Quarterly or Half Yearly Pay, Receipt,

and Muster Roll of Confederate States

Steamer "Chattahoochee"

ending June 30, 1863.

transcribed by Terry Foenander.

This list of names was transcribed from a muster roll for the second quarter of 1863, provided through the kind courtesy of Mr. Robert Holcombe, curator/historian at the National Civil War Naval Museum, 1002 Victory Drive, Columbus, Georgia 31901, and the information is used with his kind permission. Further research on this crew of the CSS Chattahoochee is being conducted by Mr. Holcombe, and any queries, or additional data should be directed to him at the address shown above.

Some entries include additional data from other sources. Reference sources are included at the end of the list of names.

Almost all the names on this list are included in the roster for 1863, included in Maxine Turner's volume, Navy Gray. However, it should be noted that Turner's roster includes several errors in the spelling of some names, and some omissions. Where it has been possible to verify the spelling of a name or surname through other, more reliable sources, the names have been corrected accordingly, and the sources shown against each name. As Mr. Holcombe has indicated, many of the personnel of the vessel were residents of Apalachicola, Florida, and would have returned to their residence at the end of the war.

The CSS Chattahoochee was a side wheeled gunboat with a complement of about 120 crew, officers and enlisted personnel. Her armament included four 32 pounder guns, one 32 pounder rifled gun and one 9 inch gun. She was built at Saffold, Georgia under the supervision of Confederate States Naval lieutenant C.R. Jones, who was succeeded by lieutenant John Julius Guthrie on February 4, 1863. Plagued by constant machine failure, the vessel was eventually sunk by the explosion of a boiler on May 27, 1863, near Blountstown, Florida, killing 18 men. After the explosion and sinking of the vessel, many of her crew were sent to Georgia, to serve on the CSS Savannah. In mid-1864 the vessel was raised and moved to Columbus, Georgia for repairs. While these repairs were in progress, some 60 officers and crew were sent on an expedition to capture the USS Adela, which vessel was at that time blockading the town of Apalachicola, Florida. The attempt was a failure, resulting in the capture of much equipment belonging to the expedition. In December, 1864, the CSS Chattahoochee destroyed, when the Confederates abandoned the Apalachicola River. [DANFS 2, 506.]

John Allison, served in lieutenant Able Merander's Florida Coast Guard Detachment, July 14, 1861-September 5, 1861; later served as mate in Captain Henry Mulrenan's Florida Volunteer Coast Guards, mustered in December 1, 1861; transferred to company K, 7th Florida Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, August 5, 1862, and served as quartermaster aboard the CSS Chattahoochee. [Soldiers of Florida, 49; Robert Watson Diary August 5, 1862.]

Fred W. Arents, third assistant engineer, resident of Richmond, Virginia; killed in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis.]

John Baker, seaman; may have been the same person who served in captain Mulrenan's Florida Volunteer Coast Guard, in January, 1862. (Name crossed out on roll.) [Soldiers of Florida, 49.]

Charles E. Bazzell (also shown as Bazzel and Bazzil), born August 17, 1841, Jackson County, Florida; served as a driver in the Subsistence Department, Confederate States Army; enlisted at Johnson's Navy Yard, Early County, Georgia, October 28, 1862, in the Confederate States Navy, aboard the CSS Chattahoochee; shown as ship's corporal on that vessel, May, 1864; transferred to the CSS Georgia, July 4, 1864; stationed at Savannah, Georgia, in the final months of the war, and was sent home on furlough, November, 1864; resided in Jones County, Florida, in 1901 (see pension record of F.M.E. Syfrett, CSN). [ORN 1, 17, 700 & 2, 1, 286; Soldiers of Florida, 317; Florida Confederate Pension File No. A08091.]

Charles H. Berry, Quartermaster and Mate, resident of Tampa, Florida; originally mustered in November 27, 1861, Captain Mulrenan's Florida Volunteer Coast Guards; transferred to company K, 7th Florida Infantry, 1862; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, August 5, 1862; killed in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [Soldiers of Florida, 49; ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis; Robert Watson Diary August 5, 1862.]

J. Bessant, landsman; deserted, June 7, 1863.

Joseph Blanca, seaman; rated (gunner's mate?), May 22, 1863; later served again on the CSS Chattahoochee, as quarter gunner, May, 1864. [ORN 1, 17, 700.]

