Confederate and Union Navy Men

It’s been a while since I have done anything on the Navy of the Civil War. This page will be miscellaneous information on the Confederate and Union Navy. Some of this names may have additional information, if you see a name and would like me to take a look I would be glad too. My address can be found in my profile.
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FORT WARREN, Boston Harbor, June 4, 1862.
Roll of all prisoners of war at this station since the 1st of March, 1862.

Assistant Paymaster L. E. Brooks, C. S. Navy.
Captain's Clerk William B. Clark, C. S. Navy.
Second Assistant Engineer Orrin Culver, C. S. Navy.
Carpenter Virginius Cherry, C. S. Navy.
Third Assistant Engineer John H. Dent, C. S. Navy.
Third Assistant Engineer Joseph Elliott, C. S. Navy.
Second Assistant Engineer Henry Fagan, C. S. Navy.
Asst. Surg. Joseph D. Grafton, C. S. Navy.
Lieutenant Frank M. Harris, C. S. Navy.
Second Assistant Engineer James Harris, C. S. Navy.
Third Assistant Engineer Theodore Hart, C. S. Navy.
Lieutenant beverly Kennon, C. S. Navy.
Commander John K. Mitchell, C. S. Navy.
Third Assistant Engineer Thomas Menzies, C. S. Navy.
Third Assistant Engineer William Newman, C. S. Navy.
Second Assistant Engineer Milton Parsons, C. S. Navy.
Purser's Steward David Porter, C. S. Navy.
Captain's Clerk George Taylor, C. S. Navy.
Third Assistant Engineer James H. Tombs, C. S. Navy.
Lieutenant John Wilkinson, C. S. Navy.
Lieutenant William H. Ward, C. S. Navy.
Lieutenant William C. Whittle, Jr., C. S. Navy.
Lieutenant Alex. F. Warley, C. S. Navy.
Third Assistant Engineer James Waters, C. S. Navy.
Second Assistant Engineer George T. Weaver, C. S. Navy.
Gunner James Wilson, C. S. Navy.
Chief Engineer William Youngblood, C. S. Navy.
Flag-Officer Samuel Barron, C. S. Navy.
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HDQRS. DEPT. OF S. CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA,
Charleston, November 7, 1864.

List of officers desired for special service to report to Lieutenant-General Hardee, commanding Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

Commander I. N. Brown, C. S. Navy.
Commander W. T. Glassell, C. S. Navy.
First Lieutenant W. E. Evans, C. S. Navy.
First Lieutenant J. W. Alexander, C. S. Navy.
First Lieutenant S. W. Averett, C. S. Navy.
Second Lieutenant Charles W. Read, C. S. Navy.
Lieutenant A. Barbot, C. S. Navy.
Master Lee Moses, C. S. Navy.
Master W. P. Hamilton, C. S. Navy.
Master G. W. Sparks, C. S. Navy.
Master Samuel Milliken, C. S. Navy.
Boatswain Robert McCalla, C. S. Navy.
Midshipman H. T. Minor, C. S. Navy.
Chief Engineer E. W. Waring, C. S. Navy.
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U. S. FLAG-SHIP MINNESOTA,
Hampton Roads, Va., December 7, 1861.

Brigadier General BENJAMIN HUGER,
Commanding Department, &c., Norfolk, Va.

SIR: I understand that quite a number of seamen are held as prisoners by the Confederate States. My Government is holding similarly a number of individuals, late officers of the U. S. Navy and Marine Corps avowing secession principles, who are petitioning for their release. Their names are as follows:

Robert Tansill, late captain, U. S. Marine Corps.
John R. F. Tattnall, late first lieutenant, U. S. Marine Corps.
T. S. Wilson, late first lieutenant, U. S. Marine Corps.
H. B. Claiborne, late midshipman, U. S. Navy.
Hilary Cenas, late midshipman, U. S. Navy.
A. D. Wharton, late midshipman, U. S. Navy.
W. M. Page, late surgeon, U. S. Navy.
James E. Lindsay, late assistant surgeon, U. S. Navy.
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U. S. STEAMER CAMBRIDGE, Newport News, Va., November 18, 1861.

We the undersigned officer of the U. S. steamer Cambridge were attached to her at the time of the capture of the Louisa Agnes and Revere, British schooners. We would hereby testify that the captains of the above vessels and their men had good accommodations.

R. D. EDLBRIDGE, Acting Master, U. S. Navy.
F. W. STRONG, Acting Master, U. S. Navy.
SAMUEL VERY, Jr., Acting Master, U. S. Navy.
H. A. RICHARDSON, Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Navy.
JOS. C. CANNING, Acting Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy.
FRANK A. BREMON, First Assistant Engineer, U. S. Navy.
CHARLES C. PENNINGTON, Second Assistant Engineer, U. S. Navy.
JOHN J. STEIGER, Third Assistant Engineer, U. S. Navy.
JAMES POWERS, Third Assistant Engineer, U. S. Navy.
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GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT. ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, NO. 118. Washington, August 27, 1862.

