List of Officers and Enlisted Personnel of the

"CSS Nashville,"
September - December, 1861.

The following list of names was compiled from two sources, namely, the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion [hereinafter referred to as ORN], series 1, volume 1, page 752, and The Case of Great Britain As Laid Before the Tribunal of Arbitration Convened at Geneva Under the Provisions of the Treaty Between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, Concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871 (in 3 volumes) [hereinafter referred to as Alabama Claims], published at the Government Printing Office, Washington, in 1872, volume 2, appendix volume 2 (Geneva edition), page 133 (in a document titled Copy of Articles Signed by the Crew of the Confederate States Vessel of War Nashville,). Any additional sources are noted at the end of the list of names.

The CSS Nashville had originally been a passenger steamer running between New York and Charleston, and was seized by the Confederates after the fall of Fort Sumter, and fitted out as a cruiser. In October, 1861, the vessel, under the command of Lieutenant Robert B. Pegram, slipped through the blockade and journeyed to Southampton, England. Some months later she entered Beaufort, North Carolina after having captured two prize vessels. The vessel was later sold for use as a blockade runner and renamed Thomas L. Wragg. Later in 1862 she was commissioned as the privateer Rattlesnake. Her career ended when she was captured and destroyed by Union forces on the Ogeechee River, Georgia at the end of February, 1863. [Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, volume 2, page 551.]

John Lawrence Auchrim [CSN Register shows his surname as Ancrum], assistant surgeon; resident of Charleston, South Carolina. [Reminiscences, 18.]

Charles Ballenger, seaman.

Michael Barom, coal passer.

Michael Barry, coal passer.

Claud Bell, seaman.

Aug. Benford, first class boy.

John W. Bennett, second lieutenant; resident of Maryland.

A.G. Bird, captain's mate.

Paul Bogon, coal passer.

Irvine Stephens Bulloch, midshipman; resident of Georgia.

Thomas Burns, coal passer.

Charles Camps, seaman.

Thomas Carey, fireman.

John Carroll, second class boy.

Clarence Cary, midshipman; resident of Virginia. [Reminiscences, 18.]

James Casey, fireman.

M. Cavanagh, second steward.

Peter Conlen, fireman's store keeper.

Nicholas Cunningham, fireman.

William Robert Dalton, midshipman; resident of Mississippi. [Reminiscences, 18.]

Francis Warrington Dawson, [original name, Austin John Reeks] born London, England, May 20, 1840; ordinary seaman, later captain's clerk; joined the CSS Nashville, at Southampton, England, January 1, 1862; later served as Ordnance Officer, in the Army of Northern Virginia; Dawson's Reminiscences indicates that while serving aboard the CSS Nashville, he was a pet of the officers, and did not get along too well with the enlisted sailors; married Virginia Fourgeaud, of Charleston, 1867; after her death of tuberculosis, in 1873, he married Sarah Morgan (who was a sister of fellow CSN officer, James Morris Morgan; she also authored her memoirs, titled A Confederate Girl's Diary), in 1874; they resided in Charleston, South Carolina, after the war, where Frank was owner of the newspaper, News and Courier; murdered March 12, 1889, by his neighbor, Dr. T.B. McDow. [ORN 1, 1, 748; Reminiscences, ix.]

John Dilmore, waiter.

Andrew Dougherty, coal passer.

Thomas Dougherty, coal passer.

Andrew Doyle, fireman's mess boy.

Patrick Dunn, coal passer.

Henry Egan, fireman.

James Evans, pilot; resident of Charleston, South Carolina. [Reminiscences, 18.]

Charles M. Fauntleroy, first lieutenant; resident of Virginia.

W. Gorman, first steward.

George Hall, coal passer.

William Potter Hamilton, midshipman; resident of South Carolina. [Reminiscences, 18.]

Martin Hanley, pantry man.

Edward Hassell, captain's clerk; resident of South Carolina.

Lewis Rawlings Hill, resident of Richmond, Virginia; seaman; later a master at arms, and promoted to acting master's mate, on the recommendation of his commanding officer, lieutenant Robert Pegram. [ORN 1, 1, 748; Reminiscences, 18.]

E.E. Hogan, waiter.

James Hood, chief engineer; resident of Canada.

John H. Ingraham [middle initial also shown as J.], sailing master; resident of South Carolina. [Reminiscences, 18.]

Thomas Jones, pilot; resident of South Carolina.

W. Jones, fireman.

Peter Lawson, seaman.

John Leary, fireman.

W. Leonard, seaman.

---- Lussen, a person of this surname is indicated (only in Reminiscences), as having served on the CSS Nashville; Lussen claimed to have previously been an officer in the Navy of one of the South American Republics, and was a good navigator. [Reminiscences, 22-23.]

George P. Macindoe, water tender.

John Macon, pilot; resident of Georgia; transferred to Fingal (CSS Atlanta). [See The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe, by James D. Bulloch, volume 1, page 118.]

C. McCartney, waiter.

Horatio G. McClintoc, midshipman; resident of Alabama [Reminiscences, 18, shows state of residence as Mississippi.].

P. McCue, first class boy.

Thomas McEvoy, baker.

J.A. McGrath, coal passer.

James McManus, officers' man.

Dennis Mitchell, fireman.

Peter Morgan, coal passer.

Henry Morris, water tender.

John C. Murray, second assistant engineer; resident of South Carolina.

James West Pegram, son of lieutenant Robert B. Pegram; midshipman; resident of Virginia. [Reminiscences, 18.]

Robert B. Pegram, lieutenant; resident of Virginia.

Henry Ransom, boatswain.

J.H. Rider, seaman.

J.P. Roberts, third cook.

George Sampson, seaman.

Francis Sawyer, mate. [ORN 1, 1, 752, and CSN Register both show his rating as boatswain].

John Seeley, water tender. [ORN 1, 1, 749.]

William B. Sinclair, jr., midshipman; resident of Virginia. [Reminiscences, 18.]

William Smith, first assistant engineer; resident of South Carolina.

John Spidell, third assistant engineer; resident of Alabama.

B.J. Sullivan, waiter.

John Sullivan, coal passer.

T. Sullivan, waiter.

Michael Taney, fireman.

Richard Taylor, assistant paymaster; resident of Norfolk, Virginia. [Reminiscences, 18.]

Francis M. Thomas, midshipman; resident of South Carolina [Reminiscences, 18, shows his state of residence as Georgia.].

Mark Tynan, first cook.

William Conway Whittle, jr., third lieutenant; resident of Norfolk, Virginia. [Reminiscences, 18.]

Frederick Williams, second cook, resident of Boston, Massachusetts; enlisted at Charleston, South Carolina, September 25, 1861; deserted at Southampton, England, about December, 1861. [Alabama Claims,144.]

Notes on Other Sources:

Reminiscences: "Reminiscences of Confederate Service, 1861-1865," by Francis Warrington Dawson; edited by Bell I. Wiley; Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge; paperback edition, 1993.

© Terry Foenander.

September, 2002 [Updated, April, 2003].