Flag Officers of the US Navy, 1861-1865
Alphabetical
Commanders of Squadrons, US Marine Corps, US Navy Staff Bureaux, and Flag Officers from Commodore to Vice-Admiral
Alden, James (Jr)
Born 31 March 1810 Portland, Maine / Died San Francisco, California 6 February 1877
Midshipman USN 1 April 1828 / Passed Midshipman 14 June 1834 / Lieutenant USN 25 February 1841 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 2 January 1863 / Commodore USN 25 July 1866 / Rear Admiral USN 19 June 1871 / Retired USN 31 March 1872
USS Merrimack April 1861 / USS South Carolina May 1861 / USS Richmond February 1862 / USS Brooklyn November 1864 / USS Susquehanna 1867 / USS Minnesota 1868 / Chief of Bureau of Navigation 12 April 1869-30 September 1861
Bailey, Theodorus (Jr)
Born 12 April 1865 Chateaugay, New York / Died Washington, District of Columbia 10 February 1877
Midshipman USN 1 January 1818 / Passed Midshipman USN 1826 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1827 / Commander USN 6 March 1849 / Captain USN 15 December 1855 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN 26 July 1866 / Retired USN 10 October 1866
USS Colorado June 1861 / USS Cayuga 1862 / 1st Division West Gulf Blockading Squadron April 1862 / East Gulf Blockading Squadron 9 September 1862-7 August 1864 / USS St Lawrence December 1862 / USS Magnolia June 1863 / USS San Jacinto July 1863 / Portsmouth Navy Yard 30 September 1864
Bell, Henry Haywood
Born 13 April 1808 Orange, North Carolina/ Died Osaka, Japan 11 January 1868
Midshipman USN 4 August 1823 / Passed Midshipman USN 23 March 1829 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1831 / Commander USN 12 August 1854 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN 25 July 1866 / Retired USN 12 April 1867
2nd Division West Gulf Blockading Squadron April 1862 / USS Hartford April 1862 / USS Brooklyn October 1862 / USS Pensacola August 1863 / East India Squadron 31 July 1865 / Asiatic Squadron 1865
Berrien, John M
Born 28 December 1804 Georgia / Died Atlantic Ocean 21 November 1883
Midshipman USN 1 March 1825 / Passed Midshipman 4 June 1831 / Lieutenant USN 9 February 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Commodore USN 26 September 1866 / Retired USN 28 December 1866
USS John Adams December 1860 / USS Pittsburgh September 1862 / Gosport Navy Yard 16 November 1864 / USS Monadnock November 1864
Bissell, Simon B
Born 28 October 1808 Vermont / Died Paris, France 18 February 1883
Acting Midshipman USN 1 March 1825 / Midshipman USN 4 June 1831 / Passed Midshipman 9 February 1837 / Lieutenant USN 9 February 1837 Reserved 13 September 1855 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1865 / Commodore USN 10 October 1866 / Retired USN 1870
USS Cyane April 1862 / USS Monongahela 1867-1868
Blake, George Smith
Born 1803 Worcester, Massachusetts / Died Longwood, Massachusetts 24 June 1871
Midshipman USN 1 January 1818 / Passed Midshipman USN 1826 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1827 / Commander USN 27 February 1847 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Superintendent US Naval Academy 15 September 1857-9 September 1865 / Commodore USN 16 July 862 / Retired USN 5 March 1864
Superintendent US Naval Academy 15 September 1857-9 September 1865
Boggs, Charles Stuart
Born 28 January 1811 New Brunswick, New Jersey / Died New Brunswick, New Jersey 22 April 1888
Midshipman USN 1 November 1826 / Passed Midshipman USN 28 April 1832 / Lieutenant USN 6 September 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866 / Rear Admiral USN 1 July 1870 / Retired USN 28 January 1872
USS Cayuga 1862 / USS Varuna February 1862 / USS Sacramento March 1862 / USS Varuna April 1862 / USS Juniata 1863 / USS Connecticut April 1865
Case, Augustus Ludlow
Born 3 February 1863 Newburgh, New York / Died Washington, District of Columbia 17 February 1893
Midshipman USN 1 April 1828 / Passed Midshipman USN 14 June 1834 / Lieutenant USN 25 February 1841 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 2 January 1863 / Commodore USN 8 December 1867 / Rear Admiral USN 24 May 1872 / Retired USN 3 February 1875
USS Minnesota 1861-1862 / Fleet Captain North Atlantic Blockading Squadron 1862-1863 / Chief of Bureau of Ordnance 10 August 1869-9 April 1873
Chauncey, John St Clair
Born 8 March 1805 New York, New York / Died Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 10 April 1871