S.E.V. Branch (third initial also shown as I.), landsman; later served on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Leslie Everitt Brooks, born 1838; appointed from Alabama, as assistant paymaster, Confederate States Navy, March 18, 1862; served on the CSS Louisiana, 1862; captured at New Orleans, April 28, 1862; confined Fort Warren, Boston Harbor; after release, served on the CSS Chattahoochee, 1862-1863; then at the Naval Station, Columbus, Georgia, 1863-1864; died in 1910; buried at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama. [ORN 1, 18, 317; John E. Ellis; ADAH.]

Charles Burke, born 1829; enlisted July 29, 1861, at Apalachicola, in Company B, Fourth Florida Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, December 12, 1862; served as carpenter's mate on CSS Chattahoochee. [Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 377.]

J. Burnham, officer's steward; later served as landsman on CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 305.]

Thomas Burns, seaman, Captain Mulrenan's Florida Volunteer Coast Guards, mustered in November 27, 1861; later served in company K, 7th Florida Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, August 5, 1862; served aboard the CSS Chattahoochee as ordinary seaman. [Soldiers of Florida, 49; Robert Watson Diary August 5, 1862.]

George H. Caigh, landsman; buried at Chestnut Street Cemetery, Apalachicola, Florida. [John E. Ellis.]

Joseph Cardy, born Florida; enlisted in Captain Gamble's Company, at Tallahassee, Florida, in 1861; entered the Confederate States Navy, March 14, 1863; served as third assistant engineer aboard the CSS Chattahoochee; appointed as second assistant engineer, June 15, 1863; served on steamboat Jackson on the Chattahoochee River, and on the CSS Savannah, 1863-1864; married Mary J. Bryan, at Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, December 24, 1873; died at St. Petersburg, Florida, September 17, 1901. [Florida Confederate Card File; Florida Confederate Pension File No. A11441.]

Newton Carter, landsman; also served on tender CSS Sampson and on CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 303 & 305.]

Jules Chabert (variations also include surnames Chabot and Charberh, and name Julion Sherbet), resided in Florida since about 1848; mustered in as seaman, in Captain Mulrenan's Florida Volunteer Coast Guard; transferred, April 25, 1862, to company K, 7th Florida Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, August 5, 1862; served as coxswain on the CSS Chattahoochee and the ram CSS Savannah; wounded in action, June 3, 1864, during the taking out of the USS Water Witch; was residing in Monroe County in 1888. [Soldiers of Florida, 186; Florida Confederate Pension File No. A12958; Robert Watson Diary August 5, 1862; ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Joseph E. Cole (surname also shown as Coles), enlisted in Captain Mulrenan's Florida Coast Guard, December 13, 1861; mustered out, March, 1862; transferred April 25, 1862, into Company K, 7th Florida Infantry; then as coal heaver into the Confederate States Navy, August 5, 1862; wounded in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; later attached to the Naval Brigade at Richmond, Virginia, 1865; paroled at Appomattox, April, 1865; married Georgianna Boroyer at Key West, Florida, on July 20, 1861; died March 12 (or 13), 1889, at Key West, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869 & 2, 1, 304; also see Florida Confederate Pension File no. A00553; Robert Watson Diary August 5, 1862; Appomattox Paroles.]

Charles Collins, private, company K, 7th Florida Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, August 5, 1862, aboard the CSS Chattahoochee; served as second class fireman. [Robert Watson Diary August 5, 1862.]

G.M. Collins, landsman.

Edward Conn, Coal Heaver, resident of Apalachicola, Florida; killed in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; Hartman's Florida Rosters shows (in error?) married in 1868 and died September 3, 1894 at Escambia County, Florida; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 379; John E. Ellis]

Charles Cook, seaman; later served on CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

John C. Cook (middle initial also shown as H.), ship's cook, conscripted into naval service at Tallahassee, September 2, 1862; served aboard the CSS Chattahoochee; deserted to the enemy, at Apalachicola, Florida, on June 5, 1863. [ORN 1, 17, 474-475.]

