results were equally satisfactory. Much valuable information was obtained, and used with advantage by Flag-officer Du Pont in his subsequent operations. On the last day of February, 1862, Flag-officer Du Pont left Port Royal in the Wabash, and on the 2d of March transferred his flag to the sloop-of-war Mohican, and entered Cumberland sound in that vessel, accompanied by the following vessels, sailing in the order named : Ottawa, Mohican, Ellen, Seminole, Pawnee, Pocahontas, Flag, Florida, James Adger, Bienville, Alabama, Key- stone State, Seneca, Huron, Pembina, Isaac Smith, Penguin, Potomska, armed cutter Henrietta, armed transport McClellan, (the latter having on board a bat- talion of marines under command of Major Reynolds,) and the transports Em- pire City, Marion, Star of the South, Belvidere, Boston and Georgia, contain- ing a brigade under the command of Brigadier-Greneral Wright. The main object of the expedition was the repossession of Fort Clinch and the capture of Fernandina. The rebels abandoned their works without a struggle, and Lieutenant White, of the Ottawa, hoisted the national flag on Fort Clinch, the first of the national forts on which the ensign of the Union had resumed its proper place since the first proclamation of President Lincoln was issued. Commander Percival Drayton, in the gunboat Ottawa, Lieutenant-Command- ing Stevens, proceeded to Fernandina, and took possession of that place. Com- mander C. R. P. Rodgers, with a second division, was sent to occupy St. Marys. Lieutenant-Commanding T. H. Stevens, in the Ottawa, pushed on from this place, and, encountering the rebel riflemen and cavalry on the banks, dispersed them by a few shots from his 11-inch Dahlgren gun. On the 7th of March, Commander S. W. Godon was dispatched with a divi- sion of gunboats, consisting of the Mohican, Pocahontas, and the Potomska, to hold Brunswick ; and on the same day another division of the squadron was sent to Jacksonville, both places surrendering without opposition. On the 12th of March, Commander 0. R. P. Rodgers received the surrender of St. Augustine, the citizens raising the United States flag. This expedition gave to Flag-officer Du Pont possession of Fort Clinch, Fernandina, St. Marys, Cumberland island and sound, Amelia sound, Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Brunswick — in fact, the coast and inland waters from St. Simon's southward. Soon after Flag-officer Du Font's return to Port Royal, Robert Small, a col- ored pilot, escaped from Charleston, under circumstances of peculiar daring. From him was received information which led to the occupation of Stono inlet and river, thus securing an important base for future military operations. Under date of the 24th of March, 1862, Flag-officer Du Pont reported to the Navy Department the death of Lieutenant-Commanding Budd, Acting-Master Mather and others, who had been killed by the enemy while on a boat expe- dition in Mosquito lagoon. Flag-officer Du Pont closes his official report with the following tribute .to their worth ; " Lieutenant-Commanding Budd and Acting-Master Mather were brave and devoted officers. The former commanded the Penguin in the action of the 7th 278 SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. of November, and received my commendation. The latter, in the prime of life, was a man of uncommon energy and daring, and had no superior, probably, among the patriotic men who have been appointed in the navy from the mer- cantile marine." Fort Pulaski, after a bombardment of two days, surrendered to the military forces on the 12th of April. Commander C. R. P. Rodgers, with a detachment of officers and men from the Wabash, had the good fortune to represent the navy on this occasion, they being in charge of Battery Sigel. Feeling the impossibility of effectually blockading the port of Charleston, the Navy Department, in 1862, commenced active preparations to send a force of iron-clads to the South Atlantic Squadron, for the purpose of demolishing the defences of Charleston harbor, and, if possible, capturing the city itself. As soon as the iron-clads were turned over to the department by the contractors, they were placed in commission and sent to report to Rear Admiral Du Pont. On the 26th of January, 1863, Commander Worden, of the iron-clad Blon- tauk, opened fire upon the enemy's battery at Genesis Point, Great Ogeechee river. After a bombardment of four hours, during which the enemy's fort was seri- ously damaged, the Montauk was compelled to haul off, her ammunition being expended. At 4 A. M., January 31st, 1863, during the obscurity of a thick haze, the rebel rams Chicora and Palmetto came out of Charleston by the main ship channel, unperceived by the squadron, and made a raid on the blockading fleet. The Mercedita was the first vessel attacked, a heavy shell from the enemy entering the starboard side, passing through the condenser, the steam drum of the port boiler, and exploding against the port side, blowing a hole, in its exit, some four or five feet square, killing the gunner, and by the escape of steam scalding a pumber of men, and rendering her motive power useless. The iron-clad, leaving