Midshipman USN 1 January 1812 / Lieutenant USN 13 January 1825 / Commander USN 8 September 1841 / Dropped USN 13 September 1855 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Commodore USN 12 March 1867 / Retired USN 4 April 1869
USS Susquehanna June 1861
Craven, Thomas Tingey
Born 20 December 1808 Washington, District of Columbia / Died Boston, Massachusetts 23 August 1887
Midshipman USN 1 May 1822 / Passed Midshipman USN 24 May 1828 / Lieutenant USN 27 May 1830 / Commander USN 16 December 1852 / Captain USN 7 June 1861 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN 10 October 1866 / Retired USN 30 December 1869
Potomac Flotilla 27 June 1861-March 1862 / USS Yankee July 1861 / USS Harriet Lane October 1861 / USS Brooklyn December 1861 / San Francisco Navy Yard 1867-1868 / North Pacific Squadron 6 August 1868-28 June 1869
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard
Born 13 November 1809 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died Washington, District of Columbia 12 July 1870
Merchant Seaman 28 March 1825 / Midshipman USN 1 February 1826 / Passed Midshipman USN 28 April 1832 / Lieutenant USN 8 March 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN 7 February 1863
Washington Navy Yard 22 April 1861-22 July 1862 / Chief of Bureau of Ordnance 22 July 1862-24 June 1863 / USS Wabash July 1863 / USS Catskill July 1863 / USS Augusta Dinsmore July 1863 / South Atlantic Blockading Squadron 6 July 1863-February 1864 / USS Montauk August 1863 / USS Philadelphia August 1863 / USS Weehawken August 1863 / USS Harvest Moon February 1864 / USS Philadelphia January 1865 / USS Pawnee June 1865 / South Atlantic Blockading Squadron May 1864-12 June 1865 / USS Powhatan December 1866 / South Pacific Squadron 12 December 1867-14 July 1868 / Chief of Bureau of Ordnance 22 July 1868-23 July 1869
Davis, Charles Henry
Born 16 January 1807 Boston, Massachusetts / Died Washington, District of Columbia 18 February 1877
Midshipman USN 12 August 1823 / Passed Midshipman USN 23 March 1829 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1831 / Commander USN 12 June 1854 / Captain USN 15 November 1861 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN 7 February 1863
Superintendent National Almanac Office 23 November 1859-18 September 1862 / Chief of Bureau of Details April 1861-17 July 1862 / Blockade Strategy Board June 1861-September 1861 / Board of ironclad Vessels 3 August 1861 / Chief of Staff and Captain of the Fleet South Atlantic Blockading Squadron November 1861-1862 / USS Vixen November 1861 / USS Benton May 1862 / Western Gunboat Flotilla 9 May 1862-1 October 1862 / Chief of Bureau of Navigation 17 July 1862-27 April 1865 / USS Eastport August 1862 / Mississippi River Squadron 10 October 1862-15 October 1862 / Superintendent US Naval Observatory 28 April 1865-18 February 1877 / South Atlantic Squadron 27 July 1867-21 October 1869 / USS Lancaster June 1869
Du Pont, Samuel Francis
Born 27 September 1803 Bergen Point, New Jersey / Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 23 June 1865
Midshipman USN 19 December 1815 / Lieutenant USN 28 April 1826 / Commander USN 28 October 1842 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Rear Admiral USN 16 July 1862
Philadelphia Navy Yard 1855-1861 / Blockade Strategy Board June 1861-September 1861 / South Atlantic Blockading Squadron 18 September 1861-3 July 1863 / USS Wabash October 1861 / USS Vermont July 1862 / USS Wabash August 1862 / USS Keystone State September 1862 / USS Wabash October 1862 / USS New Ironsides March 1863 / USS Wabash April 1863
Eagle, Henry
Born 7 April 1801 New York, New York/ Died New York, New York 26 November 1882
Midshipman USN 1 January 1818 / Passed Midshipman USN 1826 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1827 / Commander USN 4 June 1844 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Retired USN 1 January 1863 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 25 July 1866
USS Monticello May 1861 / USS Santee June 1861
Emmons, George Foster
Born 27 August 1811 Clarendon, Vermont / Died Princeton, New Jersey 23 July 1884
Midshipman USN 1 April 1828 / Passed Midshipman USN 14 June 1834 / Lieutenant USN 25 February 1841 / Commander USN 28 January 1856 / Captain USN 7 February 1863 / Commodore USN 20 September 1868 / Rear Admiral USN 25 November 1872 / Retired 23 August 1873
