Killed, Wounded & Missing In Civil War Navy Battles.

There were many navy battles in the civil war, and a lot of men were either killed or wounded or came up missing in them. This page is to help you find a ancestor that may have been in one of these battles. If you find a ancestor on this page and would like to know more about the battle he was in, you can have a battle report on request, my address can be found in my profile.
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LIST OF CASUALTIES AT ROANOKE ISLAND.

UNITED STATES STEAMER HETZEL.

Killed.—Charles Harris, acting master’s mate.

Wounded.

Charles Clark, boatswain’s mate, severely.
Tully McIntyre, seaman, slightly.
Joseph N. Ingersoll, ordinary seaman, severely.
William Smith, ordinary seaman, severely.
Henry Bryant, ordinary seaman, slightly.
Henry P. Thompson, coal-heaver, slightly.

UNITED STATES STEAMER SEYMOUR.

Killed.

John Singleton, coal-heaver.

Wounded.

Stephen Mealius, acting assistant engineer, severely.

UNITED STATES STEAMER MORSE.

Killed.—Eli Holden, seaman.

UNITED STATES STEAMER CERES.

Wounded.

R. M. Coleman, acting master’s mate, slightly.
Alexander Hand, ordinary seaman, severely.

UNITED STATES STEAMER COMMODORE PERRY.

Wounded-Andrew Horton, private company D. 4th regiment Rhode Island volunteers, severely.

UNITED STATES STEAMER SOUTHFIELD.

Wounded.—Rufus Joy, signal quartermaster, slightly.

MIDSHIPMAN PORTER’S HOWITZER BATTERY, ENGAGED ON ROANOKE ISLAND.

Killed.

John McCoy, private, Union coast guard.
John Doyle, private Union coast guard.
James Herbert, private, 9th regiment N. J. volunteers.

Wounded.

John Saddler, private, Union coast guard, severely.
James Jackson, private, Union coast guard. Severely.
David Lloyd, private, Union coast guard, slightly.
Nathan Stanford, private, Union coast guard, slightly.
Benjamin Clinton, private, 9th regiment New Jersey volunteers, slightly.
William Miller, private, 9th regiment New Jersey volunteers, severely.

Missing.

Manning Lyons, private, 9th regiment New Jersey volunteers.
Nathan Buckley, private, 9th regiment New Jersey volunteers.
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The attack on the monitor.

ON THE MINNESOTA.

Killed.

Alexander Winslow, captain of maintop.
Henry Smith, coxswain.
Dennis Harrington, captain mizen top.

Wounded.

John Gunn, quartermaster.
Henry Leland, quarter gunner. Atwell Keen, landsman, loss of eye.
Ansel Richards, seaman.
Samuel W. Hiller, ordinary seaman.
Joyce Moore and Eli Parris, colored landsmen, all seriously.
Charles Dunlap, ordinary seaman.
Christopher Sewall, coal-heaver, mortally.
Charles Thompson seaman.
John Clark, seaman.
Julius Bartlett, quartermaster.
Patrick Joyce, ordinary seaman.

Musicians.

Jos. Augustus.
Seth Bennett.
Samuel W. Thomas. Julius Bartlett, quartermaster, and Patrick Joyce, ordinary seaman,

THE ROANOKE.

Wounded—John McDonald, 3d, seriously.

THE CUMBERLAND.

Wounded.

Butt and John Grady, seamen.
John Bart, ordinary seaman.
John Fitzpatrick, coal-heaver, seriously.
Alexander McFadden, marine, seriously.
Edward Cobb, quartermaster.
John Gardner, quartermaster.
John Devine, carpenter’s mate.
John McGinn, ordinary seamen, slightly.
John Bates, ordinary seamen, slightly.
John B. Cavenaugh, ordinary seamen, slightly.

Note. With the exception of the first, the above are reported as in the military hospital at Fortress Monroe, as well as the following, who were on the sick list previous to the engagement, viz:
Joseph Russell, quartermaster.
Lochlin Livingston, ordinary seaman.
James Benson, ordinary seaman.

Also Surgeon Gilchrist, of the Roanoke, reports as wounded on the Cumberland, and now on board the Roanoke.

John Stockwell, boatswain’s mate, seriously.
P Wade, first-class boy, not seriously.