the Mercedita to her fate to sink or not, next engaged the Keystone State, Commander Le Roy, who was also attacked by the other ram. Their fire was gallantly returned ; but a shell exploding on the forehold of this vessel, she was set on fire. Commander Le Roy kept off until the fire was got under, when he steered again for one of the iron-clads, and ordered full steam, determined to try to run her down. The guns had been trained and depressed for a plunging fire at the moment of collision, and the ship had acquired a speed of twelve knots, when a shell or shot from the enemy passed through both steam chests, wholly disabling her boilers and rendering her powerless. Ten rifled shells struck the Keystone State ; two burst on the quarter-deck, but most of them struck near and below the water line. In the meantime, the Augusta, Commander Parrot; the Quaker City, Commander Frailey, and the Memphis, Acting Lieutenant Watmough, kept up a fire upon the enemy, divert- ing their attention from the Keystone State, which was soon after taken in tow by the Memphis and drawn out of range. The Augusta and Quaker City were both struck in their hulls; the Memphis only in her rigging. The Housatonic, Captain Taylor, gave chase, and a shot from her struck the pilot-house of one of the iron-clads, doing some damage and carrying away one of her flags. The rebel vessels then passed to the northward, and took refuge in the swash-channel, behind the shoals. The only casualties were on the Mercedita and Keystone State. On the Keystone State they were very large; about one- fourth of her crew were killed and wounded, and among the former, the medical officer of the ship. Assistant Surgeon Jacob H. Gotwald, who was scalded to death while rendering surgical aid to one of the wounded men. Nine of those who died perished from the escape of steam when the boilers and steam-chimneys SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADEON. 279 were penetrated; and among the wounded, the greater number received their injuries from the same cause. On the return of the rams to Charleston, General Beauregard issued a procla- mation that the blockade of the port had been raised by force of arms. This statement was promptly refuted by Kear Admiral Du Pont, who forwarded to the Navy Department a paper signed by all the commanding officers on the blockade, showing that, with the exception of the time occupied in engaging the rams, the blockading vessels had not, for one moment, left their regular sta- tions. On the 30th of January, the steamer Isaac Smith was fired upon, and grounded under the guns of a rebel battery in Stono river, and, after a gallant resistance, was compelled to surrender. The vessel was destroyed, and her offi- cers and crew taken prisoners. A second attack was made by Commander Worden, of the Montauk, on the rebel battery situated on the Ogeechee river, on February 1st, 18G3. After a bombardment of six hours, finding it useless to continue the fire, he withdrew out of range, the Montauk being struck forty-six times without material damage. On the evening of the 27th of February, Commander Worden observed the enemy's armed steamer Nashville in motion above the battery known as Fort McAllister. A reconnoissance immediately made proved that in moving up the river she had grounded. At daylight the next morning, Commander Worden, in the Montauk, and accompanied by the gunboats Seneca, Wissahickon and Dawn, moved up under a heavy fire from the battery, and opened their guns on the Nashville, the Montauk engaging at twelve hundred yards and the wooden gunboats at long range. At 9.55 A. M., the magazine of the Nashville was exploded by a well-directed shot from the Montauk, and Commander Worden, after assuring himself of the complete destruction of the rebel vessel, dropped down beyond the range of the enemy's guns. In so doing, a torpedo exploded under his vessel; inflicting, however, but little injury. The Nashville had been blockaded in the Ogeechee river for over eight months, and the enemy had constructed a line of torpedoes across the river, to prevent its ascent by light draught vessels to cut her out. The gallantry and energy of Commander Worden released from blockading duty at least two vessels, that would otherwise have been kept in the Ogeechee river for months to come. Wishing to fully test the powers of the monitors and iron-clads before engag- ing in an attack on the defences in Charleston harbor. Hear Admiral Du Pont sent the monitors Passaic, Captain Drayton; Patapsco, Commander Ammen, and Nahant, Commander Downs, to engage Fort McAllister, on the Ogeechee river. After a bombardment of eight hours. Captain Drayton, finding that he had made but little impression on the fort, withdrew his vessels from action. On the morning of the 6th of April, Kear Admiral Du Pont, in the flag-ship New Ironsides, accompanied by the monitors Passaic, Captain Drayton ; Weehaw- ken. Captain John Rodgers; Montauk, Captain J. L. Worden; Patapsco, Com- mander Ammen ; Catskill, Commander George W. Rodgers ; Nantucket, Com- mander Fairfax; Nahant, Commander Downs, and Keokuk, Commander Rhiud, crossed the bar, intending