Vermonters Who served as Officers in the U.S. Navy
Allis, Egbert Harris, appt Acting Asst. Surgeon, USN, 1/27/62; more
Anderson, William H., enl 8/24/62, Landsman, USN, ACT 3rd ASST ENG, 8/27/62, 2nd ASST ENG, vessels, 6/10/64: steamer Iuka; hon disch 9/20/65, ACT 2nd ASST ENG 6/8/66, m/o 1/20/68.
Arthur, Elliott J., Apptd Midshipman, USNA, 9/17/65;grad. 6/4/65; retired 11/16/82
Baxter, Charles Deming, Apptd. Q. M. 3d Vt., 5/61, which appointment he could not accept on account of severe illness; Apptd. Paymaster USN, winter of 61; not accepted by reason of death Jan. 17, 62.
Beaman, George William, Apptd. Asst. Paymaster USN, (more)
Bissell, Simon B., Apptd Midshipman, USN, 3/1/25, more)
Blanchard, Thomas, 1st ASST ENG, USN Vols, 9/63, on steamer Argosy (Mississippi Flotilla), 63; disch 10/65.
Blodgett, George M., Apptd Midshipman, USNA, 10/3/51, (more
Bogart, George M., Acting ENS, USN Vols, 10/3/63; on gunboat Pinola (West Gulf Squadron), 63-64; bark Arthur, 1/1/65, probably in Pensacola; hon disch 10/65
Bradley, George H. M., Masters Mate, USN, joined steam iron-clad New Ironsides, then fitting out, Philadelphia, 6/11/62, served in her continuously on special service in the James River and later in the South Atlantic Squadron; present in action off Charleston, SC, 6/63 and 9/63; Wilmington, NC 64; resigned 10/19/64
Buck, Isaac, Acting 3rd ASST ENG, USN Vols, steamer Mystic (NABS), 64; Acting 2nd ASST ENG 5/11/65, disch 8/21/65
Campbell, Alexander, 3rd ASST ENG, Vol. 11/62, USN; steamer General Price (Mississippi Flotilla), 2nd ASST ENG, 8/64, disch 11/65
Carpenter, Charles O., Asst. Surgeon (Master), USN, 62; steam gunboat Ottawa (South Atlantic Squadron); resigned 3/63. [Asst. Surgeon 7/30/61]
Carter, Enoch B., 3rd ASST ENG, USN Vols, 2/64, steamer Gettysburg (North Atlantic Squadron) 64, 2nd ASST ENG 64, resigned, 5/65
Case, Charles, Acting ENS, USN Vols, steamer Teaser, June, 62; on Potomac Flotilla, 64; disch 12/65
Chipman, Alonzo S., ACT 2nd ASST ENG 2/7/62, USN, 1st ASST ENG, 10/63; on steamer Galatea (West India Squadron), dsrtd 6/20/64
Chipman, Daniel W., enl 12/63, Landsman, USN, m/o 7/65, vessels: Proteus (more)
Churchill, James M., enl 9/63, Landsman, USN, m/o 9/65, vessels: Hendrick Hudson
Clark, Charles Edgar, Midshipman, USN, (more)
Colby, Edward P., Appt Midshipman, USNA, 7/23/64; resigned before graduating
Colby, Henry B., enl 8/19/62, m/i 10/4/62, Pvt, Co. H, 12th VVI, disch 1/22/63, tr to USN, appt. Masters Mate, USV, 1/63, schooner Beauregard (EGBS); Acting ENS, 2/64; steamer Nyack (North Atlantic Squadron), 64-65; hon. disch 5/66 (more)
Colby, Henry G., comn 8/1/63, USN, Acting Assist. Paymaster; on bark Gem of the Seas (East Gulf Squadron), 64-65; Asst. Paymaster, steamer Don 7/66; Past Asst. Paymaster, 8/68; sloop Cyane, 70; Paymaster, 78; steam sloop Tuscarora, 80. (more)
Colvocoresses, George Musalas, CDR, USN (more) (more offsite)
Colvocoresses, George Partridge, Captain's Clerk, USN, (more)
Converse, Blinn A., 22nd NY INF Band, Co. I, 8/61, m/o 8/15/62; 3rd ASST ENG, 9/64, USN, steamer Little Ada (North Atlantic Squadron), 9/64-3/65, Mystic, 3/65-5/65; resigned 5/17/65 (more)
Converse, George Albert, Midshipman, USN, 11/61, (more)
Damon, Orison B., comn Asst. Surgeon 6/63, USN, m/o 12/65, vessels: Silver Cloud
Dewey, George Washington, Midshipman, 9/54, USN, (more)