THE CONGRESS.

Wounded.

Surgeon Edward Shippen.
William McAbee, boatswain’s mate.
George Webster seaman.
William Chapman, seaman.
Emmanuel Denovial ordinary seamen.
George T. Dean. ordinary seamen.
Thomas Gannon, ordinary seamen.
John Barritts, ratings unknown.
Edwin G. Pepper, ratings unknown
John McCluskey, ratings unknown
Alexander Johnson, ratings unknown
John Bushlin, ratings unknown.
Peter Claney, marine, wounded in neck and leg.
James Goulding, wounded in scalp.
Stephen Brinnen, 99th New York volunteers, seriously.
Samuel Furlong, 99th New York volunteers, seriously.
Lawrence Furlong, 99th New York volunteers—slightly.
Jesse H. Jewett, marine, Rhodes, pilot.
Thomas Serrin, rating unknown.
Charles Tisman, corporal 99th New York volunteers, died in a short time.
Charles Trask, seamen.
Charles Wilson, seamen.
John Cahill, seamen.
James McFaden, seamen.
Spencer Fish, ordinary seamen.
William Bangs, ordinary seamen.
Henry Millenbrock, ordinary seamen.
David Ferguson, landsman.

THE WHITEHALL.

Killed.

Andrew Nesbit, third assistant engineer.
Charles O’Conner, boy, instantly.
Robert Waugh, seaman, mortally wounded, and died in a few hours.

THE DRAGON.

Wounded.

William Watson, master commanding.
Benjamin S. Hungerford, quartermaster.
Charles J. Frieze, seaman, severely.
Joseph McDonald, fireman, seriously.
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Attack upon Newbern, North Carolina.

STEAMER PHILADELPHIA.

Killed..

Arthur McGinnis, private, company B, Union Coast Guard.
John Sheehy, private, company B, Union Coast Guard.

Wounded.

T. W. B. Hughes, Second Lieutenant.
J. Mendenhall, Orderly Sergeant.
James C. Freeman, Sergeant.
Thomas Riley, Corporal.
J. MeDougal, private.
S. T. Fonda, private
Nicholas Mertz, private (yet missing,) compamy B, Union Coast Guard.
John Williams, seamen
Jeremiah Sullivan, Ordinary Seaman.
George Bushee, Ordinary Seaman.
Thomas Simmons, Ordinary Seaman.
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STEAMER WAMSUTTA.

Killed.

James Brown, quartermaster.
George Boswell, ordinary seaman.

*Both shot through the abdomen, and died of their wounds.
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Expedition to destroy the railroad bridges near Pocotaligo, S.C.

Flag Ship Wabash.

Wounded.

Oscar Farenholtz, ordinary seaman, badly wounded in the left fore arm, the ball being deeply lodged.

David Morrow, seaman, wounded on the front of the chest. The ball traversed five inches beneath the skin, and passed out without penetrating the chest.

John Barnard, ordinary seaman, knocked down and run over by a gun-carriage, bruised on the chest and right leg, apparently not seriously.
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The action of June 28, 1862, at Vicksburg.

Killed.

Flag-ship Hartford.—Edward E. Jennings, seaman, from Massachusetts.

Richmond—George Allstrum, ordinary seaman .
Thomas Flaritv, seaman.

Oneida.—Stephen H. Randall, seaman.

Pinola —William H. Thomas, quarter-gunner.
Thomas Graham, landsman.

Sciota.—Augustine Ellsworth, ordinary seaman.

Flag-ship Hartford.

Wounded.

Charles Allen, seaman, slightly.
Alexander Capron, landsman, slightly.
Lawrence Fay, boy, slightly.
Patrick Roach, coal-heaver, head.
Philip Roberts, seaman, severely.
Sylvester Becket, landsman, slightly.
Alfred Stone. landsman, slightly.
John H. Knowles, quartermaster, slightly.
John Hardgan, landsman, slightly.
Joseph ordinary seaman, slightly.
Nathan Salter, ordinary seaman, contusion.
Captain John L. Broome, marine corps, contusion.
Flag-Officer D. U. Farragut, slight contusion.

Richmond.

Wounded.

