There has been a lot written on the merchant ship and there will be a lot more but its not my intent to write a history on the merchant ship. As a surname researcher I hope to help you find your family members. I will list many ships (Merchant only. ) In the hope that you will find that family member. There are many ship with the same name some were sold and renamed over the years, and the Masters and captains names will change through the years. There will be no order in the dates or names they will be put down as I find them.
Important note. This information will come from The Library of Congress Departments of: Naval Affairs, Foreign Relations, Finances, Commerce and Navigation, Claims and Miscellaneous.
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Pennsylvania Evening Post November 6, 1776.
It is law that no private ships or vessels of war, merchants ships be permitted to wear pendants when in company with continental ships or vessels of war, without leave from the commanding officer. If any merchant ship or vessel shall wear pendants in company with continental ships or vessels of was without leave first obtained from the commander he is authorized to take away the pendants from offenders and if any ship or vessel refuse to show the respect due to the continental ships or vessels of war the captain or commander shall lose his commission.
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These merchant ships and master of said ship were in Charleston S. C. in January of 1791, They were asking Congress for certificates and Government contracts so the southern states could do trade with Europe, many have found themselves destitute for employment.
Ship Name-- Master-- Tons--Where Owned.
1. Thomas- Thomas Thomas- 230- Newburyport Mass.
2. John- Albert Smith- 295- Boston.
3. Brig William- John C. Whitney- 152- Boston.
4. Oliver Branch- Samuel Calder- 170- Gloucester Mass.
5. Brig Hope- Isaac Pepper- 135- Boston.
6. Brig Mary- Joseph O’Brion- 206- Newburyport Mass.
7. Brig Essex- John Green- 197- Salem Mass.
8. Brig Peggy- Amos Hilton- 170- Salem Mass.
9. Brig Katy- John Lincoln- 140- Boston Mass.
10. Peggy- James Vesy- 160- Salem Mass.
11. Sisters- Daniel Tucker- 204- Portland Maine.
12. Mary- Samuel Barnes- 244- Boston Mass.
13. Lovina- Josiah Edes- 220- Boston Mass.
14. Diana- Ozias Goodwin- 227- Boston Mass.
15. Fair American- Benjamin Lee- 318- Boston Mass.
16. Brig Martha- Elisha Small- 182- Newburyport Mass.
17. Hunter- David Smith- 235- Portland Maine
18. William- William Russell- 277- Portland Maine.
19. Eliza- Nat. Stone- 189- Boston Mass.
20. Hudson- Robert Folger- 235- Hudson New York N. Y.
21. Rainbow- Richard Salter- 200- Portsmouth New Hampshire.
22. Nancy- John Murphy- 201- Salem Mass.
23. Brig Fanny- John Baas- 160- Charleston S. C.
24. Conception- Henry Stephens- 152- Philadelphia Penn.
25. Brig St. Caroline- Timothy Coggeshall- 125- Charleston S. C.
26. Mary- James Payne- 268- Charleston S. C.
27. Bethia- Edward Allen- 250- Boston Mass.
28. Anger- James Cassel-160- Baltimore Maryland
29. Columbia- J. Reed- 220- Nottingham Maryland.
30. Patuxent Planter- Fielder Dorset- 270- Nottingham Maryland.
31. Friendship- W. B. Smith- 280- Baltimore Maryland.
32. Brig Union- Samuel Foster- 170- Beverly Mass.
33. Charleston- William Hunter- 180- Charleston S. C.
34. Brig Columbus- Joseph Selman-129- Marblehead Mass.
35. Brig Governor Pinckeny- William Hall- 93- Charleston S. C.
36. Pennsylvania- David Harding- 287- Philadelphia Penn.
37. Brig Lydia- Alexander Coffin Jr.- 152- Salem Mass.
38. Brig Harriet- Henry Elkins- 180- Salem Mass.
39. Brig Grange- Richard B. Gillmot- 87- New York N. Y.
40. Schooner Polly- Joseph Hinckly- 110- Salem Mass.
41. Federalist- Samuel Makins- 277- New York N.Y.
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In May of 1794, Thomas and Peter Mackie, of the city of Philadelphia, merchants, hoping that the ship Fame, which was chartered by the memorialists in February last, may be released from the operation of the present embargo; and that the said ship, together with her cargo, may be allowed to proceed from the port of Philadelphia to Amsterdam, in Holland, the place of her destination.
In January of 1812, a petition of Bordman and Pope, Joseph Bray, Richards and Jones, Jonathan Amory, and Thomas Clements, junior, merchants, of Boston, praying permission for their ship, called the "American Hero," to return to the United States with the avails of her voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, and to places beyond the same; which ship sailed from the United States previous to the passage of the non-importation act of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten.
In February of 1816, a petition of James Sanderson, John Bonowdale, Robert Young, John and Thomas Vowell, and John Harper, merchants of Alexandria, setting forth that they are the owners of two foreign built ships, which they purchased in the year 1804, on which they have been obliged to pay the duty imposed on foreign tonnage, and praying that the same may become American registered vessels.
In December of 1817, a petition of Andrew Ogden, and Thomas C. Butler, of the city of New York, merchants, owners of the Ship Koran, stating that certain smugglers in conjunction with the keeper of said ship, clandestinely conveyed on board the same, a quantity of coffee, in consequence of which she has been seized, libelled and condemned in the district court of New York; and, inasmuch as the fraud was committed wholly without the consent or knowledge of the petitioners they pray for such relief in the premises, as to Congress may seem just and proper.
In January of 1818, a petition of William W. Haddock, and Thomas W. Jenkins, merchants of New York, stating, that, whilst their ship was proceeding from Wales to New York, with a cargo of slate, she was compelled by stress of weather to put into Halifax, and was there found to be so disabled, as to render it necessary to transfer the cargo to other vessels, which they did, and as there was no American vessels in port, they were compelled to employ British, and that upon the arrival of the said cargo in New York, it was charged with foreign duty and light money on foreign vessels, and as the voyage was expensive and disastrous, they pray that they may not be compelled to pay other charges, than they would have paid, had their own vessel brought the cargo into the United States.
In March of 1818 there was a petition by Thomas Tenant and George Stiles, of the city of Baltimore, merchants and ship owners, praying that certificates of registry may be granted to their vessels.
In December of 1804, a petition of Thomas Ketland of Philadelphia, merchant, stating that he with John Ketland and James Williamson, were, in June, 1799, owners of the ship Washington, during a voyage to Batavia, and praying the allowance of a drawback on exportation of certain merchandise, in the said ship imported.
In February of 1800, a petition of Abraham Franklin, and John Franklin, jun. merchants, of the city of New York, and owners of the ship Amelia, captured in the year 1799, by a French national corvette, and re-captured by the United States ship of war Constitution, and by the said Franklins purchased at public auction, praying for a new register.
In May of 1784, Mr. John Brown Merchant of Providence in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations setting forth that a certain ship called the Warren, whereof he is owner and Pardon Sheldon of the same place is Captain is now in Virginia taking in bound up the Mediterranean on a Merchant's voyage and praying for Sea Letters to be granted him.
In February of 1818, a petition of John Patrick, merchant of the city of New York, stating, that whilst his ship the Harriet, was on her voyage with a cargo of wine, from Tenneriffe to New York, she was compelled by stress of weather, to put into the British port of Nassau, in the island of New Providence, where he was compelled to abandon the Harriet, and charter a British vessel to transport said wines to New York, where it was charged with duties on wines imported in foreign vessels; and praying that the said wines may be placed on the same footing with respect to duties and drawbacks, as if it had arrived in the Harriet.
February of 1813, a petition of Ebenezer Breed, junior, and John Breed, merchants, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, praying a restoration of their ship Palinure, which has been seized, libelled, and condemned, for a violation of the non-importation act, which violation was unintentional and accidental on the part of the petitioners.
In February of 1803, a petition of William Breck, junior, commander of a merchant ship called the Despatch, employed in the East India trade, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, praying that such reasonable allowance may be made to him as Congress in their wisdom may deem proper, for provisions and sea stores which he furnished to a certain Stephen Bruce, on a voyage from the Northwest coast of America to Canton, in China, and from thence to the State of Massachusetts.
In April of 1812, there was a memorial of Peter Hoffman, jr. and others, merchants, of the city of Baltimore, stating that their ship William, on the last day of March last, received a clearance for a voyage to Cadiz, and on the day following sailed from the port of Baltimore, previous to the late message of the President of the United States recommending an embargo; that the vessel proceeded on her voyage, and, whilst on the high seas, was met by a revenue cutter, and brought back to the port of Baltimore; and praying permission for the said vessel to depart and pursue her contemplated voyage.
Note. The merchant store-ship called Eliza,was armed with twenty-eight twelve-pounders. Her crew consisted of one hundred and forty men.
In December of 1833, Stephen Kingston, merchant, of the city of Philadelphia, complaining of the loss and damage he sustained by the unjust seizure of his ship at a port in Ireland, by the officers of the British Government, and praying the aid of the Government of the United States in obtaining redress.
In July 1862, Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York, gratuitously presented to the United States the ocean steamer Vanderbilt, by many esteemed the finest merchant ship in the world. She has ever since been, and still is doing, valuable service to the government. For the patriotic act in making this magnificent and valuable present to the country.
In 1800, Daniel Cotton chartred to Ebenezer Stevens his ship the Anna Maria, for a voyage from New York to Tunis, with a cargo for account of the Government and that the cargo was delivered in safety but was seized by Bey Tunis for the purpose of taking a cargo of oil to Marseilles.
Jared Shattuck ship the Mercator, and cargo was detained in the year of 1800, by Lieutenant William Maley commanding the Schooner Experiment, a vessel of war of the United States, and ordered to Cap Francois for examination, and while they were in possession of Lieutenant William Maley’s Prizemaster they were seized by the British privateer General Simcoe, and carried to Jamaica and condemned in the court of Vice-admiralty as prize to the privateer. Jared Shattuck brought suit against Lieutenant William Maley and the United States and won $33,864.55.
On January 20, 1812, Richard Forrest as agent on the part of the United States chartered the ship Allegany, Captain Ebenezer Evelith commanding for the house of Bowie & Kurtz and others of Georgetown in the District of Columbia for the purpose of conveying a cargo of naval and military stores to the Dey of Algiers.
Note. There is a lot of information on this to much to put here if you would like to know more let me know.
The ship Liberty belonging to William Haslett was captured in the month of December of 1809, on a voyage from Cagliari to Gibralter, by a French cruiser and taken to Tunis were it was sold at public auction on January 8.
Note. There is a lot of information on this to much to put here if you would like to know more let me know.
Charles Whit was the owner of a schooner named Neptune commanded by Joseph Hughes who arrived to this port from Miraguane in Hispaniols, were captain Joseph Hughes embezzled part of the cargo, the ran to defraud the revenue of the duties. Whereon the said schooner was seized and condemned.
Ship Alexander, captain Thomas Woodward, with a cargo of 1,595, barrels of flour was captured August 5, 1793, by the frigate Agricola and taken to Rochefort and stripped of all the crew except the cabin Boy.
The Brig Olive Branch, captain John Buffington was captured August 30, 1793, and taken to L’Orient with a mixed prishable cargo.
Ship Woodrup Sims, captain Hodgson captured by the Jacobin and Atalanta was taken to Rochefort with a perishable cargo.
Ship President, captain John Anderson Smith, with a cargo of flour from Baltimore.
Ship Hawk, captain Moses West cargo of leather.
Alonzo B. Munoz owner of the ship Amiable Isabella, who sailed from Havana Cuba his home and headed for Hamburgh, then on or about November 1813, was captured by Roger Quarles an American cruiser and taken to Wilmington North Carolina.
A last note. If you don't see a family member here I have hundreds of merchants in my index's I would be happy to help you find that family member and of course its all ( free ).
Monday, December 17, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Men of the CSS Rappahannock.
A lot is known about the CSS Rappahannock a former British Gunboat called the HMS Victor, but very little is known about the men that were to make her seaworthy again and those who were to sail her. These men were promised high pay only to find out they would get less. These men were lied to, they were lead to believe they were signing aboard the Victor only to find it had been renamed the Rappahannock and was going to sail for the Confederate states. They were going to run the blockades and be privateers they would get prize money from their plunder. Many of the British men don’t want to fight the Union States and stated they were discontented and said they would not stand by her and asked to be signed off, in which the captain said, “If I was at sea I would show you what being discontented was.,” but not being at sea they would be signed off, however some men were not allowed off the ship and were put in Irons. When the Victor was sold she was registered as the Scylla then renamed the Rappahannock.
In the beginning the British Government paid little notice to their old gunboat Victor which had just been sold and was now in Sheerness under the name of Scylla, then they begin to notice suspicious activity around her and there were rumors that she was being fitted to be a blockade-runner for the Confederates and were only signing on Englishman. The British Government decided to hold her in port. But the captain got wind of the order and on a night in November she slipped out of port and headed for Calais which was under the French rule.
When she left port her name was painted off her stern, she had been calked all over except her lower deck which took ten days. Before she left port the Majesty’s ship Cumberland came along side and had her lower masts put in from the Cumberland. Then some of her stores, rigging and provision were put on board, as well as coal one hundred and fifty tones. There was two casks of water put on board. When she left Sheerness for Calais she had six boilers but only five could be used, on their run two others boilers broke down so she had three useless boilers the high and low port and the high starboard boiler. It would take one thousand four hundred new tubes to get them back to order. The magazine was in good condition, and the eye bolts to work her broadside guns were in. Her lower masts were not wedged and her standings rigging was on and set but not ratted down. She had no sails bent when she left port. She was ready to sling hammocks for a hundred and fifty men. The men that know ships knew she was not seaworthy.
When she reached Calais she began to sign on men they were to be Englishmen only they were brought in from all over England Sheerness, Dover and London. They were lied to given drinks and would get so drunk they had no idea what they were signing on. Those who new would sign on and was ready to sail but there were others that would not sign and would be sent back with little or no pay for the work they had done. Some men were put in Irons and held others were told if they didn’t sign they would be kill. Many would jump ship. Those that made it off ship were arrested by the French as they were aiding the Rebels. When the French later learned that the Scylla now named the Rappahannock was going to off load Guns off a French ship to be put on the ship she was held in port till the end of the war.
Note. The information on this page comes from the records of the 41st. Congress called, Enforcement of Neutrality, Rebel operations from Canada Vol. II. No. 1395.
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The names below are of the men that worked her and sailed on her, these are their stories.
Joseph Murry was at the time residing at 22. Lower Berner’s street, Commercial road east and Thomas Kelly was residing at 13. Ellen street Back Church Lane. they were told they were heading for a ship lying in the down’s. Her names was the Scylla and was heading on a voyage to St. Thomas or Jamaica for twelve months at a pay of three pounds and fifteen shillings. After boarding it was under stood new arrangements were to be made and new articles signed. When they got to Calais they were taken aboard the now named Rappahannock, but the captain was not happy as he didn’t want any men coming aboard in the harbor. They were taken to the captain who said, “You men know what you are engaged to do. You are now on your own hook, and what ever plunder you can make at sea the better for you, you are now privateers you are going to fight for money, as I fight for glory.” After hearing this many became discontented and ask to be signed off. After many conversations with the master he signed off twenty-one of them. On December 1, 1863, they were sent back to London.
Henry Barraclough of King’s Head alley, Sheerness was a fireman and boiler maker, along with him was James Tucker also of King's alley, Sheerness. Theye was taken before a Mr. Ramsey who told them they would be shipped out as a fireman at eight pounds a month, for a trial trip that would not exceed fourteen days. But he was told it may take only three days, they was then told if they didn’t like the ship or the new articles they would be sent home. they was told to see the cook and could have anything to eat on board. they found there were Hammocks, Blankets, and bedding, provided for the crew. their opinion was it was the best ship they had worked on even though the boilers were out of repair.
Richard Spendiff of Brightman’s Courrt, Mile Town, Sheeress, signed on as a leading stoker. They offered him six pounds for the trial trip, but he wanted eight pounds. The captain asked if he would entered the Confederate service. He would give him ten pounds besides the eight pounds if he would sign the artice for twelve months. He was told she was to have eight guns and was to go the Down’s and then to north Ireland, but they might have to fight the American cruisers that were waiting out side the harbor and may have to fight and run. He having seventeen years in the navy he saw the ship was not fit for sea. Also signing on was two seamen by the names of Charles Bull and John Dewslip and Abraham Butler,Cook.
George Hill was a sail maker he was from Hythe, Kent, he was just off her Majesty steamer frigate Emerald, he was paid off two months ago. He remained on board the Scylla until November 24, 1863, when the ship suddenly left Sheerness and headed for Calais. When he reached Calais he was asked to sign a article at ten pound a month. He was told the ship was now a confederate man-of-war. He refused to sign the article and was given three pounds only to return home. He saw other men sign the article knowing what she was. The Scylla was but one-quarter rigged and not fit for sea.
James Nunn of No. 2., Union Row, Sheerness, able seamen joined the Scylla, when he joined he was told she was merchant ship and was to be fitted for the China opium trade. She was under the command of Captain Ramsay. Then on the night of November 24, 1863, she suddenly left Sheerness and the next day was in port at Calais. When she reach Calais she came under the command of Captain Campbell. He told him that the ship was now a man-of-war and asked him to sign a article but he refused. Before he left he saw forty men come to joined her, but all refused sign the exception were seven who stayed. He was given two pounds and ten shillings for one months pay. Captain Campbell detained his discharge and is now destitute and cannot find a ship because of Captain Campbell detaining his discharge.
Charles Newton of Sheerness, boarded the Scylla at Sheerness, he was being paid three shillings a day. On November 24, 1863, I went on board at six o’clock in the evening and commenced getting the wheel ready for going to sea. In the night she left Sheerness he was at the wheel. When she reached Calais the next day the captain wanted him to sign the article but he refused, as the wages were to low and he did not like the First Lieutenant. He know she was a Confederate man-of war as the colors were sent up just before she entered Calais harbor, before he left he was paid three shillings.
James Maloney of Sheerness, fireman, he went to work on November 10, 1863, at one guinea per week and food. Before leaving Sheerness he was working as a fireman and assisted in removing stores and about the deck until the day before she left he started working in the engine-room. On November 24, 1863, a man came on board and she was ordered away, and left Sheerness that night. She not fit to go to sea, the boilers requiring new tubing some had been put in at Sheerness, the rigging was not ratted down, she had no sails bent and everything was in disordered. A large number of new hammocks had been put onboard. The magazine and shell-room was in good condition, but nothing had been completed she was not sea ready. He was called before the captain on the second day she reached Sheerness and asked to sign on the man-of-war. He refused as he was promised eight pounds but the captain was only paying six pounds and two shillings. He received two pound and two shillings and left the ship. As he was boarding a steamer back to England he met the captain and was told to return to the Scylla and to go to work with the boiler-makers which he did for fourteen days but was only paid for eight.
George Bailey of Sheerness, along with Thomas Gifford, William Barber, William Mitchell, James Morley, Joseph Govel, William Ellis and Joseph Williams. They were workers in the boiler-shops in Sheerness they were promised leave of absence and thinking all arrangements had been made with the leading boiler-maker headed for Calais and the Rappahannock. When they reached the ship the chief engineer showed them their work. There were no tools to work with but were told some were comeing the next day some drifts came on board, that was all the tools they had to work with. There were one thousand four hundred tubes to be put in but first the old ones had to be taken out. After four days George Bailey became discontented and went back to Sheerness were he went before the leading boiler maker who said he know nothing about any arrangements and as they had been absence without leave and had been gone to long they would not be reinstated.
George White was from Liverpool and was a leading stoker, he went Sheerness where he boarded the Victor, while he was there the name was changed to the Scylla and was told she was a blockade-runner. After about fourteen days her masts were put in by her Majesty’s ship Cumberland then suddenly she was given orders to leave port. The next day she reached Calais. While at Sheerness he worked along side with J. Brooks and Maloney. Before leaving Sheerness he saw engine-stores put on board the consisted of gauge-cocks for the boilers and blocks and other things. These stores still had Government marks on them these were order to be put under the coal so the police would not see them. While at Calais he saw some deserters from the Formidable come on board and some discharges from the Cumberland. Some of these men were put in Irons if they attempted to leave ship as the French police would arrest them. The captain would get four pounds for each deserter returned.
Andrew McEune was from Liverpool and was a seamen. He signed on the Scylla for the wage of three pounds and fifteen shillings. He took a express train from Dover to Calais with thirty others. He went on board the ship then after two days some of the men made a disturbance and were sent ashore. The captain came and picked some of us out and the next morning I signed the articles and was to have a ten pound bounty. The captain said he would keep it in the strong chest for me, I have not received it yet. After the articles were signed we had joined the Confederate service, we were to receive prize money which was to be paid by the captain when the prize was taken. Are wages were to be four pounds and eight shillings per month. He was promised four shillings a day while in port besides his bounty and was to have leave every Saturday night. This he did not get and when he complained he was threatened to be put in Irons. When he got leave and ten France he left the ship and took a steamer back to Dover. When had left there were some men-of war men on board from the English service, some had deserted, two or three had there discharges paid.
