Massachusetts in the army and navy during the war of 1861-65, vol II pt 1, Part 15

Author: Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. cn; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. dn; Wilson, Charles Webster; Jaques, Florence Wyman; Massachusetts. General Court
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Boston, Wright & Potter
Number of Pages: 766


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Actg. Ensign.


T. A. Ward; Lenapee.


Fredonia.


Pacific.


May 3, '66.


Resigned.


Mate.


Kennebec. Bat; Mackinaw.


West Gulf. North Atlantic.


May 13, '67.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Water Witeh.


Gulf.


July 5, '62.


Resigned.


Actg. Master.


Little Ada.


North Atlantic.


Mar. 23, '65.


Resigned.


Mate.


San Jacinto.


East Gulf.


Dec. 10, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Calypso; James L. Cham- bers. Kittatinney.


Gulf.


July 17, '62.


Resigned.


Actg. Asst. Paymr. .


Norfolk Packet.


South Atlantic.


Dec. 10, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Asst. Paymr.


Huron ; Canandaigua. Mississippi.


South Atlantic. Gulf.


Sept. 29, '63.


Resigned.


Chief Engineer.


C. P. Williams. Lehigh; Huron.


West Gulf. Sonth Atlantic.


Dec. 30, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Ino; Winona.


Special Service ; West Gult.


June 18, '62. Nov. 1, '63.


Resigned. Deceased.


Actg. Asst. Paymr. Actg. Asst. Paymr.


Congress ; Mahaska ; Gem of the Sea ; Huntsville.


North Atlantic.


June 6, '65.


Appointment re- voked.


Actg. Ensign.


Delaware; Bibb. Proteus ; Tallapoosa.


Potomac Flotilla. East Gulf; Gulf.


Oct. 18, '68.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon.


Minnesota ; Colorado.


North Atlantic;


May 18, '63.


Dismissed.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Ottawa.


South Atlantic.


Apr. 23, '64.


Dismissed.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Passaic; Gov. Buckingham.


South Atlantic ; North Atlantic. South Atlantic.


Dec. 16, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Master.


North Atlantic.


South Atlantic.


Mar. 21, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.


Stars and Stripes.


East Gulf.


Mar. 14, '64.


Resigned.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Chocura.


West Gulf.


Oct. 21, '64.


Resigned.


Actg. Asst. Paymr.


Ottawa.


South Atlantic.


Oct. 18, '64. May 16, '68.


Resigned. Hon. discharged.


Actg. Master's Mate. .


Actg. Master's Mate.


6 In service prior to 1861.


7 Credit, Ashland.


8 See enlistment, Apr. 29, '61. Credit, Pittsfield.


9 Credit, Auburn. See enlistment, Feb. 19, '62.


-


Dec. 10, '65.


Ilon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


So. Atlantic; No. Atlantic.


No. Atlantic; E. Gulf.


Nov. 23, '64.


Appointment re- voked.


Actg. Master's Mate.


West Gulf.


Oct. 24, '65.


Mustered out.


Actg. Asst. Paymr.


Samuel Rotan; Commo. MeDonough. Colorado.


Daffodil.


146


MASSACHUSETTS OFFICERS IN UNITED STATES NAVY.


Officers from Massachusetts


NAME.


Where Born.


State of which a Citizen.


State from which Appointed.


Date.


Rank.


Turner, William C.,! .


R. I.


-


Mass.


Oct. 1, '62. Dec. 8, '62.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Tuttle, Francis,?


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Dec. 22, '63. Nov. 18, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Tuttle, Horace P.,3


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Feb. 17, '63. July 2, '64.


Actg. Asst. Paymır. Asst. Paymr.


Tuttle, Thomas,4 .


Ireland.


Mass.


Mass.


July 8, '63. Oct. 18, '64.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Tyrrell, Stephen R.,s .


-


Mass.


Dec. 15, '62.


Actg. Ensign.


Upham, George B.,? .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Sept. 3, '61. Apr. 13, '64.


Actg. Master. Actg. Vol. Lieut.


Upham Henry M.,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Oct. 31, '64. Oct. 21, '61.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Upton, D. P.,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Actg. Vol. Lieut.