to proceed the same day to the attack on Fort Sumpter, but after reaching an anchorage inside, the weather became so hazy that the pilots declined to go further. On the following day, April 7th, at noon, being the earliest hour at which, owing to the state of the tide, the pilots would consent to move, the vessels 280 SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. weighed ancior and took their designated positions, their commanders having previously received orders n,ot to reply to the batteries on Morris Island, but reserve their fire until they could pass Fort Sumpter, in case there were no obstructions, and to attack the north-west face, liie heavy fire received from Forts Sumpter and Moultrie, and the other rebel batteries, together with the nature of the obstructions, compelled the attack from the outside. The flag-ship New Ironsides could not be brought into such close action as the Admiral desired, as, owing to the narrow channel and rapid current, she became partly unmanageable, and was twice forced to anchor to prevent going ashore. She could not get nearer than one thousand yards. The monitors were enabled to get within easy range of Fort Sumpter, at distances varying from five hundred to eight hundred yards, in which positions they were sub- jected successively to a tremendous concentrated fire from all the batteries on fciullivan's Island, Morris Island, Sumpter and others of the most formidable kind, and from guns of the heaviest calibre. At 4.30 P. M., Bear Admiral Du Pont made signal to withdraw from action, intending to resume the attack the next morning. But when the comnianding officers of the iron-elads reported the severe injury their vessels had sustained, the Commander-in-Chief became convinced of the utter impracticability of taking the city of Charleston, with the force under his command, and so reported to the Department. The ships had been exposed to the severest fire of the enemy over forty minutes, and yet, in that brief period, five of the iron-clads wore wholly or partially dis- abled in that which was most essential to their success, their batteries. Com- mander' Bhind, in the Keokuk, had only been able to fire^ three times during the short period he was exposed to the guns of the enemy, and was obliged to with- draw from action to prevent his vessel sinking, which event occurred on the following morning. Bear Admiral Du Pont returned his thanks to the commanding officers of the vessels engaged in the attack, and to his Fleet Captain, Commander C. R. P. Bodgers, whom he complimented in words of high praise for his efficient, gallant and valuable services, from the capture of Port Boyal to the attack on the defences of Charleston. Bear Admiral Du Pont, having received information that the Atlanta and other iron-clads, at Savannah, were about attempting to enter Warsaw sound by Wilmington fiver, for the purpose of attacking the blockading vessels there and in the sounds further south, dispatched the Weehawken, Captain John Bodgers, and the Nahant, Commander John Downs, to Warsaw. At 4.10 A. M., on the 17th of June, the iron-clad Atlanta was discovered coming down the Wilmington river, accompanied by two other steamers, one a side-wheel, and the other a propeller. Captain Bodgers shipped the cable and prepared his vessel for action. At 5.15 A. M., being distant from the enemy three hundred yards, he commenced firing. At 5.30 A. M., the enemy hauled down his colors and hoisted the white flag, and was taken possession of by a boat from the Nahant. But five shots were fired by the Weehawken, and the action was of such brief duration that the Nahant did not have an opportunity to become engaged. The rebels were so confident of a speedy and decisive victory, that the steamers which accompanied the Atlanta were filled with gay parties from Savannah, to witness the triumph of their favorite vessel. Captain Bodgers received a complimentary letter from the Navy Department, thanking him not only for his services in the capture of the Atlanta, but throughout the rebellion. SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADEON. 281 The Navy Department also addressed the following letter to Kear Admiral Du Pont, who was about to relinquish the command of the South Atlantic Block- ading Squadron : Navy Department, June 26th, 1863. Sir : — The Department has received your several dispatches announcing the capture of the rebel iron-clad steamer Fingal, alias Atlanta, and inclosing the detailed reports of Captain John Rodgers and Commander John Downs of the affair. I take occasion to express the Department's appreciation of your prompt measures to prepare for the expected appearance of the rebel iron-clads, by send- ing off Savannah two of your own, ably commanded, and congratulate you on the acquisition of so powerful a vessel, which promises to be of important ser- vice on the station. To your ceaseless vigilance, and that of the oflScers under your command, were we indebted, some months since, for the destruction of the steamer Nash- ville, which the enemy had armed and fruitlessly endeavored to send out to destroy our commerce ; and now to your timely measures, and