William Hewson was from Plymouth and was a seamen and signed on the Scylla to run the blockade at the wage of three pounds and fifteen shillings per month. He went from London to Dover then to Calais. On his arrival he was not allowed on board for two hours. He was then called before the captain there he picked out several Englishmen. He promised William four shillings a day to assist to get the ship out, then the captain would give him the following Saturday a bounty of ten pounds. He signed the articles for four pounds and eight shillings per month. Which was to remain until he was rated as a gunner’s mate, then he was to have higher wages with prize money and other advantages. He stood by his ship but did not get any bounty only ten francs for five weeks. Seeing how things were going he made up his mind to leave. Suspecting his design to leave, the First Officer and Second Officer threatened him by putting a revolver in his mouth another to his eye. He know if he tried to leave he would be killed. He was put in the water-closet with another and held for five days it was not fit for dogs. When a last he got a twenty-four hour leave with ten francs, he immediately went to a steamer and headed back to Dover. He said when he left there was nine or more men from a man-of -war who were deserters from Sheerness. They would also desert from the Rappahannock if they could get off the ship.
Catharine Pratt was from Llewellyn street in the county of Lancaster and she is the wife of John Pratt of No. 9., Llewellyn street, Pratt was a fireman and in February he told her he was going to London to join a steamer bound for the west Indies. Then she learned from another wife that he went with others to the Rappahannock. She later got a letter from her husband saying he had signed on for not less then two years at sixteen pounds and nineteen shillings and had been given an advance of one months pay, and she was to go to the office on Chapel street in Liverpool. Where she would get paid, when she went there the cashier said she was on paper but couldn’t pay her as he had no orders from Paris to do so, and to come back on March 31, which she did and was again was turned away.
Catharine Dow of Llewellyn street Liverpool in the county of Lancaster, who is the wife of John Dow fireman. He had also had signed on the same time as John Pratt. Mrs. Dow also went with Mrs. Pratt and was told the same thing.
The men named below also told they stories if you see a name and would like to read it just let me know I will be happy to send it to you.
1. Robert Sadd of Essex.
2. Joseph Sullivan of London.
3. Edward Smith of Rotherhithe.
4. James Graham of Liverpool.
5. Charles Bennett of Plymouth.
6. Robert Dunn of Sheerness.
7. Thomas Monk of Portsmouth.
8. James Conner.
9. John Ford of Portsmouth.
10. Thomas Shrouder of Liverpool.
11. Samuel Garland of Liverpool.
12. Thomas Woods of Liverpool.
13. Charles Bollen of the Island of Gernsey.
14. Robert Russell of the Island of Gensey.
15. George Thompson of Sheerness.
16. Edwin Shaw of Sheerness.
17. William Hall of Sheerness.
18. Maurice Breen of Liverpool.
19. John Fleming of Liverpool.
20. Bernard Cassidy of Liverpool.
21. William Rawlinson of Liverpool.
22. John Davies of Liverpool.
23. Matthew McMullan of Liver pool.
24. John McClusky of Liverpool.
25. Patrick Bradley of Liverpool.
In the beginning the British Government paid little notice to their old gunboat Victor which had just been sold and was now in Sheerness under the name of Scylla, then they begin to notice suspicious activity around her and there were rumors that she was being fitted to be a blockade-runner for the Confederates and were only signing on Englishman. The British Government decided to hold her in port. But the captain got wind of the order and on a night in November she slipped out of port and headed for Calais which was under the French rule.
When she left port her name was painted off her stern, she had been calked all over except her lower deck which took ten days. Before she left port the Majesty’s ship Cumberland came along side and had her lower masts put in from the Cumberland. Then some of her stores, rigging and provision were put on board, as well as coal one hundred and fifty tones. There was two casks of water put on board. When she left Sheerness for Calais she had six boilers but only five could be used, on their run two others boilers broke down so she had three useless boilers the high and low port and the high starboard boiler. It would take one thousand four hundred new tubes to get them back to order. The magazine was in good condition, and the eye bolts to work her broadside guns were in. Her lower masts were not wedged and her standings rigging was on and set but not ratted down. She had no sails bent when she left port. She was ready to sling hammocks for a hundred and fifty men. The men that know ships knew she was not seaworthy.
When she reached Calais she began to sign on men they were to be Englishmen only they were brought in from all over England Sheerness, Dover and London. They were lied to given drinks and would get so drunk they had no idea what they were signing on. Those who new would sign on and was ready to sail but there were others that would not sign and would be sent back with little or no pay for the work they had done. Some men were put in Irons and held others were told if they didn’t sign they would be kill. Many would jump ship. Those that made it off ship were arrested by the French as they were aiding the Rebels. When the French later learned that the Scylla now named the Rappahannock was going to off load Guns off a French ship to be put on the ship she was held in port till the end of the war.
Note. The information on this page comes from the records of the 41st. Congress called, Enforcement of Neutrality, Rebel operations from Canada Vol. II. No. 1395.
If you would like to leave a comment or need help you may ask at the following. dsegelquist1@cox.net
The names below are of the men that worked her and sailed on her, these are their stories.
Joseph Murry was at the time residing at 22. Lower Berner’s street, Commercial road east and Thomas Kelly was residing at 13. Ellen street Back Church Lane. they were told they were heading for a ship lying in the down’s. Her names was the Scylla and was heading on a voyage to St. Thomas or Jamaica for twelve months at a pay of three pounds and fifteen shillings. After boarding it was under stood new arrangements were to be made and new articles signed. When they got to Calais they were taken aboard the now named Rappahannock, but the captain was not happy as he didn’t want any men coming aboard in the harbor. They were taken to the captain who said, “You men know what you are engaged to do. You are now on your own hook, and what ever plunder you can make at sea the better for you, you are now privateers you are going to fight for money, as I fight for glory.” After hearing this many became discontented and ask to be signed off. After many conversations with the master he signed off twenty-one of them. On December 1, 1863, they were sent back to London.
Henry Barraclough of King’s Head alley, Sheerness was a fireman and boiler maker, along with him was James Tucker also of King's alley, Sheerness. Theye was taken before a Mr. Ramsey who told them they would be shipped out as a fireman at eight pounds a month, for a trial trip that would not exceed fourteen days. But he was told it may take only three days, they was then told if they didn’t like the ship or the new articles they would be sent home. they was told to see the cook and could have anything to eat on board. they found there were Hammocks, Blankets, and bedding, provided for the crew. their opinion was it was the best ship they had worked on even though the boilers were out of repair.
Richard Spendiff of Brightman’s Courrt, Mile Town, Sheeress, signed on as a leading stoker. They offered him six pounds for the trial trip, but he wanted eight pounds. The captain asked if he would entered the Confederate service. He would give him ten pounds besides the eight pounds if he would sign the artice for twelve months. He was told she was to have eight guns and was to go the Down’s and then to north Ireland, but they might have to fight the American cruisers that were waiting out side the harbor and may have to fight and run. He having seventeen years in the navy he saw the ship was not fit for sea. Also signing on was two seamen by the names of Charles Bull and John Dewslip and Abraham Butler,Cook.
George Hill was a sail maker he was from Hythe, Kent, he was just off her Majesty steamer frigate Emerald, he was paid off two months ago. He remained on board the Scylla until November 24, 1863, when the ship suddenly left Sheerness and headed for Calais. When he reached Calais he was asked to sign a article at ten pound a month. He was told the ship was now a confederate man-of-war. He refused to sign the article and was given three pounds only to return home. He saw other men sign the article knowing what she was. The Scylla was but one-quarter rigged and not fit for sea.
James Nunn of No. 2., Union Row, Sheerness, able seamen joined the Scylla, when he joined he was told she was merchant ship and was to be fitted for the China opium trade. She was under the command of Captain Ramsay. Then on the night of November 24, 1863, she suddenly left Sheerness and the next day was in port at Calais. When she reach Calais she came under the command of Captain Campbell. He told him that the ship was now a man-of-war and asked him to sign a article but he refused. Before he left he saw forty men come to joined her, but all refused sign the exception were seven who stayed. He was given two pounds and ten shillings for one months pay. Captain Campbell detained his discharge and is now destitute and cannot find a ship because of Captain Campbell detaining his discharge.
Charles Newton of Sheerness, boarded the Scylla at Sheerness, he was being paid three shillings a day. On November 24, 1863, I went on board at six o’clock in the evening and commenced getting the wheel ready for going to sea. In the night she left Sheerness he was at the wheel. When she reached Calais the next day the captain wanted him to sign the article but he refused, as the wages were to low and he did not like the First Lieutenant. He know she was a Confederate man-of war as the colors were sent up just before she entered Calais harbor, before he left he was paid three shillings.
James Maloney of Sheerness, fireman, he went to work on November 10, 1863, at one guinea per week and food. Before leaving Sheerness he was working as a fireman and assisted in removing stores and about the deck until the day before she left he started working in the engine-room. On November 24, 1863, a man came on board and she was ordered away, and left Sheerness that night. She not fit to go to sea, the boilers requiring new tubing some had been put in at Sheerness, the rigging was not ratted down, she had no sails bent and everything was in disordered. A large number of new hammocks had been put onboard. The magazine and shell-room was in good condition, but nothing had been completed she was not sea ready. He was called before the captain on the second day she reached Sheerness and asked to sign on the man-of-war. He refused as he was promised eight pounds but the captain was only paying six pounds and two shillings. He received two pound and two shillings and left the ship. As he was boarding a steamer back to England he met the captain and was told to return to the Scylla and to go to work with the boiler-makers which he did for fourteen days but was only paid for eight.
George Bailey of Sheerness, along with Thomas Gifford, William Barber, William Mitchell, James Morley, Joseph Govel, William Ellis and Joseph Williams. They were workers in the boiler-shops in Sheerness they were promised leave of absence and thinking all arrangements had been made with the leading boiler-maker headed for Calais and the Rappahannock. When they reached the ship the chief engineer showed them their work. There were no tools to work with but were told some were comeing the next day some drifts came on board, that was all the tools they had to work with. There were one thousand four hundred tubes to be put in but first the old ones had to be taken out. After four days George Bailey became discontented and went back to Sheerness were he went before the leading boiler maker who said he know nothing about any arrangements and as they had been absence without leave and had been gone to long they would not be reinstated.
George White was from Liverpool and was a leading stoker, he went Sheerness where he boarded the Victor, while he was there the name was changed to the Scylla and was told she was a blockade-runner. After about fourteen days her masts were put in by her Majesty’s ship Cumberland then suddenly she was given orders to leave port. The next day she reached Calais. While at Sheerness he worked along side with J. Brooks and Maloney. Before leaving Sheerness he saw engine-stores put on board the consisted of gauge-cocks for the boilers and blocks and other things. These stores still had Government marks on them these were order to be put under the coal so the police would not see them. While at Calais he saw some deserters from the Formidable come on board and some discharges from the Cumberland. Some of these men were put in Irons if they attempted to leave ship as the French police would arrest them. The captain would get four pounds for each deserter returned.
Andrew McEune was from Liverpool and was a seamen. He signed on the Scylla for the wage of three pounds and fifteen shillings. He took a express train from Dover to Calais with thirty others. He went on board the ship then after two days some of the men made a disturbance and were sent ashore. The captain came and picked some of us out and the next morning I signed the articles and was to have a ten pound bounty. The captain said he would keep it in the strong chest for me, I have not received it yet. After the articles were signed we had joined the Confederate service, we were to receive prize money which was to be paid by the captain when the prize was taken. Are wages were to be four pounds and eight shillings per month. He was promised four shillings a day while in port besides his bounty and was to have leave every Saturday night. This he did not get and when he complained he was threatened to be put in Irons. When he got leave and ten France he left the ship and took a steamer back to Dover. When had left there were some men-of war men on board from the English service, some had deserted, two or three had there discharges paid.
William Hewson was from Plymouth and was a seamen and signed on the Scylla to run the blockade at the wage of three pounds and fifteen shillings per month. He went from London to Dover then to Calais. On his arrival he was not allowed on board for two hours. He was then called before the captain there he picked out several Englishmen. He promised William four shillings a day to assist to get the ship out, then the captain would give him the following Saturday a bounty of ten pounds. He signed the articles for four pounds and eight shillings per month. Which was to remain until he was rated as a gunner’s mate, then he was to have higher wages with prize money and other advantages. He stood by his ship but did not get any bounty only ten francs for five weeks. Seeing how things were going he made up his mind to leave. Suspecting his design to leave, the First Officer and Second Officer threatened him by putting a revolver in his mouth another to his eye. He know if he tried to leave he would be killed. He was put in the water-closet with another and held for five days it was not fit for dogs. When a last he got a twenty-four hour leave with ten francs, he immediately went to a steamer and headed back to Dover. He said when he left there was nine or more men from a man-of -war who were deserters from Sheerness. They would also desert from the Rappahannock if they could get off the ship.
Catharine Pratt was from Llewellyn street in the county of Lancaster and she is the wife of John Pratt of No. 9., Llewellyn street, Pratt was a fireman and in February he told her he was going to London to join a steamer bound for the west Indies. Then she learned from another wife that he went with others to the Rappahannock. She later got a letter from her husband saying he had signed on for not less then two years at sixteen pounds and nineteen shillings and had been given an advance of one months pay, and she was to go to the office on Chapel street in Liverpool. Where she would get paid, when she went there the cashier said she was on paper but couldn’t pay her as he had no orders from Paris to do so, and to come back on March 31, which she did and was again was turned away.
Catharine Dow of Llewellyn street Liverpool in the county of Lancaster, who is the wife of John Dow fireman. He had also had signed on the same time as John Pratt. Mrs. Dow also went with Mrs. Pratt and was told the same thing.
The men named below also told they stories if you see a name and would like to read it just let me know I will be happy to send it to you.
1. Robert Sadd of Essex.
2. Joseph Sullivan of London.
3. Edward Smith of Rotherhithe.
4. James Graham of Liverpool.
5. Charles Bennett of Plymouth.
6. Robert Dunn of Sheerness.
7. Thomas Monk of Portsmouth.
8. James Conner.
9. John Ford of Portsmouth.
10. Thomas Shrouder of Liverpool.
11. Samuel Garland of Liverpool.
12. Thomas Woods of Liverpool.
13. Charles Bollen of the Island of Gernsey.
14. Robert Russell of the Island of Gensey.
15. George Thompson of Sheerness.
16. Edwin Shaw of Sheerness.
17. William Hall of Sheerness.
18. Maurice Breen of Liverpool.
19. John Fleming of Liverpool.
20. Bernard Cassidy of Liverpool.
21. William Rawlinson of Liverpool.
22. John Davies of Liverpool.
23. Matthew McMullan of Liver pool.
24. John McClusky of Liverpool.
25. Patrick Bradley of Liverpool.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Civil War Miscellaneous
This page will be on the miscellaneous of the Civil War things like Hotels, Slaoons, and plantations well you get the Idea. It will be a mix of subjets so long as it has something to do with a surname, and as always if you have any question about this or any other pagers at this site you can ask at: dsegelquist1@cox.net
Note. In the reports below you will see a lot happened in and around the Hotel in the Civil War, way to many to put here. However if you have a name of a Hotel that a family member stayed in or was in a battle, near by and would like to know more about it, I will try to find out for you.
Hotels.
Brigadier-General William N. R. Beall.
He had been of the Provision army, C. S.,and was a prisoners of war, but was on parole as a Confederate agent to supplly prisoners of war. He was under General Grants orders. He was now in New York, and while there he stayed at the Saint Nicholas Hotel and Saint Julian Hotel, he took a lot of his meals at the Hotel New York.
Robert C. Kennedy.
Robert C. Kenndy was a captain in the confederate army, he had been a prisoner at Jonson's Island but escaped and went to Canada, where he met some confederate friends. He was asked if he would like to go on an expedition the answer was yes. He was sent to New York, the idea was to set fire to the city on the Presidential Election for the atrocities of what happen in the Shenandoah Vally, but the phosphorus wasn't ready. Then on November 25, 1864, he walked down Prince Street and set four fires they were the Barnum's museum, Lovejoy's Hotel, Tammany Hotel and the New England house. He would go to the Exchange hotel to wait it out and make his way back to Canada. He made his escaped but months later was caught and sentenced to be hung.
Note. There is more to this story if you would like it.
Saint Louis Mo.1864.
On November 15, 1864, some soldiers from the sixth Missouri cavalry and the tenth Kansas had came to attend the Fletcher (Republican) Union or meeting at the Guenadon's on Washington Avenue. Then it was learnd that there was a McClellan meeting being held at the Lindell Hotel that housed the Democratic office. There was about ninety soldiers and some citizens in front of the hotel and soon a riot broke out as the rioters tried to remove the McClellan flag from the hotel.
Note. There is more on this story if you would like it.
Archibald B. Campbell U. S. Army Director of Mississippi.
On September 28, 1862, give a report on the battle of Luka of September 19, It was found on reaching Luka that the rebel wounded occupied the old hospital the Luka Springs Hotel, as well as the seminary buildings. It was determined to occupy the other Luka hotel.
Note. There is more to this story if you would like it.
Georgetown.
There was a running fight in Georgetown and some of it took place out side and inside of the Captain Kidd's Hotel. Then there was the Pacific Hotel is on south side of Main street about 400 yards west of Kidd's Hotel.
Note. This report is to long to put here but if you would like it just ask.
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SUSQUEHANNA,
Harrisburg, Pa., August 9, 1864.
MAJOR: I have the honor to report relating to the late invasion by the rebels in Chambersburg, Pa., on the morning of the 30th of July, 1864, the rebels entered the town with a force of (I do not think over) 500 mounted men, under the command of Generals McCausland and Bradley T. Johnson, the main body being encamped on the fair grounds. That in retaliation of the depredations committed by Major-General Hunter, of the U. S. forces, during his recent aid, it is ordered that the citizens of Chambersburg pay to the Confederate States by General McCausland the sum of $100,000 in gold; or in lieu thereof $500,000 in greenbacks or national currency was required to ransom the town, otherwise the town would be laid in ashes within three hours.
The order was signed by General Early. After reading the order I started to find the town council. Meeting one of them I informed him of the facts, when he told me that the citizens would not pay them 5 cents. I returned and met General Bradley T. Johnson on the portico of the Franklin Hotel. The rebels were by this time dismounted and breaking in the doors of stores and houses, and had already commenced plundering. When they entered it was 5.30 a. m.
Note. This report is to long to put here but if you would like it just ask.
HEADQUARTERS JENKINS' BRIGADE,
Camp near Winchester, Va., October 24, 1862.
SIR: The division of General D. R. Jones, having, by a forced march from Hagerstown, reached Boonsborough, Md., near the South Mountain, about 4 o'clock Sunday evening, September 14, was immediately thrown forward to the support of the troops engaged with the enemy on the mountain. Passing through Boonsborough and crossing a branch, this brigade, in conjunction with General Garnett's, marched by the right flank to a church some mile and a half to the right and south of the turnpike, and then filed off to the left about 1 mile to the foot of the mountain. About the time we reached that position, the firing having pretty well ceased, the two brigades about-faced, marched back within a half mile of the turnpike, an filed off to the right and formed in line of battle midway up the mountain, with General Garnett's brigade on my left. Having thrown out skirmishers preparatory to an advance, I was ordered by General Jones to move the brigade along the mountain to the White House Hotel, on the turnpike at the summit of the pass. Upon reaching the hotel, I posted the brigade.
Note. If you would like the full report let me know.
Witnesses in the murder of the President.
Wintnesses William Campbell And Joseph Snevel, with a Miss Alice Williams who was commissioned in the rebel army as a Lieutenant under the name of Buford, the would be Charlotte Corday except that she poroposed to employ poison. These men and women would be in the Madison Avenue Hotel and the National Hotel.
Note. If you would like the full report let me know.
Major-General John F. Reynolds.
When taken prisoner by the picket I was conducted to the rear into the presence of the general commanding that part of the line, General D. H. Hill, and I found several general officers of the enemy there with him. Among them were General Jackson, General Ripley and General C. S. Winder. I was received by them very properly and nothing occurred there to myself at all derogatory to my position as a general officer in our Army. In a very short time I was sent under escort on horseback to the rear on the Old cold Harbor road as far as General Lee's headquarters. There we were halted. I was sent with some other prisoners, the most of them wounded, among them Major Clitz. We were sent in an ambulance to General Lee's headquarters until he was communicated with. After that we were conducted to Richmond over the battle-field of Mechanicsville. On arriving in Richmond we were taken to the provost-marshal, General Winder, who sent me to the Spotswood House, a hotel there, where I remained until after the battles were all over.
Note. If you would like the full report let me know.