Lorenzo D. Coonrod, born Chester, South Carolina, June 20, 1830 or 1832; resident of Florida since 1852; enlisted in the Confederate States Navy at Tallahassee, Florida, May or October, 1862; served, as landsman, aboard CSS Chattahoochee, from October 28, 1862 until the explosion, May 27, 1863; transferred to CSS Savannah, then to Wilmington, North Carolina; port-war occupation, farmer; shown as a resident of Florida in 1909. [Soldiers of Florida, 317; Florida Confederate Pension File No. A11030; ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Edward Cope (surname also shown as Coup or Coupe), born Cedar Keys, Florida, September 8, 1841; enlisted at Apalachicola, July 17, 1861, in company B (Beauregard Rifles), 4th Florida Infantry; while at Chattanooga, Tennessee, transferred to the Confederate States Navy, December 12, 1862; served as landsman and seaman, CSS Chattahoochee; later transferred to the Charleston Naval Station, South Carolina, where he remained till the end of the war; married Madeline Williams at Franklin County, Florida, April 5, 1868; died on September 3, 1894, and is buried at St. John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida. [John E. Ellis; Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 377; Florida Confederate Pension file no. A00783.]

Thomas Costa, born Italy, September 19, 1838; resided in Florida since April, 1852; enlisted, April, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida (shown elsewhere as enlisting at Johnson's Navy Yard, Early County, Georgia), in Denham's Company of the Milton Artillery; also served two years in the Confederate States Navy, as seaman on the CSS Chattahoochee; discharged at Havana, Cuba, 1865; resided in Tallahassee, Florida, 1909. [Florida Confederate Pension File No. A07643.]

John W. Cottell, landsman.

William J. Craig, Passed Midshipman and Master, resident of Kentucky; served on CSS Virginia, 1862; wounded in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, May 27, 1863; CSS Virginia II, May, 1864; paroled at Nunna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865. [ORN 1, 10, 671 and 726; and 1, 17, 869; 2, 1, 308; Porter's Naval History, 785.]

James C. Cronin, boatswain's mate; previously served on the CSS Virginia, 1862. [ORN 1, 17, 864.]

Nicholas Demont (surname also shown as Demond and Dumont), born about 1833; originally enlisted, at Apalachicola, Florida, in Captain J.L. Dunham's Company, Milton Artillery, in 1861; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, and served aboard CSS Chattahoochee, as officer's cook; after the boiler explosion aboard that vessel, he was transferred to Savannah, Georgia, and served on the CSS Savannah; wife's name, Mary Anne (surname unknown); married at Apalachicola; Nicholas drowned, December 27, 1878, in Calhoun County, Florida. [Florida Confederate Pension File no. A11889; ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Charles Douglas, second class fireman; killed in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis]

Cornelius Duffy, second class fireman; resident of Apalachicola, Florida; fatally wounded in the boiler explosion of May 27, 1863; died June 1, 1863. [ORN 1, 17, 869.]

F.J. Egbert, landsman.

Joseph Elliott, appointed acting third assistant Engineer, Confederate States Navy, October 3, 1861; served on floating Battery, New Orleans, 1862, and on CSS Louisiana; taken prisoner at Fort St. Philip, May, 1862; took the Oath of Allegiance on the passage to Fort Warren, Massachusetts; later served on CSS Chattahoochee; resigned, April 11, 1863. [Booth 1, 768; ORN 1, 18, 318.]

Henry Fagan, born Florida; resident of Key West; appointed from the District of Columbia; originally served in the United States Navy; enlisted in the Confederate States Navy, July 23, 1861; appointed second assistant Engineer, December 25, 1861; captured on the Mississippi River, April, 1862, aboard CSS McRae; confined Fort Warren, Boston Harbor and later released; fatally wounded in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863, and died three days later; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [Florida Confederate Card File; ORN 1, 17, 869 and 1, 18, 318; John E. Ellis]

Manassa Faircloth, Landsman, resident of Florida; killed in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis]

L.W. Faulk, landsman (name crossed out on roll).

Marcellus Ford, assistant surgeon; later involved in the failed attempt to capture the USS Adela, at St. George's Sound, Florida, May, 1864. [ORN 1, 17, 698.]

Joseph W. Freeman, landsman; later served on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 305.]