Urann, William D.,2


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Oct. 29, '61. June 18, '64.


Actg. Master. Actg. Vol. Lieut.


Vaile, Jobn H., .


Ohio.


Mass.


Mass.


Sept. 9, '62. Aug. 12, '64.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Valentine, Edward K.,


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Nov. 5, '62. Oct. 3, '63. Sept. 27, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign. Actg. Master.


Vanalstine, Cornelius J.,' .


N. Y.


Mass.


Mass.


Oct. 31, '61. Oct. 3, '63. Aug. 14, '65.


Actg. Master. Actg. Vol. Lieut. Actg. Vol. Lt .- Comdr.


Vassello, L. Gustave,? .


Austria.


Mass.


Mass.


Jan. 11, '62. Nov. 7, '64.


Actg. Master. Actg. Vol. Lieut.


Vanghan, Charles E., .


Mc.


Mass.


Mass.


Apr. 15, '63.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon.


Vaughan, Edwin,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Oct. 11, '62. May 14, '64.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Veatch, James C.,8


Ky.


-


Mass.


May 10, '64.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.


Very, Abram A., .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Jan. 5, '64.


Actg. Ensign.


Very, Samuel, Jr.,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Aug. 2, '61.


Actg. Master.


Vinall, Joseph T.,


Me.


Mass.


Dec. 1, '64.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. ,


Vincent, William J.,? . ·


Mass.


Mass.


Mass. Mass.


Mar. 5, '62.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Voorhees, L. D. D.,?


N. J.


Mass.


Mass.


June 8, '61. Ang. 20, '61. Sept. 23, '61. Nov. 5, '64.


Actg. Master. Actg. Vol. Lieut. Actg. Master. Actg. Vol. Lieut.


1 See enlistment, Apr. 7, '62. Credit, New Bedford.


· 3 Credit, Newton.


3 Bee Navy Register.


.


APPOINTMENT.


147


MASSACHUSETTS OFFICERS IN UNITED STATES NAVY.


in United States Navy - Continued.


TERMINATION OF SERVICE.


Vessels on which Served.


Squadron.


Date.


Discharged or Otherwise.


Rank.


Eastport; Juliet; Has- tings; Great Western.


Mississippi.


June 10, '64.


Dismissed.


Actg. Ensign.


Galena ; Morse ; Shamokin.


W. Gulf; Potomac Flotilla; South Atlantic. South Atlantic.


Jan. 24, '69.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Macedonian ; Catskill.


-


-


-


Katahdin.


West Gulf.


Nov. 9, '65.


Appointment re- voked.


Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Granite City.


West Gulf.


May 6, '64.


Deceased.


Actg. Ensign. Actg. Vol. Licut.


Connecticut.


Potomac; Hartford; Donegal; James Adger ; Rodolph.


Massachusetts ; Muscoota.


Supply Steamer ; West Gulf. Supply Ship.


Aug. 4, '66. Aug. 15, '63.


IIon. discharged. Dismisscd.


Actg. Vol. Lient.


South Atlantie. West Gulf.


Oct. 30, '68.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Vol. Lient.


Conemaugh. Vincennes; Oetarara; Muscoota ; Bnekthorn. Dacotab.


South Pacific.


South Atlantic.


Sept. 21, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Hunchback; Home; Ellis; Vermont.


South Atlantic.


Aug. 25, 'GS.


Disinissed.


Actg. Master.


Canandaigna ; Stettin.


South Atlantic.


Apr. 30, '66.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Vol. Lieut. Commander.


Westfield; Ticonderoga.


West Gulf; South Atlantic. West Gulf.


Nov. 1, '68.


Resigned.


Actg. Vol. Lieut.


Estrella; Penobscot.


Mississippi.


Oct. 21, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon.


Clara Dolsen ; Vindicator. Potomska.


South Atlantic.


Sept. 19, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Nyack; Rhode Island. Relief.


North Atlantic. East India.


Oct. 12, '67.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.


Gemsbok ; Sonoma. North Carolina.


Sonth Atlantie. Recg. Ship.


Oct. 6, '67.


Hon. discharged.


Aetg. Master.


Tallapoosa.