John D. Sullivan, St. Louis Mo.
John D. Sullivan was a member of the American Knights, he was a Jeweler opposite the Planter's Hotle.
Major-General Hooker, Willard's Hotel, has been placed in command of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps.
Corinth Mississippi.
The Tishomingo Hotel is being used as a hospital the wounded will soon be taken to Camp Corral.
There were many sons in the war I will list just a few, there will be a report on these names of some kind. If you see a name and would like more information let me know.
Sons and Sons of prisoners of War.
Sons of Sipus Shelton
1. Will Shelton-twenty years.
Aronnatt Shelton-fourteen years.
James Jr. Shelton-seventeen years.
David Shelton-thirteen years.
2. Thomas Latham Wilkinson, fifteen years, resident of Poughkeepse New York-prisoner of war.
3. Charles Smith tweleve years, from Massachusetts adopted son of Lieutenant Squier, fifth regiment.
4. Zack Elliot son of Mrs. Elliot.
5. Charles E. Marshall son of General Humphrey Marshall.
6. Captain John Brown Jr. son of John Brown of Harper's Ferry fame.
7. Frank P. Blair Jr. son of Frank P. Blair.
8. Job Parsons son of Abraham Parsons of Tucker county Va.
9. William Bull son of Chales H. Breck son of Judge Breck of Richmond Ky.
10. James Kincaid sixteen son of James Kincaid bron in Fayette county.
11. Albert Berry Posey fifteen son of Richard B. Posey.
12. Captain Gordon Winslow son of Rev. Gordon Winslow.
Saloons-Saloonkeeper.
1. H. E. Hezekoak.
2. John Jones.
3. Daniel Bacon.
4. Andrew Kirkpatrick.
5. Esterbrook's saloon.
6. R. P. League.
7. E. D. Warbass.
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There were hundreds of young and old men and women and children that were arrested as spies. In the list below I will name a few. If you see a a name let me know.
Spies.
1. Josiah E. Bailey, At old Capitol prison, arrested Feb. 1, 1862.
2. Francis A Dickens, At old Capitol prison.
3. Thomas Hatcock, At old Capitol prison arrested Feb. 13, 1862.
4. Mrs. A. L. McCarty, At old Capitol prison arrested Feb. 21, 1862.
5. Joseph Widmeyer, At old Captitol prison arrested Feb. 25, 1862.
6. Mrs. William H. Horris, At old Capitol prison.
7. Rev. Townsend McVeigh, At old Capitol prison.
8. M. T. (Mansfield) Walworth was arrested on Feb. 7, 1862, and held at the Old Capitol prison was still there in Feb. 15, 1862, He was discharged some time in April of 1862, after taking the oath of allegiance after taking the oath he was to leave Washington and go immediately to his home in Saratoga county New York, and to report to the honorable Reuben H. Walworth and was not to leave the county.
9. Warren Curtis was arrested in Virginia, February 13, 1862, by order of General F. J. Porter and committerd to the Old Capitol Prison. He was charged with being a spy. Having obtained a pass to cross the Potomac to visit relatives he made his way to the outer lines of the U. S. Army without trying to accomplish his pretended object. The said Warren Curtis remained in custody in the Old Capitol 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, released March 25, 1862.
10. Jose Maria Rivas did during the winter of 1861-62 and the spring of 1862 act as spy against the Federal troops in New Mexico-first for Colonel Baylor, then for General Sibley, and until caught as a spy and guide for Captain Coopwood, all of the Confederate forces. And the said Rivas did during the greater part of the time above mentioned continue to act as a spy and guide adversely to the Federal Government, to which he owed allegiance.
11. Miss Fannie Battle, aged nineteen years, of Davidson County, Tenn., arrested on the 7th day of April, A. D. . 1863, by order of Colonel Truesdail, chief of policed Nashville, and brought to Camp Chase on the 15th day of April, 1863, charged with being a spy, with smuggling goods and with getting a forged pass, I have the honor to report that the prisoners denies the all allegation of having been a spy but admits that she is a rebel and she had a forged pass. She further denies that she smuggling goods at the time she was arrested. There can be no doubt from the manner of the prisoner in replying to inquiries that she has been engaged in smuggling. The prisoner is affable and attractive and well qualified by a manners and mind to be influential for evil to the loyal cause. She is a daughter of the rebel General Battle. I recommend that she be exchanged and sent beyond our lines as soon as it may be convenient to our Government.
12. Daniel Hudson, Dec. 27, 1861.
13. William Jordan, Jan,13, 1862-Jan. 25, 1862.
14. Lawrence Mooney, Nov. 15, 1862.
15. William H. Nelson, Sept. 3, 1861.
16. Jackson Quigg, Sept. 27, 1862.
17. Dr. J. F. Tallant, Sept. 14, 1861.
18. Henry Vincent, Jan. 4, 1862-Feb. 1, 1862
19. William Woods, Sept. 9, 1862
20. Levi J. Wardlaw, Oct. 1861-Oct. 30, 1861.
Farmers.
1. In pursuance of instructions received from the major-genera commanding the Middle Military Division, the acting chief of cavalry directs that each of the three cavalry division haul fifty wagon-loads of rails from the farms of the following-named citizens:
James Gordan.
Buk Murphy.
Johnson Fars.
and unload them in the immediate vicinity of the Winchester Cemetery, for the purpose of fencing the same. The above-named parties live in the vicinity of the camps of the Second Cavalry Division, and have been guilty of harboring guerillas.
2. Captain Wilder is authorized to take possession of the farm of Jefferson Sinclair, an absentee disloyalist, and the buildings thereon. If the present occupant, Mr. William H. Lynch, will take the oath of allegiance and agree to pay quarterly in advance such rent as Captain Wilder may deem fair for twenty acres of the land and such portion of the dwelling as he needs, Mr. Wilder may allow him to do so; the same also of the Fayette Sinclair farm and its occupant, Mr. Charles L. Collier; the same of Messrs. Hicks and Bowen, on the Booker Jones farm; the same of the farms of Benjamin Hudgins, Eliza Jones, John and Helen Moore, Levin Winder, John Winder, William Smith, Robert Hudgins; the George Booker farm-not, however, disturbing the Howard family; the Lowry farm, the Watts farm, the farm of B. Howard, called the Stakes farm occupied by Mr. Host, and the Armstead farm, occupied by Hicks. The colored persons on these farms, if any, must come under Mr. Wilder's system of labor. The white tenants who will take he oath of allegiance and engage to pay rent as aforesaid are not to be expelled, but only to be limited to such portions of land and shelter as they require for their comfortable support, and are to be notified that any act of disorder or outrage will be visited with immediate removal as well as with legal penalties.
3. Report of Lieutenant William E. Chester, Johnson County Missouri Militia.
CAMP GROVER, NEAR WARRENSBURG, MO.,
May 8, 1865.
I came to the farm of Philip Varner, where I found the guerrilla band of Jesse Hamlet. They were getting dinner; some were writing letters. I immediately ordered my men to charge. They fully obeyed my orders. The result was two rebels killed, named Stephenson and Herr. Hamlet was wounded, but made his escape. Stephenson was killed by Private William H. Brown, of the Johnston County Volunteer Militia; Herr was killed by Privates Reed, Mausehund, and Adams, of Captain Arnold's company. Near the house in the woods we caught a son of Varner's and intended to bring him to this place. When near the farm of a W. White he jumped from his horse and ran into the brush. The guard fired on him, but what the result was I do not know. I am confident he was a member of the band, as we found a shotgun, a musket barrel, and a French navy revolver that he said belonged to him. I ordered the citizens of the county to bury the dead bushwhackers.
4. William Patterson at the head of Cherokee Bayou, Randolph county Ark.
5. J. Harty's eight miles from Bloomfiels Ark.
6. Swan Freguson Callaway county Mo.
Note. In the reports below you will see a lot happened in and around the Hotel in the Civil War, way to many to put here. However if you have a name of a Hotel that a family member stayed in or was in a battle, near by and would like to know more about it, I will try to find out for you.
Hotels.
Brigadier-General William N. R. Beall.
He had been of the Provision army, C. S.,and was a prisoners of war, but was on parole as a Confederate agent to supplly prisoners of war. He was under General Grants orders. He was now in New York, and while there he stayed at the Saint Nicholas Hotel and Saint Julian Hotel, he took a lot of his meals at the Hotel New York.
Robert C. Kennedy.
Robert C. Kenndy was a captain in the confederate army, he had been a prisoner at Jonson's Island but escaped and went to Canada, where he met some confederate friends. He was asked if he would like to go on an expedition the answer was yes. He was sent to New York, the idea was to set fire to the city on the Presidential Election for the atrocities of what happen in the Shenandoah Vally, but the phosphorus wasn't ready. Then on November 25, 1864, he walked down Prince Street and set four fires they were the Barnum's museum, Lovejoy's Hotel, Tammany Hotel and the New England house. He would go to the Exchange hotel to wait it out and make his way back to Canada. He made his escaped but months later was caught and sentenced to be hung.
Note. There is more to this story if you would like it.
Saint Louis Mo.1864.
On November 15, 1864, some soldiers from the sixth Missouri cavalry and the tenth Kansas had came to attend the Fletcher (Republican) Union or meeting at the Guenadon's on Washington Avenue. Then it was learnd that there was a McClellan meeting being held at the Lindell Hotel that housed the Democratic office. There was about ninety soldiers and some citizens in front of the hotel and soon a riot broke out as the rioters tried to remove the McClellan flag from the hotel.
Note. There is more on this story if you would like it.
Archibald B. Campbell U. S. Army Director of Mississippi.
On September 28, 1862, give a report on the battle of Luka of September 19, It was found on reaching Luka that the rebel wounded occupied the old hospital the Luka Springs Hotel, as well as the seminary buildings. It was determined to occupy the other Luka hotel.
Note. There is more to this story if you would like it.
Georgetown.
There was a running fight in Georgetown and some of it took place out side and inside of the Captain Kidd's Hotel. Then there was the Pacific Hotel is on south side of Main street about 400 yards west of Kidd's Hotel.
Note. This report is to long to put here but if you would like it just ask.
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SUSQUEHANNA,
Harrisburg, Pa., August 9, 1864.
MAJOR: I have the honor to report relating to the late invasion by the rebels in Chambersburg, Pa., on the morning of the 30th of July, 1864, the rebels entered the town with a force of (I do not think over) 500 mounted men, under the command of Generals McCausland and Bradley T. Johnson, the main body being encamped on the fair grounds. That in retaliation of the depredations committed by Major-General Hunter, of the U. S. forces, during his recent aid, it is ordered that the citizens of Chambersburg pay to the Confederate States by General McCausland the sum of $100,000 in gold; or in lieu thereof $500,000 in greenbacks or national currency was required to ransom the town, otherwise the town would be laid in ashes within three hours.
The order was signed by General Early. After reading the order I started to find the town council. Meeting one of them I informed him of the facts, when he told me that the citizens would not pay them 5 cents. I returned and met General Bradley T. Johnson on the portico of the Franklin Hotel. The rebels were by this time dismounted and breaking in the doors of stores and houses, and had already commenced plundering. When they entered it was 5.30 a. m.
Note. This report is to long to put here but if you would like it just ask.
HEADQUARTERS JENKINS' BRIGADE,
Camp near Winchester, Va., October 24, 1862.
SIR: The division of General D. R. Jones, having, by a forced march from Hagerstown, reached Boonsborough, Md., near the South Mountain, about 4 o'clock Sunday evening, September 14, was immediately thrown forward to the support of the troops engaged with the enemy on the mountain. Passing through Boonsborough and crossing a branch, this brigade, in conjunction with General Garnett's, marched by the right flank to a church some mile and a half to the right and south of the turnpike, and then filed off to the left about 1 mile to the foot of the mountain. About the time we reached that position, the firing having pretty well ceased, the two brigades about-faced, marched back within a half mile of the turnpike, an filed off to the right and formed in line of battle midway up the mountain, with General Garnett's brigade on my left. Having thrown out skirmishers preparatory to an advance, I was ordered by General Jones to move the brigade along the mountain to the White House Hotel, on the turnpike at the summit of the pass. Upon reaching the hotel, I posted the brigade.
Note. If you would like the full report let me know.
Witnesses in the murder of the President.
Wintnesses William Campbell And Joseph Snevel, with a Miss Alice Williams who was commissioned in the rebel army as a Lieutenant under the name of Buford, the would be Charlotte Corday except that she poroposed to employ poison. These men and women would be in the Madison Avenue Hotel and the National Hotel.
Note. If you would like the full report let me know.
Major-General John F. Reynolds.
When taken prisoner by the picket I was conducted to the rear into the presence of the general commanding that part of the line, General D. H. Hill, and I found several general officers of the enemy there with him. Among them were General Jackson, General Ripley and General C. S. Winder. I was received by them very properly and nothing occurred there to myself at all derogatory to my position as a general officer in our Army. In a very short time I was sent under escort on horseback to the rear on the Old cold Harbor road as far as General Lee's headquarters. There we were halted. I was sent with some other prisoners, the most of them wounded, among them Major Clitz. We were sent in an ambulance to General Lee's headquarters until he was communicated with. After that we were conducted to Richmond over the battle-field of Mechanicsville. On arriving in Richmond we were taken to the provost-marshal, General Winder, who sent me to the Spotswood House, a hotel there, where I remained until after the battles were all over.
Note. If you would like the full report let me know.
John D. Sullivan, St. Louis Mo.
John D. Sullivan was a member of the American Knights, he was a Jeweler opposite the Planter's Hotle.
Major-General Hooker, Willard's Hotel, has been placed in command of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps.
Corinth Mississippi.
The Tishomingo Hotel is being used as a hospital the wounded will soon be taken to Camp Corral.
There were many sons in the war I will list just a few, there will be a report on these names of some kind. If you see a name and would like more information let me know.
Sons and Sons of prisoners of War.
Sons of Sipus Shelton
1. Will Shelton-twenty years.
Aronnatt Shelton-fourteen years.
James Jr. Shelton-seventeen years.
David Shelton-thirteen years.
2. Thomas Latham Wilkinson, fifteen years, resident of Poughkeepse New York-prisoner of war.
3. Charles Smith tweleve years, from Massachusetts adopted son of Lieutenant Squier, fifth regiment.
4. Zack Elliot son of Mrs. Elliot.
5. Charles E. Marshall son of General Humphrey Marshall.
6. Captain John Brown Jr. son of John Brown of Harper's Ferry fame.
7. Frank P. Blair Jr. son of Frank P. Blair.
8. Job Parsons son of Abraham Parsons of Tucker county Va.
9. William Bull son of Chales H. Breck son of Judge Breck of Richmond Ky.
10. James Kincaid sixteen son of James Kincaid bron in Fayette county.
11. Albert Berry Posey fifteen son of Richard B. Posey.
12. Captain Gordon Winslow son of Rev. Gordon Winslow.
Saloons-Saloonkeeper.
1. H. E. Hezekoak.
2. John Jones.
3. Daniel Bacon.
4. Andrew Kirkpatrick.
5. Esterbrook's saloon.
6. R. P. League.
7. E. D. Warbass.
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There were hundreds of young and old men and women and children that were arrested as spies. In the list below I will name a few. If you see a a name let me know.
Spies.
1. Josiah E. Bailey, At old Capitol prison, arrested Feb. 1, 1862.
2. Francis A Dickens, At old Capitol prison.
3. Thomas Hatcock, At old Capitol prison arrested Feb. 13, 1862.
4. Mrs. A. L. McCarty, At old Capitol prison arrested Feb. 21, 1862.
5. Joseph Widmeyer, At old Captitol prison arrested Feb. 25, 1862.
6. Mrs. William H. Horris, At old Capitol prison.
7. Rev. Townsend McVeigh, At old Capitol prison.
8. M. T. (Mansfield) Walworth was arrested on Feb. 7, 1862, and held at the Old Capitol prison was still there in Feb. 15, 1862, He was discharged some time in April of 1862, after taking the oath of allegiance after taking the oath he was to leave Washington and go immediately to his home in Saratoga county New York, and to report to the honorable Reuben H. Walworth and was not to leave the county.
9. Warren Curtis was arrested in Virginia, February 13, 1862, by order of General F. J. Porter and committerd to the Old Capitol Prison. He was charged with being a spy. Having obtained a pass to cross the Potomac to visit relatives he made his way to the outer lines of the U. S. Army without trying to accomplish his pretended object. The said Warren Curtis remained in custody in the Old Capitol 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, released March 25, 1862.
10. Jose Maria Rivas did during the winter of 1861-62 and the spring of 1862 act as spy against the Federal troops in New Mexico-first for Colonel Baylor, then for General Sibley, and until caught as a spy and guide for Captain Coopwood, all of the Confederate forces. And the said Rivas did during the greater part of the time above mentioned continue to act as a spy and guide adversely to the Federal Government, to which he owed allegiance.
11. Miss Fannie Battle, aged nineteen years, of Davidson County, Tenn., arrested on the 7th day of April, A. D. . 1863, by order of Colonel Truesdail, chief of policed Nashville, and brought to Camp Chase on the 15th day of April, 1863, charged with being a spy, with smuggling goods and with getting a forged pass, I have the honor to report that the prisoners denies the all allegation of having been a spy but admits that she is a rebel and she had a forged pass. She further denies that she smuggling goods at the time she was arrested. There can be no doubt from the manner of the prisoner in replying to inquiries that she has been engaged in smuggling. The prisoner is affable and attractive and well qualified by a manners and mind to be influential for evil to the loyal cause. She is a daughter of the rebel General Battle. I recommend that she be exchanged and sent beyond our lines as soon as it may be convenient to our Government.
12. Daniel Hudson, Dec. 27, 1861.
13. William Jordan, Jan,13, 1862-Jan. 25, 1862.
14. Lawrence Mooney, Nov. 15, 1862.
15. William H. Nelson, Sept. 3, 1861.
16. Jackson Quigg, Sept. 27, 1862.
17. Dr. J. F. Tallant, Sept. 14, 1861.
18. Henry Vincent, Jan. 4, 1862-Feb. 1, 1862
19. William Woods, Sept. 9, 1862
20. Levi J. Wardlaw, Oct. 1861-Oct. 30, 1861.
Farmers.
1. In pursuance of instructions received from the major-genera commanding the Middle Military Division, the acting chief of cavalry directs that each of the three cavalry division haul fifty wagon-loads of rails from the farms of the following-named citizens:
James Gordan.
Buk Murphy.
Johnson Fars.
and unload them in the immediate vicinity of the Winchester Cemetery, for the purpose of fencing the same. The above-named parties live in the vicinity of the camps of the Second Cavalry Division, and have been guilty of harboring guerillas.
2. Captain Wilder is authorized to take possession of the farm of Jefferson Sinclair, an absentee disloyalist, and the buildings thereon. If the present occupant, Mr. William H. Lynch, will take the oath of allegiance and agree to pay quarterly in advance such rent as Captain Wilder may deem fair for twenty acres of the land and such portion of the dwelling as he needs, Mr. Wilder may allow him to do so; the same also of the Fayette Sinclair farm and its occupant, Mr. Charles L. Collier; the same of Messrs. Hicks and Bowen, on the Booker Jones farm; the same of the farms of Benjamin Hudgins, Eliza Jones, John and Helen Moore, Levin Winder, John Winder, William Smith, Robert Hudgins; the George Booker farm-not, however, disturbing the Howard family; the Lowry farm, the Watts farm, the farm of B. Howard, called the Stakes farm occupied by Mr. Host, and the Armstead farm, occupied by Hicks. The colored persons on these farms, if any, must come under Mr. Wilder's system of labor. The white tenants who will take he oath of allegiance and engage to pay rent as aforesaid are not to be expelled, but only to be limited to such portions of land and shelter as they require for their comfortable support, and are to be notified that any act of disorder or outrage will be visited with immediate removal as well as with legal penalties.
3. Report of Lieutenant William E. Chester, Johnson County Missouri Militia.
CAMP GROVER, NEAR WARRENSBURG, MO.,
May 8, 1865.
I came to the farm of Philip Varner, where I found the guerrilla band of Jesse Hamlet. They were getting dinner; some were writing letters. I immediately ordered my men to charge. They fully obeyed my orders. The result was two rebels killed, named Stephenson and Herr. Hamlet was wounded, but made his escape. Stephenson was killed by Private William H. Brown, of the Johnston County Volunteer Militia; Herr was killed by Privates Reed, Mausehund, and Adams, of Captain Arnold's company. Near the house in the woods we caught a son of Varner's and intended to bring him to this place. When near the farm of a W. White he jumped from his horse and ran into the brush. The guard fired on him, but what the result was I do not know. I am confident he was a member of the band, as we found a shotgun, a musket barrel, and a French navy revolver that he said belonged to him. I ordered the citizens of the county to bury the dead bushwhackers.