USS Hatteras January 1862 / USS R R Cuyler January 1863 / USS Monongahela July 1863 / USS Philadelphia November 1863 / USS Lackawanna January 1865 / USS Ossipee 1867-1868
Farragut, David Glasgow
Born 5 July 1801 Campbell’s Station, Tennessee / Died Portsmouth, New Hampshire 14 August 1870
Midshipman USN 17 December 1810 / Passed Midshipman USN 1821 / Lieutenant USN 13 January 1825 / Commander USN 8 September 1841 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Commander-in-Chief US Navy 21 December 1861-14 August 1870 / Rear Admiral USN 16 July 1862 / Vice Admiral USN 21 December 1864 / Admiral USN 25 July 1866
WIA and CIA Valparaiso Bay, Chile 28 March 1814 Exchanged April 1815 WIA Vicksburg 23 June 1862
USS Brooklyn December 1860 / Commander-in-Chief US Navy 21 December 1861-14 August 1870 / USS Hartford January 1862 / West Gulf Blockading Squadron 20 January 1862-2 August 1863 / USS Monongahela May 1863 / USS Pensacola May 1863 / USS Tennessee July 1863 / USS Hartford September 1863 / West Gulf Blockading Squadron 23 January 1864-30 November 1864 / USS Franklin June 1867 / European Squadron 14 July 1867-10 November 1868
Foote, Andrew Hull
Born 12 September 1806 New Haven, Connecticut/ Died New York, New York 26 June 1863
Cadet USN June 1822 / Resigned USN December 1822 / Midshipman USN 4 December 1822 / Passed Midshipman 24 May 1822 / Lieutenant USN 27 May 1830 / Commander USN 19 December 1852 / Captain USN 29 June 1861 / Rear Admiral USN 16 July 1862
WIA Fort Donelson 14 February 1862
New York Navy Yard February 1861-June 1861 / Mississippi River Squadron 30 August 1861-9 May 1862 / USS Lexington November 1861 / USS Cincinnati February 1862 / USS St Louis February 1862 / USS Conestoga February 1862 / USS Benton March 1862 / Chief of Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting 17 July 1862-1 June 1863
Glisson, Oliver S
Born 18 January 1809 Brookville, Ohio / Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 20 November 1890
Midshipman USN 1 November 1826 / Passed Midshipman USN 28 April 1832 / Lieutenant USN 8 March 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866 / Rear Admiral USN 10 June 1870 / Retired USN 18 January 1871
USS Mount Vernon May 1861 / USS Iroquois 1862 / USS Mohican October 1862 / USS Santiago de Cuba August 1864 / Philadelphia Navy Yard 1868-1869
Godon, Sylvanus William
Born 18 June 1809 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died Blois, France 17 May 1879
Midshipman USN 1 March 1819 / Passed Midshipman USN 4 June 1831 / Lieutenant USN 17 December 1836 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 2 January 1863 / Rear Admiral USN 25 July 1866 / Retired USN 18 June 1871
USS Mohican December 1860 / USS Norwich April 1862 / USS Vermont September 1862 / USS Powhatan November 1862 / USS Susquehanna August 1864 / USS Hartford March 1865 / Brazil Squadron August 1865 / South Atlantic Squadron 12 June 1865-27 July 1867 / USS Brooklyn June 1866 / USS Guerriere 1867
Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes
Born 18 February 1805 Washington, District of Columbia / Died Washington, District of Columbia 20 February 1877
Midshipman USN 18 June 1812 / Lieutenant USN 13 January 1825 / Commander USN 8 September 1841 / Superintendent USNA 1 November 1853-15 September 1857 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Rear Admiral USN 16 July 1862 / Retired USN 6 October 1873
USS Congress December 1860 / North Atlantic Blockading Squadron 18 September 1861-5 September 1862 / USS Minnesota September 1861 / USS Philadelphia February 1862 / USS Colorado June 1865 / European Squadron 18 July 1865-14 July 1867
Green, Joseph Foster
Born 24 November 1811 Bath, Maine / Died Brookline, Massachusetts 9 December 1897
Midshipman USN 1 November 1827 / Passed Midshipman USN 10 June 1833 / Lieutenant USN 28 February 1838 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 2 December 1867 / Rear Admiral USN 13 July 1870 / Retired USN 25 November 1872
USS Canandaigua August 1862 / USS John Adams July 1864
Greene, Theodore Phinney
Born 1 November 1809 Montreal, Canada / Died Jaffrey, New Hampshire 30 August 1877
Midshipman USN 1 November 1826 / Passed Midshipman USN 28 April 1832 / Lieutenant USN 20 December 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 24 July 1867 / Retired USN 1 November 1871 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 24 May 1872