West Gulf.


June 21, '68. Nov. 11, '65.


Appointment re- voked.


Mate.


Marigold ; J. S. Chambers.


East Gulf.


Sept. 23, '61.


Appointment re- voked.


Actg. Vol. Lieut.


Port Royal; Isonomia.


W. Gulf; E. Gulf.


Nov. 11, '65.


Ilon. discharged.


Actg. Vol. Lieut.


" See enlistment, Feb. 12, '62. Credit, Framingham. Sick.


6 See enlistinent, Sept. 25, '61. Credit, Boston.


8 See enlistment, Aug. 26, '63. Credit, Boston.


5 Died prisoner of war.


7 Credit, Malden.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.


Canandaigua.


South Atlantic.


June 22, '67.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Mustered out.


Mate.


Release.


Supply Steamner. Gulf.


May 13, '65.


Resigned.


Memphis ; Lehigh.


148


MASSACHUSETTS OFFICERS IN UNITED STATES NAVY.


Officers from Massachusetts


NAME.


Where Born.


State of which a ('itizen.


State from which Appointed.


Date.


Rank.


Wade, Henry C.,1


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Oct. 29, '61.


Actg. Master.


Wade, Joseph M.,


Wade, Thomas F.,2


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


May 8, '61. Oct. 28, '61.


Aetg. Lieut. Actg. Vol. Lieut.


Wadsworth, Henry M., .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Dec. 8, '64.


Aetg. Master's Mate.


Wainwright, Jonathan M.,3


N. Y.


Mass.


Mass.


- '61. July 16, '62.


Lieutenant. Lient .- Comdr.


Wainwright, Joseph H.,


Bermuda.


Mass.


Mass.


Apr. 4, '62. May 20, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Wait, Nathan W.,4 .


·


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Apr. 4, '62. Sept. 9, '63.


Aetg. Master's Mate. Aetg. Ensign.


Walcott, Henry O.,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Feb. 9, '64.


Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Waldemar, Charles F.,5


·


Sweden.


Mass.


Mass.


June 7, '64.


Actg. Ensign.


Walden, Charles C.,8 .


-


Mass.


Mass.


Jan. 22, '62.


Actg. Asst. Paymr.


Walker, Charles H.,? .


Mass.


Mass.


N. Y.


Aug. 26, '62. June 4, '63.


Aetg. Master's Mate. Aetg. Ensign.


Walker, Edward A.,8 .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


- '61. Sept. 19, '61. July 16, '62.


Midshipman. Master. Lieutenant.


Walker, William S.,9


N. II.


Mass.


Mass.


- -, '61.


Captain.


Wallace, John,10 .


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Jan. 21, '62.


Actg. Master.


Wallace, Richard W., 11


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Sept. 22, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Wallis, John E.,4. .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


July 20, '63.


Actg. Ensign.


Walton, Benjamin G., .


N. H.


Mass.


Mass.


Nov. 15, '62.


Aetg. Asst. Surgeon.


Walton, Edmond W., 12


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Apr. 8, '64.


Aetg. Master's Mate.


Ward, Andrew A.,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Nov. 2, '61. Jan. 27, '64. May 27, '65.


Actg. Master. Aetg. Ensign. Aetg. Master.


Ward, Charles C., .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Dec. 1, '64.


Aetg. Asst. Paymr.


Ward, Stillman W.,13 .


.


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Nov. 21, '62. Aug. 8, '64.


Aetg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Warner, Russell, .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Nov. 11, '64.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.


Warren, Ephraim C., .


-


Mass.


Mass.


Jan. 5, '63.


Aetg. Ensign.


.


1 Credit, West Roxbury.


3 Killed in action at Galveston.


" Died at Naval Hospital, New Orleans.


7 Credit, Ludlow.


2 Credit, West Roxbury. Transferred to regular service.


4 Credit, Palmer.


6 Lost at sea, Aug. 21, '63, on Bainbridge.


6 In service prior to 1861. See Navy Register.


-


Mass.


June 3, '61.


Actg. Asst. Paymr.


APPOINTMENT.


149


MASSACHUSETTS OFFICERS IN UNITED STATES NAVY.


in United States Navy - Continued.