Dickinson, Daniel A., appt Acting Assistant Paymaster, 5/15/63, USN, m/o 1/65, vessels: Thomas Freeborn
Dunn, Elisha W., Appointed Purser, 3/1858, USN, (more)
Edmunds, George, enl 1/62, Landsman, USN, m/o 1867?, vessels: Dacotah, Shenandoah (Gunner, rank 51, 1/1/64), St. Marys, Sabine
Emmons, George Foster, CAPT, USN; (more)
Farmer, Edward, Third Assistant Engineer, 5/3/59, USN, (more)
Fisk, James Edgar, Apptd Midshipman, USN, 9/57, resigned 4/16/61, apptd Midshipman, CSN, 6/14/61, pr Acting Master, 9/24/61, pr 2LT, 2/8/62, resigned 12/19/63
Fitch, B. F. D., apptd Acting Assistant Paymaster 5/24/62, USN, m/o 9/64, vessels: Tennessee
Flagg, George A., Apptd Midshipman, USNA, 9/21/61, Passed Midshipman, 11/22/64, pr ENS 11/21/66, pr Master 12/1/66, pr LT 3/12/68, d/svc
French, John A., Acting ENS, USN Vols, 8/63; steamer Calypso (North Atlantic Squadron), 63; pr Acting Master, cmdd Sophronia (East Gulf Squadron), 64; hon/disch 11/65
Gilbert, Daniel G., comn Surgeon, USN,1/15/63, m/o 8/64, vessels: Maratanza
Gilmore, John, apptd Acting Third Assistant Engineer, enl 2/9/64, USN, m/o 8/65, vessels: Cherokee
Gipson, James C., Acting Volunteer LT, apptd 7/9/64, USN, commanded steamer 'Exchange'; resided WI
Graham, John Hodges, Midshipman, USN, 6/12; LT, 3/17; CDR, 2/28; CPT, 3/49; COMMODORE, 7/62; on the reserved list, 62-65 (more offsite)
Granger, Lyman Crouch, enl 1/21/62, Landsman, USN; appt Asst. Surgeon 6/63, on steamer Cambridge (North Atlantic Squadron), 63; d/svc 9/64 (more offsite)
Green, Richard H., Asst. Surgeon, USN Vols, 11/63; steamer State of Georgia, (NABS), 64; steamer Seneca, (NABS), 65; resigned 5/65
Green, Stephen S., Asst. Surgeon, USN Vols, 3/64, WGBS, 64-65; m/o 12/65
Greene, Theodore Phinney, Midshipman, 1826, USN, (more)
Griswold, Charles D., apptd Acting Midshipman enl 11/20/61, USN, 7/5/1868, vessels: Sabine, Pensacola
Halladay, Charles S., apptd Acting Assistant Paymaster, 6/7/64, USN, vm/o 10/65, vessels: Nyack
Harvey, Luther R., 3rd ASST ENG, 2/62, USN; on gunboat Maratanza, North Atlantic Squadron, 63-64; 2nd ASST ENG 10/63, gunboat Shamrock, 67; European Squadron, steamer Frolic, 69; Ashuelot, Asiatic Squadron, 70.
Hicks, Abraham H., enl 5/2/61, Landsman, USN, Acting Master's Mate, pr Acting ENS 6/63, steamer Lockwood, 63-64; resigned 3/30/65
Hitchcock, Robert Emmet, USMC, KIA, Bull Run, 7/21/61, top of his head severed by a cannonball, body never recovered, 1st Marine and first Vermont officer killed in civil war
Holley, Robert Y., apptd Acting Master, 9/3/61, USN Vols, steamer Norwich, South Atlantic Squadron, 9/61; cmdd steamer Newbern, North Atlantic Squadron, 63-65; disch 1/14/68.
Humphrey, Charles H., Midshipman, 9/58, 2LT, USMC, 3/63, Marine Barracks Cairo, IL
Hunter, A. E., enl 8/61, Landsman, USN, m/o 1866, vessels: Shepard Knapp, Stars and Stripes, Vincennes
Hurd, Freeman A., enl 10/63, Landsman, USN, m/o 1865, vessels: Antona, Milwaukee
Johnson, Henry L., apptd Midshipman, 9/59, USN, (more
Keith, Asa S., Apptd Midshipman, USNA, 4/18/62, resigned before graduation
Kennedy, Thomas, MASTERS MATE, USN Vols, steamer Wamsutta, South Atlantic Squadron, 11/62, gunboat Chocura, North Atlantic Squadron, 63, disch 12/65
Kenny, Albert S., Apptd Asst. Paymaster (Master) 3/19/62, USN, (more)
Kenny, Lewis, Acting ENS, USN Vols, 10/63, iron-clad steamer Tuscumbia, Mississippi Flotilla, 63-64; steamer Kate, Mississippi Flotilla, 65.