USS Santiago de Cuba July 1863 / USS San Jacinto April 1864 / East Gulf Blockading Squadron 7 August 1864-12 October 1864 / USS Richmond January 1865 / USS Powhatan 1867 / Pensacola Navy Yard 1868-1869
Harwood, Andrew Allen
Born 9 October 1802 Settle, Pennsylvania/ Died Marion, Massachusetts 28 August 1884
Midshipman USN 1 January 1818 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1827 / Commander USN 2 October 1848 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Retired USN 9 October 1864 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 20 February 1869
Chief of Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography 24 April 1861-5 July 1862 / Potomac Flotilla March 1862-January 1864 / Chief of Bureau of Ordnance 5 July 1862-22 July 1862 / Washington Navy Yard 22 July 1862
Hitchcock, Robert B
Born 25 September 1804 Connecticut / Died New York, New York 24 March 1888
Midshipman USN 1 January 1825 / Passed Midshipman USN 4 June 1831/ Lieutenant USN 3 March 1835 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Retired USN 25 September 1866
USS Merrimack 1860 / USS Susquehanna June 1862 / USS Pensacola December 1862 / Gosport Navy Yard 31 October 1865-1866
Hoff, Henry Kuhn
Born 1806 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died Washington, District of Columbia 25 December 1878
Midshipman USN 28 October 1823 / Passed Midshipman USN 23 March 1829 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1831 / Commander USN 29 December 1853 / Captain USN 30 June 1861 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN 13 April 1867 / Retired USN 19 September 1868
USS John Adams 1861 / USS Lancaster 1861-1862 / USS Wampanoag February 1868 / North Atlantic Squadron 22 February 1868-15 September 1869 / USS Contoocook 1868
Hunt, Timothy Atwater
Born 23 July 1805 New Haven, Connecticut / Died New Haven, Connecticut 21 January 1884
Midshipman USN 1 March 1825 / Passed Midshipman USN 4 June 1831 / Lieutenant USN 17 December 1836 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 2 January 1863 / Retired USN 3 July 1867
USS Narragansett December 1860
Inman, William
Born 1797 Utica, New York / Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 23 October 1874
Midshipman USN 1 January 1812 / Lieutenant USN 1 April 1818 / Commander USN 24 May 1836 / Captain USN 2 June 1850 / Reserved 13 September 1855 / Retired USN 1 December 1861 / Commodore USN Retired 4 April 1867
African Squadron 1859-1861 / USS Constellation July 1861-April 1862
Jenkins, Thornton Alexander
Born 11 December 1811 Orange, Virginia / Died Washington, District of Columbia 9 August 1893
Midshipman USN 1 November 1828 / Passed Midshipman USN 14 June 1834 / Lieutenant USN 9 December 1839 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 25 July 1866 / Rear Admiral USN 15 August 1870 / Retired USN 11 December 1873
WIA Port Hudson 1863
USS Preble December 1860 / USS Wachusett July 1862 / USS Oneida November 1862 / USS Monongahela July 1863 / USS Richmond July 1863 / Chief of Bureau of Navigation 24 August 1865-11 April 1869
Kilty, Augustus Henry
Born 25 November 1807 Annapolis, Maryland / Died Baltimore, Maryland 10 November 1879
Midshipman USN 4 July 1821 / Passed Midshipman USN 28 April 1832 / Lieutenant USN 6 September 1837 / Commander USN 6 January 1859 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866 / Retired USN 25 November 1868
WIA St Charles 17 June 1862
USS Mound City April 1862 / USS Roanoke September 1864
Lanman, Joseph
Born 18 July 1811 Norwich, Connecticut / Died Norwich, Connecticut 13 March 1874
Midshipman USN 1 January 1825 / Passed Midshipman USN 4 June 1831 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1835 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 29 August 1862 / Rear Admiral USN 8 December 1867 / Retired USN 18 July 1872
USS Michigan 1857-1861 / USS Saranac 1862 / USS Minnesota 1864 / Atlantic Squadron 10 October 1865-1 November 1865 / Portsmouth Navy Yard 1867-1868 / USS Lancaster 1869
Lardner, James Lawrence
Born 20 November 1802 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12 April 1881
Midshipman USN 10 May 1820 / Lieutenant USN 17 May 1828 / Commander USN 21 November 1851 / Captain USN 19 May 1861 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Retired USN 20 November 1864 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 25 July 1866