Patrick Friel, coal heaver; later served on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

P. Hamilton Gibbes, midshipman; later served on the CSS Roanoke, 1864, and the CSS Virginia II, 1865. [ORN 1, 10, 632; 1, 11, 690 and 1, 12, 187.]

George Washington Gift, lieutenant; later involved in Johnson's Island expedition, late 1863; also involved in failed attempt to capture USS Adela, at St. George's Sound, Florida, May, 1864. [ORN 1, 2, 824; 1, 17, 698.]

Hamilton Golder, master's mate, resident of Maryland; wounded in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; based at Savannah, Georgia in June, 1864. [ORN 1, 15, 499 and 1, 17, 869.]

John Julius Guthrie, lieutenant, commanded CSS Red Rover, November 7, 1861; CSS Capitol, May, 1862; commanded CSS Chattahoochee, and naval station at Chattahoochee, Florida, May, 1863; CSS Albemarle, 1864. [ORN 1, 17, 866; 1, 22, 800; 1, 23, 698 and 2, 1 274.]

John Haggerty, coal heaver; later served on CSS Savannah as second class fireman. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

James Hamilton, ordinary seaman.

T.H. Hannan (surname also shown as Haman and Harmon), landsman; later served on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Edward Hanrahan, coal heaver; later served as second class fireman on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

M.M.N. Hardy, landsman.

Eugene Henderson, paymaster's clerk; resident of Tuskegee, Alabama; killed in the boiler explosion of May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis.]

Joseph Hicks, second class fireman; resident of Georgia; killed in the boiler explosion of May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis.]

Euclid P. Hodges, third assistant engineer; resident of Maryland; killed in the boiler explosion of May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis.]

J.B. Holder, landsman; also served on the CSS Georgia. [ORN 2, 1, 287.]

Thomas Horton, quarter gunner; born 1831; enlisted July 17, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida, in company B, 4th Florida Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, December 12, 1862; served on the CSS Chattahoochee, 1863; disrated to seaman, May 13, 1863; deserted, May 13, 1863. [Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 380.]

Joseph Howell, landsman.

George H. Irvine, landsman.

Isaac Johnson, landsman; deserted June 7, 1863.

John Joliff, seaman; previously served on CSS Virginia; killed in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 864 and 869; John E. Ellis]

James H. Jones, landsman, resident of Florida; killed in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis]

James Kennedy, landsman.

E.F. Labatut, ordinary seaman; also served on the CSS Georgia; later returned to the CSS Chattahoochee, in 1864, after that vessel was raised. [ORN 1, 17, 700 & 2, 1, 306.]

Enoch C. Lanpher, Second Class Fireman, resident of Columbus, Georgia; killed in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis]

Elias Lee, quartermaster, CSS Chattahoochee, deserted to to the enemy, at Apalachicola (or Chattahoochee?), Florida, June 13, 1863, and was taken aboard the USS Port Royal, June 20, 1863; took the oath of allegiance, and was employed as pilot on that vessel. [ORN 1, 17, 475.]

Jacob Lind, landsman; buried at Chestnut Street Cemetery, Apalachicola, Florida. [John E. Ellis]

John A. Lovett, gunner; later attached to the Naval Brigade at Richmond, Virginia; paroled at Appomattox, April, 1865. [Appomattox Paroles.]

John A. Lucas, landsman; later served on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Augustus W. Lumbler (surname also shown as Lembler and Lemblom), captain of forecastle; later served on CSS Savannah, and previous service as seaman on the CSS Virginia; may have also served in company E, 8th Alabama Infantry. [ORN 1, 17, 864; 2, 1, 304 & 309.]

Charles King Mallory, jr., midshipman; resident of Virginia; fatally wounded in the boiler explosion of May 27, 1863; died of his wounds, June 1, 1863, aged 18; remains sent home for burial at St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia. [ORN 1, 17, 475, 868-870.]