the efficient means provided, do we owe the capture of one of the most powerful iron-clads afloat — a vessel prepared after months of toil and great expenditure of money, and sent forth with confidence to disperse our blockading fleet and overcome our moni- tors. You may well regard this, and we may with pleasure look upon it, as a brilliant termination of a command gallantly commenced, and conducted for nearly two years with industry, energy and ability. The Department desires you to recommend an officer of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron to command the Atlanta. Very respectfully, GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. S. F. Du Pont, Commanding S. A. B. Squadron, Port Royal, S. C. Rear Admiral Du Pont having signified his wish to be relieved, Rear Ad- miral Andrew H. Foote was detailed to command the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Rear Admiral Foote, while on the way to his command, was seized ■with fatal illness and died in New York city. His associate and second in com- mand. Rear Admiral Dahlgren, proceeded immediately to Port Royal, and on the 6th day of July assumed command of the squadron. Rear Admiral Dahlgren at once commenced active co-operation with Major General Gilmore, commanding military forces, in effecting the occupation and possession of Morris Island, on the south side of the entrance to Charleston harbor. On the 18th of July, 1863, a combined attack was made on Fort Wagner, by the troops under General Gilmore, and the iron-clads of the squadron. Admiral Dahlgren led the attack in the Montauk, followed by the Ironsides, Catskill, Nantucket, Weehawken and Patapsco. The fort was engaged at three hundred yards' range, and silenced for the day, so that not a shot was fired afterwards at the vessels, nor was there a man seen about it. The assaulting party of troops were repulsed with some loss, and Rear Admiral Dahlgren, in his official report, attributes the failure of the attack to the inadequacy of the force. On the 17th of August, General Gilmore opened all his batteries on Fort Sumpter, firing on Port Wagner and the intermediate space. Admiral Dahlgren at the same time moved up with the entire available naval force, leading in the Weehawken, followed by the Catskill, Nahant and Montauk ; the Passaic and Patapsco in reserve for Sumpter, the Ironsides in position opposite to Wagner, 282 SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. and a number of gunboats engaged at long range. As the tide rose the Wee- hawken ran close in to about four hundred and fifty yards of Wagner, the other three monitors followed, and the Ironsides as near as her great draught of water permitted. After a steady and well-directed fire, Wagner was silenced about 9.20 A. M., and that of the vessels was slackened in consequence. Meanwhile the fire of their batteries was working effectually upon the gorge of Sumpter, which appeared to have been strengthened in every possible manner. At this time the Admiral's flag was shifted to the Passaic, which, with the Patapsco, both having rifled guns, steamed up the channel within two thousand yards of Sumpter, when fire was opened on the gorge, angle, and south east end of the work. Sumpter scarcely replied, Wagner was silenced, and battery Gregg alone maintained a deliberate fire at the Passaic and Patapsco. At noon the vessels were withdrawn from action to give their crews a rest, they having been working since daylight. During the afternoon, the shore batteries continued the fire at Sumpter with little or no reply from the enemy, and the Passaic and Patapsco were sent up to prevent Wagner from repairing damages. The fort replied briskly, but in a brief time left off firing. During this action, Captain George W. Eodgers, Chief of Staff, was killed while in command of the monitor Catskill, as was also Paymaster Woodbury, who was standing near him. Admiral Dahlgren, in his report, pays a sincere and beautiful tribute to the memory of the gallant Eodgers. After several other engagements between the monitors (which were in each instance led by Admiral Dahlgren in person) and the rebel works, Morris Island, with all its batteries, was captured by the combined forces of the army and navy. With the capture of Morris Island the commerce of Charleston ceased, blockade running coming to an abrupt termination. Rear Admiral Dahlgren received the thanks of the Navy Department for his untiring energy and personal gallantry, as exhibited in his operations in Charles- ton harbor. In February, 1864, a division of gunboats was sent to the St. Johns river to co-operate with the army in a movement into Florida. Rear Admiral Dahl- gren accompanied the expedition, and assigned an adequate naval force, which held possession of all points on the St. Johns occupied by the army. On the night of February 17th, the sloop-of-war Housatonic, one of the blockading fleet, was sunk by a torpedo boat off Charleston. Most of the crew were saved. The rebels made attacks with torpedoes upon several vessels, including the flag-ship of the blockading squadron, but were unsuccessful, except in the case of the Housatonic. In