Graham Coulter, 101st., Pennsylvania Infantry.

 

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Graham Coulter, Mustered in service November 21, 1861.  Transferred to company F., Cotober, 1861.

Graham Coulter, Mustered in service November 21, 1861; transferred from company C., Captured at Plymouth, North Carolina, April 20, 1864; paroled December 13, 1864.  Absent sick at muster out of company.  Veteran.

Birth:  Unknown.
Death: September 6, 1917.
Burial: Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Places he had lived.
59th, twelith st., Pennsylvania, and New Galilee Pennsylvania.

Cochran Brothers, 103rd., Pennsylvania Infantry.

 

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John M. Cochran, Captain, Co. C., Mustered in September 16, 1861, Age 22; promoted to First Lieutenant July 7, 1862; to Captain January 14, 1863.  Discharged June 16, 1863.

George W. Cochran, Private, Co. C., Mustered in September 16, 1861; Age 16.  Discharged on Surgeon Cert., December 4, 1863.

William W. Cochran, Private, Co. C., Mustered in June 10, 1863; Age 18.  Died of chronic diarrhea, at Plymouth N. C., Buried New Bern, N. C.

Steamer Sultana & Seventh Indiana Cavalry.

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The following men of the seventh Indiana Cavalry were on the Sultana on the night of the explosion according to the regimental history there were about 30 men from the seventh on board however only ten are known.  There is a very good and sad story on the explosion of the Sultana, by Thomas S. Cogley the book is called ( The History of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry), pages 184-187.  This book can be found at the site of (E Books Open Library.)

Daniel W. Doner, Age 19, Co. E., Residerce New Corydon, Mustered in September 3, 1863.

John Q. Paxton, Co. E., Residence Camdon, Mustered in September 3, 1863.

William S. Corbin, Age 21, Co.G., Residence Marion County, Mustered in September 5, 1863.

Augusta Barrett, Co. K., Residence Marion County, Mustered in September 11, 1863.

Francis M. Elkins, Co. K., residence Jackson County, Mustered in  September 11, 1863.

Costan Porter, Co. E., Residence Portland, Mustered in September 11, 1863.

William Thompson, Co. M., Residence Madison, Mustered in September 19, 1863.

William Barrick, Co. I., No info found on him.

Elisha Swords, Co. I., no info found on him.

Robert B. Armstrong, Co. I., no info found on him.

Authors note.  Only the names were recorded in the regimental history, the rest of the information came from the Indiana State Archives.

Philip J. Wintz, 112th. Illinois Infantry.

The following was taken from the 112th, Illiinois Infantry Regimental History.

At 1 o clock moved from Columbus and ran without change to Bellair on the Ohio river, arriving there at 6 o clock on the
morning of the 23d. Crossed the river, by ferry, to Benwood, West Virginia, and breakfasted, and at 10 :30 again took cars on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and at noon moved eats. The weather was extremely cold ; and the change from South ern Tennessee to a northern latitude told severely on the men. The cars were ordinary freight cars, and of course had no stoves. Necessity is frequently the cause of mischief, as well as the mother of invention. At Piedmont, in West Virginia, our train met a west bound freight train. The trains stopped but a few moments, but long enough for some of the boys of  Co. A, of the 112th Illinois, to confiscate a stove and its pipe in a box car on the freight train, and transfer it, unobserved, to their car. Philip J. Wintz got a wrench and loosened the nuts on the bolts that held the stove to the floor, and others stood ready to assist in removing it. In the meantime others were obtaining fuel. As soon as the train was under way a stove-pipe hole was cut through the car roof and a tire built. It is not known what was said by the conductor and brakes men of the freight train when they discovered their loss. If  they consigned the boys to a warm place, it was no more than they deserved, and had already obtained. Such enterprise etitled them to fire, and they had it.

Philip J. Winty ( Wintz ), Residence Annawan, Illinois, Enlisted August 12, 1862, Mustered in September 20, 1862.

Philip J. Wintz. Wounded in action at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 18,1863, and left on the field. Escaped through the enemy' s lines and rejoined the command in Knoxville.  Severely wounded in action at Kesaca, Ga., May 14, 1864. Severely injured in ankle near Kiiiston, N, C., while on his way to the regiment in Feb' y, 1865. Discharged at Beaufort, N. C., June 14, 1865. Address Annawan, Henry county, Illinois.

Joshua F. Littlefield, Ohio.

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Captain Joshua F. Littlefield, Co, B.

He entered the service from Somersworth as First Lieut, of Company F, and in August was promoted to Captain. Before leaving the Peninsula he had heen appointed Lieut. -Colonel of the F.leventh N. H., but determined to go through this campaign with the Secmd before joining his new command. In the charge over the railroad he was severely wounded and left in the hands of the enemy. He lay upon the field several days, until rescued by a Union relief party, and lingered until September 17, when he died. The above portrait, furnished by Littlefield Post, (J. A. R., of .Somersworth, is a copy of the picture hanging in their post room.

LITTLEFIELD, JOSHUA F. Co. F; b. Wells, Me.; age 32; res. Somersworth; app. 1 Lt. June 4, '61; must, in to date May 27, '61; app. Capt. Co. H, Aug. 1, '61; transf. to Co. B, May 23, '62; wd. Aug. 29, '62, Bull Run, Va. Died wds. Sept. 17, '62.

Morris Baxter & Oliver C. Trembly, 7th., Ohio Infantry.

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BAXTER, Morris; adjutant; E. S. April 22, '61, 3 mos., June 19, '61, 3 yrs. ; appointed corporal Co. B June 20, '61 ; promoted to sergeant ; discharged Nov. 12, '62, to accept promotion to 2d lieut. Co. H ; promoted to 1st lieut. and adjutant Sept. i, '63; mortally wounded at the battle of Ringgold. Ga., Nov. 27, '63, and died Nov. 30, '63; body removed to National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn.

From the Official Records.
In the death of Adjt. Morris Baxter we lose a noble man, brave to rashness in battle, energetic and efficient in camp.






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Trembly, Oliver C. ; sergeant ; E. S. April 25, '61, 3 mos., June 20, "61. 3 yrs. ; appointed sergeant Nov. i, '63; drowned in Ohio River June 24. '64, while on the way home for muster out.

John Hunt Morgan.

I have done a couple posts on Morgan's cavalry before but I ran across this pece and found it interesting, and I thought you may too. 

This was taken from a book called ( History of Morgan's Cavalry ) written by Basil W. Duke, this book can be found on line.
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John H. Morgan was reared in Kentucky. When nineteen years of age he enlisted for the Mexican War and was elected first lieutenant of Captain Perry Beard's company of Colonel Humphrey Marshall's regiment of Kentucky cavalry. His brother Calvin and his uncle Alexander G. Morgan were members of the same company. His uncle was killed at Buena Vista, in which battle Colonel Marshall's regiment was hotly engaged. Soon after his return home he married Miss Bruce, of Lexington, a sweet and lovely lady, who, almost from the day of her wedding, was a confirmed and patient invalid and sufferer. Immediately after his marriage, he entered energetically into business; was industrious, enterprising and prosperous, and at the breaking out of the war, in 1861, he was conducting in Lexington two successful manufactories. Every speculation and business enterprise in which he engaged succeeded, and he had acquired a very handsome property. This he left, when he went South, to the mercy of his enemies, making no provision whatever for its protection, and apparently caring not at all what became of it.

Samuel C. Ilgenfritz.

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Samuel C. Ilgenfritz.