Vessels on which Served.


Squadron.


Date.


Discharged or Otherwise.


Rank.


Kennebec; Yucca. Jamestown.


Gertrude ;


Gulf.


Sept. 12, '67. Mar. 29, '66.


Deceased.


Discharged.


Actg. Master. Actg. Asst. Paymr.


Richmond ; Arthur. Ohio.


West Gulf. Recg. Ship.


North Atlantic.


July 5, '65. Jan. 1, '63.


Deceased.


Lient .- Comdr.


J. P. Jackson; Cone- maugh; Buckthorne.


West Gulf.


Apr. 9, '66.


Hon. discharged.


- Actg. Ensign.


Commodore McDonough ; Alabama; Sangamon ; Pawnee. Gemsbok.


West India.


Dec. 19, '64. Oct. 22, '64.


Appointment re- voked. Deceased.


Actg. 2d Asst. Engr. Actg. Ensign.


Bainbridge.


-


-


-


Montgomery ; Fuschia.


North Atlantic; Potomac Flotilla.


May 26, '63. Oct. 7, '64.


Resigned. Dismissed.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Sabine; Chippewa.


North Atlantic.


Nov. 21, '63.


Deceased.


Commodore. Actg. Master.


Rhode Island ; Palos.


North Atlantic.


Dec. 20, '66.


Resigned.


Mate.


School Ship. North Atlantic.


Sept. 10, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Savannah. Philadelphia; George Mangham. Gem of the Sea.


North Atlantic.


Apr. 10, '65.


Appointment re- yoked. Appointment re- voked.


Actg. Master's Mate.


St. Lawrence; Hendrick Hudson; Stars and. Stripes; Honeysuckle. Portsmouth ; Vandalia.


W .. Gulf; Recg. Ship.


Oct. 12, '63. Dec. 1, '65.


Resigned. Hon. discharged.


Actg. Master. Actg. Master.


Phillipi ; Tennessee.


West Gulf.


South Atlantic.


Ang. 12, '65.


Mustered out.


Actg. Asst. Paymr.


Matthew Vassar.


North Atlantic.


May 20, '65.


Resigned.


Actg. Ensign.


Nereus.


Convoy Service.


May 17, '65.


Resigned.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.


Bermuda.


Supply Steamer.


Sept. 18, '65.


lIon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


-


-


Deserted.


Mate.


Harriet Lane.


West Gulf.


North Atlantic.


Nov. 19, 65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Cherokec.


East Gulf.


Mississippi.


-


Ohio; Portsmouth ; Sabine.


Reeg. Ship; W. Gulf; Special Service.


Aug. 11, '65.


Hon. discharged.


-


-


º In service prior to 1961. 10 Credit, Norton.


11 Credit, Westborough. See enlistment, Aug. 1, '64.


12 Credit, Worcester. See enlistment, Feb. 13, '62.


13 See enlistinent, Dec. 6, '61. Credit, Boston. Credit, West Roxbury.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon.


East Gulf.


Dec. 14, '64.


Flambeau.


East India.


Lenapee ; Chicopee.


TERMINATION OF SERVICE.


150


MASSACHUSETTS OFFICERS IN UNITED STATES NAVY.


Officers from Massachusetts


NAME.


Where Born.


State of which a Citizen.


State froin which Appointed.


Date.


Rank.


Warren, George A.,


-


Mass.


Mass.


July 8, '64.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon.


Washburn, Alfred,1


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Dec. 28, '61.


Actg. Master.


Waterfnan, Lucins A., .


Mass.


Mass.


N. Y.


July 2, '63.


Actg. Ensign.


Watson, A. E.,2


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


- -, '61.


Paymaster.


Watson, Frank,3 .


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


May 12, '63. Mar. 29, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign. .


Watson, Henry,4


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Dec. 9, '63.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Way, Francis C.,5


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Sept. 11, '62.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Weaver, Calvin R.,


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Oct. 10, '62.


Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Webb, Francis R., 6


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Oct. 14, '62. Jan. 22, '64.


Actg. Ensign. Actg. Master.


Webb, James R., .


Va.


Mass.


Mass.


Jan. 27, '63.


Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Webber, Samnel G.,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


May 22, '62.


Asst. Surgeon.


Webster, Edwin, .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Apr. 19, '61.


Actg. Asst. Paymr.


Webster, Milton,7


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


June 24, '63.


Actg. Ensign.


Webster, William H.,".


-


Mass.


June 17, '63.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Weed, Joseph D.,


-


Mass.


Jan. 23, '62.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Weeden, Charles L.,10 .


N. II.


Mass.


Mass.


Mar. 26, '63. June 18, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Weeks, Edmund C.,4 .


Mass.


Mass.


Sept. 4, '61.


Actg. Master.


Weld, A. D.,11


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Feb. 6, '62.


Actg. Asst. Paymr.


Weld, Francis M.,


N. H.


Mass.


Mass.


May 22, '62.


Asst. Surgeon.


Wells, Charles C.,4


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Oct. 5, '61.


Actg. Master.


Wells, Henry M.,12


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


July 30, '61. July 22, '64.


Asst. Surgeon. Passed Asst. Surgeon.


Wells, Henry W.,6


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Apr. 24, '63.


Actg. Ensign.


Welsh, Thomas,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Sept. 1, '61.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon.


Welton, Henry,


-


Mass.


Mass.


Jan. Jan. 4, '65. 9, '63.


Actg. Ensign. Actg. Master.


Wentworth, Jeremiah C.,13 .


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Mar. 2, '63. Dec. 1,'63. June 29, '61.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign. Actg. Master.


·


Wescott, William H., . .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Ang. 4. '62. June 21, '61.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon. Asst. Surgeon.


.


1 Credit, Agawam. Died in Naval Hospital, New Orleans, La.


2 In service prior to 1861. See Navy Register.


$ Credit, West Roxbury. Sick.


6 Credit, Beeket.


' Credit, West Roxbury.


5 Credit, Pittsfield.


1 Credit, Palmer.


APPOINTMENT.


151


MASSACHUSETTS OFFICERS IN UNITED STATES NAVY.


in United States Navy - Continued.


Vessels on which Served.


Squadron.


Date.


Discharged or Otherwise.


Rank.


New Era.


Mississippi.


Vandalia; Chocura.


So. Atlantic; W. Gulf. North Atlantic.


Sept. 14, '65. May 14, '65. Aug. 13, '65.


Hon. discharged. Deceased.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon. Actg. Master.


Aries ; Philadelphia ; Pas- saic.


-


Mississippi.


-


-


Kensington; Potomska.


Gulf; South At- lantic.


Jan. 25, '65.


Appointment re- voked.


Actg. Ensign.


Wyalusing; Vanderbilt. Independence. Pensacola; Saranac.


North Atlantic. Recg. Ship. North Pacific.


Gulf.


Special Service ; North Atlantic. North Atlantic.


Jan. 18, '64. Sept. 19, '65. Oct. 4, '65.


IIon. discharged.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. 2d Asst. Engr. Actg. Master.


Ossipce.


West Gulf.


Oct. 28, '65. Apr. 10, '65. Sept. 26, '65.


Hon. discharged. Resigned.


Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Rhode Island; Nahant.


Asst. Surgeon.


Somerset.


Newbern; Paul Jones.


Supply Steamer ; Gulf.


Sept. 19, '67.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


New York Yard.


-


-


-


San Jacinto.


East Gulf.


Mar. 26, '63. Dec. 2, '64.


Resigned.


Actg. Master's Mate.


De Soto. Madjie; Daffodil.


East Gulf. South Atlantic.


West Gulf.


July 6, '64.


Resigned.


Actg. Master.


-


-


June 11, '62.


Deceased.


Actg. Asst. Payınr.


Nantucket; Wabash.


Sonth Atlantic.


Dec. 31, '63. Dec. 21, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Master.


Narragansett; Cyane; Farrallones. Portsmouth; Tennessee. Ohio.


West Gulf. Reeg. Ship.


-


-


-


Ceres ; Gem of the Sea.


North Atlantic.


Oct. 26, '65.


Hon. discharged. Resigned.


Actg. Ensign.


Gemsbok; Commodore Morris. San Jacinto.