Philadelphia Navy Yard June 1861-September 1861 / USS Susquehanna October 1861-1862 / East Gulf Blockading Squadron 4 June 1862-January 1863 / USS San Jacinto June 1862 / USS St Lawrence September 1862 / West Indies Squadron 20 June 1863-1 November 1865 / USS Ticonderoga June 1863 / USS Rhode Island November 1863 / USS Powhatan December 1863
Lee, Samuel Phillips
Born 13 February 1812 Sully, Virginia / Died Silver Springs, Maryland 5 June 1897
Midshipman USN 22 November 1825 / Passed Midshipman USN 4 June 1831 / Lieutenant USN 9 February 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866 / Rear Admiral USN 22 April 1870 / Retired USN 13 February 1873
USS Vandalia 1860-1861 / USS Oneida 1862 / North Atlantic Blockading Squadron 5 September 1862-12 October 1864 / USS Minnesota 1862 / USS Philadelphia 1862 / USS Hetzel 1863 / USS Malvern 1864 / Mississippi River Squadron 1 November 1864-14 August 1865 / USS Agawam 1864 / USS Black Hawk 1864 / USS Cincinnati 1864 / USS Black Hawk 1865 / USS Fairy 1865 / USS Tennessee 1865 / USS Tempest 1865
Livingston, John William (Turk)
Born 22 May 1804 New York, New York / Died New York, New York 10 September 1885
Midshipman USN 4 March 1823 / Passed Midshipman USN 23 March 1829 / Lieutenant USN 21 June 1832 / Commander USN 24 May 1855 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Retired USN 26 May 1868 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 26 May 1868
USS Penguin 1861 / USS Bienville 1861 / USS Cumberland 1861-1862 / Gosport Navy Yard 20 May 1862-1864 / Mound City Navy Yard 19864-1866
Marchand, John Bennett
Born 27 August 1808 Greensburg, Pennsylvania / Died Carlisle, Pennsylvania 13 April 1875
Midshipman USN 1 May 1828 / Passed Midshipman USN 14 June 1834 / Lieutenant USN 29 January 1840 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866 / Retired USN 27 August 1870
USS Memphis 1860-1861 / USS James Adger October 1861 / USS Lackawanna March 1862-1864
McKean, William Wister
Born 19 September 1800 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died Binghamton, New York 22 April 1865
Midshipman USN 30 November 1814 / Passed Midshipman USN 1822 / Lieutenant USN 13 January 1825 / Commander USN 8 September 1841 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Retired USN 21 December 1861 / Commodore USN Retired 16 July 1862
USS Niagara 1860-1861 / Gulf Blockading Squadron 18 September 1861-20 January 1862 / East Gulf Blockading Squadron 20 January 1862-4 June 1862
McKinstry, James P
Born 9 February 1803 Hillsdale, New York / Died Detroit, Michigan 11 February 1873
Midshipman USN 1 February 1826 / Passed Midshipman USN 28 April 1832 / Lieutenant USN 9 February 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866 / Retired USN 9 February 1869
WIA Port Hudson 14 March 1863
USS Dacotah 1861 / USS Monongahela 1862-1863 / USS New York 1865-1866
Mervine, William
Born 14 March 1791 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died Utica, New York 15 September 1868
Midshipman USN 16 January 1809 / Lieutenant USN 4 February 1815 / Master Commandant USN 12 June 1834 / Captain USN 8 September 1841 / Retired USN 21 December 1861 / Commodore USN Retired 21 December 1861 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 25 July 1866
WIA Niagara River 28 November 1812
USS Colorado May 1861 / Gulf Blockading Squadron 8 June 1861-18 September 1861 / USS Mississippi June 1861 / USS Colorado July 1861 / USS Rhode Island September 1861
Middleton, Edward
Born 11 December 1810 Charleston, South Carolina / Died Washington, District of Columbia 27 April 1883
Midshipman USN 1 July 1828 / Passed Midshipman USN 14 June 1834 / Lieutenant USN 25 February 1841 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 24 April 1863 / Commodore USN 26 November 1868 / Retired USN 11 December 1872 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 15 August 1876
USS St Mary’s July 1861
Missroon, John S
Born 5 June 1805 South Carolina / Died Charlestown, Massachusetts 23 October 1865
Midshipman USN 27 June 1824 / Passed Midshipman USN 20 February 1830 / Lieutenant USN 31 December 1833 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN / Commodore USN 16 July 1862
USS Rhode Island September 1861 / USS Savannah October 1861 / USS Wachusett March 1862
Montgomery, John Berrien