Henry Hungerford Marmaduke, born Saline County, Missouri; was acting Midshipman, aged 16, in the United States Navy, from which he resigned, March 18, 1861; entered the Confederate States Navy as Midshipman, May 8, 1861; later served as a gunner aboard the CSS Virginia, and was wounded in action at Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 8, 1862; served as master on the CSS Chattahoochee, 1863; his obituary in the Confederate Veteran magazine also indicates service aboard the CSS Shenandoah and the CSS Albemarle; later served at the Naval Batteries on the James River, 1865, and in the Naval Brigade; wounded and captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia; after the war he served in the Navy of the South American state of Columbia; returned to the United States and resided in Washington, D.C., where he died, November 24, 1924, at the age of 82; buried at Arlington National Cemetery; he was responsible in assisting with the collection of Confederate Naval documents for the Office of Navy Records in Washington. [ORN 1, 7, 42; Confederate Veteran magazine, volume 33, number 1 - January, 1925, page 25.]

Patrick Martin, seaman and captain of top; previously served on CSS Virginia; sent aboard the CSS Chattahoochee in August, 1862. [ORN 1, 17, 864.]

Antone Massena (surname also shown as Messina), officer's cook and steward; born Italy, April 5, 1832; enlisted May 1861 in Captain J. Dunham's Company, Milton Artillery; discharged at Muskegee, Georgia; also served, as steward, in the Confederate States Navy, aboard the CSS Chattahoochee; captured by an armed party from the USS Port Royal, April 20, 1863; resident of Apalachicola, Florida, in 1901. [Florida Confederate Pension File No. A12620; see also the Florida Confederate Pension file of Nicholas Demont (no. A11889), in which Messina states, in an affidavit, that he had served on the CSS Chattahoochee; ORN 1, 17, 421.]

George May, born Missouri, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, sailor; marital status, single; enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, July 22, 1861, ated 33, as private, company G, 10th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, November, 1861; also shown (same source) as being transferred to the Merrimac (CSS Virginia), January 2, 1862; served as captain of the top, CSS Virginia, 1862; captain of the top, CSS Chattahoochee, mid 1862, and gunner's mate on the CSS Savannah, 1862-1863. [Booth 2, 923; ORN 1, 17, 864 and 871, & 2, 1, 304 and 309.]

Charles V. McKennie, landsman.

Frederick Meinkein (surname also shown as Menkien), born 1839; enlisted July 18, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida, in Company B, Fourth Florida Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, December 12, 1862; served as seaman on the CSS Chattahoochee; also served on CSS Savannah. [Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 382; ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Charles Miller, seaman, Florida Volunteer Coast Guards, mustered in December 15, 1861; transferred to company K, 7th Florida Infantry, 1862; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, August 5, 1862, as quarter gunner, aboard the CSS Chattahoochee; also served on the CSS Savannah. [Soldiers of Florida, 49; Robert Watson Diary August 5, 1862; ORN 2, 1, 304.]

George D. Miller, landsman and ordinary seaman; also served on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

William Moore, officers' steward; disrated to landsman, April 13, 1863; resident of Florida; killed in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis]

Samuel Morgan, coxswain, Florida Volunteer Coast Guards, mustered in November 27, 1861; transferred to company K, 7th Florida Infantry, 1862; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, August 5, 1862, as sailmaker, aboard the CSS Chattahoochee; later served as sailmaker's mate on CSS Savannah. [Soldiers of Florida, 49; Robert Watson Diary August 5, 1862; ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Thomas R. Muller, born 1840, enlisted July 18, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida, in Company B, Fourth Florida Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, December 12, 1862, and served as seaman on the CSS Chattahoochee; later served on the CSS Savannah. [Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 382; ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Andrew H. Olds, landsman; also served as surgeon's steward on the CSS Savannah, 1863; later attached to the Naval Brigade at Richmond, Virginia, 1865; paroled at Appomattox, April, 1865. [Appomattox Paroles; ORN 2, 1, 305.]

Joseph Pagan, captain of hold; captured at Apalachicola, Florida, April 20, 1863, by an armed party from the USS Port Royal. [ORN 1, 17, 421.]

Francis Palinquist (surname also shown as Planguist), coxswain; captured at Apalachicola, Florida, April 20, 1863, by an armed party from the USS Port Royal. [ORN 1, 17, 421.]

Jacob Paulson (surname also shown as Paulsen and Paulsom), born Holstein, Germany, August 1, 1837; enlisted July 17, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida, in Company B, Fourth Florida Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, December 12, 1861; served, as seaman, aboard CSS Chattahoochee, CSS Savannah, and CSS Palmetto State; resided in Savannah, Georgia, after the war. [Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 383; ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Ira Payne, landsman.