February, Rear Admiral Dahlgren received leave of absence, transferring the command of the squadron to Commodore S. C. Rowan. In March, a diver- sion was made at Bull's Bay. In May, a force was detailed to co-operate in an effort to sever the railroad between Charleston and Savannah. Rear Admiral Dahlgren returned to the squadron in May, and found that General Gilmore had been called with the greater part of his army to another field, leaving behind, however, a sufficient defensive force when sustained by the navy. The withdrawal of so large a portion of the military force necessarily put a stop to further serious demonstrations against Charleston. The retention of the harbor, as well as the safety of that coast, depended thenceforward maiply on the ifon-clads. In November, 1864, the Navy Department received official information that Major- General Sherman had commenced his march from Atlanta to the sea- SOXITH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. 283 board, and that lie might be expected to reach the Atlantic coast, in the vicinity of Savannah, about the middle of December. Kear Admiral Dahlgren was ad- vised of this fact, and was instructed to be in readiness to co-operate with General Sherman, and furnish him such assistance as he might desire. Before these instructions reached Kear Admiral Dahlgren, he had conferred with Major-General Foster, then commanding the division of the South, and con- certed with him plans to assist, so far as their joint forces would allow, in estab- lishing communication with the advancing army. A combined expedition was at once organized for cutting the railroad between Charleston and Savannah, and otherwise engaging the attention of the enemy in that quarter. Force was displayed at the most important points along the Carolina coast, and every avail- able means adopted to aid in the success of the grand military movement which was in progress through the heart of the enemy's country. General Sherman reached the vicinity of Savannah on the 12th of December, and communication between him and Kear Admiral Dahlgren was immediately established. The latter made the best disposition of the vessels under his command to assist the army in taking possession of Savannah. On the 18th of December, the investment of that city, by the army on one side and the navy on the other, was accomplished. The garrisons succeeded in escaping across the river, and in effecting a retreat towards Charleston, leaving General Sherman to occupy Savannah on the 21st of the month. Early in January, Kear Admiral Dahlgren was engaged in assisting in the transfer of the right wing of the army to Beaufort, S. C, and in the course of General Sherman's march northward, that officer and his army were aided by all needful demonstrations. On the 12th and 13th of February, a joint movement was made along the approaches from Bull's Bay to Mount Pleasant, with a view of embarrassing the military Commandant at Charleston, and blinding him as to the actual military design. No real or serious attack on Charleston was contemplated. Other less extensive movements were made at other points to attract the attention of the rebels and aid General Sherman in accomplishing his great purpose of moving towards Kichmond. Charleston was in the meantime vigilantly watched, to detect the first indica- tion of abandonment by the rebels, which it was known must take place at an early day. The troops stationed thereabouts were advanced and the iron-clads moved nearer to the works. Daring the night of the 17th of February, the batteries were ceaselessly employed, and the vessels in the harbor gave them watchful attention. 'The morning of the 18th revealed the fact that Charleston was evacuated. During the night of the evacuation the monitors kept up a sharp and con- tinuous bombardment on the rebel batteries, the enemy replying from Moultrie with a few guns, but ceasing as the night wore on. Subsequent events developed the fact that the main body had left the island at 8 o'clock, except a party of one hundred and fifty men, who remained behind to keep up the firing and thus delay the knowledge of the evacuation. Kear Admiral Dahlgren at onOe pushed up the harbor, passing between Sumpter and Moultrie to the city batteries on Cooper river, under the guidance of a mate captured from a blockade runner a few nights previous. The flag-ship was anchored off the city, and Admiral Dahlgren, accompanied by several officers of his fleet, landed and walked along some of the principal streets. There was nothing to indicate the ravages of war, save here and there, where a rifle shot from distant batteries had scarred some dwellings. 