Born 17 November 1794 Allentown, New Jersey / Died Carlisle, Pennsylvania 25 March 1873
Midshipman USN 4 June 1812 / Lieutenant USN 1 April 1818 / Commander USN 9 February 1839 / Captain USN 6 January 1853 / Retired USN 21 December 1861 / Commodore USN Retired 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 25 July 1866
Pacific Squadron August 1859-2 January 1862 / USS Lancaster July 1861-March 1862 / Boston Navy Yard 3 June 1862-1863 / Washington Navy Yard 31 December 1863-1865
Morris, Henry W
Born 14 August 1805 New York / Died New York, New York 14 August 1863
Midshipman USN 21 August 1819 / Lieutenant USN 17 May 1828 / Commander USN 12 October 1849 / Captain USN 27 December 1856 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862
USS St Louis 1861 / USS Pensacola November 1861-February 1862
Palmer, James Shedden
Born 13 October 1810 Elizabethtown, New Jersey / Died St Thomas, Virgin Islands 7 December 1867
Midshipman USN 1 January 1825 / Passed Midshipman USN 4 June 1831 / Lieutenant USN 17 December 1836 Reserved 13 September 1855 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 7 February 1863 / Rear Admiral USN 26 July 1866
USS Iroquois January 1861-December 1861 / USS Montgomery October 1862 / USS Hartford January 1863 / West Indies Squadron 3 October 1864-1 November 1865 / West Gulf Blockading Squadron 30 November 1864-23 February 1865 / USS Richmond 1865 / North Atlantic Squadron 1 November 1865-7 December 1867 / USS Rhode Island 1866 / USS Susquehanna 1867
Parker, Foxhall Alexander
Born 5 August 1821 New York, New York / Died Annapolis, Maryland 10 June 1879
Midshipman USN 11 March 1837 / Lieutenant USN 21 September 1850 / Commander USN 16 July 1862 / Captain USN 1866 / Commodore USN 1872 / Superintendent US Naval Academy 1 July 1878-10 June 1879
Washington Navy Yard 1861-1862 / USS Mahaska 1863 / USS Wabash June 1863-September 1863 / Potomac Flotilla 31 December 1864-31 July 1865 / Boston Navy Yard 1877-1878
Pearson, George Frederick
Born 6 February 1796 Exeter, New Hampshire/ Died Portsmouth, New Hampshire 30 June 1867
Midshipman USN 11 March 1815 / Passed Midshipman USN 1822 / Lieutenant USN 13 January 1825 / Commander USN 8 September 1841 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Retired USN 21 December 1861 / Commodore USN Retired 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 25 July 1866
Portsmouth Navy Yard 1 October 1860 / USS Powhatan 1861 / Pacific Squadron 25 October 1864-6 August 1866 / USS Lancaster November 1864 / South Pacific Squadron 6 August 1866-12 December 1867 / USS Powhatan August 1866
Pendergrast, Garrett J
Born 26 December 1809 Kentucky / Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7 November 1862
Midshipman USN 1 January 1812 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1821 / Commander USN 8 September 1841 / Captain USN 24 May 1855 / Retired USN 21 December 1861 / Commodore USN Retired 16 July 1862
USS Powhatan 1860 / USS Cumberland 1861 / Home Squadron 19 April 1861-8 June 1861 / West Indies Squadron 8 June 1861-24 August 1861 / USS Roanoke August 1861 / Philadelphia Navy Yard October 1861-1862
Pennock, Alexander Mosely
Born 1 October 1814 Norfolk, Virginia / Died Portsmouth, Virginia 20 September 1876
Midshipman USN 1 April 1828 / Passed Midshipman USN 14 June 1834 / Lieutenant USN 25 February 1841 / Commander USN 15 December 1855 / Captain USN 2 January 1863 / Commodore USN 6 May 1868 / Rear Admiral USN 19 July 1872
USS Benton January 1862 / Mound City Navy Yard July 1862 / Mississippi River Squadron 31 July 1864-1 November 1864 / USS Black Hawk October 1864 / USS Franklin 1865 / European Squadron 10 November 1868-28 February 1869
Poor Charles, Henry
Born 11 January 1808 Cambridge, Massachusetts / Died Washington, District of Columbia 5 November 1882
Midshipman USN 1 March 1825 / Passed Midshipman USN 4 June 1831 / Lieutenant USN 22 December 1855 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 2 January 1863 / Rear Admiral USN 20 September 1868 / Retired USN 9 June 1870
USS St Louis 1860-1861 / USS Brooklyn June 1861 / USS Roanoke 1862 / USS Powhatan September 1862 / USS Illinois 1862 / USS Saranac 1863-1865 / Mound City Navy Yard 1866-1868
Porter, David Dixon
Born 8 June 1813 Chester, Pennsylvania / Died Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 13 February 1891
