List of the Officers of the "U.S.S. Kearsarge,"

at Sydney, in August, 1869.

Transcribed from the "Sydney Morning Herald"

of Friday, August 13, 1869.

[with some additional data extracted from sources, noted below.]

James S. Thornton, commander; born in, and appointed from New Hampshire.

John Weidman, lieutenant and executive officer [had actually been promoted to lieutenant commander, as of July 25, 1866]; born in, and appointed from Pennsylvania.

Charles Vernon Gridley, lieutenant [had actually been promoted to lieutenant commander, as of March 12, 1868]; born in Indiana; appointed from Michigan.

John C. Kennett, lieutenant [had actually been promoted to lieutenant commander, as of March 26, 1869]; born in, and appointed from Missouri.

Charles S. Sperry, ensign [had actually been promoted to master, as of March 26, 1869]; born in New York; appointed from Connecticut.

Abraham B.H. Lillie, ensign [had actually been promoted to master, as of March 26, 1869]; born in, and appointed from New York.

William T. Swineburne, ensign [had actually been promoted to master, as of March 26, 1869]; born in, and appointed from Rhode Island.

Horace Eugene Jones, ensign; born in, and appointed from Indiana.

William D. Nicholson, ensign; born in, and appointed from New York.

William Swift, ensign; born in, and appointed from Connecticut.

Charles H. Burbank, surgeon; born in, and appointed from Maine.

Henry C. Meade, paymaster; born in, and appointed from New York.

Sidney Albert, first assistant engineer; born in, and appointed from New York.

F.H. Harrington, second lieutenant, U.S.M.C; born in, and appointed from the District of Columbia.

Burdett C. Gowing, second assistant engineer [had actually been promoted to first assistant engineer, as of October 11, 1866].

Edwin T. Phillippi, second assistant engineer [had actually been promoted to first assistant engineer, as of January 1, 1868]; born in, and appointed from Pennsylvania.

John Wesley Gardner, second assistant engineer; born in, and appointed from New York.

Charles F. Purdie, third assistant engineer [had actually been promoted to second assistant engineer, as of June 2, 1869].

Perry Garst, midshipman [had actually been promoted to ensign as of April 19, 1869]; born in Ohio; appointed from Illinois.

Gottfried Blocklinger, midshipman [had actually been promoted to ensign as of April 19, 1869]; born in, and appointed from Iowa.

Charles A. Adams, midshipman [had actually been promoted to ensign as of April 19, 1869]; born in New York; appointed from Wisconsin.

J.T. Wilson, paymaster's clerk.

C.H. Wood, captain's clerk.

E.P. Turner, admiral's clerk.

Thomas Bennett, boatswain; died on June 20, 1890; born in, and appointed from Massachusetts.

Sources of additional data:

List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps, from 1775 to 1900, edited by Edward W. Callahan; originally published by L.R. Hamersly & Co., New York, 1901; reprinted by Olde Soldier Books, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, circa 1974.

Register of the Commissioned, Warrant, and Volunteer Officers of the Navy of the United States, Including Officers of the Marine Corps and Others, to January 1, 1865, published by the Government Printing Office, Washington, 1865.

© Terry Foenander.

November, 2001.