The following partial list of officers of the U. S. service who have been exchanged as prisoners of war for prisoners taken in arms against the United States is published for the information of all concerned:

Captain J. McGrath, Forty-second New York Volunteers, for Lieutenant A. M. De Bree, C. S. Navy.
Captain M. W. Burns, Fourth Excelsior (New York volunteers), for Lieutenant W. T. Glassell, C. S. Navy.
Captain W. M. Fisk, Fourth [Excelsior] (New York volunteers), for Lieutenant F. M. Harris, C. S. Navy.
Captain James McKeirnan, Seventh New York [Jersey] Volunteers, for Lieutenant B. Kennon, C. S. Navy.
Captain A. E. Miles [Niles], First [Thirteenth] Pennsylvania Volunteers, Reserve Corps, for Lieutenant J. N. Wilkenson [John Wilkinson], C. S. Navy.
Captain G. W. Hinds, Ninety-sixth New York Volunteers, for Lieutenant W. H. Ward, C. S. Navy.
Captain C. L. Conner, Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers [Reserves], for Lieutenant W. C. Whittle, C. S. Navy.
Captain F. A. Conrad, Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers [Reserves], for Lieutenant J. B. Weaver, [C. S. Navy].
Captain W. A. Donaldson, Second Excelsior (New York volunteers), for Purser Henry Myers, [privateer Sumter].
Captain G. J. Vernon [?], Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteers; Captain M. C. Angell, Sixty-first New York Volunteers; Captain J. B. Moore, Sixty-seventh [Fifty-seventh] Pennsylvania Volunteers; Captain E. A. Irvin, First Pennsylvania Volunteers [Thirteenth Pennsylvania Reserves]; Captain J. M. Mott, Tenth [Sixteenth] Michigan Volunteers; Captain S. Davis, Ninth [West] Virginia Volunteers, and First Lieutenant S. H. Pilsbury, Fifth Maine Volunteers, for Flag-Officer Samuel Barron, C. S. Navy.
Captain Robert S. Granger, First U. S. Infantry, for Lieutenant B. P. Loyall, C. S. Navy.
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FORT HAMILTON, N. Y., October 10, 1861.
Colonel E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters Army.

SIR: In closed please find statements of deserters from the enemy, sent here by Colonel Brown, commanding Fort Pickens. I have this day ordered their release by authority of yours of 7th instant.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
MARTIN BURKE,

Almond Rice, Angelica, N. Y., was a steam-boat man on the Mississippi; could not get away from New Orleans; belonged to the so-called rebel Marine Corps; was sent to the Warrington Navy-Yard about the 1st of May; was part of the time in the navy-yard and part of the time on board the privateer Judith. When he first went to Pensacola Harbor thinks there were about 10,000 troops there. That number was after [ward] reduced to about 6,000, and they had about that many when he left. Thinks there were about four or seven guns left in Fort Macon; the rest were sent to Pensacola. There were four guns (42s and 32s0 between the navy-yard and the bayou bridge toward Pensacola. Most of the machinery had been removed from the navy-yard, but the rebels were still casting shot and shell at the foundry. Had been a sailor on board of the sloop of war Albany; paid off in 1849 or 1850. There were three companies of marines (250), nearly all Northern men, and a Louisiana infantry regiment about 900 strong in the navy-yard; will go home when released if he can get there.

John Matthews, Madison, Ind., says he was a steam-boat man; joined the rebel forces at New Orleans; was out of money and could not get away; was put in the parish prison and kept there twenty days; was afterward impressed in rebel service; was sent to the Warrington navy-yard on the 21st of April; was attached to the marines and quartered in the navy-yard. The greater part of the marines are Northern men, and would take the first opportunity to get away; were very much dissatisfied. Thinks there were about 7,000 men under arms on the rebel side; will go home when released; does not know much about the strength or location of the batteries on the rebel side; was pretty constantly in the guard-boat.

Samuel Benham, Buffalo, N. Y., say he had been a man-of-war's man on board of the Savannah; was paid off about a year ago; was impressed in the rebel service at New Orleans; was attached to the Marine Corps and sent to Pensacola Harbor about the 1st of May, 1861. Was put on board schooner Judith and went out at night in the coast-guard boat. Thinks when he first went to Pensacola the rebels had about 15,000 men, but when he left thinks they had only 6,000 or 7,000; knows but little about the strength or location of the rebel batteries; will go home when released.