Birth: Jan. 28, 1842
Death: Mar. 12, 1903, Pennsylvania.
Lieut. Co.B.137 Regt. P.V
Sgt. Co.1.130 Regt. P.V

Samuel Charles Ilgenfritz was the son of Samuel & Lydia Imfelt Ilgenfritz and the husband of Harriet C. Weiser Ilgenfritz, whom he married August 29, 1866.

A Civil War veteran, he first enlisted in York August 7, 1862, with Co. I, 130th Pa Inf, as a corporal. Promoted to sergeant December 13, 1862, and shot in the arm at that same day at the battle of Fredericksburg. Honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863. Also served at the rank of sergeant with Co. B, 187th Pa Inf, January 23, 1864 - August 7, 1865.

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  Comrade Samuel C. Ilgenfritz, of Company B, was then introduced and spoke as follows :

"My Comrades, it is late and my speech will be short and sweet. Apart from my own Company I know but few ; nevertheless by virtue of our identification with the 187th Regiment, I know every one of you whether I can call you by name or not.  You have made me your Historian. Why, I cannot say. All that I have done along that line was the publication of an eightcolumn sketch of the Regiment in the York Daily, which was simply my own observations upon its inception, service and immolation, for the defense of the flag. Reminiscences of the camp, the march, the picket, and the battle are pleasant 34 years after the conflict in which we stood shoulder to shoulder battling for our country. I am sure that we have to-day something better and greater challenging our attention and thought. That Comrade to my right hit the nail square on the head when he said we made history. Yes, this gallant old 187th Regiment, as an integral part of the Army of the Potomac, made history.

Now, it does not take three or five or ten years to do this. The actual fighting service of the Regiment only spanned from Petersburg to the Weldon Railroad, but it came into service in an hour when the result was trembling in the balance ; at a time when hours and days and months made history with wonderful rapidity in their sweep down the last thirty-four years. As it stood, superbly stood, receiving its baptism of blood before Petersburg, June 18, 1864, losing 200 of its intrepid sons, more than all the other Regiments of the Brigade combined, and more than any Regiment in the Fifth Corps, I do not know but this single heroic act may have been the boys' push that moved the forces of Union along the line of the Weldon Railroad, to Five Forks and the salvation of the Union at Appomatox, the 187th Regiment contended for a great and far-reaching principle.

What is a principle? A truth received, believed and fixed in the mind from which there flows out a corresponding course of action. When this Regiment marched to the defense of the imperiled interest of its country, it received and wrote upon its colors,' a great truth, namely, the principle of national sovereignty, i. e., This is a nation, not a compact, a rope of sand, that may be snapped asunder by the mere whim of any one ; nor set of States, but a nation possessing the power to defend, preserve and perpetuate its life. And its organization, and camping, and marching, and picketing, and fighting, was the course of action which flowed out of its reception of the truth of national sovereignty, and that made it give the health, and limb, and life, of its gallant boys in defense of the best Magna Charta the world ever saw, and characterized by DeAubigne, as the standing miracle of history, and which Buckley says should be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. This sheet anchor of our liberties has gone beyond the environments of our civil strife;  yes, the actors in the conflict of the sixties must pass away, but this will go out and onward until civil, political, and religious liberty shall girdle the nations as the undisputed right of all peoples. And here this grand old Pennsylvania Regiment made history, that has, and will continue to have a tremendous sweep down the ages for the good of mankind, while the luster of an imperishable glory shall abide with the 187th, its posterity, and Pennsylvania forever.

"Led by the dauntless Chamberlain, the gallant Griffin, the superb Warren, and the cultured Meade, to the defense of the national sovereignty, we need not blush to say that we belonged to the 187th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Contending for this great basic principle of the Government, it makes a vast difference as to whether we fought for or against 'Old Glory.' We dare not speculate as to who was right in the conflict. The North defended a de facto Government and it was eternally right. The South fought for a de jure Government, which they could not make a fact, and this was a rebellion, and those who engaged therein were Rebels, and hence they were eternally wrong, and being wrong, the sun of the heresy of State sovereignty set in blood at Appomatox forever. I would like to say much more, but that clock bids me cease. My Comrades, farewell, and may God be with you till we meet again. Tell the story of your cares, toils, and hardships, sacrifices for the land and flag you loved and" served', but above all cherish this thought, namely, that the 187th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, made history on whose pages will be read the principles for which we fought by millions yet unborn; truths that shall live and bless the world when we are sleeping in patriots' graves."

86th., Indiana Infantry Death List.

This is the death list of the 86th., Indiana infantry, this list only covers the companies and not of the officers of the Field & Staff.  There were fiels and staff officers killed in action however they are not listed here.
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Company A.

 

Robert W. Myers, Sergeant, Age 32, Residence Kirks X Road, Enlisted at Lebanon, Indiana August 1, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862. 

 

Richard A. Stowers, Private, Age 18., Residence Kirks X. Road, Enlisted at Lebanon, Indiana, August 1, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Company B.

 

Lewis Hintz, Sergeant, Residence Delphi, Enlisted July 15, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

George E. Armer, Private, Age 26, Residence Delphi, Enlisted at Delphi, Indiana, July 24, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.  He was a Painter.

 

Richard C. Crowell, Private, Age 23., Residence Lockport, Enlisted at Delphi, Indiana July 25, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Benjamin F. Rose, Private, Age 21., Residence Transitville, Enlisted at Delphi, Indiana, July 27, 1862.  Killed atKenesaw Mt., June 28, 1864.

 

Anthony M. Saxon, Private, Age 21., Residence Rockfield, Enlisted at Indianapolis, Indiana, July 28, 1862.   Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Company C. 

 

Edward Blanchfill. Private, Age 38., Residence Attica, Enlisted at Attica, Indiana, August 13, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Derrick V. Labaw, Private, Age 22., Residence Rog Roy, Enlisted at Attica, Indiana, August 13, 1862. Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

William H. H. Martin, Private, Age 29., Residence Chambersburg, Enlisted at Attica, Indiana, August 12, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Benjamiia Trullinger, Private, Residence Attica, Enlisted August 13, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Company D.

 

William Lamb, Private, Age 25., Residence Warren county, Enlisted at Rainsville, Indiana, August 9, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Thomas J. McCartney, Private, Age 37., Residence Warren county, Enlisted at West Lebanon, Indiana, August28, 1862.  Killed at Peach Tree Creek, July 22.

 

Nathan C. Pringle, Private, Age 32., Residence Warren county, Enlisted at Rainsville, Indiana, August 12, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Company E.

 

James H. Clinton, Private, Age 27., Residence West Lebanon, Enlisted at Marshfield, Indiana, September 4, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Henry C. Cronkhite, Private, Age 18., Residence Marshfield, Enlisted at Marshfield, Indiana, September 4, 1862.  Killed at Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863.

 

William B. Fleming, Private, Residence West Lebanon, Enlisted September 4, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Milton Galamore, Private, Residence West Lebanon, Enlisted September 4, 1862.  Killed   at Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863.

 

Company F.

 

John M. Wilson, First Sergeant, Residence Lebanon, Enlisted August 11, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862. 

 

James A. Howard, Sergeant, Age 29, Residence Lebanon, Enlisted at Lebanon, Indiana, August 11, 1862.  Killed at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863.  First Sergeant, April 3, 1863.

 

William C. Stogdell, Corporal, 27., Residence Lebanon, Enlisted at Lebanon, Indiana, August 11, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Robert H. Creamer, Private, Residence Lebanon, Enlisted August 11, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Henry W. Davis, Private, Age 32., Residence Lebanon, Enlisted at Lebanon, Indiana, August 11, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Edwin Stephenson, Private, Age 20., Residence Lebanon, Enlisted at Lebanon, Indiana, August 11, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

James O. Tolen, Private, 21., Residence Danville, Enlisted at Lebanon, Indiana, August 11, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

James M. Wilkins, Private, Age 20., Residence Colfax, Enlisted at Lebanon, Indiana, August 11, 1862.  Supposed to have been kill at Stone River.