284 EASTERN GULF SQUADRON. The evacuation of Charleston was followed by that of Georgetown on the 23d of February, and on the 26th of the same month, the place itself was occupied by Rear Admiral Dahlgren. EASTERN GULF BLOCKADING SQUADRON. The Eastern Gulf Blockading Squadron embraced within its limits -the coast of Florida from Cape Florida to Pensacola. The division of the Gulf Squadron did not take place until 1862. Previous to that time the blockade of the entire coast from Cape Florida to the Rio Grande river, was under the command of Captain William Mervine, who was relieved in September, 1861, by Captain William W. McKean. In January, 1862, Flag-officer McKean dispatched Commander Emmons, with the steamer Hatteras, to operate against the rebels at Cedar Keys. The expedi- tion was entirely successful, destroying a large amount of public property, including military stores, and capturing a battery of two guns in position at Sea Horse Key, and several schooners laden and ready to run the blockade.. In the latter part of March, Commander Stellwagen, of the Mercedita, arrived off Appalachicola, with that vessel and the Sagamore, Lieutenant-Commanding Drake, and organized a boat expedition, the immediate object of which was the capture of a number of vessels, understood to be at or above that city. The place had been evacuated by the soldiers, some six hundred in number, on the first appearance of the naval force. No resistance was offered, and the expedi- tion brought out several vessels and destroyed others, owing to the difficulty of getting them over the bar. Information having been received that the rebel steamer Florida, which had succeeded in getting into St. Andrews, was lying some twenty miles above that town, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant David Cate, commanding tbe U. S. bark Pursuit, determined to make an attempt to cut her out. A volunteer expedi- tion was organized and left the vessel on the 4th of April, and on the night of the 6th reached and surprised the Florida. The crew were captured with slight resistance, and the vessel, a valuable side-wheel steamer of 500 tons, with a cargo of 200 bales of cotton, was brought out safely. _ About this time, April, 1862, the Gulf Squadron was divided into two sec- tions; the Western division taking in that portion of the coast which lay between Pensacola on the one hand and the Rio Grande on the other; including the navigable streams entering into the Gulf; Flag-officer Farragut taking com- mand of the Western Gulf, and Captain James L. Lardner the Eastern Gulf, relieving Flag-officer McKean. Flag-officer Lardner continued in the command of the squadron until the fall, when he was relieved by Acting Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey. During the year 1863 many important boat expeditions for cutting out vessels and destroy- ing salt-works were projected and executed with success. More than one hun- dred blockade-runners were captured or destroyed by the squadron during the year, and violating the blockade became so precarious a business that few were desperate enough to attempt it. In the latter part of the year the limits of the Eastern Gulf Squadron were extended so as to embrace within its cruising grounds the waters of the Bahamas in the vicinity of Cuba. In May, an expedition was planned by the rebels for capturing or destroying the United States steamer Adela, then blockading off Appalachicola. The organization consisted of several hundred men, led by rebel naval officers. Infor- WEST GTJLF SQUADRON. 285 mation of the proposed movement was received in time to defeat their object, and a joint military and naval force was dispatched against the party, and suc- ceeded in capturing most of them, with several boats, their ammunition, flags and accoutrements. On the 7th of August, 1864, Acting Rear Admiral Bailey, whose health was ■ suffering from the debilitating influence of the climate, turned over the com- mand of the squadron, by permission of the department, to Captain Theodore P. Greene, the officer next in rank, and came north. Captain Greene continued in command until the 12th of October, when he was relieved by Acting Rear Admiral C. K. Stribling. During the year many armed incursions were made into the interior of Florida, destroying a number of salt works, and in this way inflicting serious injury upon the enemy. Several successful expeditions against the enemy were dispatched by Acting Rear Admiral Stribling, in the early part of the year 1865. In July, 1865, Acting Rear Admiral Stribling hauled down his flag as Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Gulf Blockading Squadron, which had been merged into the Gulf Squadron. Rear Admiral Stribling received from the Department a letter, expressing its appreciation of his services while in command of the East Gulf Squadron. WEST GULF BLOCKADING SQUADRON. On the night of the 12th of April, 1861, Captain H. A. Adams, of the frigate Sabine, and senior officer on the Pensaoola blockade, in pursuance of orders he had previously received, landed a party of United States troops, under Captain Vogdes, and the marines of the squadron, under Lieutenant Cash, for the pur- pose of reinforcing Fort Pickens. The expedition was under the charge of Com- mander Charles H. Poor, assisted by Lieutenant Smith, of the Brooklyn, Lieu- tenant Newman, of the Sabine, and Lieutenant Belknap, of the St. Louis. The service was performed without accident or disorder. The Brooklyn, Captain Walker, and the Wyandotte, Lieutenant-Commanding Mullany, carried the landing party to the designated spot with accuracy, notwithstanding the darkness of the