Daniel R. Smith, Allegheny, Pa., says he was a boatman on the Mississippi; was impressed in the rebel service, and was sent to the Warrington Navy-Yard with the marines about the 1st of May; was closely questioned by Colonel Brown at Fort Pickens, and his answers taken down in writing; gave Colonel Brown all the information he possessed.

B. F. Lidy, Lancaster, Pa., says he was a steam-boat man; was impressed into the rebel service at New Orleans; was sent with the rebel marines to Warrington Navy-Yard about the 26th of April last. Says the marines are mostly either Northern men or foreign born, and thinks all but about fifty would leave if they could get a good chance. Gives same information as the others; says the Lovell battery, near the light-house, has 10, 8, and 6 inch (three guns), all covered in with earth on timbers about six feet thick; will go home when release.

Ovid P. Reno, Beaver County, Pa., says he is a boatman; joined the rebel service at New Orleans; was impressed; was attached to the marines and sent to Warrington Navy-Yard. Gives same information as others.

John Harmon, Allegheny County, Pa., says he was in New Orleans; could not get work; enlisted to keep from starving, intending to desert so soon as he had a chance to get home; belonged to the marines; was sent them to Pensacola; says the batteries between the navy-yard and Pensacola were washed away; knows nothing about the other batteries. There are a good many Northern men in the rebel marines, all of whom will take the first opportunity to get home.
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U. S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,
New York, May 29, 1862.

Colonel MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, Commandant, &c., Fort Lafayette.

COLONEL: I beg leave to in close you copy of an order received from the Navy Department determining what is to be done with the prisoners captured on vessels breaking the blockade. I shall send down Officer Sampson to-morrow (Friday) to examine and release all persons who claim to be subjects of another Government than that of the United States of America.

I am, colonel, with sincere esteem, your obliged and faithful servant,
ROBT MURRAY,
U. S. Marshal.

Daniel B. Harrington, a deserter from Tantall's rebel fleet, was committed to Fort Lafayette January 21, 1862. Harrington represents in a letter dated January 28, 1862, to the Secretary of state that he was wrecked at sea and escaped in a small boat to Key West where he was impressed in the Confederate Navy; that he deserted the first opportunity and was taken on board the U. S. frigate Wabash where he took the oath of allegiance. He was released February 6, 1862, by order of the Secretary of State.

Francis Collohan was one of a party of six who deserted and escaped from the insurgents at Warrington Navy Yard, Fla., and went to Fort Pickets from whence they were taken in the U. S. steamer Rhode Island to Philadelphia and thence transferred January 21, 1862, to Fort Lafayette. January 26, 1862, Collohan was released upon taking the oath of allegiance by order of the Secretary of State.

Timothy Conovan was one of a party of six who deserted and escaped from the insurgents at Warrington Navy Yard, Fla., and went to Fort Pickets from whence they were taken in the U. S. steamer Rhode Island to Philadelphia and transferred January 21, 1862, to Fort Lafayette. January 26, 1862, Conovan was relesed upon taking the oath of allegiance by order of the Secretary of State.

Edward English was one of a party of six who deserved and escaped from the insurgents at Warrington Navy - Yard, Fla., and went to Fort Pickets from whence they were taken in the U. S. steamer Rhode Island to Philadelphia and were transferred January 21, 1862, to Fort Lafayette. By orderr of the Secretary of State English was released upon taking the oath of allegiance January 26, 1862.

Alfred Johnson was one of a party of six persons who deserves and escaped from the insurgents at Warrington Navy Yard, Fla., and went to Fort Pickets from whence they were taken in the U. S. steamer Rhode Island to Philadelphia and thence transferred to Fort Lafayette January 21, 1862. Johnson was released January 26, 1862, upon taking the oath of allegiance by order of the Secretary of State.


Joseph Parker was one of six persons who deserted and escaped from the insurgents at Warrington Navy - Yard, Fla., and went to Fort Pickets from whence they were taken in the U. S. steamer Rhode Island to Philadelphia and were transferred January 21, 1862, to Fort Lafayette. Parker was released upon taking the oath of allegiance January 26, 1862, by order of the Secretary of State.

James Smith was one of a arty of six who deserted and escaped from the insurgents at Warrington Navy - Yard, Fla., and went to Fort Pickets from whence they were taken in the U. S. steamer Rhode Island to Philadelphia and thence transferred to Fort Lafayette January 21, 1862. January 26, 1862, Smith was released upon taking the oath of allegiance by order of the Secretary of State.

Sidney Bennett was arrested by order of the Secretary of the Navy and committed to Fort Lafayette January 24, 1862. He was charged with having used highly treasonable and disloyal language whilst serving as landsman on board the U. S. frigate Santee then in the Gulf of Mexico. The said Sidney Bennett remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with the order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department.
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