 

Company G.

 

James Cambridge, Private, Age 40., Residence Mishigantown, Enlisted at Frankfort, August 9, 1852.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

William T. Whitsell, Private, Residence Jefferson, Enlisted August 9, 1862.  Killed atStone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Company H.

 

Timothy S. Roush, Sergeant, Residence Geetingville, Enlisted August 12, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Jefferson McClelland, Private, Residence Burget's Corner, Enlisted August 21,1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

Company I.

 

Jeptha Custer, Private, Residence Shannondal, Enlisted September 4, 1862.   Killed at Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863.

 

Paris H. Peterson, Private, Residence Clark's Hill, Enlisted September 4, 1862.  Killed Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863.

 

Company K.

 

Joseph H. Pattison, Private, Residence LaFayette, Enlisted August 23, 1862.  Killed at Brownsboro, Ala, by Rail Road accident.

 

William W. Sanders, Private, Residence Crawfordsville, Enlisted August 29, 1862.  Killed at Nashville, December , 1894.

 

Martin L.Williams, Private, Age 21, Residence Crawfordsville, Enlisted at Crawfordsville, Indiana, August 26, 1862.  Killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862.

 

First Name Dennis.

Sixth Michigan Cavalry.
Gettysburg.

Private Dennis Buckley, of Company H, Sixth Michigan Cavalry, having had his horse shot under him, also joined the One hundred and fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and fought throughout the day. Shortly after he came up, a shell from a rebel battery exploded in the midst of Company C, killing 2 men and dangerously wounding 3 others. Buckley joined this company, saying, "This is the company for me, " and remained throughout the entire engagement, doing excellent service with his carbine. He escaped unhurt.
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Medal of Honor.

Dennis Buckley, 136th, New York Infantry, Company G., captured a flag of the First Mississippi, July 20, at Peach Tree Creek.

BUCKLEY, DENNIS.—Age, 18 years. Enlisted, August 12, 1862, at Avon, to serve three years; mustered in as private,
Co. G, September 25,1862; captured, January 11,1863, at Banks Ford, Va.; paroled, January 23, 1863, at City Point, Va.;
killed in action, July 20,1864, at Peach Tree Creek, Ga.
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Numbers 2. Report of Captain Dennis W. Roberts, Second Arkansas Cavalry (Union).

HEADQUARTERS,
Berryville, Ark., April 17, 1864.

SIR: On the 16th, about 20 miles from here, a force of from 200 to 300 rebels attacked my forage train, guarded by 36 men, and after a brave and desperate resistance on the part of the escort they were compelled to abandon the train. I must speak in the highest praise of Sergeant Watts, who commanded the escort, and (with the exception of 2 or 3) the men, who fought bravely until all hope was lost of being able to preserve the train. There are only 10 killed and missing of the escort. There were only five wagons in the train. The rebels are said to be commanded by Cooper, and commands near 300 men.  I received information of my field returns not being received at that office on the 13th, p. m., and I started a copy for each time that they had not been received on the 14th, p. m.I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant,DENNIS W. ROBERTS,Captain, Commanding Detachment Second Arkansas.
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Private Dennis Brannon, eighteenth U. S. Army, of Captain Henry Belknap's company (D), Third Battalion, attached to Second Battalion; the first severely in the leg by a shell, whose leg has since been amputated, and the second slightly in the leg.
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Private Dennis Moore, Company K, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, assisted in capturing Brigadier General Custis Lee.
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Battle of Appomattox.

Private Dennis Fitzpatrick, Company A, wounded twice, has kept up with the regiment.

FITZPATRICK, DENNIS.—Age, 33 years. Enlisted at Albany, to serve one year, and mustered in as private, Co. A, September 13, 1861; mustered out with detachment, June 10, 1865, near Washington, D. C.
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Bristoe, Mine Run.
First Vermont Cavalry.

Private Dennis G. Leahy, Company C, wounded slightly.

Born, February 3, 1834, Ireland.
Death, April 29, 1913.
First Vermont Cavalry, Age 28, Enlisted August 25, 1862, Mustered in September 26, 1862, Company C.  Prisoner of war April 1, 1863. Prid. April 7, 1863.  Wounded 1863.  Mustered out June21, 1865.
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No. 14. Report of Captain Dennis Kenny, Jr., Battery C, First Ohio Light Artillery.
JANUARY 25, 1862.

SIR: On the morning of January 19 my battery was encamped at Logan's Cross-Roads, and was turned out about 7 a.m. by the reports of sharp firing by the out-pickets of the Tenth Indiana Regiment. I placed my battery in position on a ridge running parallel with the belt of woods in which our forces were engaging the enemy, and about 20 yards distant, to cover the Tenth Indiana, which I was informed was falling back. I subsequently retired one section to the high knoll near the Somerset road to the open field where the battle appeared to be the heaviest. My pieces unlimbered in the lower corner of the open corn field and delivered seven effective shots [James shell] upon a regiment of Mississippians, who were then advancing in line to charge our forces in the edge of the timber on the right of the field. No supporting infantry except a few of the Fourth Kentucky were near, and as the enemy approached they retired under cover of the timber, when it was deemed advisable to withdraw the section, which was done in good order. When the firing ceased I sent forward for orders to move my battery, and upon the receipt of orders to move my battery to the front attempted to do so, but was prevented by the blocking up of the road by another battery. Upon our arrival in front of the rebel entrenchments I was assigned a position on an eminence to the left of our main position, from which point we fired 59 rounds of shot and shell; in all, 66 rounds fired by my battery. I have no casualties of any kind to report.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,D. KENNY, JR.,Commanding Battery C, First Ohio Artillery
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Gettysbrug.

Captain Dennis Delaney, of the First Virginia Cavalry, and the 9 brave men who with him have met death in their country`s service. Their names shall not be forgotten.
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Dennis Quinlivan, 1838, Illinois.
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Murder On Board The Sumter, 1862.

Numbers 18.] CONFEDERATE STATES COMMISSION, London, October 30, 1862.
Honorable J. P. BENJAMIN, Secretary of State. SIR: It becomes my painful duty to inform the Government of an occurrence which has recently happened on board the C. S. ship Sumter, lying in the Bay of Gibraltar. Captain Semmes and his officers having been transferred to the Alabama, the Sumter was left in charge of a midshipman and boat's crew only, a guard deemed sufficient by Captain Semmes. On the 14th of this month I received a telegram from Sergeant Stephenson, of the marines (one of those left in charge of the ship), that Acting Midshipman Andrews (in command(had been shot and killed by one of the men named Hester, who was master's mate; that Hester had been taken into custody by the civil authorities there and asking for instructions. I immediately replied by telegraph to Sergeant Stephenson directing him to take charge of the ship and the public property on board, and that an officer would be sent at once to relieve him. Lieutenant Chapman, a former officer of the Sumter, was then in Paris on duty assigned him by the Secretary of the Navy. In the emergency I wrote to and ordered him to proceed immediately to Gibraltar and take command of the ship, after the death of Midshipman Andrews and the arrest of the master's mate the only person on board having the semblance of authority being the sergeant of marines.