Cadet Mexican Navy 1826 / Midshipman USN 2 February 1829 / Passed Midshipman USN 5 July 1835 / Lieutenant USN 27 February 1841 / Commander USN 22 April 1861 / Captain USN 7 February 1863 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN 4 July 1863 / Superintendent US Naval Academy 9 September 1865-1 December 1869 / Vice-Admiral USN 25 July 1866 / Admiral USN 15 August 1870
WIA Grand Gulf 20 April 1863
USS Powhatan April 1861 / USS Harriet Lane March 1862 / Mortar Boat Flotilla March 1862 / USS Octorara May 1862 / USS Essex August 1862 / Mississippi River Squadron 9 October 1862-31 July 1864 / USS Black Hawk December 1862 / USS Cincinnati 1863 / USS Benton May 1863 / USS Malvern October 1864 / North Atlantic Blockading Squadron 12 October 1864-28 April 1865 / Chief of Bureau of Navigation 4 August 1865-24 August 1865
Porter, William David
Born 10 March 1809 New Orleans, Louisiana / Died New York, New York 1 May 1864
Midshipman USN 1 January 1823 / Passed Midshipman USN 23 March 1829 / Lieutenant USN 31 December 1833 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862
WIA Fort Henry 6 February 1862
USS St Mary’s December 1860-1861 / USS New Era October 1861 / USS Essex 1861
Price, Sicero
Born 1 December 1805 Kentucky / Died Troy, New York 24 November 1888
Midshipman USN 1 February 1826 / Passed Midshipman USN 28 April 1832 / Lieutenant USN 6 September 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1853 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 29 December 1866 / Retired USN 2 December 1867
USS Huntsville 1861 / USS Jamestown 1862-1865
Radford, William
Born 9 September 1809 Fincastle, Virginia / Died Washington, District of Columbia 8 January 1890
Midshipman USN 1 March 1825 / Passed Midshipman USN 4 June 1831 / Lieutenant USN 9 February 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 24 April 1863 / Rear Admiral USN 26 July 1866 / Retired USN 1 March 1870
USS Dacotah December 1860-1861 / USS Cumberland March 1862 / USS New Ironsides November 1864-1865 / North Atlantic Blockading Squadron 28 April 1865-12 June 1865 / USS Phlox April 1865 / USS Malvern May 1865 / Atlantic Squadron 12 June 1865-10 October 1865 / Washington Navy Yard 10 October 1865 / USS Franklin 1869
Ridgely, Daniel Bowly
Born 1 August 1813 Lexington, Kentucky / Died Baltimore, Maryland 5 May 1868
Midshipman USN 1 April 1828 / Passed Midshipman USN 14 June 1834 / Lieutenant USN 10 September 1840 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 November 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866
USS Atlanta 1860-1861 / USS Allegheny 30 April 1861 / USS Santiago de Cuba November 1861 / USS Shenandoah July 1863-1865 / USS Sonoma 1865 i
Ringgold, Cadwalader
Born 20 August 1802 Fountain Rock, Maryland / Died Baltimore, Maryland 29 April 1867
Midshipman USN 4 March 1819 / Lieutenant USN 17 May 1828 / Commander USN 16 July 1849 / Reserved 1 September 1855 / Captain USN 2 April 1856 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Retired USN 20 August 1864 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 25 July 1866
USS Sabine October 1861
Rodgers, John (II)
Born 8 August 1812 Havre de Grace, Maryland / Died Washington, District of Columbia 5 May 1882
Midshipman USN 18 April 1828 / Passed Midshipman USN 14 June 1834 / Lieutenant USN 22 January 1840 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / ADC (S F Du Pont) October 1862-1862 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 17 June 1863 / Rear Admiral USN 31 December 1869
CIA Gosport Navy Yard 21 April 1861 Paroled 24 April 1861
Mississippi River Squadron 16 May 1861-30 August 1861 / USS Tyler August 1861 / USS Lexington August 1861 / USS Flag August 1861 / USS Ottawa November 1861 / USS Unadilla February 1862 / USS Flag 1862 / USS Galena May 1862 / USS Weehawken January 1863 / USS Dictator 1864-1866 / USS Monadnock 1866-1867
Rowan, Stephen Clegg
Born 25 December 1808 Dublin, Ireland / Died Washington, District of Columbia 31 March 1890
Midshipman USN 1 February 1826/ Passed Midshipman USN 28 April 1832 / Lieutenant USN 8 March 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN 26 July 1866 / Vice Admiral USN 15 August 1870 / Retired USN 26 February 1889
WIA San Gabriel, California Territory 8 January 1847