Kimball, F. W., enl 5/63, Landsman, USN, vessels: Jasmine, Release, Conemaugh
Lapoint, Alfred, enl 6/62, Landsman, USN, m/o 1865, vessels: Conemaugh
Lewis, Edwin F., enl 8/13/62, Landsman, USN, steamer Fahkee, North Atlantic Squadron; steamer Alabama, North Atlantic Squadron, 64; m/o 9/25/65
Lewis, Theodore F., enl 11/19/62, Landsman, USN, steamer Galatea, West India Squadron, 63-64; 1st ASST ENG, 2/64; m/o 10/30/65
Long, James, enl 11/61, Landsman, USN, m/o 4/17/65, vessels: Marblehead, Powhatan; resigned 4/17/65
Lowry, Francis, Appointed Midshipman, 8/3/1831, USN, (more)
Lowry, Horatio B., comn 2LT, USMC, 9/17/61; pr 1LT, 11/1/61; Marine Barracks, Washington DC, 61; Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, NH, 61-62; attached to Marine Battn, Port Royal, SC, 62; steam frigate, Wabash, flag-ship South Atlantic Squadron 62-63; commanded 100 marines ashore on Morris Island, SC, with the same number of sailors engaged in placing heavy guns in battery to be used against Fort Sumter, 62; commanded the marines of the U.S. Ships James Adger, Keystone State, Alabama and Albatross; organized a battn, upon special duty, Georgetown, SC, and neighboring waters; engaged the enemy near Blakes plantation, 62; served with the Marine Battn, Morris Island and Folly Island, SC; brevet CPT for gallant and meritorious services in the night attack upon Fort Sumter, made by the marines and sailors, 9/8/63; Marine Barracks, Boston, 64-65; USS Vermont, off Navy Yard, New York, 67; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 67-69; attached to U.S. frigate Sabine, special cruise, 69; comn CPT 10/16/69; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 70-72; Apptd Asst. Quartermaster, with rank of CPT, 6/21/72; HQ USMC, 72; ASST QM Office, Philadelphia, 77; attached to the Marine Battn as Asst. Quartermaster, during labor strike, Philadelphia and Reading, 7; headquarters USMC as Asst. Quartermaster, 81; Apptd QM, with the rank of MAJ, 5/85; on duty at headquarters USMC, 85, up to the present time (1892)
Lull, Edward Phelps, Midshipman, 10/1851, USN, vessels: Congress, Roanoke, Brooklyn, Tennessee, Swatara, Hartford (more)
Lull, Louis J., Appt Acting Midshipman, 10/1/62, USN, resigned 7/1/64
Lyman, Gad., enl 8/64, Landsman, USN, vessels: Neptune
Marshall, James L., enl 11/63, Landsman, USN, vessels: Rhode Island
Mills, George E., res. NH, appt. Acting ENS 9/12/64, USN, served on USS Mahaska, disch 9/15/65
Minue, Eusebius, appt Acting Third Assistant Engineer, 9/20/62, USN, discharged 11/14/65, vessels: Lockwood, Calypso
Moore, Lemuel H., enl 8/26/61, m/i 9/16/61, Pvt, Co. E, 5th VVI, wdd, Savage's Station, 6/29/62, pow, Savage's Station, 6/29/62, prld 7/22/62, dis/wds, 12/29/62; comn 3rd Asst ENG, USN, 4/24/65; steamer Florida, North Atlantic Squadron, 65; m/o 2/15/66
Morton, Gilbert, ENS, USN (profile) (more offsite)
Paine, Amasa, Apptd Midshipman, USN, 5/1/22, passed Midshipman 5/24/28, pr LT, 3/3/31, pr CDR 4/12/53, Reserved List 9/13/55, reactivated for Civil War, Reserved List as CPT 6/9/62
Pangborn, Henry H., appt Paymaster, USN, 6/1/61, served on the sloop Constitution, 63-64, 65 assigned to Pensacola, FL, d/svc, 7/31/66, age 27
Pierce, Henry M., Acting ENS, 8/19/62, USN Vols, 6/63; on steamer Silver Lake, Mississippi Flotilla, 63; Acting Master, 64; hon. disch 9/65
Pitkin, Henry Stanley, comn 8/22/61, USN, Asst. Surgeon, USS North Carolina 7/62, steam gunboat Mahaska North Atlantic Squadron, 63, steamer Brooklyn, North Atlantic Squadron, 64, Passed Asst. Surgeon (LT) 7/72, ship Guard 66; Piscataqua flag-ship, Asiatic Squadron, 67-68, Delaware 70, d/svc 6/23/74