Some days after I received a letter dated on board the Sumter the 17th of October, signed by all the ship's crew (only nine in number), including the sergeant of marines, denouncing in strong terms the act of Hester as a cool, deliberate murder and promising that everything should be done by those on board to take care of the ship until further orders. I subsequently received two letters from a Mr. George F. Cornwell, dated respectively at Gibraltar the 17th and 22nd of October, informing me that he had been engaged as counsel by Hester, and stating that the latter fully owned the act and vindicated it on the ground that Midshipman Andrews had termination to take the vessel out of this port (Gibraltar) and give her up at Algeciras to the U. S. ship Supply, then in the latter port, and had threatened to shot any one who opposed his purpose. Mr. Hester not being (as he says) able to rely on the crew adopted this fatal course and believes that he has only done his duty. I should have stated above that in the letter from the crew of the Sumter no particulars of the affair were given nor anything stated as the cause of the act except as in the following paragraph quoted from that letter:

As regards the accusation made by Mr. Hester against Mr. Andrews being a traitor it is as far as we all know entirely without foundation, for he was one that was beloved and respected by all that knew him, more especially by his crew. Lieutenant Chapman came immediately to London on receipt of my letter (as the shortest route to Gibraltar) and sailed for that port in the mail packet on Monday last, the 27th instant. He should have arrived there yesterday. I instructed Lieutenant Chapman to make full inquiry into the affair and its circumstances and to report them accordingly. In the letters of Mr. Cornwell, the counsel, he reports the earnest request of Hester that I would provide means for his defense, and in his last letter a like earnest request that I would take measures to have the prisoner restored to the jurisdiction of the Confederate States, fearing the result of a trial by the British authorities. He further requests that measures be taken to have certain officers of the Sumter, including Lieutenant Chapman, brought as witnesses on his behalf at his trial. I can form no opinion of what it may be proper for me to do in the premises until I get the report of Lieutenant Chapman. Should there be reasonable foundation for the alleged belief of Hester that Andrews designed the surrender of the ship to the enemy I shall consider it my duty to do whatever may be found best to give him the full benefit of the proofs he may adduce. On the question of jurisdiction it would certainly be right that he should be tried under the authority of our Government, but even should the jurisdiction be yielded by the British Government, (which in our unrecognized condition is by no means certain) I should be at a great loss to know how to bring the prisoner to trial and what to do with him in the meantime.  This, however, can be only or best determined after getting Lieutenant Chapman's report. I have further to state that in the dilemma arising out of his unfortunate affair, and with the entire concurrence and advice of Captains Bulloch and Sinclair, of the Navy, as well as of Lieutenant Chapman, I have determined to have the Sumter sold, and have taken measures to have the sale made by Captain Bulloch, the senior officer in the service here. Her armament and such stores of clothing, &c., as can be used in fitting out other ships will be reserved. Lieutenant Chapman's report shall be transmitted as soon as received to the Secretary of the Navy.I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. M. MASON

William Andrews, born Georgia.  Appointed from Georgia.  Acting Midshipman, July 20, 1861.  Killed at Gibraltar on C. S. S. Sumter, October 15, 1862, by Acting Masters Mate Joseph T. Hester.

Joseph T. Hester, born--Appointed from--Acting Masters Mate, April 1, 1862.  Served on C. S. S. Sumter, 1862.  Imprisoned at Gibraltar, for the murder of Midshipman William Andrews, October 15, 1862.

James W. Cooke.

James W. Cooke.

Birth: Aug. 23, 1812, Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina.
Death: Jun. 21, 1869, Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia.

James Wallace Cooke was born to Thomas and Esther (Wallace) Cooke in Beaufort, NC on Aug. 23 1812. His father, a successful merchant, was lost at sea in a hurricane off the banks of NC in Sept. 1815. James was orphaned the following year when his mother died of consumption. James and his younger sister were taken in by their father's brother, Henry Marchant Cooke, also of Beaufort, NC. Henry Cooke, the Customs collector at the port of Beaufort, got his nephew James an appointment to the US Naval Academy at age 15. He rose to the rank of lieutenant in the US Navy but resigned his commission to join the Confederate Navy. The high point of his career was his involvement with the construction of the RAM Ironclad, CSS Abermarle. He was the ironclad's first captain and he played a successful role in the battles of Plymouth and Abermarle Sound. He was North Carolina's highest ranking officer in the Confederate Navy. He died on June 21, 1869 in Portsmouth, Va.

Parents: Thomas Cooke (1787 - 1815)
Esther Mihetable Wallace Cooke (1795 - 1816)

Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia. Cooke, James W.

Born in North Carolina. Appointed from North Carolina. Resigned as lientenant, U. S. Navy, July 2, 1861. Served in Virginia Navy till transfer. Lieutenant, C. S. Navy, June 11, 1861. Commander, July 15, 1862. Captain Provisional Navy, June 10, 1864. "Promoted for gallant and meritorious conduct in command of the ironclad steam sloop Albemarle on the 19th, 20th, and 2l8t of April, 1864, in attacking the enemy's ships and l)atteries, and in cooperation with the army in the capture of the town of Plymouth, N. C., and in the action of the 5th of May, 1864, between the sloop Albemarle, under his command, and nine of the enemy's gunboats in Albemarle Sound." Naval batteries, Aquia Creek, Potomac River, 1861. Ordered to command C. S. S. Edwards, October 3, 1861. Commanding C. S. S. FMis, 1861-62; battle of Roanoke Island, N. C, February 7-8, 1862; wounded; captured; paroled February 12, 1862. Commanding C. S. S. Albemarle in the Confederate attack upon Plymouth, N. C, April 19, 1864. Commanding inland waters of North Carolina, 1864.

James H. Flower.

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LIEUT. JAMES H. FOWLER, son of Charles C. Fowler, Esq., of Westfield, Mass., was born at that place, Dec. 2, 1839. At the opening of the war, he was in the hardware business in Boston. He responded at once to the call for volunteers ; but so general was the response, that but a small number of the companies offered to the Govern ment were accepted. While connected with one of these unaccepted companies, he became an adept in the manual of arms and company movements, so that when he received his commission as second lieutenant in our regiment, Oct. 16, 1864, he had but few superiors as a drill-master. He was promoted to first lieutenant Jan. 2, 1862 ; served for a time as adjutant; and during the campaign of 1864, as commis sary of subsistence upon Gen l Stannard s staff. He was discharged Sept. 28, 1864 ; re-engaged in business at Boston, and died Oct. 12, 1877.

Thomas Goldthurst Colt.

Thomas Goldthurst Colt.
Brith: 1843 or 1842, Pittsfield.
Age: 40 or 41.
Occupation: Farmer.
Father: Henry Goldthurst Colt.
Mother: Elizabeth Colt.
Death: May 10, 1883, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Captain Thomas G. Colt, Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, acting assistant adjutant-general, to be brevet major, for marked gallantry April 2, 1865, and to be brevet lieutenant-colonel, for meritorious services at battle of Little Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865.

To be assistant adjutant-generals with the rank of captain.
Captain Thomas G. Colt, of the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers.

From the Regimental History.

Captain Colt was one of the most popular officers in the regiment on account of his unwavering courage, quick military genius, warm social nature and untiring interest in the welfare of all with whom he came in contact. Returning to his home in Pittsfield, he retained ever a keen interest in all that pertained to his much-loved regiment. His early death, which occurred from pneumonia on the l0th of May, 1883, at the age of 41, was deeply mourned by a wide circle of comrades and friends in all walks ot life.

George Lowry or Lawery 56th., Ohio Infantry.

Colonel KINNEY, Fifty-sixth Ohio.

I answered this note in effect that our orders were to "return to Memphis as soon as the bridge was completed or as soon as General Sherman's division came up," and that I was now acting in obedience to that order and preparing to return. An orderly soon cam down with the information that the Fifty-second Indiana were coming to guard the bridge. After reaching the neighborhood of Colliersville and on down until this side of Germantown the enemy were hovering all around us, but our dispositions for defense probably deterred them from making an attack. George Lowry, drummer, Company K, straggling to the front against positive orders, was captured by the enemy. I append a list of the prisoners taken from the train and belonging to this command.
I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient servant,W. H. RAYNOR,Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Fifty-sixth Ohio Regiment.