4. William Patterson at the head of Cherokee Bayou, Randolph county Ark.
5. J. Harty's eight miles from Bloomfiels Ark.
6. Swan Freguson Callaway county Mo.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Men Of Blockade-runners And Other-Naval Ships Of The Civil War
This page will be on the names of the men of the Blockade-runners and other ships.
There will be little or no historical information on the ships or battles they were in. The purpose behind this web site is to find as many surnames as possible and some times there will be a reference to a naval battle or a ship along with the information on the name. If you see a family name here and would like to know more about his ship or battle he was in I would be happy to help you all I can.
The idea behind this web site is to help family's find other family members, that's why there is little reference to any historical battles or ships on any of the pages at this web site. However this site would get real boring if it was just names after names and nothing else, so when I give a name I always try to find a name that gives a little information on what battle he or she was in or how they were captured or killed. If you find no family here but you see a reference to a battle or a ship and would like to know more about it, I would be happy to help you if I can, this goes for any information on any of my pages at this Site.
If you need help or have a question about any of the pages at this site you may write me at: dsegelquist1@cox.net
Note. You will note some of this ships and surnames will be British as England got into the Civil War too.
Note. If you would like to know more about some of these ships here are two great web site.
BUD'S "NAVY FIGHTING SHIP HISTORY" WEB SITE
http://www.angelfire.com/in/shiphistory/
INDEX OF CIVIL WAR NAVAL FORCES - UNION -CONFEDERATE SHIPS
http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/USNavy.html
Here is a list of blockade-runners and others-naval captures.
1. William D. Archer, captured May 12, 1863, claims to be a private in rebel service. Boasts, it is said, of having killed some of the "damned Yankees"; of his attentions to continue his exploits in this line and of having been one of those who fired upon the pursuit boat, which was enticed on shore by misuse of a flag of truce in the hands of men disguised as contraband women. Several of the pursuit men were seriously wounded at the time.
2. H. Burrows, of South Carolina, passenger in steamer Britannia, captured off the Bahamas June 24, 1863.
3. James H. Britt, of North Carolina, captured in rebel blockade-runner R. E. Lee November 9, 1863, of which he was steward. Single man, farmer, twenty-seven years old.
4. John Carnighan, captured in blockade-runner Britannia, on which he was a passenger, June 24, 1863.
5. Robert Caldwell, private, Sixty-third Georgia Regiment, captured in Wassaw Sound July 21, 1863.
6. W. H. Crawley, who claimed to be an English subject at time of capture, but is regarded as an American citizen, captured July 2, 1864, while violating the blockade.
7. J. W. Davis, captured in the steamer Lizzie Davis, running the blockade, September 16, 1863. Born in Massachusetts; forty years old; has lived in Mobile twenty years; and avowed citizen of the so-called Confederate States and particularly hostile to the Government of the United States.
8. Ross Davis, of South Carolina, was master of the blockade-runner Pet, captured off Wilmington February 15, 1864. Mariner by occupation; thirty-five years old. Made nine round trips in the Pet.
9. G. W. Davis, of North Carolina, second mate of the Britannia, captured June 24, 1863.
10. D. Drake Carter, alias Charles Drake, captured in the Thistle, trying to enter Wilmington, June 4, 1864; claimed to be a British subject, but subsequently confessed that he is a Kentuckian, and belonged to Morgan's band. Was captured, escaped from Camp Chase into Canada, and made his way to Bermuda and Nassau. Surgeon Sixth Kentucky Cavalry.
11. John Edwards, captured March 7, 1863, on Florida coast; private in rebel army. Reported as a rebel mail carrier, and captain of a guerilla band.
12. M. J. Freeman, chief engineer of the rebel steamer Alabama, captured June 19, 1864.
13. William Gance, private, Texas battalion, captured at Sabine Pass April 10, 1863.
14. R. H. Gayle, lieutenant in the rebel Navy, captured in command of the blockade-runner Stag January 9, 1865.
15. Benajmin Griffin, alias McPherson, of Maryland, captured July 6, 1864.
16. Samuel Grissam, of North Carolina, twenty-seven years old, single; was pilot on the blockade-runner R. E. Lee; captured November 9, 1863. Claimed to be a British subject, but would not swear to it. Always followed the sea.
17. W. W. Helm, of Mississippi, claims to be a captain of rebel cavalry; captured May 6, 1863, near Mobile, on a blockade-runner.
18. Joseph T. Herpin, of Alabama, was supercargo and part owner of schooner General Prim; captured April 24, 1863; was tried by military commission at Key West, and recommended to be paroled. Served for a few months in the First Alabama Volunteers; was never in action.
19. S. Henderson, captured in the blockade-runner Planter June 15, 1863, of which vessel he was steersman; fifty years old, family in the South. Declined the oath for fear of confiscation of his property; a steam-boat man by occupation; willing to take a neutral oath.
20. R. H. Hooper, born in Baltimore, captured in the steamer Hattie, off Wilmington, July 24, 1864; twenty-four years old, single man, seaman; always sailed out of Southern ports. Says his object in manning the blockade-runner was to recover his health. Discharged from rebel service on account of disability. Intended to remain abroad until close of war.
21. H. H. Ingraham, of Florida, was purser of the rebel blockade-runner R. E. Lee; captured November 9, 1863; twenty-four years old; previous business an accountant.
22. R. Jamison, was master of the blockade-running schooner Two Sisters; captured near the Rio Grande September 20, 1863.
23. C. P. Jervey, was first mate of the rebel blockade-runner Ella and Anna; always followed the sea; captured November 6, 1863.
24. John Lewis, second mate of the blockade-runner Matagorda, captured September 10, 1864.
25. Issac Lewis, was steward of the blockade-running steamer Lucy; captured November 2, 1864; claimed to be a British subject, but was ascertained to be an American citizen.
26. Alexander Lawrance, was chief engineer of the Ella and Anna, blockade-running steamer; citizen of Baltimore; single; captured November 6, 1863.
27. Malcom Macneu, passenger in the blockade-running steamer Sapulding captured October 4, 1863; native of Pennsylvania.
28. William R. Postell, was master of the blockade-runner Ida; captured July 8, 1864; native of South Carolina; residence Georgia; formerly in the U. S. Navy.
29. C. W. Westondorff, of Charleston, S. C., commanded the Bermuda, which was captured in the early part of the war, loaded with arms, &c., intended, as was supposed, for the insurgents. Taken to Philadelphia, released, and remained there for a year or two. Went back to the South to see his family, as he states, and was captured in the steamer Lillian August 24, 1864, on which he was a passenger.
30. George McD. Stoll, passenger in the steamer Spaulding, captured October 11, 1863; citizen of North Carolina.
HDQRS. NORTHERN DISTRICT, DEPT. OF THE SOUTH,
Morris Island, S. C., September 7, 1864, Charles Harris.
I was born in Ireland; am twenty-five years of age; have been in this country fourteen years. I resided nine years in New York. I was on board a steam-boat on the Mississippi till all the boats stopped running, and then I came to Charleston and tried to run the blockade on the steamer Macaroni, but could not get out and they compelled me to enlist in the Navy about two years ago. I was never paid, but got a little money now and then. They think that if Lincoln is re-elected there will be a revolution in the West; if McClellan is elected they think he will recognize the Confederacy and there will be peace; that is their only hope. There is gun-boat up near Columbus, Ga., which they are trying to fit out. I think they are determined to do something desperate if these boats get out. I do not know anything of Fort Sumter. I heard that some 600 or 700 prisoners were confined in Charleston. I jumped off the boat last night and swam to Morris Island. They heard me and sent a boat after me, but I eluded them.
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, FORTH PULASKI AND TYBEE ISLAND, GA.,
Fort Pulaski, Ga., march 5, 1864.
A schooner ( name unknown ) ran aground on the east side of Tybee Island on March 3, 1864, she was 35 tons. The cargo was alcohol and coffee her crew was, Captin John Wicks, Supercargo C. W. Hawes, Mate Henry Caserdy and seamen John Thomas and William Sands.
HEADQUARTERS SAINT MARY'S DISTRICT,
Point Lookout, Md., April 15, 1864.
About April 12 or 15, 1864, A Mr. Joseph H. Maddox, who claimed to be the owener of some tobacco, and to be an emissary of the Federal Government, was taken as a prisoner and brought to this point. Maddox has been arrested once before as a blockade-runner, and says he paid Roverdy Johnson $1,000 to get him clear, which statement is confirmed by a declaration previously made by his brother, who resides in this county.
Sloops.
1. William Jones was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and was conveyed to New York.
2. Michael O'Brien was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and was conveyed to New York.
3. William Sanger was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and was conveyed to New York.
4. George Watt was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and was conveyed to New York.
5. Arthur Wardle was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vinceness while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and conveyed to New York.
6. William Cuthbert was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and conveyed to New York.
7. James Hopkinson was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincenness while running the blockade at the Northeast Murray of New York.
8. Thomas R. Stewart was arrested in Chesapeake Bay near Dorchester County, Md., about the 29th of August, 1861, on board the sloop T. J. Evans which was seized by the U. S. schooner Dana. He was charged with being one of the crew of the sloop which was conveying contraband arms and goods to the rebels in Virginia. Stewart was taken to Washington and placed in jail. An investigation of his case resulted in his being released by order of the Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States September 27, 1861.
9. Midshipman Albert G. Hudgins, of the Navy of the Confederate States, and one of the officers of the sloop of war Sumter, was recently captured at sea while acting as prize master and conveyed to New York, and reliable information has been laid before me that he is being treated by the authorities of the United States not as a prisoner of war but as a criminal, and that since the 21st of July last he has been held in solitary confinement in a cell in the Tombs.
10. John Hipkins, Jr., alias Edward R. Platt, was arrested by order of the Secretary of the Navy and conveyed to Fort Lafayette January 28, 1862. This person shipped in the U. S. service on the Sloop - of - war Vincennes but afterward refused to fight for the Government, alleging that his paarents lived in Virginia and he could not fight against the rebels of that State. the said John Hipkins remained in custody in Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with an order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department.
11. John and Josept Shaney, it appears that they were picked up in an open boat by the guard boat of the U. S. sloop of war Cumberland, of the blockading squadron, about November 12, 1861, and sent to Fort Warren. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 9, 1861, directing Colonel Dimick to release John and Joseph Shaney do no act hostile to the United States. They were accordingly released December 12, 1861.
Schooners.
Crew of the Royal Yacht.
1. Thomas Chubb was arrested on board the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was captured by the U. S. frigate Santee in Galvestion Bay, he being one of the crew of that schooner. Having been sent to New York Chubb with his companions who were captured at the same time was by order of the Secretary of State dated December 23, 1861, committed to Fort Lafayette. Lieutenant Colonel Martin Burke reported by letter February 4, 1862, to the Secretary of State that "Chubb of the Royal Yacht has been released on his parole of honor by order of the honorable Secretary of the Navy. "
2. H. N. Duble woard the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was captured by the U. S. frigate Santee in Galveston Bay November 8, 1861. Having been sent to New York Duble with the crew of the Royal Yacht was committed by order of the Secretary of State dated December 23, 1861, to Fort Lafayette. Duble was charged with disloyalty to the United States Government and with being in active sympathy with the rebels. The said H. N. Duble remained in 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.
3. Ira G. Rogers was arrested on board the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was captured by the U. S. frigate Santee, he being one of the crewof that schooner. Having been sent to New York Roogers with the balance of the crew captured at the same time was by order of the Secretary of State dated December 23, 1861, committed to Fort Lafayette. An order was issued from the Department of State dated February 1, 1862, directing Colonel Burke commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release Rogers on his taking the oath of allegiance. He was accordingly released February 6, 1862.
4. Ambrose Snow was arrested on board the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was caputred by the U. S. frigate Santee in Galveston Bay, he being one of the crew of that schooner. Having been sent to New York Snow with his companies who were captured at the same time was by order of the Secretary of State dated December 23, 1861, committed to Fort Lafayette. The said Ambrose Snow 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.
5. Joseph F. Frisbee was arrested on board the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was captured in Galveston Bay by the U. S. frigate Santee, he being one of the crew of that schooner. Having been sent to New york Frisbee was by order of the Secretary of STate dated December 23, 1861, committed to Fort Lafayette. He remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when he was transferred to the charge of the War Department.
6. John E. Davidson was captured on board the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was captured by the U. S. frigate Santee in Galveston Bay November 8, 1861. Having been sent to New York Davidson together with the balance of the crew was committed to Fort Lafayette December 23, 1861.
Men of the schooner Venus.
1. Jacob Johnson was arrested on the prize schooner Venus which vessel was captured in the Gulf of Mexico. The time of the capture of the vessel for when Johnson was committed to Fort Lafayette has not been received by the Department of State. The said Jacob Johnson remained in custody Februaary 15, 1862, in Fort Lafayette.
2. Andrew Nelson was captured on the prize schooner Venus in the Gulf of Mexico and with others of the crew of that vessel was brought to New York and confined in Fort Lafayette. The date of the capture or the time when Nelson and his companions of the Venus were committed to Fort Lafayette has not been communicated to the Department of State. The said Andrew Nelson remained in custody in Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862.
3. Peter Hanson was one of the crew of the prize schooner Venus captured in the Gulf of Mexico and was brought to New York and confined in Fort Lafayette. The date of the capture or when Hanson and the crew of the Venus were committed to Fort Lafayette has not been communicated to the Department of State. The said Peter Hanson remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862.
4. Charles Smith was taken on the prize schooner Venus in the Gulf of Mexico and with the vessel conveyed to New York. No information in regard to the date of the capture of the vessel or when he was committed to Fort Lafayette has been received at the Department of State. He remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862.
5. Jacob Johnson was arrested on the prize schooner Venus which vessel was captured in the Gulf of Mexico. The time of the capture of the vessel for when Johnson was committed to Fort Lafayette has not been received by the Department of State. The said Jacob Johnson remained in custody Februaary 15, 1862, in Fort Lafayette.
6. Charles Eastwood was taken on the prize schooner Venus in the Gulf of Mexico and with the vessel conveyed to New York. No info to the date of the capture of the vessel or when Eastwood was committed to Fort Lafayette has been received at the Department of State. The said Charles Eastwood remained in custody February 15, 1862, at Fort Lafayette.
7. Edward Zickler was captured on the prize schooner Venus in the Gulf of Mexico and having been taken to New York was places in Fort Lafayette. The date of the capture of the vessel or when Zickler was committed to Fort Lafayette has not been received at the Department of State. The said Edward Zickler remained in custody at Fort Lafayette Febraury 15, 1862.
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The privateer schooner Savannah, of Charleston, S. C., Captain T. H. Baker, commissioned by Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, was captured about 60 miles east of Charleston, S. C.
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MOYAMENSING PRISON, Philadelphia, October 31, 1861.
Walter W. Smith, prize master schooner Enchantress, of brig Jeff. Davis; Daniel Mullings, of Enchantress and of the Jeff. Davis; E. Rochford, schooner Enchantress and brig Jeff. Davis; Thomas Quigley, one of the prize crew of the schooner Enchantress; William Perry, captain of Petrel; Rich. M. Harvey, first lieutenant of Petrel; Colin Campbell, second lieutenant of schooner Petrel; Thomas Woods, seaman of Petrel; John G. S. Tucket, seaman of Petrel; John Mack seaman of Petrel; J. N. Morgan, steward of Petrel; Henry Mills, seaman of Petrel; George Hawkins, seaman of Petrel; Edward Murphy, seaman of Petrel; Hugh Monaghan, landsman of Petrel; Robert (his x mark) Barnet, mate of Petrel; Richard R. Jeffers, seaman of Petrel; John Cronin, seaman of Petrel; Geo. H. Roberts, seaman of Petrel; Michael Dooling, landsman of Petrel; C. H. Marriott, ordinary seaman of Petrel; John C. (his x mark) Cunningham, seaman of Petrel; Frank A] boy of Petrel; Wm. (his x mark) Brain, cook of Petrel; H. Oltmans, cook of Petrel; John M. Dearing, seaman of Petrel; George Sawden, seaman of Petrel; Wm. H. (his x mark) Hazlehurst, seaman of Petrel; Daniel (his x mark) Courney, second cook of Petrel; Henry A. Rowan, seaman of Petrel; Edward Flynn, seaman of Petrel; A. C. Delahay, seaman of Petrel; John H. Edwards, seaman of Petrel; George S. Harrison, seaman of Petrel; A. C. Williams, seaman of Petrel.
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Steamers.
James R. riley, captain of the steamer Sumter, sunk during the night of August 30, 1863, by the firing of Fort Moultrie
Note. There is more information on the above if you would like it Just ask.
Captain J. C. Carter, was the comanding officer of the steamer Michigan.
Steamer Massachusetts.
Steamer Massachusetts arrived at Fortress Friday night with Lieutenants G. W. Brown and N. J. Camp, Twenty-third Missouri; J. S. Agey and G. H. Logan, Fourteenth Iowa; H. W. Mays, Ninth Kentucky, and Sergeants I. N. Rhodes and Milton Rhodes, Fourteenth Iowa, escaped prisoners, on board. All were captured at Shiloh except Mays, who was taken by the guerrilla Morgan. They belonged to General Prentiss' brigade and they corroborated the statement that the surrender took place in the evening after stubborn struggle. While at Macon, Ga., June 1, Lieutenant Camp, Brown and Mays determined to escape. They passed sentinels and walked through town singing Dixie. Traversing swamp at midnight reached Ocmulgee River and finding small boat, by using tin plate and canteen for paddle, started. Next morning found them twenty-five miles from Macon. Secreted themselves all day and at night having cut wooden paddles from tree started. Toward morning came across a boat which they endeavored to avoid by hiding in bushes. To their horror, however, boat came alongside, but-sub-sequent joy-turned out to be Lieutenant Agey and Logan and two Sergeants Rhodes, who escaped a previous Tuesday in disguise of rebel soldiers and having around awaits a bag with flour, dried peaches, &c., and files, salt in boots, and they subsequently escaped in boat. The two boats then kept together safely 600 miles by night with oars muffled with cypress moss. On the 11th reached Hawkinsville, where three small deserted steamers were tied up. Passed by without observation. On trip where persons [were] observed on bank, cheered for Davis and said were messengers from Davis. On the 17th reached Wolf Island, in Atlamaha Sound. Next day reached Sapelo Island; found deserted. On the 18th went aboard steamer Wamsutta which next day transferred to steamer Florida at Saint Simon's Sound. Put aboard steamer Massachusetts, which brought [us] to Fort Monroe. They report Lieutenant Bliss, of Fifty-eighth Illinois [Second Michigan Battery], on May 1, was wantonly murdered by the rebel guard.
Steamer Nashville.
1. First Lieutenant Commander Charles C. Simms, C. S. steamer Nashville.
2. Lieutenant John W. Bennett, C. S. Navy, commanding steamer Nashville.
Steamer Constitution.
1. The provost- marshal- general of the department will turn over to Captain C. D. Mehjaffey, First U. S. Infantry, the following prisoners now in his custody: A. B. Moore, late self- styled Governor of Alabama; George W. Gayle, author of a certain inflammatory article in the Selma Dispatch of December 1, 1864; John Cantler and Watson Graves, witnesses in the case of Gayle. Captain Mehaffey will be furnished with a guard of one non- commissioned officer and ten men of the First U. S. Infantry, and will proceed with this guard and the above- named prisoners by the steamer Constitution.
Steamer Planter.
1. steamers Planter and Starlight, having on board five companies Forty-eighth New York State Volunteers, under command of Captain D. W. Strickland, and a detachment of Company G, Third Rhode Island Artillery, in charge of Captain John H. Gould. We arrived at the mouth of May-commonly called Bluffton-River, about three-quarters of an hour before daybreak, and proceeded as rapidly as possible up the river.
Steamer Luminary.
1. The One hundred and seventeenth Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Captain W. P. Olden commanding, will disembark his command from the Des Moines and embark on steamer Luminary, and proceed from this port to New Orleans, La.
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Fort Macon.
The commanding officer, Captain Samuel Lockwood, discovered our movements he brought all his vessels into action, and for a time attracted the enemy's attention to such an extent as to greatly facilitate the officers in charge of the mortar batteries in correcting their range and length of fuse, but owing to the extreme roughness of the sea the fleet was compelled to withdraw. At 4.30 in the afternoon a white flag was displayed upon the ramparts of the fort and the firing ceased upon both sides. After communicating with the general commanding during the night of the 25th, on the morning of the 26th, at 9.30 o'clock, I received the surrender of the fort and garrison.
There will be little or no historical information on the ships or battles they were in. The purpose behind this web site is to find as many surnames as possible and some times there will be a reference to a naval battle or a ship along with the information on the name. If you see a family name here and would like to know more about his ship or battle he was in I would be happy to help you all I can.