John Perry, served previously as seaman, CSS Virginia; participated in the action at Hampton Roads, Virginia, March, 1862; later, master at arms on CSS Chattahoochee, 1862; appointed boatswain, 1864; severely wounded in the taking out of the USS Water Witch, June 3, 1864; served on CSS Macon, 1864-1865; on duty at Shell Bluff, Georgia, April, 1865. [ORN 1 15, 500, 502; 1, 17, 864 & 2, 1, 304; CSN Register; CSS Macon Rolls.]

Elisha Powell, ordinary seaman; born Pensacola, Florida, 1839; enlisted March 10, 1862, at Apalachicola, Florida, in company A, Milton Light Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, October 20, 1862; served aboard the CSS Chattahoochee; later served on the CSS Savannah. [Additional data provided by Carolyn Nichols, in an e-mail (TNCNOW@aol.com) to the author.]

C.P. Prevat (surname also shown as Prevett), landsman; later served aboard tender CSS Sampson. [ORN 2, 1, 303.]

Mario Provansana, previously served in Battery A, J.L. Dunham's (Florida) Light Artillery; wounded at Fort Fisher and disabled; transferred to Navy. [Soldiers of Florida, 305.].

F. (or P.?) Richards, landsman.

John A. Rosler (surname also shown as Rossler and Rosser), Master's Mate, based at Savannah, Georgia, June, 1864; originally served as a private in company K, 10th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops (1st Regiment North Carolina Artillery), enlisting in Beaufort County, aged 21, on April 22, 1861; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, July 1861, for service aboard the CSS Forest; also served as landsman on the CSS Arctic, as coxswain on the CSS Virginia, 1862, and the CSS Chattahoochee, August, 1862; appointed acting master's mate, July 17, 1863, and served on the CSS Sampson; participated in the expedition to capture the USS Water Witch, June 3, 1864. [ORN 1, 15, 499; 1, 17, 864; 2, 1, 279, 303 & 309; NCT, 1, 168; CSN Register.]

John D. (middle initial also shown as B.) Sands, served as seaman in Captain Mulrenan's Florida Volunteer Coast Guards, mustered in November 27, 1861; transferred to company K, 7th Florida Infantry, about April, 1862; although his pension papers do not show any service in the Confederate States Navy, the diary of Robert Watson indicates he had transferred to the Navy, August 5, 1862, aboard the CSS Chattahoochee; later served aboard the CSS Savannah; surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865; married Eliza Demeritt, at Key West, Florida, March 17, 1872; died at Key West, Florida, October 25, 1899. [Soldiers of Florida, 49; Florida Confederate Pension File No. A00825; Robert Watson Diary August 5, 1862; ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Thomas Saunders, seaman and quarter gunner, CSS Chattahoochee, August, 1862; later served on CSS Savannah; previously served on CSS Virginia; served at Battery Brooke, James River, Virginia, 1865. [ORN 1, 17, 864; Robert Watson Diary March 1, 1865; ORN 2, 1, 304.].

Augustus Schultz (surname also shown as Shultz), born 1838; enlisted July 18, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida, in company B, 4th Florida Infantry; transferred, December 12, 1862, to Confederate States Navy; served as seaman on CSS Chattahoochee; later served as captain of afterguard on the CSS Savannah; may have also served as coal heaver on the CSS Torpedo; later attached to the Naval Brigade at Richmond, Virginia; paroled at Appomattox, April, 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 304 & 307; Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 384; Appomattox Paroles.]

William S. Sealy (surname also shown as Sealey), quarter gunner, CSS Chattahoochee, 1863; served again, as boatswain's mate on the CSS Chattahoochee, 1864, after the vessel was raised. [ORN 1, 17, 700.]