George Lowry or Lawery, Private, Age 21, Enlisted December 12, 1861, for 3 years.  Captured June 27, 1862, at Germantown, Tennessee, exchanged August 30, 1862.  Transfered to company C., Battalion, January 26, 1864. Veteran.

Confederate Navy Prisoners Of Fort Warren,1862.

All these men were being held at Fort Warren as prisoners of war.  I happen to ran across a book that list all the officers of the Confederate Navy.  Most all the men listed here is in that book I will list as much information as i can on each man.

For those of you who didn't find a ancestor or name of interest you may request a look up.  My address can be found in my profile.
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Assistant Paymaster L. E. Brooks, C. S. Navy.
Brooks, Leslie E., Born in Alabama. Appointed from Alaliama. Assistant paymaster, March 18, 1862. Assistant paymaster Provisional Na\'y, .lune 2, 1864.  On C. S. S. Louisiana when destroyed, April 28, 1862. I'risoner in Fort Warren.  C. 8. S. Chattahoochie, 1862-63. Naval station, Columbus, 1863-64. Waiting orders, 1864.

Captain's Clerk William B. Clark, C. S. Navy.
Clarke, William B., Born in--Appointed from--Captain's clerk (Commander John K.Mitchell). Surrendered at Forts Jackson and St. Philip, La., April 28, 1862.

Second Assistant Engineer Orrin Culver, C. S. Navy.
Culver, Orel (Orrel or Orrin?), Born in--Appointed from Second assistant engineer, October 7, 1861. On C. S. S. Manassas when destroyed. C. S. S. Louisiana; taken jjrisoner at capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862 j conliueil in Fort Warren.

Carpenter Virginius Cherry, C. S. Navy.
Cherry, Virginius, Boru in--Appointed from--Carpenter (no date), Taken prisoner at the surrender of P^orts Jackson and St. Pliilip, April 28, 1862; took oath of allegiance to the United States on the passage to Fort Warren.

Third Assistant Engineer John H. Dent, C. S. Navy.
Dent, John H., Born in Alabama. Appointed from Alabama. Acting third assistant engineer, May 11, 1861. Second assistant engineer, May 21, 1863. Second assistant engineer Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. Served on C. ii.H. Mvlxae, 1862. C. S. S. Louisiana, 1862; prisoner at surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862; sent to Fort Warren. C. S. S. Chattahoochie, 1862-63. C. S. S. Fatrick Ecnry, 1863. C. S. S. Charleston, 1863-64.  C. S. S. Coquette, 1864.

Third Assistant Engineer Joseph Elliott, C. S. Navy.
Elliott, Joseph, Born in--Appointed from--Acting third assistant engineer, October 3, 1861. Resigned April 11, 1863. Served on C. S. floating battery New Orleans, 1862. C. S. S. Louisiana; taken prisoner at Fort St. Philip, May, 1862; took oath of allegiance on passage to Fort Warren.

Second Assistant Engineer Henry Fagan, C. S. Navy.
Fagan, Henry, Born in Florida. Appointed from District of Columbia. Formerly third assistant engineer U. S. Navy. Original entry into C. S. Navy, July 23, 1861. Second assistant engineer, December 25, 1861. Died May 30, 1863, from the effects of boiler explosion on C. S. S. Chattahoochie. Served on C. S. S. AfcBae; taken prisoner at surrender of Forts Jackson and St Philip, April 28, 1862. C. S. S. Chattahoochie, 1863.

Asst. Surg. Joseph D. Grafton, C. S. Navy.
Grafton, Joseph D. , Born in Missouri. Appointed from Arkansas. Formerly assistant surgeon, U. S. Navy. Assistant surgeon, June 6, 1861. Passed assistant surgeon, October 25, 1862. Drowned May 29, 1863. On C. S. S. Louinidiia at surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862; imprisoned at Fort Warren. Reported on ('. S. S. Florida November 4, 1862 ; sent to bark Lapwing March 28, 1863 ; returned to Florida May 3, 1863.

Lieutenant Frank M. Harris, C. S. Navy.
Harris, Frank M., Born in--Appointed from . Master not in line of promotion, December 14,1861. Master not in line of promotion Provisional Navv, June 2, 1864.  On C. S. S. Manassas when destroyed April 24, 1862. C. S. S. Louisiana; captured at the surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862; imprisoned .'it Fort AVarren. Ordered to duty under Acting Master T. E. Hogg, C. S. Navy, May, 1864, expedition for tlie capture of Panama steamer. Captured on prize steamer Youn;/ Republic, 1864.

Second Assistant Engineer James Harris, C. S. Navy.
Harris, James, born in--Appointed from--Second assistant engineer, 1862. Served on C. S. S. Louisiana; captured at the surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862.

Third Assistant Engineer Theodore Hart, C. S. Navy.
Hart, Theodore, Born in--Appointed from--Third nssistant fngineer (no date), Served on C. S. S. Loumaua, captunsd at sirrender of FortH .Jackson and 8t. Philip, April 28, 18G2, and took oath of allegiance to United States on passage to Fort Warren, May, 1862.

Lieutenant Beverly Kennon, C. S. Navy.
Kennon, Beverly, Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia. Resigned as lieutenant U. S. Navy, April 23, 1861. Lieutenant, .June 15, 1861. Resigned, 1861. Asks to be allowed to withdraw his resignation, January 7, 1862. Lieutenant for the war (nominated), August 20, 1862. First lieutenant Provisional Navy (nominated), to rank from July 23, 1864. Special duty, New Orleans, 1861. Commanding Louisiana State steamer C!nrernor Moore, 1862. Prisoner, Fort Warren, May, 1862. Served for nine months without rank or pay.

Commander John K. Mitchell, C. S. Navy.
Mitchell, John K, Born in North Carolina. Appointed from Florida. Formerly commander, U. S. Navy. Commander, November 11, 1861. Commander, October 23, 1862, to rank from March 26, 1861,   Commanding naval force. Lower Mississippi River, at the surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862. Prisoner in Fort Warren, 1862. Chief Bureau Orders and Detail, 1863-64. Assumed command of James River Squadron, May 7, 1864; C.S.ii. Bichmond, flagship till May 18, 1864; later Virginia (No. 2) ; transferred command to Rear-Admiral Semmes, February 18, 1865.

Third Assistant Engineer Thomas Menzies, C. S. Navy.
Menzies, Thomas A. Born in Maryland. Appointed from Maryland. Third assistant engineer, October 7, 1863. Kesigned, January 4, 1864.  Served on C.S.S. Nansemond, 1862-63. C.S. S. Manassas when destroyed, April 24, 1862. C. S. S. Louisiana; captured April 28, 1862, at surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Prisoner, Fort Warren. Ordered to Charleston, S. C, July 10, 1863. Savannah Squadron; detached from C. S. S. Savannah, September 2, 1863.

Third Assistant Engineer William Newman, C. S. Navy.
Newman, William, Born in--Appointed from--Third assistant engineer (no date), Resigned June 2, 1863. Served on CS S. Manassas, 1862. C. S. S. Louisiana at the surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862; prisoner; taken to Fort Warren.

Second Assistant Engineer Milton Parsons, C. S. Navy.
Parsons, Milton T. Born in--Appointed from--Second assistant engineer (no date), Served on C. S. S. Louisiana; captured at tlie surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862; prisoner in Fort Warren, 1862.