The idea behind this web site is to help family's find other family members, that's why there is little reference to any historical battles or ships on any of the pages at this web site. However this site would get real boring if it was just names after names and nothing else, so when I give a name I always try to find a name that gives a little information on what battle he or she was in or how they were captured or killed. If you find no family here but you see a reference to a battle or a ship and would like to know more about it, I would be happy to help you if I can, this goes for any information on any of my pages at this Site.
If you need help or have a question about any of the pages at this site you may write me at: dsegelquist1@cox.net
Note. You will note some of this ships and surnames will be British as England got into the Civil War too.
Note. If you would like to know more about some of these ships here are two great web site.
BUD'S "NAVY FIGHTING SHIP HISTORY" WEB SITE
http://www.angelfire.com/in/shiphistory/
INDEX OF CIVIL WAR NAVAL FORCES - UNION -CONFEDERATE SHIPS
http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/USNavy.html
Here is a list of blockade-runners and others-naval captures.
1. William D. Archer, captured May 12, 1863, claims to be a private in rebel service. Boasts, it is said, of having killed some of the "damned Yankees"; of his attentions to continue his exploits in this line and of having been one of those who fired upon the pursuit boat, which was enticed on shore by misuse of a flag of truce in the hands of men disguised as contraband women. Several of the pursuit men were seriously wounded at the time.
2. H. Burrows, of South Carolina, passenger in steamer Britannia, captured off the Bahamas June 24, 1863.
3. James H. Britt, of North Carolina, captured in rebel blockade-runner R. E. Lee November 9, 1863, of which he was steward. Single man, farmer, twenty-seven years old.
4. John Carnighan, captured in blockade-runner Britannia, on which he was a passenger, June 24, 1863.
5. Robert Caldwell, private, Sixty-third Georgia Regiment, captured in Wassaw Sound July 21, 1863.
6. W. H. Crawley, who claimed to be an English subject at time of capture, but is regarded as an American citizen, captured July 2, 1864, while violating the blockade.
7. J. W. Davis, captured in the steamer Lizzie Davis, running the blockade, September 16, 1863. Born in Massachusetts; forty years old; has lived in Mobile twenty years; and avowed citizen of the so-called Confederate States and particularly hostile to the Government of the United States.
8. Ross Davis, of South Carolina, was master of the blockade-runner Pet, captured off Wilmington February 15, 1864. Mariner by occupation; thirty-five years old. Made nine round trips in the Pet.
9. G. W. Davis, of North Carolina, second mate of the Britannia, captured June 24, 1863.
10. D. Drake Carter, alias Charles Drake, captured in the Thistle, trying to enter Wilmington, June 4, 1864; claimed to be a British subject, but subsequently confessed that he is a Kentuckian, and belonged to Morgan's band. Was captured, escaped from Camp Chase into Canada, and made his way to Bermuda and Nassau. Surgeon Sixth Kentucky Cavalry.
11. John Edwards, captured March 7, 1863, on Florida coast; private in rebel army. Reported as a rebel mail carrier, and captain of a guerilla band.
12. M. J. Freeman, chief engineer of the rebel steamer Alabama, captured June 19, 1864.
13. William Gance, private, Texas battalion, captured at Sabine Pass April 10, 1863.
14. R. H. Gayle, lieutenant in the rebel Navy, captured in command of the blockade-runner Stag January 9, 1865.
15. Benajmin Griffin, alias McPherson, of Maryland, captured July 6, 1864.
16. Samuel Grissam, of North Carolina, twenty-seven years old, single; was pilot on the blockade-runner R. E. Lee; captured November 9, 1863. Claimed to be a British subject, but would not swear to it. Always followed the sea.
17. W. W. Helm, of Mississippi, claims to be a captain of rebel cavalry; captured May 6, 1863, near Mobile, on a blockade-runner.
18. Joseph T. Herpin, of Alabama, was supercargo and part owner of schooner General Prim; captured April 24, 1863; was tried by military commission at Key West, and recommended to be paroled. Served for a few months in the First Alabama Volunteers; was never in action.
19. S. Henderson, captured in the blockade-runner Planter June 15, 1863, of which vessel he was steersman; fifty years old, family in the South. Declined the oath for fear of confiscation of his property; a steam-boat man by occupation; willing to take a neutral oath.
20. R. H. Hooper, born in Baltimore, captured in the steamer Hattie, off Wilmington, July 24, 1864; twenty-four years old, single man, seaman; always sailed out of Southern ports. Says his object in manning the blockade-runner was to recover his health. Discharged from rebel service on account of disability. Intended to remain abroad until close of war.
21. H. H. Ingraham, of Florida, was purser of the rebel blockade-runner R. E. Lee; captured November 9, 1863; twenty-four years old; previous business an accountant.
22. R. Jamison, was master of the blockade-running schooner Two Sisters; captured near the Rio Grande September 20, 1863.
23. C. P. Jervey, was first mate of the rebel blockade-runner Ella and Anna; always followed the sea; captured November 6, 1863.
24. John Lewis, second mate of the blockade-runner Matagorda, captured September 10, 1864.
25. Issac Lewis, was steward of the blockade-running steamer Lucy; captured November 2, 1864; claimed to be a British subject, but was ascertained to be an American citizen.
26. Alexander Lawrance, was chief engineer of the Ella and Anna, blockade-running steamer; citizen of Baltimore; single; captured November 6, 1863.
27. Malcom Macneu, passenger in the blockade-running steamer Sapulding captured October 4, 1863; native of Pennsylvania.
28. William R. Postell, was master of the blockade-runner Ida; captured July 8, 1864; native of South Carolina; residence Georgia; formerly in the U. S. Navy.
29. C. W. Westondorff, of Charleston, S. C., commanded the Bermuda, which was captured in the early part of the war, loaded with arms, &c., intended, as was supposed, for the insurgents. Taken to Philadelphia, released, and remained there for a year or two. Went back to the South to see his family, as he states, and was captured in the steamer Lillian August 24, 1864, on which he was a passenger.
30. George McD. Stoll, passenger in the steamer Spaulding, captured October 11, 1863; citizen of North Carolina.
HDQRS. NORTHERN DISTRICT, DEPT. OF THE SOUTH,
Morris Island, S. C., September 7, 1864, Charles Harris.
I was born in Ireland; am twenty-five years of age; have been in this country fourteen years. I resided nine years in New York. I was on board a steam-boat on the Mississippi till all the boats stopped running, and then I came to Charleston and tried to run the blockade on the steamer Macaroni, but could not get out and they compelled me to enlist in the Navy about two years ago. I was never paid, but got a little money now and then. They think that if Lincoln is re-elected there will be a revolution in the West; if McClellan is elected they think he will recognize the Confederacy and there will be peace; that is their only hope. There is gun-boat up near Columbus, Ga., which they are trying to fit out. I think they are determined to do something desperate if these boats get out. I do not know anything of Fort Sumter. I heard that some 600 or 700 prisoners were confined in Charleston. I jumped off the boat last night and swam to Morris Island. They heard me and sent a boat after me, but I eluded them.
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, FORTH PULASKI AND TYBEE ISLAND, GA.,
Fort Pulaski, Ga., march 5, 1864.
A schooner ( name unknown ) ran aground on the east side of Tybee Island on March 3, 1864, she was 35 tons. The cargo was alcohol and coffee her crew was, Captin John Wicks, Supercargo C. W. Hawes, Mate Henry Caserdy and seamen John Thomas and William Sands.
HEADQUARTERS SAINT MARY'S DISTRICT,
Point Lookout, Md., April 15, 1864.
About April 12 or 15, 1864, A Mr. Joseph H. Maddox, who claimed to be the owener of some tobacco, and to be an emissary of the Federal Government, was taken as a prisoner and brought to this point. Maddox has been arrested once before as a blockade-runner, and says he paid Roverdy Johnson $1,000 to get him clear, which statement is confirmed by a declaration previously made by his brother, who resides in this county.
Sloops.
1. William Jones was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and was conveyed to New York.
2. Michael O'Brien was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and was conveyed to New York.
3. William Sanger was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and was conveyed to New York.
4. George Watt was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and was conveyed to New York.
5. Arthur Wardle was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vinceness while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and conveyed to New York.
6. William Cuthbert was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincennes while running the blockade at the Northeast Pass of the Mississippi and conveyed to New York.
7. James Hopkinson was one of the crew of the English bark Empress captured by the U. S. sloop Vincenness while running the blockade at the Northeast Murray of New York.
8. Thomas R. Stewart was arrested in Chesapeake Bay near Dorchester County, Md., about the 29th of August, 1861, on board the sloop T. J. Evans which was seized by the U. S. schooner Dana. He was charged with being one of the crew of the sloop which was conveying contraband arms and goods to the rebels in Virginia. Stewart was taken to Washington and placed in jail. An investigation of his case resulted in his being released by order of the Secretary of State on taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States September 27, 1861.
9. Midshipman Albert G. Hudgins, of the Navy of the Confederate States, and one of the officers of the sloop of war Sumter, was recently captured at sea while acting as prize master and conveyed to New York, and reliable information has been laid before me that he is being treated by the authorities of the United States not as a prisoner of war but as a criminal, and that since the 21st of July last he has been held in solitary confinement in a cell in the Tombs.
10. John Hipkins, Jr., alias Edward R. Platt, was arrested by order of the Secretary of the Navy and conveyed to Fort Lafayette January 28, 1862. This person shipped in the U. S. service on the Sloop - of - war Vincennes but afterward refused to fight for the Government, alleging that his paarents lived in Virginia and he could not fight against the rebels of that State. the said John Hipkins remained in custody in Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when in conformity with an order of the War Department of the preceding day he was transferred to the charge of that Department.
11. John and Josept Shaney, it appears that they were picked up in an open boat by the guard boat of the U. S. sloop of war Cumberland, of the blockading squadron, about November 12, 1861, and sent to Fort Warren. An order was issued from the Department of State dated December 9, 1861, directing Colonel Dimick to release John and Joseph Shaney do no act hostile to the United States. They were accordingly released December 12, 1861.
Schooners.
Crew of the Royal Yacht.
1. Thomas Chubb was arrested on board the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was captured by the U. S. frigate Santee in Galvestion Bay, he being one of the crew of that schooner. Having been sent to New York Chubb with his companions who were captured at the same time was by order of the Secretary of State dated December 23, 1861, committed to Fort Lafayette. Lieutenant Colonel Martin Burke reported by letter February 4, 1862, to the Secretary of State that "Chubb of the Royal Yacht has been released on his parole of honor by order of the honorable Secretary of the Navy. "
2. H. N. Duble woard the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was captured by the U. S. frigate Santee in Galveston Bay November 8, 1861. Having been sent to New York Duble with the crew of the Royal Yacht was committed by order of the Secretary of State dated December 23, 1861, to Fort Lafayette. Duble was charged with disloyalty to the United States Government and with being in active sympathy with the rebels. The said H. N. Duble remained in 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.
3. Ira G. Rogers was arrested on board the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was captured by the U. S. frigate Santee, he being one of the crewof that schooner. Having been sent to New York Roogers with the balance of the crew captured at the same time was by order of the Secretary of State dated December 23, 1861, committed to Fort Lafayette. An order was issued from the Department of State dated February 1, 1862, directing Colonel Burke commanding at Fort Lafayette, to release Rogers on his taking the oath of allegiance. He was accordingly released February 6, 1862.
4. Ambrose Snow was arrested on board the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was caputred by the U. S. frigate Santee in Galveston Bay, he being one of the crew of that schooner. Having been sent to New York Snow with his companies who were captured at the same time was by order of the Secretary of State dated December 23, 1861, committed to Fort Lafayette. The said Ambrose Snow 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.
5. Joseph F. Frisbee was arrested on board the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was captured in Galveston Bay by the U. S. frigate Santee, he being one of the crew of that schooner. Having been sent to New york Frisbee was by order of the Secretary of STate dated December 23, 1861, committed to Fort Lafayette. He remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862, when he was transferred to the charge of the War Department.
6. John E. Davidson was captured on board the rebel armed schooner Royal Yacht, which was captured by the U. S. frigate Santee in Galveston Bay November 8, 1861. Having been sent to New York Davidson together with the balance of the crew was committed to Fort Lafayette December 23, 1861.
Men of the schooner Venus.
1. Jacob Johnson was arrested on the prize schooner Venus which vessel was captured in the Gulf of Mexico. The time of the capture of the vessel for when Johnson was committed to Fort Lafayette has not been received by the Department of State. The said Jacob Johnson remained in custody Februaary 15, 1862, in Fort Lafayette.
2. Andrew Nelson was captured on the prize schooner Venus in the Gulf of Mexico and with others of the crew of that vessel was brought to New York and confined in Fort Lafayette. The date of the capture or the time when Nelson and his companions of the Venus were committed to Fort Lafayette has not been communicated to the Department of State. The said Andrew Nelson remained in custody in Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862.
3. Peter Hanson was one of the crew of the prize schooner Venus captured in the Gulf of Mexico and was brought to New York and confined in Fort Lafayette. The date of the capture or when Hanson and the crew of the Venus were committed to Fort Lafayette has not been communicated to the Department of State. The said Peter Hanson remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862.
4. Charles Smith was taken on the prize schooner Venus in the Gulf of Mexico and with the vessel conveyed to New York. No information in regard to the date of the capture of the vessel or when he was committed to Fort Lafayette has been received at the Department of State. He remained in custody at Fort Lafayette February 15, 1862.
5. Jacob Johnson was arrested on the prize schooner Venus which vessel was captured in the Gulf of Mexico. The time of the capture of the vessel for when Johnson was committed to Fort Lafayette has not been received by the Department of State. The said Jacob Johnson remained in custody Februaary 15, 1862, in Fort Lafayette.
6. Charles Eastwood was taken on the prize schooner Venus in the Gulf of Mexico and with the vessel conveyed to New York. No info to the date of the capture of the vessel or when Eastwood was committed to Fort Lafayette has been received at the Department of State. The said Charles Eastwood remained in custody February 15, 1862, at Fort Lafayette.
7. Edward Zickler was captured on the prize schooner Venus in the Gulf of Mexico and having been taken to New York was places in Fort Lafayette. The date of the capture of the vessel or when Zickler was committed to Fort Lafayette has not been received at the Department of State. The said Edward Zickler remained in custody at Fort Lafayette Febraury 15, 1862.
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The privateer schooner Savannah, of Charleston, S. C., Captain T. H. Baker, commissioned by Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, was captured about 60 miles east of Charleston, S. C.
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MOYAMENSING PRISON, Philadelphia, October 31, 1861.
Walter W. Smith, prize master schooner Enchantress, of brig Jeff. Davis; Daniel Mullings, of Enchantress and of the Jeff. Davis; E. Rochford, schooner Enchantress and brig Jeff. Davis; Thomas Quigley, one of the prize crew of the schooner Enchantress; William Perry, captain of Petrel; Rich. M. Harvey, first lieutenant of Petrel; Colin Campbell, second lieutenant of schooner Petrel; Thomas Woods, seaman of Petrel; John G. S. Tucket, seaman of Petrel; John Mack seaman of Petrel; J. N. Morgan, steward of Petrel; Henry Mills, seaman of Petrel; George Hawkins, seaman of Petrel; Edward Murphy, seaman of Petrel; Hugh Monaghan, landsman of Petrel; Robert (his x mark) Barnet, mate of Petrel; Richard R. Jeffers, seaman of Petrel; John Cronin, seaman of Petrel; Geo. H. Roberts, seaman of Petrel; Michael Dooling, landsman of Petrel; C. H. Marriott, ordinary seaman of Petrel; John C. (his x mark) Cunningham, seaman of Petrel; Frank A] boy of Petrel; Wm. (his x mark) Brain, cook of Petrel; H. Oltmans, cook of Petrel; John M. Dearing, seaman of Petrel; George Sawden, seaman of Petrel; Wm. H. (his x mark) Hazlehurst, seaman of Petrel; Daniel (his x mark) Courney, second cook of Petrel; Henry A. Rowan, seaman of Petrel; Edward Flynn, seaman of Petrel; A. C. Delahay, seaman of Petrel; John H. Edwards, seaman of Petrel; George S. Harrison, seaman of Petrel; A. C. Williams, seaman of Petrel.
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Steamers.
James R. riley, captain of the steamer Sumter, sunk during the night of August 30, 1863, by the firing of Fort Moultrie
Note. There is more information on the above if you would like it Just ask.
Captain J. C. Carter, was the comanding officer of the steamer Michigan.
Steamer Massachusetts.
Steamer Massachusetts arrived at Fortress Friday night with Lieutenants G. W. Brown and N. J. Camp, Twenty-third Missouri; J. S. Agey and G. H. Logan, Fourteenth Iowa; H. W. Mays, Ninth Kentucky, and Sergeants I. N. Rhodes and Milton Rhodes, Fourteenth Iowa, escaped prisoners, on board. All were captured at Shiloh except Mays, who was taken by the guerrilla Morgan. They belonged to General Prentiss' brigade and they corroborated the statement that the surrender took place in the evening after stubborn struggle. While at Macon, Ga., June 1, Lieutenant Camp, Brown and Mays determined to escape. They passed sentinels and walked through town singing Dixie. Traversing swamp at midnight reached Ocmulgee River and finding small boat, by using tin plate and canteen for paddle, started. Next morning found them twenty-five miles from Macon. Secreted themselves all day and at night having cut wooden paddles from tree started. Toward morning came across a boat which they endeavored to avoid by hiding in bushes. To their horror, however, boat came alongside, but-sub-sequent joy-turned out to be Lieutenant Agey and Logan and two Sergeants Rhodes, who escaped a previous Tuesday in disguise of rebel soldiers and having around awaits a bag with flour, dried peaches, &c., and files, salt in boots, and they subsequently escaped in boat. The two boats then kept together safely 600 miles by night with oars muffled with cypress moss. On the 11th reached Hawkinsville, where three small deserted steamers were tied up. Passed by without observation. On trip where persons [were] observed on bank, cheered for Davis and said were messengers from Davis. On the 17th reached Wolf Island, in Atlamaha Sound. Next day reached Sapelo Island; found deserted. On the 18th went aboard steamer Wamsutta which next day transferred to steamer Florida at Saint Simon's Sound. Put aboard steamer Massachusetts, which brought [us] to Fort Monroe. They report Lieutenant Bliss, of Fifty-eighth Illinois [Second Michigan Battery], on May 1, was wantonly murdered by the rebel guard.
Steamer Nashville.
1. First Lieutenant Commander Charles C. Simms, C. S. steamer Nashville.
2. Lieutenant John W. Bennett, C. S. Navy, commanding steamer Nashville.
Steamer Constitution.
1. The provost- marshal- general of the department will turn over to Captain C. D. Mehjaffey, First U. S. Infantry, the following prisoners now in his custody: A. B. Moore, late self- styled Governor of Alabama; George W. Gayle, author of a certain inflammatory article in the Selma Dispatch of December 1, 1864; John Cantler and Watson Graves, witnesses in the case of Gayle. Captain Mehaffey will be furnished with a guard of one non- commissioned officer and ten men of the First U. S. Infantry, and will proceed with this guard and the above- named prisoners by the steamer Constitution.
Steamer Planter.
1. steamers Planter and Starlight, having on board five companies Forty-eighth New York State Volunteers, under command of Captain D. W. Strickland, and a detachment of Company G, Third Rhode Island Artillery, in charge of Captain John H. Gould. We arrived at the mouth of May-commonly called Bluffton-River, about three-quarters of an hour before daybreak, and proceeded as rapidly as possible up the river.
Steamer Luminary.
1. The One hundred and seventeenth Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Captain W. P. Olden commanding, will disembark his command from the Des Moines and embark on steamer Luminary, and proceed from this port to New Orleans, La.
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Fort Macon.
The commanding officer, Captain Samuel Lockwood, discovered our movements he brought all his vessels into action, and for a time attracted the enemy's attention to such an extent as to greatly facilitate the officers in charge of the mortar batteries in correcting their range and length of fuse, but owing to the extreme roughness of the sea the fleet was compelled to withdraw. At 4.30 in the afternoon a white flag was displayed upon the ramparts of the fort and the firing ceased upon both sides. After communicating with the general commanding during the night of the 25th, on the morning of the 26th, at 9.30 o'clock, I received the surrender of the fort and garrison.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Indians And The Civil War.
Not only were we fighting the Rebels but the Indians as will, when we think of the Civil War we just don't think about the Indians. There were many hard battles fought with the Indians and at times with the Rebels and Indians at the same time. Those of you who are looking for information on battles you will not find it here. This site is all about Surnames the idea behind this site is to give those family's who are looking for family members a lead to them. I must emit when I give a name there may be some information on a battle he or she was in and if you would like to know more about it then of couse I would be happy to help.