Amos R. Sharitt (surname also shown as Shannett and Sharit), born March 12, 1842, Orange County, New York; resided in Florida since 1850; enlisted, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida, in company B, 1st Florida Infantry; wounded in the left shoulder at the battle of Santa Rosa Island, Florida, October 8, 1861; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date, and served, as ordinary seaman, on the CSS Chattahoochee, as ship's cook on the CSS Savannah and the CSS Columbia; captured in 1865 at Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia; sent for incarceration at Washington, D.C., where he was released shortly after; married Mary Ann Pearson, at Apalachicola, December 15, 1867; member of Camp Tom Moore No. 556, United Confederate Veterans, Franklin County, Florida, 1907; died at Franklin County, March 7, 1925; brother of George E. Sharitt, listed below. [ORN 2, 1, 304; Florida Confederate Pension file number A04993.]

George E. Sharitt (surname also shown as Shannett and Sharit), ordinary seaman; born February 13, 1837, Orange County, New York; resided in Florida since 1850; enlisted, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida, in captain Thigpen's company of cavalry; transferred, 1862, to the Confederate States Navy; served as ordinary seaman on the CSS Chattahoochee; later as officer's cook on the CSS Savannah; then on the ram CSS Columbia, at Charleston harbor; after the Columbia was wrecked, transferred to Fort Darien, at Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia; captured by the Union Army and sent for incarceration to Washington, D.C., where he was later released, at the close of the war; employed post war as a pilot on a steamboat; married Margaret Hayden at Baldwin County, Alabama, June 6, 1867; died at Pensacola, Florida, October 7, 1908; brother of Amos R. Sharitt, listed above. [ORN 2, 1, 304; Florida Confederate Pension file number A00782.]

George W. Sheppard, born 1834; enlisted July 25, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida, in Company B, Fourth Florida Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, December 12, 1862; served as quartermaster on CSS Chattahoochee. [Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 383.]

William Sheppard, landsman; later served as ordinary seaman on CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Joseph Sire (surname also shown as Sia), seaman; resident of Apalachicola; wounded in the boiler explosion aboard the CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; later served as captain of afterguard, 1864, aboard the re-floated CSS Chattahoochee; captured below Apalachicola, Florida, May 12, 1864. [ORN 1, 17, 699 & 869.]

George Smith, captain of top; later served on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

John H. Smith, seaman; also served on CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Joseph W. Smith, landsman.

John S. Spear, resident of Florida; landsman, CSS Chattahoochee, 1863; killed in the boiler explosion of May 27, 1863, Apalachicola River, Florida; buried at the First United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis.]

F.M.E. Syfrette (surname also shown as Syphret), born November 12, 1827, in South Carolina; enrolled September, 1862 (pension records show date of enlistment as October 16, 1862); served, as landsman, on CSS Chattahoochee; also served, as ordinary seaman, on CSS Savannah; mustered out May, 1865 (pension records show discharge date as June 29, 1865, at Maryland); included in the Roll Confederate Navy of Florida; married Mary Jane Summerlin, at Geneva County, Alabama, on July 22, 1874; later resided in Florida, and died at Jackson County, Florida, on March 5, 1904. [Soldiers of Florida, 317; Florida Confederate Pension File No. A00052; ORN 2, 1, 304.]

George T. Taylor (name crossed out on roll), born Macon County, Georgia; enlisted company K, 11th Florida Infantry, at Washington County, Florida, April, 1864 (one source shows 1862); pension file includes conflicting dates; served on CSS Chattahoochee, May, 1864; also shown to have been wounded at Ream's Station, Virginia, June 29, 1864, and then furloughed; another document in his pension file indicates that while serving on the CSS Chattahoochee (as landsman), his mother came and secured permission for him to come across the river at Saffold, Georgia, and he went home without leave; Governor of Florida later pardoned all those who were absent without leave, after which he enlisted in company K, 11th Florida Infantry; resided in Washington County, Florida, 1904; brother of landsman Libe Taylor. [Soldiers of Florida, 317; ORN 1, 17, 700; Florida Confederate Pension File No. A11938; Holcombe.]

Libe Taylor, landsman; brother of landsman George T. Taylor. (Name crossed out on roll). [Holcombe.]

Henry Thomas, first class boy. (Name crossed out on roll).

James Thomas, landsman, resident of Florida; killed in boiler explosion aboard CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; buried at the First United Methodist Church cemetery, Chattahoochee, Florida. [ORN 1, 17, 869; John E. Ellis]

Wilson Thorpe, landsman; later served as ordinary seaman on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 305.]