Howard F. Moffat, master’s mate, amputated arm.
James Noonan, ordinary seaman, contusion.
Thomas Nolan, marine, contusion.
George W. Harris, marine, contusion.
James Reddy, seaman, severely.[
James Mohegan, landsman, severely.
George Millard, seaman, severely.
William Nicholas, landsman, slightly.
Charles Howard, ordinary seaman, severely.

Oneida.

Wounded.

Richard M. Hodgson, assistant engineer, severely.
William Cowell seaman, severely.
Henry Clark, boatswain’s mate, slightly.

Pinola.

Wounded

John Brown, ordinary seaman, severely.
William H. Shucks, lands- man, slightly.

Sciota.

Wounded

Edward Hathaway, seaman, amputated arm.
William Orne, landsman, slightly.
Clarence Miller, ship steward, severely.
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UNITED STATES GUNBOAT PINOLA.

Killed.

William H. Thomas, quarter gunner, Mortally wounded.
Thomas Graham, landsman, (since dead.)

Wounded.

John Brown, ordinary seaman, Seriously wounded .
Daniel Colleran, Slightly wounded.
William H. Shucks, landsmen, Slightly wounded.

UNITED STATES FLAG-SHIP HARTFORD.
Engagements with the Earn Arkansas, July 15, 1862.

FLAG-SHIP HARTFORD.

Killed.

George H. Loundsberry, master’s mate.
Charles Jackson, officers cook.
John Cameron, seamen, by cannon-shot.

Wounded.

Captain John L. Broome, marine corps.
Thomas Hoffman, paymaster’s steward, severe contusions.
John D. Barnes, fireman,
Michael Martin, landsman, contusions.
George Royer. Marine.
Henry Downs, boy slightly.

WISSAHICKON.

Killed.

John Garrett, ordinary seaman, by a cannon-shot.

Wounded.

Edward York, fireman.
Daniel Hays, ordinary seaman.
Joseph Ranahan, landsman, severely.
James Revell, ordinary seamen, slightly.

WINONA.

Killed.—John H. Harway, landsman, by a shell.

Wounded.

John Jones, captain after guard, severely.
William Malley, lands- man, slightly.

Scioto.

Wounded.

James H. Mathist, landsman,
Peter Lasher, ordinary seaman, severely.

RICHMOND.

Wounded.

William Somes, slightly.
William Nelson, seamen, slightly.
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FLAG-SHIP HARTFORD,
Below Vicksburg, July 16, 1862.

Killed.

George H. Lounsberry, master’s mate, killed by a cannon ball.
Charles Jackson, officers cook, killed by a cannon ball.
John Cameron, seaman, killed by a cannon ball.

Wounded.

Thomas Hoffman, paymaster’s steward, struck in head and chest with splinters.
John D. Barnes, fireman, contusion of shoulder.
Michael Martin, landsman, contusion of arm, slightly.
George Royer, marine, contusion of arm, slightly.
Henry Downs, boy, (colored,) contusion of arm, slightly.
Captain John Broome, marines, contusion of head and shoulder.
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UNITED STATES GUNBOAT KINEO,
Mississippi River, October 4, 1862.

Killed.

William Swain, ordinary seaman.

Wounded.

Latham A. Brown, acting master, in the groin, slightly, by a spent ball.
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List of killed and wounded on gunboat St. Louis, March 17, 1862.

Killed, by bursting of a rifle gun, James Jackson, seaman, Chicago, Illinois.
P. S. Goth, seaman, Maine.

Wounded, by bursting of rifle gun.
S. H. McAdam, master’s mate, Chicago, severely.
Jno. A. McDonald, gunner, Baltimore, slightly.
H. T. Ely, seaman, New Bedford, severely.
J. W. Sprowl, seaman, Bristol, Maine, severely.
P. Mulhenin, seaman, Boston, Massachusetts, severely.
Wm. Kelcher, seaman, Boston, Massachusetts, severely.
Richard Gouger, seaman, severely.
Frank Clemens, seaman, severely.
Chas. Woolf, seaman, severely.
Chas. Wilson, seaman, Philadelphia, severely.
Henry Joy, seaman, Worcester county, Massachusetts, slightly.
M. T. C. Donaghho, seaman, Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, slightly.
Peroc Leon, seaman, Sardinia, slightly.