Pixley, Andrew J., 2nd ASST ENG, USN Vols, 5/64, vessels: Gettysburg, NABS; mustered on Gettysburg 1/1/65
Prindle, Franklin Cogswell, Engineer, USN, (more)
Putnam, William O., apptd ENS 8/62, USN, apptd Acting Master, 4/2/64, vessels: Montgomery
Quinn, John Paul, Asst. Surgeon, USN, 5/61; gunboat Sebago, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 62-63; Naval Hospital, Norfolk, 63; Steam frigate, Minnesota, flag-ship, North Atlantic blockading Squadron, 64; Surgeon, 12/64, steamer Frolic, European Squadron, 64; sloop of war Saratoga, 69; d/svc, Havana, Cuba, 6/6/89
Rand, Homer Edgar, Apptd Acting Assistant Paymaster 4/22/64, USN, resigned 9/24/65, vessels: Merrimac, Tioga, Glasgow, Kearsarge
Rand, Stephen Jr., enl 8/15/61, m/i 9/9/61, PVT, Co. E, 1st USSS, dis/dsb 4/13/63, Alexandria, Va., USN, (more)
Richardson, Roderick Julius, Assistant Paymaster, USN, 9/61; steamer Harriet Lane, West Gulf Squadron; Paymaster, 9/62; captured on board Harriet Lane, 1/1/63; on steam frigate Wabash, SABS, 63; resigned, 10/64 (more offsite)
Robie, Edward Dunham, Appointed Third Assistant Engineer 2/1852, USN; (more)
Rohrer, Karl, Appointed Midshipman, 7/22/65, USN, (more)
Rugg, Charles W., enl 5/64, Landsman, USN, vessels: Rhode Island
Sawyer, Edward A., enl 8/61, appt. Acting ENS, 7/28/63, USN, vessels: Marion, Port Royal, Chattahoochee, Sabine
Sawyer, George Augustus, enl 7/63, Landsman, USN, vessels: Sassacus
Scribner, James E., ACT 3rd ASST ENG, USN Vols, 6/64; steamer Virginia, WGBS, 64; hon disch 10/65.
Sedman, Thomas D., Apptd Midshipman USNA, 3/63; dropped from Academy
Seymour, Epaphroditus H., 3rd ASST ENG, 8/61, USN; steam sloop Lackawanna, North Atlantic Squadron, 1863; waiting order, 1864. [d/svc 11 Apr 64]
Smalley, Eugene Allen, 19th OH INF, enl 4/61, Co. B; took part in the West Virginia campaign of that year, and was engaged at Rich Mountain, Va., and the advance on Beverly; m/o 7/6/61;
8/61, examined at Washington, DC, comn in USMC; passed and was appointed 2LT, 8/29/61; 10/61, joined the btln under MAJ George J. Reynolds, for service at Port Royal, SC; embarked on USS Pawnee, at Washington Navy Yard; in the night passed the batteries on the Potomac without loss. At Fortress Monroe the command was transferred to the transport Governor; November 2nd and 3rd, the Governor was wrecked off Hatteras, the battalion having been rescued by the USS Sabine; proceeded to its destination, but did not reach Port Royal until after the surrender of Hilton Head and Bay Point; appointed QM of the battalion, and remained its QM during its organization; took part in the expedition against Fernandina and St. Augustine, Fla.; 4/62, battalion returned to Washington, and soon after was disbanded; 1/27/61, comn 1LT 6/16/62, appointed a member of the Board of Examiners to examine applicants for commission in USMC; in the summer of 62, ordered to the Gosport Navy Yard; 2/63, ordered to command of the guard of the USS San Jacinto, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; vessel sailed to Key West, Fla., as flag-ship of the East Gulf Squardron; 12/31/64, San Jacinto wrecked off the Bahamas; 3/65, reported at Philadelphia yard for duty; resigned 7/26/66.Smith, Jesse B., Midshipman, USN, 7/64; steamer Gettysburg, North Atlantic Squadron, 69; steamer Alaska, Asiatic Squadron, 71
Temple, William Grenville, Apptd Midshipman, USN, (more)
Thayer, William L., Asst. Paymaster, USN Vols, 11/64, vessels: Wando, SABS, 64; hon disch 10/65.