W. India; North Atlantic. West India.


Oct. 3, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Master.


Massachusetts ; Midnight ; Daffodil.


Supply Steamer; W. Gulf; South Atlantic.


May 20, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Master.


Kingfisher.


Sonth Atlantic.


Apr. 27, '65.


Resigned.


Asst. Surgeon.


8 Credit, West Roxbury. No further trace of him after July 1, 1803.


Sick.


10 See enlistment, Oet. 15, '61. Credit, Somerville. 11 Died on Steamer Ocean Queen.


12 See Navy Register.


13 Credit, Boston. Sec enlistment, May 20, '61.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Mate.


Maria C. Wood; New London ; Ossipee. Mohican; Santiago Cuba. Minnesota; Fahkee.


De


Supply Steamer ; South Atlantic. East Gulf.


IIon. discharged.


Actg. Asst. Paymr.


Resigned.


Actg. Ensign.


Pensacola.


Resigned.


Asst. Surgeon.


Pacific.


Apr. 30, '64.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon.


Nov. I, '68.


Hon. discharged.


Dismissed. .


TERMINATION OF SERVICE.


152


MASSACHUSETTS OFFICERS IN UNITED STATES NAVY.


Officers from Massachusetts


NAME.


Where Born.


State of which a Citizen.


State from which Appointed.


Date.


Rank.


West, Abner,


-


-


Mass.


Dec. 18, '61.


Actg. Master.


West, H.,1 .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


July 29, '62.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Western, Ilenry, Jr., .


-


Mass.


Mass.


Sept. 13, '62. June 7, '65.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Weston, Alfred,15 .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Nov. 4, '61. Dec. 17, '64.


Actg. Master. Actg. Vol. Lieut.


Weston, Charles P.,2 .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Feb. 17, '63.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Weston, Daniel,3 .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


July 7, 'G4.


Aetg. 3d Asst. Engr.


Wetherell, Hiram B., Jr.,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


July 13, '63.


Actg. Asst. Payınr.


Whall, Charles F., 4 .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Nov. 19, '61.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Wheeler, Edmund S., .


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Sept. 24, '63.


Aetg. Asst. Payınr.


Wheeler, Frederick A.,


·


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Mar. 9, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Wheeler, Henry,5 .


·


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Nov. S, '62. July 26, '64.


Aetg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Wheeler, James R.,


England.


Mass.


Mass.


Oct. 29, '61. Feb. 7, '65.


Actg. Master. Actg. Voi. Lieut.


Whiddon, Phelon C., .


III.


Mass.


Mass.


Dec. 16, '63.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon.


White, Charles H., 6


N. H.


Mass.


Mass.


Jan. 27, '62. Oct. 30, '65.


Asst. Surgeon. Passed Asst. Surgeon.


White, J. Henry,7


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Oct. 27, '62.


Aetg. Master's Mate.


White, William, .


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Feb. 10, '61. Nov. 25, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Whitin, Louis F., .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Jan. 20, '65.


Actg. Asst. Paymr.


Whiting, Adoniram,8 .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Jan. 8, '62.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Whiting, Charles G., .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Ang. 5, '64.


Aetg. Ensign.


Whiting, William D.,9.


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


-, '61. July 16, '62.


Lieutenant. Lient .- Comdr.


Whitman, John F.,10 .


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Jnly I, '64.


Actg. Ensign.


Whitmarsh, Zachariah, Jr., 11


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


-,'61.


Boatswain.


Whitmore, Benjamin,12


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Mar. 24, '62.


Aetg. Master.


Whitmore, Henry C., 13


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Dec. 23, '61. Mar. IS, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Whitmore, John, 14


.


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Apr. 5, '62.


Actg. Master.


1 Sick.


3 Credit, West Roxbury.


$ See enlistment, June 9, '64. Drafted. Credit, Boston, Ward 12.


" Credit, West Roxbury. See enlistment, Apr. 23, '61. Killed in action at Rainbow Bluff.


5 See enlistment, Aug. 25, '62. Credit, Needham.


APPOINTMENT.


153


MASSACHUSETTS OFFICERS IN UNITED STATES NAVY.


in United States Navy - Continued.