Purser's Steward David Porter, C. S. Navy.
Not on file.

Captain's Clerk George Taylor, C. S. Navy.
Taylor, George, Born in--Appointed from--Captain's clerk, Surrendered, April 28, 1862.

Third Assistant Engineer James H. Tombs, C. S. Navy.
Tombs, James H., Bom in Florida. Appointrd from Florida. Declined appointment as third assistaut engineer, U.. S. Navy, April 24, I861. Third assistant engineer, C. S. Navy, June 2, 1861. Second assistant engineer, September 5, 1863 First
assistant engineer, August 15, 1863. Chief engineer Piovisional Navy, June 2, 1864, to rank from October .5, 1863. "Nominated by Davis to be promoted for gallant and meritorious conduct in expedition to attempt destruction of  U. S. ironclnd frigate New Ironside, in Charleston Harbor, on the night of October 5, 1863, and to rank from that date." Served on C. S. S. Meliae, Mobih; Squadron. On C. S. S. Louisiana at the time of surrender of Forts .Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862. C. S. S. Chicora, Charleston Squadron, 1862-1864.

Lieutenant John Wilkinson, C. S. Navy.
Wilkinson, John, Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia. Formerly lieutenant, C. S. Navy.   First lieutenant, June 10, 1861. First lieutenant, October 23, 1862, to rank from October 2, 1862. First lieutenant Provisional Navy (nominated), Jinie 2, 1864, to rank from January 6, 1864.

Lieutenant William H. Ward, C. S. Navy.
Ward, William H, Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia. Formerly lieutenant, U. S. Navy. Master, not in line of promotion, October 26, 1861 (acceptance). First lieutenant, October 23, 1862, to rank from October 2, 1862. First lieutenant Provisional Navy, .June 2, 1864, to rank from January 6, 1864.  Arrested and confined as a military prisoner in Fort Lafayette, August 31, 1861.  Gosport Navy- Yard, 1862 ; transferred to New Orleans, March 31, 1862. C. S. S. Louisiana ; surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862. C. S. S. Richmond, 1S&2-63. C. S. S. Palmetto State, 1863-64. C. S. S. Tallahassee, l861.   C. S. S. Jtichmond, .lames River Squadron, 1864. Commanding C. S. S. Ckickamauga, December, 1864.

Lieutenant William C. Whittle, Jr., C. S. Navy.
Whittle, William C, jr., Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia. Resigned as master, C. S. Navy, May 15, 1861. Served as lieutenant in the Virginia Navy. Acting ma.stcr, C. S. Navy, Jnne 16, 1861. Acting lieutenant, September 19, 1861. Lieutenant for the war, February 8, 1862. First lieutenant, February 8, 1862. First lieutenant, October 2.3, 1863, to rank from October 2, 1862. First lieutenant Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864, to rank from Jannary 6, 1864. Served on C. S. S. Nashville, 1861-62. C. S. S. Louisiana, at the surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862. Prisoner at Fort Warren. C. S. S. Chattahoochie, 1862-63. Special service abroad, 1863-64. C. S. S. Shenandoah, 1865.

Lieutenant Alex. F. Warley, C. S. Navy.
Warley, Alexander P. ( F.), Born in South Carolina. Appointed from South Carolina. Eesigned as lieutenant, U. S. Navy, December 24, 1860. First lieutenant, March 26, 1861.First lieutenant, October 23, 1862, to rank from October 2, 1862. First lieutenant Provisional Navy, June 2, l!-!64, to rank from Janiuiry 6,1864.   Commanding C. S. S. Manassas when destroyed, April 24, 1862. C. S. S. Louisiana, at surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862. Prisoner at Fort
Warren. C. S. S. Palmetto State, 1862-63. Naval station, Charleston, S. C, 1863-64. Commanding C. S. S. Jl'ater Witch, 1864 ; detached September 9, 1864. Ordered to command C.S.S. Albemarle, September 10, 1864. Detached from Charleston Squadron, March 21, 1865.

Third Assistant Engineer James Waters, C. S. Navy.
Waters, James, Born in--Appointed from--Acting third assistant engineer, November 5, 1861 (acceptance.).Served on C.S S. Bed Rover; reported November 7, 1861. C.S.ii. Lonisiana at the surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862; prisoner on U. S. S. Clifton.

Second Assistant Engineer George T. Weaver, C. S. Navy.
"Weaver, George J. ( T. ), Horn in--Appointed from--Second assistant engineer, January 10, 1862 (acceptance).   Served on C. S. S. Manassas C. S. S. Louisiana at surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, April 28,1862. Prisoncr at Fort Warren . Mobile Squadron, surrendered May 4, 1865; paroled May 10, 1865.

Gunner James Wilson, C. S. Navy.
Wilson, James, Born in--Appointed from--Gunner (no date), Captured at tle surrender of Forts Jackson and 8t. Pliilip, April 28, 1862; took oath of allegiance to tlie United States on passage to Fort Warren.

Chief Engineer William Youngblood, C. S. Navy.
Youngblood, Wilson, ( William ), Born in . Appointed from . Original entry into C. S. Navy, .January 23, 1863. Firet assistant engineer, August 15, 1863. Chief engineer (nominated), to rank from Octobiu- 26, 186)4. Served on C. S. S. Louisiana; captured at the surrender of Forts .Jackson and St. Philip, April 28, 1862. * H. A. F. Young resigned as master, U. S. Navy, May 15, 1861.

Flag-Officer Samuel Barron, C. S. Navy.
Barron, Samuel, Born in Virginia. Appoiated from Virginia. Formerly captain, U. S. Navy. Served as captain in tlie Virginia Navy, in cluirge of office of naval detail and equipment, April to June, 1861. Captain C. 8. Navy, .June 5, 1861, to rank from March 26, 1861. Captain. Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864, to rank from May 13, 1863.  Virginia Defenses, 1861. Prisoner at attack on Forts Hatteras and Clarke, N. C, August 29, 1861 ; exchanged 1862. Flag-officer commanding naval forces in Europe, 1862-64.

COMMANDER GEORGE UPHAM MORRIS. U.S.N.

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COMMANDER GEORGE UPHAM MORRIS. U.S.N.
(deceased).

 

Commander George Upham Morris was born in Massachusetts, June 3, 1830, and died at the Jordan Alum Springs, in Virginia, in August, 1875. He was the son of Commodore Charles Morris, one of the best known and most respected of our older naval officers, both on account of personal character and professional ability.

Commander Morris entered the navy as midshipman in August, 1846; became lieutenant in September,1855;, and was promoted commander July 25, 1866.

When the iron-clad ram " Merrimac" came out from Norfolk, on the 8th of March, 1862, and attacked the " Congress" and " Cumberland" at Newport News, Morris, who was executive-officer of the last-named ship, was in temporal command, and distinguished himself in the highest degree by his conduct on that occasion. "As her guns approached the water's edge," said the Secretary of the Navy in his annual report, " her young commander, Lieutenant Morris, and the gallant crew stood firm at their posts and delivered a parting fire, and the good ship went down heroically, with her colors Flying."

It was but a very few minutes from the time the " Merrimac's" ram struck the vessel until she was at the bottom. A large number perished with the vessel, but m. in)- of the officers and men, Lieutenant Morris among them, managed to reach the shore, where they manned the batteries in the intienchnients, to resist Magrudcr's force, coming from Yorktown to cooperate with the " Merrimac."

In May, 1862, Commander Morris was ordered to the command of the steam gun-vessel " Port Royal." In her he had an engagement with a nine-gun battery on the James River, and was subsequently wounded during an engagement with Fort Darling.