Tyrrell, Stephen R., Acting ENS, 12/62, USN; steamer Granite City, WGBS, 63; pow, Calcassieu, TX, 5/6/64; d/prison in Confederate prison, TX.
Upham, Charles C., Paymaster, 7/52, USN (more)
Van Deusen, George H., Acting Asst. Surgeon, USN, 2/14/62, gunboat Owasco, 64; West Gulf Squadron, resigned 3/19/64 (more)
Wait, Frederick H., ENS, USN Vols, 7/63; served on gunboat Cincinnati, Mississippi Flotilla, siege of Vicksburg, gunboat Lexington, on White River expedition, steamer Fort Hindman, on Red River expedition, 64; steamer General Bragg, on Ouachita River expedition, 65; steamer Oriole, in charge of ironclad, Marayunk, Naval Station Mound City, 66; sloop of war St. Louis, 67; hon. disch, 11/68.
Wait, Horatio Loomis, Assistant Paymaster, 7/62,, USN (more)
Wells, Charles J. S., Asst. Surgeon, USN, 11/61; Mississippi Squadron, 62-63; steam frigate Niagara, special service, 63-64; Mississippi Squadron, 64-65; passed Asst. Surgeon, 66 Shamrock, South Atlantic Squadron, 67-68; steam frigate Colorado, flag-ship Asiatic Fleet, 69-73; Surgeon, 7/6/72.
Wells, George, comn 12/33, USN, LT, 45; on sick leave, 63; d/svc, Bellows Falls, 10/64.
Woodward, Edwin Tully, Appointed Midshipman, 11/59, USN, (more)
Wright, Jesse, Appinted Acting Third Assistant Engineer 10/63, USN; steamer Jonquil, 63; steamship Valparaiso, 64; hon disch 10/65
Legend: A.C. - Army Corps; AG - Adjutant General; AAG - Assistant Adjutant General; AAAG - Acting Assistant Adjutant General; AACS - Acting Assistant Commissary of Subsistence; AAQM - Acting Assistant Quartermaster; ACT - Acting; ADC - Aide-de-Camp; AIG - Assistant Inspector General; A&IG - Adjutant & Inspector General; AoP - Army of the Potomac; A.P.M. - Additional Paymaster; AQM - Assistant Quartermaster; Artfcr - Artificer; BGLR - Bugler; Bndmstr - Bandmaster; BGen - Brigadier General; Blksmth - Blacksmith; Bvt - brevet; enl - enlisted; CS - Commissary of Subsistence; com - commissioned; cred. - credited to; CS - Commissary of Subsistence; CSA - Confederate States Army; d/dis - died of disease; d/prison - died in prison*; d/svc - died in service (cause unknown); d/wds - died of wounds; dis/dsb - discharged for disability; dis/dischon - dishonorable discharge; DRMR - Drummer; dsrtd - deserted; ENG - Engineer (rank); ENGNRS - Engineers (unit); FFR - Fifer; GCM - general court martial; gsw - gunshot wound; Hosp. - Hospital; IG - Inspector General, kia - killed in action; MGen - Major General; m/i - mustered in; m/o - mustered out; Muscn - Musician; mwia - mortally wounded in action; n.d. - no date; nfr - no further record; P.M. - Paymaster; pow - taken prisoner; pr - promoted; prld - paroled; Rcrt - Recruit; red - reduced (demoted); resgd - resigned; RQM - Regimental Quartermaster; SOWD - Special Order, War Department; Stew. - Steward; tr to/from - transferred to/from; USA - US Army; USCA - US Colored Artillery; USCI - US Colored Infantry; USSS - US Sharpshooters; USV - US Volunteers; VVLB - Vermont Volunteer Light Battery; VHAC - Vermont Heavy Artillery Company; VRC - Veterans Reserve Corps; VVC - Vermont Volunteer Cavalry; VVI - Vermont Volunteer Infantry; Wgnr - Wagoner; wdd - wounded
* NOTE: d/prison includes those who died on parole as a result of imprisonmentSource of roster information: basic information on enlistments, promotions, casualties, etc. comes from the 1892 "Revised Roster of Vermont Volunteers," and additional information from a variety of sources, including cemetery, pension, census and other records as well as published biographies of individuals.