Note. Take note none of these names or States will be in alphabetical order but put down as I find them. If you have any questions you may ask at: dsegelquist1@cox.net
May 21, 1865, Indians have recently been seen on Wood River, north of Plum Creek and Smith's Station, on the Republican and on the Little Blue. September 31, at 10 p. m., a party of Indians (number unknown, but supposed to be fifteen or twenty) attacked a party of eight men and one woman, quartermaster's employees, with two wagons, who were encamped on the right bank of the Platte River, seven miles west of the station at O'Fallon's Bluff, killing one of the party, J. H. Temple, and wounding three others (Anthony Shilling, Jones Ireland, and Alfred Acres). All of the mules (twelve) were stampeded and run off.
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO. No. 3.
Santa Fe, N. Mex., February 24, 1864.
The following notices of combats with hostile Indian in New Mexico, and synopsis of Indian depredations, as well as operations generally against them, during the year 1863.
1. May -.- Captain T. T. Tidball, Fifth Infantry, California Volunteers, with 25 of his company and a small party of citizens, attacked a rancheria in Cajoin de Arivaypa,killing over 50 Indians,wounding as many more, taking 10 prisoners, and capturing 60 head of stock, with the loss of only 1 man, Thomas McClelland. The party marched five days without lighting a fire,maintaining silence, hiding by day and traveling by night, over a country hitherto untrod by white men.
2. June 24.- Major Morrison reports an attack on Lieutenant Bargie and escort, on the Jornada, in which Lieutenant Bargie, while fighting gallantly, was killed.
3.June 20.- Captain A. H. Pfeiffer, wife, and 2 servants girls, with escort of 6 men of the First New Mexico Volunteers, were attacked by a party of Apache Indians, numbering 15 or 20, at a hot spring near Fort McRae. The captain was bathing at the time, when the Indians made a rush upon the party, killing two men, Privates N. Quintana and Mestas. Captain Pfeiffer was wounded in his side by an arrow, and Private Dolores received two shots in his right arm and hand. A citizen named Betts, who was with Captain Pfeiffer, was also wounded. The remainder of party, except the women, succeeded in reaching Fort McRae unharmed, and reported facts to Major Morrison, commanding post. He immediately started in pursuit with 20 mounted men, but did not succeed in overtaking the Indians. Mrs. Pfeiffer and the servant girls were found in the trail, badly wounded. Mr. Pfeiffer and one of the servants have since died; the other doing well. Loss in this affair, 2 privates killed, 2 women mortally wounded, 1 officer, 1 private, 1 woman, and a citizen wounded; 7 horses and 2 mules taken by the Indians. Indian loss unknown.
4. June 28.- Lieutenant W. H. Higdon, Fifth Infantry, California Volunteers, reports that on his way from Fort Stanton to Santa Fe, near Gallinas Springs, he found the bodies of Privates N. Quintana, of Company A, First New Mexico Volunteers, and John Hinkley, of Company A, Fifth California Volunteers, who had been murdered by the Indians. The Indians had evidently wounded Private Quintana, tied him to a stake, and burned him. Some legal-tender notes and several letters were found near the body of Hinckley.
5. July 12.- Captain A. H. French, First Cavalry, California Volunteers, with 27 men of his company, attacked and routed, near Fort Thorne, a band of Apache Indians, supposed to number 60 warriors. Indian loss, 10 killed and 4 horses captured. Sergeant Walsh and Farrier Burns were wounded.
6. July 19.- Lieutenant-Colonel McMullen's ambulance was attacked by Indians near Paraje, and Asst. Surg. E. L. Watson, First Infantry, California Volunteers, and Private Johnson, Company G, First Infantry, California Volunteers, were killed. The escort killed two Indians and wounded others. Colonel McMullen's horse was captured by the Indians. Our loss, 1 commissioned officer and 1 private killed; 1 horse lost. Indian loss, 3 killed - wounded.
The following record of combats with Indians on the part of the troops, as well as on that of citizens of New Mexico and Arizona, during the year 1864.
1. January 3. -Wagon-Master Russell's train, en route to Fort Canby, N. Mex., was attacked near the Puerco by about 150 Navajo Indians. Mr. Russell was killed; Mr. Strong and two teamsters wounded. The three lead wagons were cut off and twenty mules were taken by the Indians, together with some corn, blankets, &c. This information was forwarded to the commanding general of the department by Major John C. McFerran, chief quartermaster, with the following remarks: "Respectfully referred to the department commander for his information. This wagon-master, Russell, is Powell Russell, who entered the service of the quartermaster's departments as a teamster, a poor, illiterate boy, in 1853. By his honesty, industry, modesty, truth, and energy he rose to be the principal or head wagon-master in the department. This position he has filled to the perfect satisfaction of every one, and has now fallen, like a true man as he was, at his post and doing his duty. It will be very, very difficult to replace him. "
2. January 8. -Mr. George Cooler, wagon and forage master at Fort Arizona, N. Mex., with ten infantry soldiers and a party of Mexican boy, citizens, while on a scout after Indians, recovered 1 Mexican boy, named Vincente Ubano, who was stolen by the Indians near the Pecos River, 1 rifle, and 58 goats. On the 11th instant came upon a party of Indians and succeeded in killing 1 and capturing 1 squaw and 1 child. In this skirmish two of Cooler's party were wounded. One of them, Jose Garcia, died the next day. On the 12th found 7 horses and 1 mule and captured 2 Indian women.
3. November 25. -Colonel Christopher Carson, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, with the command, consisting of 14 commissioned officers, 321 enlisted men, and 75 Indians, Apaches and Utes, attacked a Kiowa village of about 150 lodges, near the adobe Fort on the Canadian River in Texas, and after a severe fight compelled the Indians to retreat, with a loss of sixty killed and wounded. The village was then destroyed. The engagement commenced at 8. 30 a. m. and lasted without intermission until sunset. In this fight Privates John H. O'Donnell and John Sullivan, of Company M, First Cavalry California Volunteers, were killed, and Corpl. D. M. Newman, Privates Theodore Briggs, T. Jamieson, [John W.] Mapes, Jasper Winanat, J. Horsley, of Company B, and [Henry C.] Holzgrofen, of Company G, First Cavalry California Volunteers; Antonio Duro and Antonio Sanches, of Company M, and H. Romero, of Company I, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, were wounded. Four Utes wounded. Colonel Carson in his report mentions the following officers as deserving the highest praise: Major California Volunteers; Captains Deus and Berney, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers; Lieutenant Pettis, First Infantry California Volunteers; Lieutenant Edgar, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers; and Asst. Surg. George S. Courtright, U. S. Volunteers. The command destroyed 150 lodges of the best manufacture, a large amount of dried meats, berries, buffalo robes, powder, cooking utensils, &c. ; also a buggy and spring wagon, the property of Sierrito, or Little Mountain, the Kiowa chief.
4. December 15. -Captain Allen L. Anderson, Fifth U. S. Infantry, with a small party of men attacked an Indian rancheria near the Weaver Mines, Ariz. ; killed 3 and wounded 3 Apache Indians. Captain John Thompson, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, with a party of twelve enlisted men attacked an Apache rancheria near Weaver, Ariz. ; killed 11 and wounded 4.
EXPEDITION TO SOUTHEASTERN OREGON.
1.May 19, in which Second Lieutenant S. Watson and Privates Bennett Kennedy and James Harkinson, Company B, First Oregon Cavalry, were killed, and Corporal Dougherty and Privates Weeks, Freeman, Level and Henline, same company and regiment, wounded. One of our Indian scouts was killed, Stock Whitley, chief of the Warm Springs Indians, mortally wounded, and a citizen of Salem, Oreg., named Barker, severely wounded.
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH KANSAS CAVALRY,
Camp Dodge, near Platte Bridge, Dak., June 4, 1865.
1. Some six or seven of A and F companies and one of Company G, Eleventh Ohio, pursued a party of Indians and were ambushed by about thirty Indians, front and rear, and being somewhat scattered and having exhausted the charges of their revolvers in the long chase were unable to hold their ground until assistance could come up, and two privates, William T. Bonwell, Company F, Eleventh Kansas, and Stahlnecker, Company G, Eleventh Ohio Cavalry, were killed. The former was scalped; the latter was saved from mutilation by the bravery of Private Martin, of Company A, who threw himself into a ravine close by and drove the Indians off with his carbine. These men would probably have escaped if their horses had not been shot and fallen with them, Private Bonwell's falling on him, binding him firmly to the earth.
Colonal Christopher ( Kit ) Carson.
1. Santa Fe, N. Mex., October 222, 1864., An expedition will be organized, without delay, to move against the Kiowa and Comanche Indians, who, during the last summer, attacked trains on the roads leading from New Mexico to the States. This expedition is designed to co-operate with one moving from near Fort Larned,Colonel Christopher Carson, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, commanding.
DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Numbers 15.
Santa Fe., N. Mex., May 7, 1865.
2. Colonel Christopher Carson, with Major Albert H. Pfeiffer and Companies C and L of his regiment, and Company F, First Cavalry California Volunteers, will proceed from Fort Union, N. Mex., starting on the 20th instant, to Cedar Bluffs or Cold Spring, on the Cimarron route to the States, where, at or near one of these places Colonel Carson will select and establish a camp to be occupied until the 1st day of November next, unless otherwise ordered from these headquarters. The object of establishing this camp is to have troops at that dangerous part of the route in order to give protection to trains passing to and from the States. The details as to how this force can best reflect that object are left entirely with Colonel Carson. The chiefs of the different departments will furnish Colonel Carson with the necessary supplies and means of transportation. Sixty days' rations of subsistence will be taken with the command. Other rations will be sent from the depot at Fort Union as required. Lieutenant Savage, First Cavalry California Volunteers, will act as acting assistant quartermaster and acting commissary of subsistence.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO,
Santa Fe, N. Mex., October 27, 1865.
3. Colonel Christopher Carson, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, be breveted as brigadier-general of volunteers for gallantry in the battle of Valverde, and for distinguished conduct and gallantry in the wars against the Mescalero Apaches and against the Navajo Indians of New Mexico, and for his gallantry in his brilliant engagement with the Comanche and Kiowa Indians November 15, 1864, and for long, faithful, and meritorious services in New Mexico.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST,
Saint Paul, May 11, 1865.
4. a camp at or near Cold Spring, which locality is about midway between Fort Union, N. Mex., and the Arkansas River. The command of this camp has been given to Colonel Christopher Carson.
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Numbers 4.
Santa Fe. N. Mex., February 18, 1865.
5. November 25. -Colonel Christopher Carson, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, with the command, consisting of 14 commissioned officers, 321 enlisted men, and 75 Indians, Apaches and Utes, attacked a Kiowa village of about 150 lodges, near the adobe Fort on the Canadian River in Texas, and after a severe fight compelled the Indians to retreat, with a loss of sixty killed and wounded. The village was then destroyed. The engagement commenced at 8. 30 a. m. and lasted without intermission until sunset. In this fight Privates John H. O'Donnell and John Sullivan, of Company M, First Cavalry California Volunteers, were killed, and Corpl. D. M. Newman, Privates Theodore Briggs, T. Jamieson, [John W.] Mapes, Jasper Winanat, J. Horsley, of Company B, and [Henry C.] Holzgrofen, of Company G, First Cavalry California Volunteers; Antonio Duro and Antonio Sanches, of Company M, and H. Romero, of Company I, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, were wounded. Four Utes wounded. Colonel Carson in his report mentions the following officers as deserving the highest praise: Major California Volunteers; Captains Deus and Berney, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers; Lieutenant Pettis, First Infantry California Volunteers; Lieutenant Edgar, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers; and Asst. Surg. George S. Courtright, U. S. Volunteers. The command destroyed 150 lodges of the best manufacture, a large amount of dried meats, berries, buffalo robes, powder, cooking utensils, &c. ; also a buggy and spring wagon, the property of Sierrito, or Little Mountain, the Kiowa chief.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 27, 1864,The defenses of Chattanooga will hereafter be know by the names given to them in this order.
1. The detached work on the high hill east of the town, as Fort Creighton, in honor to Colonel Creighton, Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers, commanding First Brigade, Second Division, Twelfth Army Corps, who was killed in assault upon the enemy's lines on Taylor's Ridge, near Ringgold, Ga., November 26, 1863.
2. The advance battery in front of Battery Bushnell, on the spur overlooking the low lands near the mouth of Citico Creek, will be know as Battery McAloon, in honor of Lieutenant Colonel P. A. McAloon, Twenty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, who was killed at the battle of Chattanooga, November 25, 1863.
3. The fort on the spur of Cameron Hill, immediately south of the gap and of the summit of the hill, will be called Fort Mihalotzy, in honor of Colonel Geza Mihalotzy, Twenty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, who was killed in the affair before Dalton, February 25, 1864.
4. The redoubt on the rocky knob east of the railroad depot to be known as Redoubt Jones, in honor of Captain William G. Jones, Tenth U. S. Infantry, colonel of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, who was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, September 19, 1863.
5. The second embrasure battery for field guns in the same line, south of Battery Taft, and occupying the highest part of the line, will be known as Battery Erwin, in honor of Major S. C. Erwin, Sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who was killed at the battle of Chattanooga, November 25, 1863.
6. The redoubt of Fort Sherman, on Signal Hill, will be known as Redbout Putnam, in honor of Colonel Putnam, Ninety-third Regiment Illinois Volunteers, who was killed at the battle of Chattanooga, November 25, 1863.
Army of the Potomac, September 1, 1863, officers killed in battle, or who have died of wounds received in action:
Major General Hiram G. Berry, U. S. Volunteers; killed at Chancellorsville, Va., Sunday, May 3, 1863.
Captain William H. Chester, Seventy-fourth New York Volunteers, and aide-de-camp to Brigadier General A. A. Humphreys, commanding division; mortally wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.
Major Philip J. Kearny, Eleventh New Jersey Volunteers; mortally wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.
Colonel William O. Stevens, Seventy-second New York Volunteers; killed at the battle of Chancellorsville, May 3, 1862.
Captain Alfred A. Donalds, Seventy-third New York Volunteers; killed at the battle of Bristoe Station, Va., August 27, 1862.
Colonel Louis R. Francine, Seventh New Jersey Volunteers; mortally wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.
Colonel Francis A. Lancaster, One hundred and fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers; killed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.
Note. Take note none of these names or States will be in alphabetical order but put down as I find them. If you have any questions you may ask at: dsegelquist1@cox.net
May 21, 1865, Indians have recently been seen on Wood River, north of Plum Creek and Smith's Station, on the Republican and on the Little Blue. September 31, at 10 p. m., a party of Indians (number unknown, but supposed to be fifteen or twenty) attacked a party of eight men and one woman, quartermaster's employees, with two wagons, who were encamped on the right bank of the Platte River, seven miles west of the station at O'Fallon's Bluff, killing one of the party, J. H. Temple, and wounding three others (Anthony Shilling, Jones Ireland, and Alfred Acres). All of the mules (twelve) were stampeded and run off.
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO. No. 3.
Santa Fe, N. Mex., February 24, 1864.
The following notices of combats with hostile Indian in New Mexico, and synopsis of Indian depredations, as well as operations generally against them, during the year 1863.
1. May -.- Captain T. T. Tidball, Fifth Infantry, California Volunteers, with 25 of his company and a small party of citizens, attacked a rancheria in Cajoin de Arivaypa,killing over 50 Indians,wounding as many more, taking 10 prisoners, and capturing 60 head of stock, with the loss of only 1 man, Thomas McClelland. The party marched five days without lighting a fire,maintaining silence, hiding by day and traveling by night, over a country hitherto untrod by white men.
2. June 24.- Major Morrison reports an attack on Lieutenant Bargie and escort, on the Jornada, in which Lieutenant Bargie, while fighting gallantly, was killed.
3.June 20.- Captain A. H. Pfeiffer, wife, and 2 servants girls, with escort of 6 men of the First New Mexico Volunteers, were attacked by a party of Apache Indians, numbering 15 or 20, at a hot spring near Fort McRae. The captain was bathing at the time, when the Indians made a rush upon the party, killing two men, Privates N. Quintana and Mestas. Captain Pfeiffer was wounded in his side by an arrow, and Private Dolores received two shots in his right arm and hand. A citizen named Betts, who was with Captain Pfeiffer, was also wounded. The remainder of party, except the women, succeeded in reaching Fort McRae unharmed, and reported facts to Major Morrison, commanding post. He immediately started in pursuit with 20 mounted men, but did not succeed in overtaking the Indians. Mrs. Pfeiffer and the servant girls were found in the trail, badly wounded. Mr. Pfeiffer and one of the servants have since died; the other doing well. Loss in this affair, 2 privates killed, 2 women mortally wounded, 1 officer, 1 private, 1 woman, and a citizen wounded; 7 horses and 2 mules taken by the Indians. Indian loss unknown.
4. June 28.- Lieutenant W. H. Higdon, Fifth Infantry, California Volunteers, reports that on his way from Fort Stanton to Santa Fe, near Gallinas Springs, he found the bodies of Privates N. Quintana, of Company A, First New Mexico Volunteers, and John Hinkley, of Company A, Fifth California Volunteers, who had been murdered by the Indians. The Indians had evidently wounded Private Quintana, tied him to a stake, and burned him. Some legal-tender notes and several letters were found near the body of Hinckley.
5. July 12.- Captain A. H. French, First Cavalry, California Volunteers, with 27 men of his company, attacked and routed, near Fort Thorne, a band of Apache Indians, supposed to number 60 warriors. Indian loss, 10 killed and 4 horses captured. Sergeant Walsh and Farrier Burns were wounded.
6. July 19.- Lieutenant-Colonel McMullen's ambulance was attacked by Indians near Paraje, and Asst. Surg. E. L. Watson, First Infantry, California Volunteers, and Private Johnson, Company G, First Infantry, California Volunteers, were killed. The escort killed two Indians and wounded others. Colonel McMullen's horse was captured by the Indians. Our loss, 1 commissioned officer and 1 private killed; 1 horse lost. Indian loss, 3 killed - wounded.
The following record of combats with Indians on the part of the troops, as well as on that of citizens of New Mexico and Arizona, during the year 1864.
1. January 3. -Wagon-Master Russell's train, en route to Fort Canby, N. Mex., was attacked near the Puerco by about 150 Navajo Indians. Mr. Russell was killed; Mr. Strong and two teamsters wounded. The three lead wagons were cut off and twenty mules were taken by the Indians, together with some corn, blankets, &c. This information was forwarded to the commanding general of the department by Major John C. McFerran, chief quartermaster, with the following remarks: "Respectfully referred to the department commander for his information. This wagon-master, Russell, is Powell Russell, who entered the service of the quartermaster's departments as a teamster, a poor, illiterate boy, in 1853. By his honesty, industry, modesty, truth, and energy he rose to be the principal or head wagon-master in the department. This position he has filled to the perfect satisfaction of every one, and has now fallen, like a true man as he was, at his post and doing his duty. It will be very, very difficult to replace him. "
2. January 8. -Mr. George Cooler, wagon and forage master at Fort Arizona, N. Mex., with ten infantry soldiers and a party of Mexican boy, citizens, while on a scout after Indians, recovered 1 Mexican boy, named Vincente Ubano, who was stolen by the Indians near the Pecos River, 1 rifle, and 58 goats. On the 11th instant came upon a party of Indians and succeeded in killing 1 and capturing 1 squaw and 1 child. In this skirmish two of Cooler's party were wounded. One of them, Jose Garcia, died the next day. On the 12th found 7 horses and 1 mule and captured 2 Indian women.
3. November 25. -Colonel Christopher Carson, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, with the command, consisting of 14 commissioned officers, 321 enlisted men, and 75 Indians, Apaches and Utes, attacked a Kiowa village of about 150 lodges, near the adobe Fort on the Canadian River in Texas, and after a severe fight compelled the Indians to retreat, with a loss of sixty killed and wounded. The village was then destroyed. The engagement commenced at 8. 30 a. m. and lasted without intermission until sunset. In this fight Privates John H. O'Donnell and John Sullivan, of Company M, First Cavalry California Volunteers, were killed, and Corpl. D. M. Newman, Privates Theodore Briggs, T. Jamieson, [John W.] Mapes, Jasper Winanat, J. Horsley, of Company B, and [Henry C.] Holzgrofen, of Company G, First Cavalry California Volunteers; Antonio Duro and Antonio Sanches, of Company M, and H. Romero, of Company I, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, were wounded. Four Utes wounded. Colonel Carson in his report mentions the following officers as deserving the highest praise: Major California Volunteers; Captains Deus and Berney, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers; Lieutenant Pettis, First Infantry California Volunteers; Lieutenant Edgar, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers; and Asst. Surg. George S. Courtright, U. S. Volunteers. The command destroyed 150 lodges of the best manufacture, a large amount of dried meats, berries, buffalo robes, powder, cooking utensils, &c. ; also a buggy and spring wagon, the property of Sierrito, or Little Mountain, the Kiowa chief.