TERMINATION OF SERVICE.


Vessels on which Served.


Squadron.


Date.


Discharged or Otherwise.


Rank.


Potomska; Jamestown.


Potomac Flotilla ; East India. South Atlantic.


June 30, '63. July 13, '63. Dec. 3, '65.


Appointment re- voked. Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Ethan Allen ; Dale; Iuka. Yantic.


East Gulf. North Atlantic.


Feb. 27, '67.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Vol. Lieut.


Water Witch; Nipsie. Sea Foam.


South Atlantic. West Gulf.


East Gulf.


Oct. 28, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.


Kenwood ; Grand Gulf.


Mississippi ; Gulf.


W.


Mar. 25, '66.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Asst. Payınr.


J. N. Seymour.


North Atlantic.


Nov. 5, '62.


Deceased.


Aetg. Master's Mate.


Pampero.


West Gulf.


Oct. 31, '65.


Mustered out.


Actg. Asst. Payınr.


Wamsntta.


South Atlantic.


North Atlantic.


Mar. 15, '65. Nov. 3, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Kearsarge.


Spceial Service.


Feb. 11, '67.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Vol. Lieut.


J. S. Chambers ; Wando.


East Gulf.


Oct. 19, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon.


Huron ; Roanoke.


North Atlantic.


-


-


Hendrick Hudson.


East Gulf.


Oct. 11, '64.


Resigned.


Mate.


Chenango.


South Atlantic.


Aug. 1, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Tristam Shandy.


North Atlantic.


Nov. 10, '65.


Mustered out.


Actg. Asst. Payınr.


Katahdin; Potomac.


West Gulf.


Oct. 4, '66 ..


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Sea Foam.


West Gulf.


Jan. 22, '66.


Hon. discharged.


Ottawa; Savannah.


South Atlantic; School Ship.


-


-


O. H. Lee; Mahaska.


East Gulf.


Oct. 4, '66.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign. Boatswain.


Wabash; Saratoga. Susquehanna.


South Atlantic. Special Service.


-


Nov. 10, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Master.


Supply Steamer. Bienville ; State of Georgia ; North Atlantic. Huron. Racer; Don.


James River Flo- tilla; Potomac Flotilla.


Ang. 18, '68.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


-


6 See Navy Register.


7 Credit, Wilbraham.


& Credit, Richmond.


9 In service prior to 1861. See Navy Register.


10 See enlistment.


11 In service prior to 1861. 12 Credit, Agawam.


13 Credit, Palmer.


14 Died on U. S.S. Rhode Island.


15 Actg. Master's Mate, Sept. 28, '61. Credit, West Roxbury.


Resigned.


Aetg. Master.


Mercury.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Hartford; Diana.


West Gulf.


July 2, '65.


Resigned.


Matc.


Somerset ; Honduras.


Resigned.


Mate.


Maratanza; Violet; Glance.


Nov. 29, '69.


Deceased.


Massachusetts.


Ang. 29, '62.


Deceased.


Aetg. Master.


154


MASSACHUSETTS OFFICERS IN UNITED STATES NAVY.


Officers from Massachusetts


APPOINTMENT.


NAME.


Where Born.


State of which a Citizen.


State from which Appointed.


Date.


Rank.


Whitney, Alfred C., .


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


Nov. 3, '63. Sept. 13, '61.


Actg. 2d Asst. Engr. Actg. Ist Asst. Engr.


Whittaker, Ezra J.,1


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Feb. 19, '61. Dec. 17, '62. Dec. 1, '64.


3d Asst. Engr. 2d Asst. Engr. Ist Asst. Engr.


Whittaker, Frederick W. H.,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Feb. 26, '62. Sept. 13, '62. July 20, '63.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Whittemore, Walter P.,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Aug. 17, '64.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.


Whitton, William H., .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


June 2, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Wight, Lothrop,? .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Ang. 19, '62. May 21, '63. July 2, '64.


Actg. Master's Matc. Actg. Ensign. Actg. Master.


Wilbur, Charles C., .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Jan. 4, '61. Sept. 27, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Wilcox, Calvin S.,3


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Sept. 15, '63. Dec. 13, '64.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign.