night.. On August 3d, 1861, one of the tenders of the U. S. steamer South Carolina, then blockading off Galveston, while returning from a cruise to the southward, was fired upon from two rebel batteries. The fire was returned in the most gallant manner ; and after exchanging a few passing shots, the tender reported the fact to Captain Alden, of the South Carolina, which vessel was lying only three miles off. Captain Alden, knowing the defenceless condition of the town, believed the whole affair was the result of misunderstanding or accident. He therefore waited all day for some explanation on the part of the authorities, but none came. On the contrary, steam was gotten up on the General Rusk, a large ocean steamer, which had been for some time preparing for sea; and other demonstrations satisfied Captain Alden that, so far from their volunteering explanations, they were ready, and indeed wanted a brush. He therefore, about 4 P. M., got under way and stood down towards the batteries. This movement of the South Carolina was the signal for the General Rusk to get under way, but the South Carolina turning to give chase, she steamed back with all speed. A few minutes later the Rusk attempted, the second time to run out, but this being unsuccessful, she was content to return and watch the result out of harm's way. 286 WEST GULP SQUADRON. The South Carolina now resumed her original course and stood direct for the batteries, and was no sooner in range than they opened their fire upon her. After exchanging some dozen or fifteen shots with them, Captain Alden with- drew, satisfied that he was doing more injury to the city, or perhaps to unoffending citizens, than to the batteries, or those who sought the collision. The firing of the enemy was so extremely bad, that not a shot touched the South Carolina. On the 5th of August, the Consuls of Foreign Powers saw fit to send a docu- ment to Captain Alden, protesting against what they termed the bombardment of Galveston without due notice to the non-combatanta. Captain Alden, in reply, recited the facts given above, which he deemed a suf- ficient answer, and in concluding very pertinently said : " I must respectfully remark, that it is the first time that I ever heard that the women and children, or unarmed citizens of one of our towns, were under the protection of foreign consuls." On the night of September 13th, 1861, an expedition was fitted out from the frigate Colorado, flag-ship, consisting of the first launch and first, second and third cutters, under the command of Lieutenants Russell, Sprotson and Blake, and Midshipman Steece, respectively, assisted by Captain Reynolds of the Marine corps, Assistant Surgeon Kennedy, Assistant Engineer White, and Midshipmen Forrest and Higginson. The whole force detailed was about one hundred officers, sailors and marines. The object of the expedition was the destruction of a schooner which lay ofl' the Pensacola Navy Yard, supposed to be fitting out as a privateer, and the spiking of a gua in battery in the south- east end of the yard. The- attack was made on the morning of the 14th, at half-past three o'clock. The schooner was moored to the wharf, armed with a pivot and two broad- side guns, under the protection of a battery and field piece. The crew were prepared to receive their assailants, pouring in a volley of musketry as the boats neared the vessel. After a desperate resistance, they were driven from the deck of the schooner on to the wharf, where they rallied and were joined by the guard, a continual fire upon the attacking party being kept up. In the meantime the vessel was set on fire in several places, and while burning was freed from her moorings, and drifted down opposite Fort Barrancas, where she sank. Of the party assigned to attend to the spiking of the gun, only Lieutenant Sprotson and Gunner Boreton were able to find it, the party becoming separated in the darkness. Fortunately only one man was found in charge of the gun, and he immediately leveled his piece at Lieutenant Sprotson, but was shot down by Gunner Boreton before he could obtain correct aim, both pieces exploding simultaneously. The gun, a X-inch columbiad, was immediately spiked, and the officers returned to their boat. The object of the expedition was accomplished in the short space of fifteen minutes, and the whole force of the enemy being aroused, the assailants pulled away, and when a short distance from the shore fired six charges of cannister from their howitzers into the yard. This brilliant affair was not unattended with loss of life. Boatswain's Mate Charles H. Lamphere, and John R. Hemig, seaman and captain of howitzer, were killed by shots from the cross-trees of the schooner ; and Marine John Smith, the first man to board the schooner, and who behaved most gallantly, having lost his distinguishing mark, was killed by one of the attacking party. Captain Reynolds received a severe contusion on his shoulder, and Midshipman Higginson had the end of his thumb shot off. Lieutenants Russell and Blake were each grazed by one or more musket balls. WEST GTJLF SQUADRON. 287 On tlie night of the 7th of November, 1861, aa expedition, eonf