4. December 15. -Captain Allen L. Anderson, Fifth U. S. Infantry, with a small party of men attacked an Indian rancheria near the Weaver Mines, Ariz. ; killed 3 and wounded 3 Apache Indians. Captain John Thompson, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, with a party of twelve enlisted men attacked an Apache rancheria near Weaver, Ariz. ; killed 11 and wounded 4.
EXPEDITION TO SOUTHEASTERN OREGON.
1.May 19, in which Second Lieutenant S. Watson and Privates Bennett Kennedy and James Harkinson, Company B, First Oregon Cavalry, were killed, and Corporal Dougherty and Privates Weeks, Freeman, Level and Henline, same company and regiment, wounded. One of our Indian scouts was killed, Stock Whitley, chief of the Warm Springs Indians, mortally wounded, and a citizen of Salem, Oreg., named Barker, severely wounded.
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH KANSAS CAVALRY,
Camp Dodge, near Platte Bridge, Dak., June 4, 1865.
1. Some six or seven of A and F companies and one of Company G, Eleventh Ohio, pursued a party of Indians and were ambushed by about thirty Indians, front and rear, and being somewhat scattered and having exhausted the charges of their revolvers in the long chase were unable to hold their ground until assistance could come up, and two privates, William T. Bonwell, Company F, Eleventh Kansas, and Stahlnecker, Company G, Eleventh Ohio Cavalry, were killed. The former was scalped; the latter was saved from mutilation by the bravery of Private Martin, of Company A, who threw himself into a ravine close by and drove the Indians off with his carbine. These men would probably have escaped if their horses had not been shot and fallen with them, Private Bonwell's falling on him, binding him firmly to the earth.
Colonal Christopher ( Kit ) Carson.
1. Santa Fe, N. Mex., October 222, 1864., An expedition will be organized, without delay, to move against the Kiowa and Comanche Indians, who, during the last summer, attacked trains on the roads leading from New Mexico to the States. This expedition is designed to co-operate with one moving from near Fort Larned,Colonel Christopher Carson, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, commanding.
DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Numbers 15.
Santa Fe., N. Mex., May 7, 1865.
2. Colonel Christopher Carson, with Major Albert H. Pfeiffer and Companies C and L of his regiment, and Company F, First Cavalry California Volunteers, will proceed from Fort Union, N. Mex., starting on the 20th instant, to Cedar Bluffs or Cold Spring, on the Cimarron route to the States, where, at or near one of these places Colonel Carson will select and establish a camp to be occupied until the 1st day of November next, unless otherwise ordered from these headquarters. The object of establishing this camp is to have troops at that dangerous part of the route in order to give protection to trains passing to and from the States. The details as to how this force can best reflect that object are left entirely with Colonel Carson. The chiefs of the different departments will furnish Colonel Carson with the necessary supplies and means of transportation. Sixty days' rations of subsistence will be taken with the command. Other rations will be sent from the depot at Fort Union as required. Lieutenant Savage, First Cavalry California Volunteers, will act as acting assistant quartermaster and acting commissary of subsistence.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO,
Santa Fe, N. Mex., October 27, 1865.
3. Colonel Christopher Carson, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, be breveted as brigadier-general of volunteers for gallantry in the battle of Valverde, and for distinguished conduct and gallantry in the wars against the Mescalero Apaches and against the Navajo Indians of New Mexico, and for his gallantry in his brilliant engagement with the Comanche and Kiowa Indians November 15, 1864, and for long, faithful, and meritorious services in New Mexico.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST,
Saint Paul, May 11, 1865.
4. a camp at or near Cold Spring, which locality is about midway between Fort Union, N. Mex., and the Arkansas River. The command of this camp has been given to Colonel Christopher Carson.
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Numbers 4.
Santa Fe. N. Mex., February 18, 1865.
5. November 25. -Colonel Christopher Carson, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, with the command, consisting of 14 commissioned officers, 321 enlisted men, and 75 Indians, Apaches and Utes, attacked a Kiowa village of about 150 lodges, near the adobe Fort on the Canadian River in Texas, and after a severe fight compelled the Indians to retreat, with a loss of sixty killed and wounded. The village was then destroyed. The engagement commenced at 8. 30 a. m. and lasted without intermission until sunset. In this fight Privates John H. O'Donnell and John Sullivan, of Company M, First Cavalry California Volunteers, were killed, and Corpl. D. M. Newman, Privates Theodore Briggs, T. Jamieson, [John W.] Mapes, Jasper Winanat, J. Horsley, of Company B, and [Henry C.] Holzgrofen, of Company G, First Cavalry California Volunteers; Antonio Duro and Antonio Sanches, of Company M, and H. Romero, of Company I, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers, were wounded. Four Utes wounded. Colonel Carson in his report mentions the following officers as deserving the highest praise: Major California Volunteers; Captains Deus and Berney, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers; Lieutenant Pettis, First Infantry California Volunteers; Lieutenant Edgar, First Cavalry New Mexico Volunteers; and Asst. Surg. George S. Courtright, U. S. Volunteers. The command destroyed 150 lodges of the best manufacture, a large amount of dried meats, berries, buffalo robes, powder, cooking utensils, &c. ; also a buggy and spring wagon, the property of Sierrito, or Little Mountain, the Kiowa chief.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 27, 1864,The defenses of Chattanooga will hereafter be know by the names given to them in this order.
1. The detached work on the high hill east of the town, as Fort Creighton, in honor to Colonel Creighton, Seventh Regiment Ohio Volunteers, commanding First Brigade, Second Division, Twelfth Army Corps, who was killed in assault upon the enemy's lines on Taylor's Ridge, near Ringgold, Ga., November 26, 1863.
2. The advance battery in front of Battery Bushnell, on the spur overlooking the low lands near the mouth of Citico Creek, will be know as Battery McAloon, in honor of Lieutenant Colonel P. A. McAloon, Twenty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, who was killed at the battle of Chattanooga, November 25, 1863.
3. The fort on the spur of Cameron Hill, immediately south of the gap and of the summit of the hill, will be called Fort Mihalotzy, in honor of Colonel Geza Mihalotzy, Twenty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, who was killed in the affair before Dalton, February 25, 1864.
4. The redoubt on the rocky knob east of the railroad depot to be known as Redoubt Jones, in honor of Captain William G. Jones, Tenth U. S. Infantry, colonel of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, who was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, September 19, 1863.
5. The second embrasure battery for field guns in the same line, south of Battery Taft, and occupying the highest part of the line, will be known as Battery Erwin, in honor of Major S. C. Erwin, Sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who was killed at the battle of Chattanooga, November 25, 1863.
6. The redoubt of Fort Sherman, on Signal Hill, will be known as Redbout Putnam, in honor of Colonel Putnam, Ninety-third Regiment Illinois Volunteers, who was killed at the battle of Chattanooga, November 25, 1863.
Army of the Potomac, September 1, 1863, officers killed in battle, or who have died of wounds received in action:
Major General Hiram G. Berry, U. S. Volunteers; killed at Chancellorsville, Va., Sunday, May 3, 1863.
Captain William H. Chester, Seventy-fourth New York Volunteers, and aide-de-camp to Brigadier General A. A. Humphreys, commanding division; mortally wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.
Major Philip J. Kearny, Eleventh New Jersey Volunteers; mortally wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.
Colonel William O. Stevens, Seventy-second New York Volunteers; killed at the battle of Chancellorsville, May 3, 1862.
Captain Alfred A. Donalds, Seventy-third New York Volunteers; killed at the battle of Bristoe Station, Va., August 27, 1862.
Colonel Louis R. Francine, Seventh New Jersey Volunteers; mortally wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.
Colonel Francis A. Lancaster, One hundred and fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers; killed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Civil War Prisons & Prisoners North & South
This page will not only deal with the prison and prisoners but some civilians as will. There were thousands of prisones on both sides so there will be no way to put them all here. I will give as many names as my space will allow. I will name most of the Union and Confederate prisons. I will also give the names the of the States of where the Union and Confederat men were buried. However I will not be able to give their names just the numbers of the dead.
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Union Prisons
1. Alton Ill.
2. Camp Butler Ill.
3. Camp Chase Ohio.
4. Camp Douglas Ill.
5. Camp Morton Ind.
6. Emira N. Y.
7. Fort Delware Del.
8. Fort McHenry Md.
9. Johson's Island.
10. Louisville Ky.
11. Fort Lafayette N. Y. Harbor.
12. Hart Island N. Y. Harbor.
13. Newport News Va.
14. New Orleans La.
15. Old Capital Prison Washington D. C.
16. Ponit Lookout Md.
17. Rock Island Ill.
18. St. Louis Mo.
19. Ship Lsland Miss.
20. Fort Warren Boston Harbor.
Confederate Prisons.
1. Bele Isle Va.
2. Danville Va.
3. Lynchburg Va.
4. Petersburg Va.
5. Charlott North Carolina.
6. Raleigh North Carolina.
7. Saulsbury North Carolina.
8. Charleston South Carolina.
9. Columbia or Camp Sorghum South Carolina.
10. Florence South Carolina.
11. Andersonville or Camp Sumter.
12. Atlanta Ga.
13. Black Shear Ga.
14. Macon Ga.
15. Millen Ga.
16. Savannah Ga.
17. Cahawba Al.
18. Tuscaloosa Al.
19. Camp Ford or Tylor Texas.
20. Camp Gross Texas.
21. Camp Lawton Ga.
22. Castle Thunder Va.
23. Richmond Va.
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1. James B. Thompson, of Company F, First Pennsylvania Rifles, was captured at Bethesda Church, Virginia, on the thirtieth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, while engaged in battle, and in the line of his duty. He endured the horrors and privations of Andersonville and for a period of nearly seven months, making different attempts to escape, having been once run down and recaptured by the hounds, and finally escaped and reached the Union lines at Atlanta, Georgia, after traveling one whole month, entirely by night. On the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the said James B. Thompson was commissioned a first lieutenant in Company F, One hundred and ninetieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
2. Mrs. C. S. Wilson, civilian, rendered service to the prisoners at Andersonville. She had a petition in Congress asking to be paid back but found no evidence that the petition went through.
3. Henry Horne, Civilian, advanced money to the prisoners at Andersonvill. He had a petition in Congress asking to be paid back but found no evidence that the petition went through.
4. Cicero A. Moore, and others, of the Ninth Maryland Volunteers, for extension to them of the benefits of the act giving three months' extra pay to those soldiers who were prisoners in the hands of the enemy in Andersonville, Libby, and other prisons in the South. From the evidence the petition died in the House of Representatives on March 19, 1874.
5. Chaplain W. T. Helms, First Tennessee Regiment, is assigned to duty temporarily in the military prison and hospital at Danville, Va., for the unexpired term of his assignment to duty in the hospital at Richmond, Va.
6. Robert W. Baylor, captain of company B., of the twelfth Virginia cavalry was a prisoner at Fort Delaware.
7. William F. Petty, civilian of Boone county Mo. was charged with the destruction of rails, ties and bridges belonging to the North Missouri Railroad Company, near Sturgeon Mo. on December 23 or 24 of 1861. He was found guilty and was sentence to be shot to death.
8. Charles W. Meeks, of the C. S., was captured at Bristol about December 15, 1864, with his son William B. Meeks who was not at the age of sixteen. They were sent to Knoxvill and confined in jail. Mr. Charles W. Meeks was being held for treason, his son was sent to Strawberry Plains on February 11, 1865, he was to go through the lines by a flg of truce but was stopped and sent back.
9. Lieutenant Brown, of Kitchen's regiment of Missouri cavalry, while in discharge of his duty under written orders was captured in August, 1863, tried before a military court without any opportunities of defense being given, and sentenced to hard labor with ball and chain at Alton penitentiary during the war. He has already served out some sixteen months of his sentence.
These Confederated prisoners were put down as officer but were not.
1.C. M. Franklin, 2nd., Kentucky cavalry, was a Sergeant not a Lieutenant.
2. John C. Wilcox, 2nd. Kentucky cavalry, was a Private not a Lieutenant.
3. Frank White, 3rd. Tennessee, was a Private not a Lieutenant.
4. B. T. Offut, was a Citizen, not a Major.
5. Martin B. Calvin 2nd. Georgia, was a Private not a Lieutenant.
These three men were prisoners but I counldn't find if they were citizens or soliers. They took the oath of allegiance I believe them to be of the same family.
1. David W. Sherman.
2. Reuber Sherman.
3. H. T. Sherman.
These four men were held as citizen prisoners.
1. William Holcombe.
2.T. Holcombe.
3. Lib Payne was held as a citizen prisoner but was permitted to work at his trade under parole.
4. William Hines was to be discharged.
These men were taken at Savage station while helping some sick and wounded soldiers of the Union army. They were held as citizen prisoners. When the C. S. army left they were asked to go with the army but stay as nurses saying it didn't matter what side they were on as the sick and wounded needed their help.
1. John Bayant.
2. John Beltzhoover.
3. Isaac Brown.
These six men were captured by the first Maryland cavalry.
1. William H. Johnson, from Ashe County, North Carolina, private Company A, First North Carolina Cavalry. - Had been sent after forage, and was looking over the river to Wiliamsport, and was just going to start back when captured. Christian Burkett was with Johnson after forage. The other men were regular pickets, and on duty when captured.
2. Christian Burkett, Ashe County, North Carolina, private Company A, First North Carolina Cavalry. - Was regularly detailed for picket, but was not on post when captured. Had been after forage with Johnson, and was looking over the river when captured.
3. A. J. Miler, Ashe County, North Carolina, private Company A, First North Carolina Cavalry, - Regular detailed for picket duty, and was on post with J. S. Parsons when captured. Our whole company was on picket duty that day. James Ray and S. C. Parsons coming to the river when captured.
4. John S. Parsons, Alleghany County, North Carolina, private Company A. First North Carolina Cavalry. - Was regularly detailed for picket duty, and was on post at the time captured. A. J. Miller was captured on post at the same time. S. C. Parsons and James ray were coming to relieve us when they were captured.
5. James Ray, Ashe County, North Carolina, private Company A, First North Carolina Cavalry. - Was regularly detailed for picket duty, and was on my way with Solomon [C.] Parsons to relieve John [S.] Parsons and [A.] J. Miller, who were on post at the time of our capture.
6. Solomon C. Parson, Company A, First North Carolina Cavalry. - Was regularly detailed for picket duty, and was on my way with Ray to relieve the party on post when captured. Miller and John S. Parsons were on the post we were to relieve.
The following Confederate soldiers are now confined at Fort Warren.
Robert H. Caldwell, Sixty-third Georgia, captured July 21, 1863; William Gantz (or Gautz), of Spate's [Spaight's] battalion, captured April 10, 1863; Matthew A. Beck, Ninth Florida, captured June 3, 1863; John P. Johns, Ninth Florida, captured May 31, 1863; John Wilson, Ninth Florida, captured May 31, 1863; Thomas W. Day, Ninth Florida, captured May 31, 1863; William D. Archer, Ninth Florida, captured April 12, 1863. These soldiers have been in captivity for a long time. They are held as naval prisoners, though in fact they belong to the Confederate Army.
The battle of Sailor's Creek, Little Sailor's Creek.
Note. I will not give all the names but if you would like to see more let me know.
1. The Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Lieutenant-Colonel Harper commanding, after carrying the enemy's works, pushed on until they encountered our own cavalry, while the Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Colonel Hubbard, commanding, turned to the left, pushing half a mile up the road, capturing wagons, forges, battery wagons, &c. The Sixty-fifth New York State Volunteers, Lieutenant-Colonel Fisk commanding, was deployed skirmishing in front and on flank of our left.
2. Captain Michael Kelly, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, on the 2nd instant turned the guns of a captured battery on the retiring foe and fired them with great effect; he also took a battle-flag inside the enemy's works.
3. Corpl. Thomas Daley, Company L, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, was the first man of his regiment on the works on the 2nd instant, and though painfully wounded, refused to leave the field.
4. Private Francis Sprowl, Company F, Sixty-fifth New York State Volunteers, was the first man of his regiment in the rebel works on the 2nd instant, and twice loaded and fired one of the captured pieces on the retreating enemy.
5. Corpl. Homer S. Sackett, Company H. Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, without assistance, captured the colonel and major of a Georgia regiment on the 6th.
6. Among the killed on the 6th instant I regret to name Captain T. C. Howland, One hundred and twenty-first New York State Volunteers; no braver or more gallant officer ever carried sword.
7. Captain George Brinkerhoff, of the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
8. Captain William H. Byers, of the Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
9. Captain Jonas A. Champney, of the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
10. Captain Thomas G. Colt, of the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
11. Captain Henry C. Curran, of the Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
12. Captain James Deane, of the Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
13. Captain Simon Dickerhoff, of the One hundred and thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
14. Captain J. Parker Dudrow, of the One hundred and twenty-second Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
15. Second Lieutenant Thomas H. Goldsborough, of the Sixth Maryland Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
16. Second Lieutenant Reuben W. Cook, of the One hundred and thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
17. First Lieutenant Joseph W. P. Roberts, of the Eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
18. First Lieutenant William C. Morrill, of the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
19. First Lieutenant Thomas Morris, of the One hundred and nineteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
20. First Lieutenant Frank S. Halliday, of the Second Rhode Island Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
Appomattox Campaigan-Wilderness.
1. Captain Edward A. Whaley, acting major, commanding Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers, to be major by brevet for personal bravery displayed in leading his command over an open field, under heavy fire, on the 1st of April, when he was severely wounded.
2. Second Lieutenant W. B. Chapman, Ninety-first Regiment New York Volunteers, to be first lieutenant by brevet for gallantry on the 31st of March last, when he not only cheered his men on, but, using the musket of a fellow soldier, did good service until severely wounded in the neck.
3.Lieutenant-Colonel Haines, Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, to be colonel by brevet for gallantry in the actions on the Weldon railroad August 18, 19, and 21, 1864, and for his conspicuous gallantry and bravery in the action at Dabney's Mill, February 6. this officer came under my immediate observation.
4.Captain F. H. Cowdrey, assistant adjutant-general U. S. Volunteers, Second Brigade, to be major by brevet for personal courage during the campaign from the Wilderness to Petersburg, and for coolness and daring in riding forward to the skirmish line of his brigade on the 6th of February, when he was very severely wounded.
5.Second Lieutenant Samuael H. Williams, acting adjutant Fifty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, to be first lieutenant by brevet for conspicuous gallantry and valuable services on the 31st of march, and to be captain by brevet for the display of personal bravery on the 1st of April. Lieutenant Williams entered the service as a musician, and by his good conduct and his bravery and courage during the campaigns of 1863 won the respect and regard of his superior officers, and was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant.
6. Major West Funk, One hundred and twenty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant conduct on the 6th of February, when he carried the colors of his regiment in front of the advancing line until a wound obliged him to leave the field, and for the courage and skill with which he led his regiment to the capture of a battery of the enemy on the Ford road, on the 1st of April-circumstance occupying under my personal observation.
List of Localities where Union Prisoners were buried by the Rebels.
1. Alexandria La.-1.
2. Andersonville Ga.-13,703.
3. Antlanta Ga.-124.
4. Baldwin Fa.-1.
5. Bear Station Tenn.-1.
6. Cahawba Ala.-147.
7. Camp Ford Texas-286.
8. Camp Verde Texas-3.
9. Cassville Ga.-1.
10. Charleston S. C.-389.
11. Charlotte N. C.-4.
12. Charlottesville Va.-1.
13. Chattanoga Tenn.-6.
14. Columbaa S. C.-33.
15. Covington Ga.-2.
16. Culpeper C. H.Va.-2.
17. Danville Va.-1,323.
18. Demopolis Ala.-1.
19. Ellicott's Hospital Tenn.-1.
20. Fayetteville Ark.-2.
21. Florence S. C.-2,795.
22. Goldsborn N. C.-2.
23. Gordonsville Va.-26.
24. Greenville Tenn.-1
25. Grenada Miss.-5.
26. Harrisonburg Va.-13.
27. Hilton Head S. C.-9.
28. Houston Texas-1.
29. Huntsville Ala.-1.
30. Jackson Miss.-18.
31. JacksonVille Fla.-42.
32. Knoxville Tenn.-17.
33.Little Rock Ark.-4.
34. Lynchburg Va.-25.
35. Macon Ga.-236.
36. Madson Ga.-23.
37. Marietta Ga.-189.
38. Mempois Tenn.-20.
39. Millen Ga.-748.
40. Mobile Ala.-77.
41. Monroe La.-1.
42. Montgomery Ala.-198.
43. Movlton Ala.-1.
44. Mount Jackson Va.-5.
45. Nashville Tenn.-2.
46. New Orleans La.-8.
47. Orange C. H. Va.-1.
48. Oxford Miss.-2.
49. Ozark Hospital Ark.-1.
50. Pensacola Fla.-2.
51. Petersburg Va.-36.
52. Pettus Farlla La.-1.
53. Raleigh N. C.-23.
54. Richmond Va.-3,450.
55. Robinson's Tavern Va.-1.
56. Salisbury N. C.-12,112.
57. Savannah Ga.-2.
58. Southampton Va.-1.
59. Starkville Miss.-1.
60. Staunton Va.-67.
61. Traus-Mississippi-Department-2.
62. Unknown Localities-20.
63. Vicksburg Miss.-2.
64. Wilmington N. C.-83.
65. Weldon N. C.-7.
66. Wilson N. C.-1.
67. Winchester Va.-7.
List of Localities where Reble Prisoners were buried by the Union.