S.C. Timmons (middle initial also shown as E.), landsman; later served as ordinary seaman on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Daniel Trigg, passed midshipman; later served, 1864, as lieutenant on the CSS Virginia II. [ORN 1, 10, 765.]

William S. Tucker, landsman.

John W. Tynan, second assistant engineer, CSS St. Nicholas, 1861; first assistant engineer, CSS Chattahoochee, 1863; chief engineer at Savannah, Georgia and on the CSS Tallahassee in 1864. [ORN 1, 4, 555; 1, 15, 502 & 2, 1, 307.]

William Walker, landsman; later served as ordinary seaman on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 305.]

H.W.M. Washington, surgeon (temporary), CSS Capitol, May, 1862; CSS Arkansas, June, 1862; CSS Chattahoochee, 1863; CSS Fredericksburg, May, 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 632; 1, 19, 132 and 1, 23, 698.].

William Whitmore (surname also shown as Whitmire), landsman; later served on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 305.]

S.H. Wilder, landsman; this may be the same person whose name is transcribed as J.H. Wilder, and who is shown as having served on the re-floated CSS Chattahoochee in 1864. [ORN 1, 17, 700.]

Lewis C. Wilds, landsman.

Nathaniel Wilds, landsman.

Antone Williams (first name also shown as Antonie), seaman; later served on CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Arad. {?} Williams, landsman.

James Wilson, first class fireman; disrated to landsman, May 13, 1863; deserted May 13, 1863.

William Young, boatswain's mate, CSS Chattahoochee, 1862-1863; (detached?) May 13, 1863; previously served on CSS Virginia. [ORN 1, 17, 864.]

William Youngblood, landsman; later served as ordinary seaman on the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 305.]

Sources for Additional Notes:

ADAH - Information from the Civil War Database, at the Alabama Department of Archives and History web site at URL: http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/search.cfm

Appomattox Paroles - "The Appomattox Paroles, April 9 - 15, 1865," compiled by William G. Nine and Ronald G. Wilson; published by H.E. Howard, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, 1989.

Booth - "Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands," compiled by Andrew B. Booth, in 3 volumes; published 1920. Citation includes volume and page numbers.

CSN Register: "Register of Officers of the Confederate States Navy, 1861-1865" Reprinted by John M. Carroll & Company, Mattituck, New York, 1983.

DANFS - "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships," in eight volumes; compiled by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division, Navy Department, Washington; published by the U.S. Government Printing Office; reprint edition, 1977; citation includes volume and page numbers.

John E. Ellis - Information from John E. Ellis, Confederate States Navy Research Library, Mobile, Alabama, and used with his kind permission. See CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY Internet site at URL: http://www.csnavy.org

Florida Confederate Card File - Information from the Florida Confederate Naval and Marine Corps personnel card roster, at the Florida State Archives, reference S1210. Each card contains the names and some basic service details of personnel of the Confederate States Navy, mainly for the officers from that state. The data may contain some errors, as this author has found.

Florida Confederate Pension - The Florida State Archives have taken the ultimate step of releasing all their Confederate Pension files online, and this has helped in compiling profiles of many of the men from that state who served in the Confederate Navy and the Coast Guard units. Each listing includes the pension file number.

Hartman's Florida Rosters - "Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers, 1861 - 1865." Volume 1. compiled by David W. Hartman and David Coles. Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1995.

NCT: "North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster." Currently (2003) in 15 volumes. Issued by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina. Citation includes volume and page numbers.

ORN - "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion." 31 volumes. United States Government Printing Office, 1914; citation includes series, volume and page numbers.

Porter's Naval History - "Naval History of the Civil War." Admiral David Dixon Porter. Reprinted 1984 by Castle Books, Secaucus, New Jersey.

Robert Watson Diary - Original copy held at the Division of Library and Information Services, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida; Series M76-139, carton number 1. Xerox copy in the possession of the author.

Soldiers of Florida - "Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian - Civil and Spanish-American Wars." prepared and published under the supervision of the Board of State Institutions, as authorized by Chap ter 2203 Laws of Florida, approved May 14, 1903. Reprint issued 1983, by Richard J. Ferry, Macclenny, Florida.

© Terry Foenander.

July, 2003.