In February, 1864, he was engaged with Fort Powell, at Grant's Pass, in the " Port Royal."

Commander Morris was retired less than a year before his death, the date of which is given above.

Benjamin Trumbull Kneeland.

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Benjamin Trumbull Kneeland.

Birth: 1825, Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York.
Death: 1905, Nunda, Livingston County, New York.
Benjamin had a son, George Kneeland.
Spouse: Harriet Niles Kneeland (1826 - 1910.)
Burial: Hunts Hollow Cemetery, Portage, Livingston County, New York.

BENJAMIN T—Age, 37 years. Enrolled, July 29, 1862, at Suffolk, Va.; mustered in as surgeon, July 29, 1862, to serve three years; mustered out, June 30, 1865, at Clouds Mills, Va.; commissioned surgeon, November 1, 1862, with rank from July 28, 1862, original.

A note from the regimental history.

None of us will ever forget our thorough medical examination by Surgeon Kneeland; how he stripped, pounded, pinched, and pulled us, examining every limb, bone, muscle, and tooth, tested our hearts and lungs, accepting only those he could pronounce " sound as a new silver dollar".

Colo. Freeman Conner, Battle Report.

Numbers 200. Reports of Lieut, Colonel Freeman Conner, Forty-fourth New York Infantry.

HDQRS. FORTY-FOURTH NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, July 6, 1863.

LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to submit the following report of the action taken by this regiment in the engagement on July 2: About 4 p. m. our regiment, Colonel J. C. Rice commanding, was placed in position on Round Top hill, with the Eighty-third Pennsylvania on our left and the Sixteenth Massachusetts on our right. Company B was immediately thrown out as skirmishers. When they had advanced about 200 yards, they met the enemy advancing in three lines of battle. Orders were immediately given by Captain L. S. Larrabee, commanding the company, to fall back upon the battalion. It was while executing this order that that faithful and brave officer was shot through the body and instantly killed, being the first officer that this regiment ever had killed in battle. The enemy continued to advance until the first line came within about 40 yards of our line. Upon their first appearance we opened a heavy fire upon them, which was continued until they were compelled to retreat. After they had disappeared in our immediate front, we turned our fire upon those who had advanced in the hollow to our right, and continued it until we were out of ammunition.

After we had been engaged about one hour, Colonel Vincent, commanding brigade, was wounded, and the command fell upon Colonel J. C. Rice, and the command of the regiment upon myself. We remained in our position until the next morning about 8 a. m., when we were relieved by Colonel Hayes, Eighteenth Massachusetts. We were then moved to the right about three-eights of a mile, and formed in line of battle, the Sixteenth Michigan on our left and the Twentieth Maine on our right. I regret to add that in addition to Captain Larrabee, whose death I have already noticed, the officers are called upon to mourn the loss of First Lieutenant Eugene L. Dunham, Company D, a brave and efficient officer, who was instantly killed during the heavy firing from the enemy in our front. Captain William R. Bourne, Company K; Captain Bennett Munger, Company C; Adjt. George B. Herendeen; First Lieutenant Charles H. Zeilman, commanding Company F, and Second Lieutenant Benjamin N. Thomas, Company K, were wounded, the latter, it is feared, mortally. It affords me great pleasure to be able to state that both officers and men behaved with the greatest coolness and bravery, not a single case of cowardice having come to my ear.

Most respectfully, your obedient servant,
FREEMAN CONNER,Lieutenant Colonel, Comdg. Forty-fourth New York Volunteers.

Names of those from the 44th., New York Infantry.

RICE, JAMES C—Age, 30 years. Enrolled, September 3, 1861, at Albany, to serve three years; mustered in as lieutenant-colonel, September 13, 1861; as colonel, July 4, 1862; discharged, August 23, 1863, for promotion to brigadier-general,
U. S. Vols.; commissioned lieutenant-colonel, September 3, 1861, with rank from same date, original; colonel, July 21,1862, with rank from July 4, 1862, vice S. W. Stryker, resigned.

CONNOR, ( Conner ) FREEMAN.—Age, 25 years. Enrolled, August 8, 1861, at Albany, to serve three years; mustered in as captain, Co. D, September 13, 1861; as major, July 4,1862; as lieutenant-colonel, July 14, 1862; wounded in action, December 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va.; discharged for wounds, April 3, 1863; reinstated and mustered in as lieutenant-colonel, May 12, 1863; wounded in action, May 8, 1864, at Laural Hill, Va.; mustered out with regiment, October 11, 1864, at Albany, N. Y.; prior service as first lieutenant, Co. D, Eleventh Infantry; commissioned captain, October 12, 1861, with rank from August 12, 1861, original; major, July 21, 1862, with rank from July 4, 1862, vice E. P. Chapin, promoted; lieutenant-colonel, September 9, 1862, with rank from July 14, 1862, vice E. P. Chapin, promoted colonel, One Hundred and Sixteenth Regiment; commissioned colonel but not mustered, September 5, 1863, with rank from August 27, 1863, vice J. C. Rice, promoted.

DUNHAM, EUGENE L.—Age, 23 years. Enrolled, August 8, 1861, at Albany, to serve three years; mustered in as first sergeant, Co. D, August 30, 1861; mustered in as second lieutenant, August 19, 1862; promoted first lieutenant, April 16, 1863; killed in action, July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa.; commissioned second lieutenant, November 11, 1862, with rank from August 19, 1862, vice H. D. Burdick, resigned; first lieutenant. May 30, 1863, with rank from April 16, 1863, vice B. K.. Kimberley, promoted.

BOURNE, WILLIAM R.—Age, 26 years. Enrolled, August 20, 1861, at Albany, to serve three years; mustered in as first sergeant, Go. K, September 5, 1861; mustered in as second lieutenant, May 14, 1862; as first lieutenant, December 18, 1862; as captain, January 11, 1863; wounded in action, July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa.; discharged for disability, October 9, 1863, at Washington, D. C; commissioned second lieutenant, July 21, 1862, with rank from July 4, 1862, vice O. D. Gaskill, promoted; first lieutenant, January 14, 1863, with rank from December 18, 1862 vice 0. D. Gaskill, resigned; captain, February 25, 1863, with rank from January 11, 1863, vice 0. A. Woedworth, resigned.

MUNGER, BENNETT.—Age, 41 years. Enrolled, August 11, 1862, at Albany, to serve three years; mustered in as captain, Co. C, October 3, 1862; wounded in action, July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa.; discharged on consolidation, October 11, 1864; commissioned captain, November 11, 1862, with rank from October 14, 1862, vice W. H. Revere, resigned,

HERENDEEN, GEORGE B.—Age, 27 yearn Enrolled, August 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. D, August 30,1861; promoted sergeant-major, October 6, 1861; mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. I, April 1, 1862; as first lieutenant, Co. B, August 19, 1862; as first lieutenant and adjutant, February 10, 1863; mustered out with regiment, October 11, 1864, at Albany, N. Y.; commissioned second lieutenant, April 19, 1862, with rank from April 3, 1862, vice E. D. Spencer, resigned; first lieutenant, January 14, 1863, with rank from August 19, 1862, vice C. E. Royce, promoted; first lieutenant and adjutant, February 25, 1863, with rank from December 18, 1862, vice H, Kelley, promoted.