Wilcox, John,4 .


N. H.


Mass.


Mass.


May 16, '62.


Actg. Master's Mate.


Wilder, Charles B.,5


-


Mass.


Mass.


Oct. 17, '61. Apr. 12, '64.


Actg. Master. Actg. Vol. Lieut.


Wildes, Frank, 6 .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


- -, '61. May 28, '63. Nov. 10, '65.


Midshipman. Ensign. Master.


Wildes, Thomas J.,? .


.


England.


Mass.


Mass.


Ang. 1, '64.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.


Wilkins, Charles R.,3


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Mar. 27, '62.


Actg. Master.


Wilkins, Heber C.,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


June 22, '64.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.


Wilkinson, George W.,


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Sept. 21, '61.


3d Asst. Engr.


Willard, Andrew,


Sweden.


Mass.


Mass.


July 20, '64.


Actg. Ensign.


Willard, Robert, .


-


Mass.


Mass.


May 6, '63. June 1, '63.


Actg. Asst. Surgeon. Asst. Surgeon.


Willcomb, Charles L.,8


At sea.


Mass.


Mass.


Aug. 14, '61. June 2, '64. Mar. 7, '65.


Actg. Master. Actg. Ensign. Actg. Master.


Williams, George,3


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Ang. 12, '61.


Actg. Master.


Williams, James S.,9


.


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Dec. 4, '61. Nov. 27, '62. Dec. 26, '63.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Ensign. Actg. Master.


Williams, John A.,


Sweden.


Mass.


Mass.


June 24, '64.


Actg. Ensign.


Williams, William, .


Mass.


Mass.


Mass.


Mar. 28, '62.


Actg. Master.


Wilmuth, George,1


Me.


Mass.


Mass.


'61.


Boatswain.


.


1 See Navy Register.


2 Credit, Framingham.


3 Credit, West Roxbury.


' See enlistment, May 18, '61. Credit, Boston.


5 Credit, West Roxbury. Killed in action.


.


.


.


.


155


MASSACHUSETTS OFFICERS IN UNITED STATES NAVY.


in United States Navy - Continued.


TERMINATION OF SERVICE.


Vessels on which Served.


Squadron.


Date.


Discharged or Otherwise.


Rank.


Magnolia.


East Gulf.


June 14, '65.


Resigned.


Actg. Ist Asst. Engr.


Minnesota ; Lackawanna.


North Atlantic; West Gulf.


-


-


-


South Carolina; Santiago De Cuba.


So. Atlantic; W. India.


Aug. 16, '62. Feb. 15, '65.


Resigned. Resigned.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.


Monadnock.


-


West Gulf.


Nov. 23, '65. Aug. 16, '64. Aug. 19, '65.


Appointment re- voked. Hon. discharged.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Master.


Wachusett; Mendota.


Vanderbilt;


W. India ; Special Service; North Atlantic.


West Gulf.


Oct. 28, '66.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Rhode Island; Alabama.


North Atlantic.


Aug. 10, '65.


Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Ethan Allen.


East Gulf.


May 26, '63. Apr. 14, '64.


Dismissed.


Actg. Master's Mate. Actg. Vol. Lieut.


Lackawanna; Monadnock.


Gulf.


-


-


Monadnock.


Sonth Atlantic.


Oct. 6, '66. Dec. 12, '65. July 17, '65. Sept. 22, '63.


Hon. discharged. Hon. discharged. Hon. discharged. Resigned.


Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. 3d Asst. Engr.


Orvetta.


South Atlantic.


Aug. 6, '65. May 31, '65.


Hon. discharged. Resigned.


Asst. Surgeon.


Santee ; Stars and Stripes ; Osceola.


W. Gulf; E. Gulf; North Atlantic.


Mar. 17, '64. Oct. 20, '65. Dec. 17, '64. Dec. 7, '65.


Resigned.


Actg. Master.


Columbia ; Dale; Spirca.


North Atlantic; South Atlantic; East Gulf.


Sept. 14, '65.


Hon. discharged. Hon. discharged.


Actg. Ensign.


Rhode Island ; Circassian. Saranac. Navy Yard.


Washington, D.C.


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