1. Alexandria Va.-42.
2. Alton Ill.-2,218.
3. Annapolis Md.-2.
4. Arlington Va.-414.
5. Alanta Ga.-12.
6. Baltimore Md.-107.
7. Beanfort S. C.-12.
8. Bowling Green Ky.-4.
9. Bridgport Ala.-13.
10. Camp Butler Ill.-644.
11. Camp Chase Ohio.-2,166.
12. Camp Dennison Ohio.-31.
13. Camp Douglas Ill.-4,039.
14. Camp Nelson Ky.-2.
15. Chambersburg Pa.-1.
16. Chattanooga Tenn.-66.
17. Cincinnatt Ohio.-2.
18. City Point Va.-86.
19. Clarksburg Va.-1.
20. Clarysville Md.-1.
21. Cypress Hill N. Y.-488.
22. David's Island N. Y.-2.
23. Elmira N. Y.-2,986.
24. Finn's Point N. J.-1,434.
25. Fort Columbus N. Y.-37.
26. Fort Delaware Del.-2,513.
27. Fort Donelson Tenn.-1.
28. Fort Hamilton N. Y.-1.
29. Fort Lafayette N. Y.-2.
30. Fort Leavenworth Kan.-6.
31. Fort McHenry Md.-6.
32.Fort Pickens Fla.-1.
33. Fort Pulaski Ga.-4.
34. Fort Scott Kan.-16.
35. Fort Smith Ark.-6.
36. Fort Warren Mass.-12.
37. Frederick Md.-218.
38. Gallipolis Ohio-3.
39. Gettysburg Pa.-219.
40. Goldsboro N. C.-2.
41. Harrisburg Pa.-15.
42. Hart's Island N. Y.-229.
43. Hilton Head S. C.-12.
44. Indianapolis Ind.-1,556.
45. Jacksonville Fla.-1.
46. Jefferson Barracks Mo.-1,010.
47. Jefferson City Mo.-3.
48. Johnson Island Ohio.-148.
49. Kansas City Mo.-12.
50. Key West Fla.-1.
51.Knoxville Tenn.-132.
52. Lackawaxen Pa.-48.
53. Lexington Ky.-12.
54. Little Rock Ark.-204.
55. Louisville Ky.-138.
56. Marietta Ga.-5.
57. Memphis Tenn.-93.
58. Mercersburg Pa.-1.
59. Mound City Ill.-40.
60. Murfreeboro Tenn.-5.
61. Nashville Tenn.-466.
62. Natchez Miss.-30.
63.New Bern N. C.-30.
64. New Creek W. Va.-2.
65. New Orleans La.-235.
66. Newport News Va.-88.
67. New York N. Y.-20.
68. Paducah Ky.-2.
69. Pea Patch Island Del.-140.
70. Peach Tree Creek Ga.-14.
71. Petersburg Va.-148.
72. Philadelphia Pa.-224.
73. Pittsburg Pa.-15.
74. Point Lookout Md.-3,446.
75. Raleigh N. C.-8.
76. Resaea Ga.-5.
77. Richmond Va.-182.
78. Rock Island Ill.-1,960.
79. St. Louis Mo.-617.
80. Sandusky Mo.-206.
81. Savannah Ga.-46.
82. Salisbury N. C.-14.
83. Vicksburg Miss.-5.
84. Washington D. C.-397.
85. Wheeling W. Va.-5.
86. Wilmington Del.-1.
87. Wilmington N. C.-52.
88. York Pa.-3.
89. Miscellaneous-327.
Note. If you have any questions you may ask at: dsegelquist1@cox.net
Union Prisons
1. Alton Ill.
2. Camp Butler Ill.
3. Camp Chase Ohio.
4. Camp Douglas Ill.
5. Camp Morton Ind.
6. Emira N. Y.
7. Fort Delware Del.
8. Fort McHenry Md.
9. Johson's Island.
10. Louisville Ky.
11. Fort Lafayette N. Y. Harbor.
12. Hart Island N. Y. Harbor.
13. Newport News Va.
14. New Orleans La.
15. Old Capital Prison Washington D. C.
16. Ponit Lookout Md.
17. Rock Island Ill.
18. St. Louis Mo.
19. Ship Lsland Miss.
20. Fort Warren Boston Harbor.
Confederate Prisons.
1. Bele Isle Va.
2. Danville Va.
3. Lynchburg Va.
4. Petersburg Va.
5. Charlott North Carolina.
6. Raleigh North Carolina.
7. Saulsbury North Carolina.
8. Charleston South Carolina.
9. Columbia or Camp Sorghum South Carolina.
10. Florence South Carolina.
11. Andersonville or Camp Sumter.
12. Atlanta Ga.
13. Black Shear Ga.
14. Macon Ga.
15. Millen Ga.
16. Savannah Ga.
17. Cahawba Al.
18. Tuscaloosa Al.
19. Camp Ford or Tylor Texas.
20. Camp Gross Texas.
21. Camp Lawton Ga.
22. Castle Thunder Va.
23. Richmond Va.
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1. James B. Thompson, of Company F, First Pennsylvania Rifles, was captured at Bethesda Church, Virginia, on the thirtieth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, while engaged in battle, and in the line of his duty. He endured the horrors and privations of Andersonville and for a period of nearly seven months, making different attempts to escape, having been once run down and recaptured by the hounds, and finally escaped and reached the Union lines at Atlanta, Georgia, after traveling one whole month, entirely by night. On the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the said James B. Thompson was commissioned a first lieutenant in Company F, One hundred and ninetieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
2. Mrs. C. S. Wilson, civilian, rendered service to the prisoners at Andersonville. She had a petition in Congress asking to be paid back but found no evidence that the petition went through.
3. Henry Horne, Civilian, advanced money to the prisoners at Andersonvill. He had a petition in Congress asking to be paid back but found no evidence that the petition went through.
4. Cicero A. Moore, and others, of the Ninth Maryland Volunteers, for extension to them of the benefits of the act giving three months' extra pay to those soldiers who were prisoners in the hands of the enemy in Andersonville, Libby, and other prisons in the South. From the evidence the petition died in the House of Representatives on March 19, 1874.
5. Chaplain W. T. Helms, First Tennessee Regiment, is assigned to duty temporarily in the military prison and hospital at Danville, Va., for the unexpired term of his assignment to duty in the hospital at Richmond, Va.
6. Robert W. Baylor, captain of company B., of the twelfth Virginia cavalry was a prisoner at Fort Delaware.
7. William F. Petty, civilian of Boone county Mo. was charged with the destruction of rails, ties and bridges belonging to the North Missouri Railroad Company, near Sturgeon Mo. on December 23 or 24 of 1861. He was found guilty and was sentence to be shot to death.
8. Charles W. Meeks, of the C. S., was captured at Bristol about December 15, 1864, with his son William B. Meeks who was not at the age of sixteen. They were sent to Knoxvill and confined in jail. Mr. Charles W. Meeks was being held for treason, his son was sent to Strawberry Plains on February 11, 1865, he was to go through the lines by a flg of truce but was stopped and sent back.
9. Lieutenant Brown, of Kitchen's regiment of Missouri cavalry, while in discharge of his duty under written orders was captured in August, 1863, tried before a military court without any opportunities of defense being given, and sentenced to hard labor with ball and chain at Alton penitentiary during the war. He has already served out some sixteen months of his sentence.
These Confederated prisoners were put down as officer but were not.
1.C. M. Franklin, 2nd., Kentucky cavalry, was a Sergeant not a Lieutenant.
2. John C. Wilcox, 2nd. Kentucky cavalry, was a Private not a Lieutenant.
3. Frank White, 3rd. Tennessee, was a Private not a Lieutenant.
4. B. T. Offut, was a Citizen, not a Major.
5. Martin B. Calvin 2nd. Georgia, was a Private not a Lieutenant.
These three men were prisoners but I counldn't find if they were citizens or soliers. They took the oath of allegiance I believe them to be of the same family.
1. David W. Sherman.
2. Reuber Sherman.
3. H. T. Sherman.
These four men were held as citizen prisoners.
1. William Holcombe.
2.T. Holcombe.
3. Lib Payne was held as a citizen prisoner but was permitted to work at his trade under parole.
4. William Hines was to be discharged.
These men were taken at Savage station while helping some sick and wounded soldiers of the Union army. They were held as citizen prisoners. When the C. S. army left they were asked to go with the army but stay as nurses saying it didn't matter what side they were on as the sick and wounded needed their help.
1. John Bayant.
2. John Beltzhoover.
3. Isaac Brown.
These six men were captured by the first Maryland cavalry.
1. William H. Johnson, from Ashe County, North Carolina, private Company A, First North Carolina Cavalry. - Had been sent after forage, and was looking over the river to Wiliamsport, and was just going to start back when captured. Christian Burkett was with Johnson after forage. The other men were regular pickets, and on duty when captured.
2. Christian Burkett, Ashe County, North Carolina, private Company A, First North Carolina Cavalry. - Was regularly detailed for picket, but was not on post when captured. Had been after forage with Johnson, and was looking over the river when captured.
3. A. J. Miler, Ashe County, North Carolina, private Company A, First North Carolina Cavalry, - Regular detailed for picket duty, and was on post with J. S. Parsons when captured. Our whole company was on picket duty that day. James Ray and S. C. Parsons coming to the river when captured.
4. John S. Parsons, Alleghany County, North Carolina, private Company A. First North Carolina Cavalry. - Was regularly detailed for picket duty, and was on post at the time captured. A. J. Miller was captured on post at the same time. S. C. Parsons and James ray were coming to relieve us when they were captured.
5. James Ray, Ashe County, North Carolina, private Company A, First North Carolina Cavalry. - Was regularly detailed for picket duty, and was on my way with Solomon [C.] Parsons to relieve John [S.] Parsons and [A.] J. Miller, who were on post at the time of our capture.
6. Solomon C. Parson, Company A, First North Carolina Cavalry. - Was regularly detailed for picket duty, and was on my way with Ray to relieve the party on post when captured. Miller and John S. Parsons were on the post we were to relieve.
The following Confederate soldiers are now confined at Fort Warren.
Robert H. Caldwell, Sixty-third Georgia, captured July 21, 1863; William Gantz (or Gautz), of Spate's [Spaight's] battalion, captured April 10, 1863; Matthew A. Beck, Ninth Florida, captured June 3, 1863; John P. Johns, Ninth Florida, captured May 31, 1863; John Wilson, Ninth Florida, captured May 31, 1863; Thomas W. Day, Ninth Florida, captured May 31, 1863; William D. Archer, Ninth Florida, captured April 12, 1863. These soldiers have been in captivity for a long time. They are held as naval prisoners, though in fact they belong to the Confederate Army.
The battle of Sailor's Creek, Little Sailor's Creek.
Note. I will not give all the names but if you would like to see more let me know.
1. The Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Lieutenant-Colonel Harper commanding, after carrying the enemy's works, pushed on until they encountered our own cavalry, while the Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Colonel Hubbard, commanding, turned to the left, pushing half a mile up the road, capturing wagons, forges, battery wagons, &c. The Sixty-fifth New York State Volunteers, Lieutenant-Colonel Fisk commanding, was deployed skirmishing in front and on flank of our left.
2. Captain Michael Kelly, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, on the 2nd instant turned the guns of a captured battery on the retiring foe and fired them with great effect; he also took a battle-flag inside the enemy's works.
3. Corpl. Thomas Daley, Company L, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, was the first man of his regiment on the works on the 2nd instant, and though painfully wounded, refused to leave the field.
4. Private Francis Sprowl, Company F, Sixty-fifth New York State Volunteers, was the first man of his regiment in the rebel works on the 2nd instant, and twice loaded and fired one of the captured pieces on the retreating enemy.
5. Corpl. Homer S. Sackett, Company H. Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, without assistance, captured the colonel and major of a Georgia regiment on the 6th.
6. Among the killed on the 6th instant I regret to name Captain T. C. Howland, One hundred and twenty-first New York State Volunteers; no braver or more gallant officer ever carried sword.
7. Captain George Brinkerhoff, of the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
8. Captain William H. Byers, of the Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
9. Captain Jonas A. Champney, of the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
10. Captain Thomas G. Colt, of the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
11. Captain Henry C. Curran, of the Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
12. Captain James Deane, of the Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
13. Captain Simon Dickerhoff, of the One hundred and thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
14. Captain J. Parker Dudrow, of the One hundred and twenty-second Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
15. Second Lieutenant Thomas H. Goldsborough, of the Sixth Maryland Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
16. Second Lieutenant Reuben W. Cook, of the One hundred and thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
17. First Lieutenant Joseph W. P. Roberts, of the Eighty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
18. First Lieutenant William C. Morrill, of the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
19. First Lieutenant Thomas Morris, of the One hundred and nineteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
20. First Lieutenant Frank S. Halliday, of the Second Rhode Island Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.
Appomattox Campaigan-Wilderness.
1. Captain Edward A. Whaley, acting major, commanding Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers, to be major by brevet for personal bravery displayed in leading his command over an open field, under heavy fire, on the 1st of April, when he was severely wounded.
2. Second Lieutenant W. B. Chapman, Ninety-first Regiment New York Volunteers, to be first lieutenant by brevet for gallantry on the 31st of March last, when he not only cheered his men on, but, using the musket of a fellow soldier, did good service until severely wounded in the neck.
3.Lieutenant-Colonel Haines, Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, to be colonel by brevet for gallantry in the actions on the Weldon railroad August 18, 19, and 21, 1864, and for his conspicuous gallantry and bravery in the action at Dabney's Mill, February 6. this officer came under my immediate observation.
4.Captain F. H. Cowdrey, assistant adjutant-general U. S. Volunteers, Second Brigade, to be major by brevet for personal courage during the campaign from the Wilderness to Petersburg, and for coolness and daring in riding forward to the skirmish line of his brigade on the 6th of February, when he was very severely wounded.
5.Second Lieutenant Samuael H. Williams, acting adjutant Fifty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, to be first lieutenant by brevet for conspicuous gallantry and valuable services on the 31st of march, and to be captain by brevet for the display of personal bravery on the 1st of April. Lieutenant Williams entered the service as a musician, and by his good conduct and his bravery and courage during the campaigns of 1863 won the respect and regard of his superior officers, and was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant.
6. Major West Funk, One hundred and twenty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant conduct on the 6th of February, when he carried the colors of his regiment in front of the advancing line until a wound obliged him to leave the field, and for the courage and skill with which he led his regiment to the capture of a battery of the enemy on the Ford road, on the 1st of April-circumstance occupying under my personal observation.
List of Localities where Union Prisoners were buried by the Rebels.
1. Alexandria La.-1.
2. Andersonville Ga.-13,703.
3. Antlanta Ga.-124.
4. Baldwin Fa.-1.
5. Bear Station Tenn.-1.
6. Cahawba Ala.-147.
7. Camp Ford Texas-286.
8. Camp Verde Texas-3.
9. Cassville Ga.-1.
10. Charleston S. C.-389.
11. Charlotte N. C.-4.
12. Charlottesville Va.-1.
13. Chattanoga Tenn.-6.
14. Columbaa S. C.-33.
15. Covington Ga.-2.
16. Culpeper C. H.Va.-2.
17. Danville Va.-1,323.
18. Demopolis Ala.-1.
19. Ellicott's Hospital Tenn.-1.
20. Fayetteville Ark.-2.
21. Florence S. C.-2,795.
22. Goldsborn N. C.-2.
23. Gordonsville Va.-26.
24. Greenville Tenn.-1
25. Grenada Miss.-5.
26. Harrisonburg Va.-13.
27. Hilton Head S. C.-9.
28. Houston Texas-1.
29. Huntsville Ala.-1.
30. Jackson Miss.-18.
31. JacksonVille Fla.-42.
32. Knoxville Tenn.-17.
33.Little Rock Ark.-4.
34. Lynchburg Va.-25.
35. Macon Ga.-236.
36. Madson Ga.-23.
37. Marietta Ga.-189.
38. Mempois Tenn.-20.
39. Millen Ga.-748.
40. Mobile Ala.-77.
41. Monroe La.-1.
42. Montgomery Ala.-198.
43. Movlton Ala.-1.
44. Mount Jackson Va.-5.
45. Nashville Tenn.-2.
46. New Orleans La.-8.
47. Orange C. H. Va.-1.
48. Oxford Miss.-2.
49. Ozark Hospital Ark.-1.
50. Pensacola Fla.-2.
51. Petersburg Va.-36.
52. Pettus Farlla La.-1.
53. Raleigh N. C.-23.
54. Richmond Va.-3,450.
55. Robinson's Tavern Va.-1.
56. Salisbury N. C.-12,112.
57. Savannah Ga.-2.
58. Southampton Va.-1.
59. Starkville Miss.-1.
60. Staunton Va.-67.
61. Traus-Mississippi-Department-2.
62. Unknown Localities-20.
63. Vicksburg Miss.-2.
64. Wilmington N. C.-83.
65. Weldon N. C.-7.
66. Wilson N. C.-1.
67. Winchester Va.-7.
List of Localities where Reble Prisoners were buried by the Union.
1. Alexandria Va.-42.
2. Alton Ill.-2,218.
3. Annapolis Md.-2.
4. Arlington Va.-414.
5. Alanta Ga.-12.
6. Baltimore Md.-107.
7. Beanfort S. C.-12.
8. Bowling Green Ky.-4.
9. Bridgport Ala.-13.
10. Camp Butler Ill.-644.
11. Camp Chase Ohio.-2,166.
12. Camp Dennison Ohio.-31.
13. Camp Douglas Ill.-4,039.
14. Camp Nelson Ky.-2.
15. Chambersburg Pa.-1.
16. Chattanooga Tenn.-66.
17. Cincinnatt Ohio.-2.
18. City Point Va.-86.
19. Clarksburg Va.-1.
20. Clarysville Md.-1.
21. Cypress Hill N. Y.-488.
22. David's Island N. Y.-2.
23. Elmira N. Y.-2,986.
24. Finn's Point N. J.-1,434.
25. Fort Columbus N. Y.-37.
26. Fort Delaware Del.-2,513.
27. Fort Donelson Tenn.-1.
28. Fort Hamilton N. Y.-1.
29. Fort Lafayette N. Y.-2.
30. Fort Leavenworth Kan.-6.
31. Fort McHenry Md.-6.
32.Fort Pickens Fla.-1.
33. Fort Pulaski Ga.-4.
34. Fort Scott Kan.-16.
35. Fort Smith Ark.-6.
36. Fort Warren Mass.-12.
37. Frederick Md.-218.
38. Gallipolis Ohio-3.
39. Gettysburg Pa.-219.
40. Goldsboro N. C.-2.
41. Harrisburg Pa.-15.
42. Hart's Island N. Y.-229.
43. Hilton Head S. C.-12.
44. Indianapolis Ind.-1,556.
45. Jacksonville Fla.-1.
46. Jefferson Barracks Mo.-1,010.
47. Jefferson City Mo.-3.
48. Johnson Island Ohio.-148.
49. Kansas City Mo.-12.
50. Key West Fla.-1.
51.Knoxville Tenn.-132.
52. Lackawaxen Pa.-48.
53. Lexington Ky.-12.
54. Little Rock Ark.-204.
55. Louisville Ky.-138.
56. Marietta Ga.-5.
57. Memphis Tenn.-93.
58. Mercersburg Pa.-1.
59. Mound City Ill.-40.
60. Murfreeboro Tenn.-5.
61. Nashville Tenn.-466.
62. Natchez Miss.-30.
63.New Bern N. C.-30.
64. New Creek W. Va.-2.
65. New Orleans La.-235.
66. Newport News Va.-88.
67. New York N. Y.-20.
68. Paducah Ky.-2.
69. Pea Patch Island Del.-140.
70. Peach Tree Creek Ga.-14.
71. Petersburg Va.-148.
72. Philadelphia Pa.-224.
73. Pittsburg Pa.-15.
74. Point Lookout Md.-3,446.
75. Raleigh N. C.-8.
76. Resaea Ga.-5.
77. Richmond Va.-182.
78. Rock Island Ill.-1,960.
79. St. Louis Mo.-617.
80. Sandusky Mo.-206.
81. Savannah Ga.-46.
82. Salisbury N. C.-14.
83. Vicksburg Miss.-5.
84. Washington D. C.-397.
85. Wheeling W. Va.-5.
86. Wilmington Del.-1.
87. Wilmington N. C.-52.
88. York Pa.-3.
89. Miscellaneous-327.
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