ZEILMAN, CHARLES H.—Age, 24 years. Enrolled at Albany, to serve three years, and mustered in as first sergeant, Co. F, August 8, 1861; as second lieutenant, July 25, 1862; as first lieutenant, December 25, 1862; •wounded in action,
July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa., and May 5, 1864, at the Wilderness, Ya.; mustered out with company, October 11, 1864, at Albany, N. Y.; commissioned second lieutenant, October 28, 1862, with rank from July 25, 1862, vice J. B.Webber, appointed adjutant, One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry; first lieutenant, January 14, 1863, with rank from December 21, 1862, vice 0. W. Gibbs, promoted; captain, not mustered, January 27, 1864, with rank from September 20, 1863, vice G. E. Royce, appointed lieutenant-colonel of colored troops.

THOMAS, BENJAMIN N.—Age, 19 years. Enrolled, August 20, 1861, at Albany, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. C, October 5, 1861; promoted corporal, January 1, 1862; sergeant, May 1, 1862; first sergeant, August 1, 1862; transferred to Co. K, October 26, 1862; mustered in as second lieutenant, December 27,1862; wounded in action, July 2,1863; died of his wounds, July 8, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa.; commissioned second lieutenant, January 11, 1863, with rank from December 27,1862, vice W. R. Bourne, promoted.

LARRABEE, LUCIUS S.—Age, 24 years. Enrolled, August 8, 1861, at Albany, to serve three years; mustered in as first
lieutenant, Co. B, August 10, 1861; as captain, September 19, 1861; wounded in action, August 30, 1862, at Groveton, Va.; killed in action, July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa.; prior service as first lieutenant in Co. F, Eleventh Infantry; commissioned first lieutenant, October 12, 1861, with rank from August 8, 1861, 'Original; captain, October 12, 1861, with rank from September 31, 1861, vice S. W. Stryker, promoted.

Update 12-9-2012.

The following information is given by Linda Mott.

Col. Conner, S W. Stryker, and Capt. Lucius S. Larrabee were all former members of the Chicago Cadets, a militia group formed during the late 1850’s in Chicago, IL. The group was led by Col. Elmer Ellsworth and utilized French military tactics called “Zouave.” The Chicago Cadets of 1859 aka Chicago Zouave Cadets were so successful with their displays that the group went on a whirlwind tour across 21 US cities, principally, New York City, Boston and West Point the summer of 1860. Ellsworth, resigned from the group shortly after the tour, but would later remember his cadets when war was declared. He asked Conner, Stryker, Larrabee and Ed Knox (also there’s about 6 more Chicago Cadets) to help train his NYC firemen recruits the (11^th NYVI) after war was declared in April of 1861. These 4 men and the other 6 were given positions of 1^st LT in the 10 companies formed. Ellsworth appointed the fire chiefs who had signed on as the Company Captains. Not all of the men Ellsworth asked to help would stay with the 11^th NYVI. However Conner, Larrabee and Knox remained through the 1^st Battle of Bull Run in July 21, 1861, later resigning not long after. They again appear with the 44^th NYVI formed in Aug. of 1861. The rest you’ve posted with the exception of Ed Knox who isn’t mentioned in the Battle Report.

The Battle Report about the action at Gettysburg must have been difficult for Col. Conner to write. He and Lucius Larrabee had been together since the late 1850’s in Chicago, IL.

Linda Mott.

Philip Coombs Mason.

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LIEUTENANT PHILIP COOMBS MASONS .

Philip Coombs Mason was bom in the old seaport town of Newburyport, Mass., March 5, 1834. He was the youngest son of WiUiam S. and Abigail (Jackman) Mason, there being two older sons and a daughter in the family. His father and grandfather (William Mason) fought in the war of 1812, and his grandfather was captured and confined in Dartmoor prison, in England, as a prisoner of war. All of his ancestry were of the typical New England stock.

The coat-of-arms in the possession of the family bears the emblems of the Scottish and English. It is known that the Masons were among the first settlers of Newburyport. Both grandfathers of Philip were seafaring men, and William S. Mason, his father, was for many years captain of the trading ship "Nikola" of Newburyport, and did an extensive business with Russia and other foreign countries.

Lieutenant Mason received his education in the Newburyport schools. After leaving high school, he learned the photograph business of Mr. John McArthur. When the Civil War broke out he was one of the first volunteers to go from Newburyport in Company A of the Seventeenth Regiment. By faithful and meritorious service he rose from first sergeant in the old company to second and first lieutenant which latter promotion came to him on July 8, 1863.

He participated in all the engagements of the old regiment and was mustered out with it in 1864. After serving his time in the war. Lieutenant Mason took up the photograph business in Newbern, N. C, where he remained until a serious illness compelled him to return North. In 1867, he married Sarah L., daughter of Benjamin French of Salisbury, Mass. She, too, came of old New England parentage, whose ancestors came to this country in 1640. Both paternal and maternal grandfathers distinguished themselves in the Revolutionary War.

During President Grant's administration, Lieutenant Mason was appointed United States Gauger of Internal Revenue under Mr. Charles C. Dame, collector of Newburyport. He remained in the service twelve years, when, through change of administration, he lost his position. After a lapse of twelve years, however, he was reinstated in his old position, where he remained until November, 1903, when illness compelled him to give it up in order to regain his health.

Lieutenant Mason was a member of Post 49, G. A. R., of Newburyport, and one of its past commanders, but he has resided in Somerville for nearly twenty-five years.

(A brother officer of the Seventeenth contributes the following more full account of Lieutenant Mason's war service.)

"At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, Lieutenant Mason joined the company known as the 'City Grays,' and after having helped to organize and drill the company for several weeks, he was appointed first sergeant of it. As first sergeant he went to the seat of war in Company A of the Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the company being commanded by CaptainDavidF. Brown of Newburyport and Captain Henry Splaine of Haverhill.

"He was promoted second Heutenant September 25, 1862, and first lieutenant July 8, 1863. At the expiration of his term of  enUstment, he was mustered out of service August 3, 1864, at Lynnfield, Mass. During his three years of service he never lost a day on accoimt of sickness. He was an ideal first sergeant, was an intrepid and gallant lieutenant, a good drillmaster, a judicious manager, and never neglected to look after the interests of Company A and the others with whom it was his privilege to serve. He was on every march, and in every fight that his regiment took part in during his term of service.

"Many first sergeants, it may be said were not as fortunate as Mason for with him, when everything else failed, an appeal to the Hibernian tent was invariably successful. No matter whether they were tired or hungry, these men were always ready to help Sergeant Mason out of a difficulty. All he had to say was, 'Boys, I must have two men for special duty. I know it isn't your turn. but, then, what am I going to do?' At that announcement all would spring to their feet and say; 'Sure, Mr. Mason, we will do am^thing in the world for you.'

These conditions and doings, as may be judged, brought about a feeling of mutual regard and respect between Mason and his Hibernian friends. A treaty of reciprocity was established between them, and Mason kept his end of the treaty as sacredly as the others did theirs. He did many acts of kindness for them, saved some of them from getting into trouble, and when it did happen that one of them did get into trouble. Mason would be the first one at headquarters to make a special plea in his behalf. It often appeared to the writer that Mason, like the Geraldines of old, was more Irish than the Hibernians themselves, and that the Hibernians were more Yankee than Phil Mason himself.

"Many of the officers and sergeants joked Mason about the happy and handy relations existing between him and his Irish friends; but at that early stage of their lives they evidently had not studied environment and its effect upon human conduct.

"The friendship thus formed between Phil and his comrades, it may be added, was continued into the private life of both succeeding their war service, and both parties never tired of telling of instances illustrative of their mutual service and good will. So much did these influences attend Phil Mason for years after his army service that one day be became father of a beautiful boy, and, behold, the child was born on St. Patrick's day. Served him right.  So much for environment association." Of Lieutenant Mason's three children, two of them are alive at this writing, and are most usefuland respected members of the community: Miss Abbie Daniels Mason and Mr. Arthur French Mason.