USS Pawnee April 1861 / Potomac Flotilla 27 June 1861-10 July 1861 / USS Delaware February 1862 / USS Philadelphia March 1862 / Sounds of North Carolina Flotilla April 1862 / USS Augusta Dinsmore July 1863 / USS Catskill July 1863 / USS New Ironsides July 1863 / USS Philadelphia August 1863 / South Atlantic Blockading Squadron February 1864-May 1864 / Gosport Navy Yard 1866-1867 / USS Piscatagua April 1868 / Asiatic Squadron 1868-1870
Sands, Benjamin Franklin
Born 11 February 1812 Baltimore, Maryland / Died Washington, District of Columbia 30 June 1883
Midshipman USN 1 April 1828 / Passed Midshipman USN 14 June 1834 / Lieutenant USN 16 March 1840 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866 / Rear Admiral USN 27 April 1871 / Retired USN 11 February 1874
USS Dacotah December 1862 / USS Roanoke July 1863 / USS Fort Jackson March 1864-1865 / US Naval Observatory 1868
Sands, Joshua Ratoon
Born 13 May 1795 Brooklyn, New York/ Died Baltimore, Maryland 2 October 1883
Midshipman USN 18 June 1812 / Lieutenant USN 1 April 1818 / Commander USN 23 February 1840 / Captain USN 25 February 1854 / Retired USN 21 December 1861 / Commodore USN Retired 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 25 July 1866
Brazil Squadron 1860-1861 / USS Pulaski May 1861 / USS Congress June 1861
Schenck, James Findlay
Born 11 June 1807 Franklin, Ohio / Died Dayton, Ohio 21 December 1882
Cadet 1 July 1823 / Resigned 1 July 1823 / Midshipman USN 1 March 1825 / Passed Midshipman USN 4 June 1831 / Lieutenant USN 22 December 1835 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Commodore USN 2 January 1863 / Rear Admiral USN 21 September 1868 / Retired USN 19 June 1869
USS Saginaw 1860-1861 / USS St Lawrence 1861-1862 / USS Powhatan 18964-1865
Selfridge, Thomas Oliver (Sr)
Born 24 April 1804 Boston, Massachusetts / Died Waverly, Massachusetts 15 October 1902
Midshipman USN 1 January 1818 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1827 / Commander USN 11 April 1844 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Retired USN 24 July 1866 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 25 July 1866
WIA Guaymas, Mexico 17 November 1847
USS dale 1861 / USS Mississippi August 1861 / San Francisco Navy Yard 27 May 1862
Smith, Melancton
Born 24 May 1816 New York, New York / Died Green Bay, Wisconsin 19 July 1893
Midshipman USN 1 March 1826 / Passed Midshipman USN 28 April 1832 / Lieutenant USN 8 March 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866 / Rear Admiral USN 1 July 1870 / Retired USN 24 May 1871
USS Massachusetts May 1861 / USS Mississippi February 1862-1863 / USS Monongahela March 1863 / USS Onondaga April 1864 / USS Matabesett May 1864 / USS Onondaga August 1864 / USS Wabash November 1864 / Chief of Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting 17 September 1866-17 July 1870
Smith, William
Born 9 January 1803 Mason, Kentucky / Died St Louis, Missouri 29 April 1873
Midshipman USN 4 March 1823 / Passed Midshipman USN 23 March 1829 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1831 / Commander USN 12 September 1854 / Captain USN / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Retired USN 9 January 1865 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 26 May 1868
USS Boston 1861 / USS Congress October 1861 / USS Wachusett 1862 / Pensacola Navy Yard 29 December 1862-1864
Steedman, Charles
Born 20 September 1811 Santee, South Carolina / Died Washington, District of Columbia 13 November 1890
Midshipman USN 1 April 1828 / Passed Midshipman USN 14 June 1834 / Lieutenant USN 25 February 1841 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 13 December 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866 / Rear Admiral USN 25 May 1871 / Retired USN 24 September 1873
USS Dolphin December 1860 / USS Bienville October 1861 / USS Paul Jones June 1862 / USS Powhatan April 1863 / USS Ticonderoga December 1863-1867
Stribling, Cornelius Kinchiloe
Born 22 September 1796 Pendleton, South Carolina / Died Martinsburg, West Virginia 17 January 1880
Midshipman USN 18 June 1812 / Lieutenant USN 1 April 1818 / Commander USN 28 January 1840 / Superintendent US Naval Academy 1 July 1850-1 November 1853 / Captain USN 1 August 1853 / Retired USN 21 December 1861 / Commodore USN Retired 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 25 July 1866
East Indies Squadron October 1859-1861 / Philadelphia Navy Yard November 1862 / East Gulf Blockading Squadron 12 October 1864-12 June 1865 / USS San Jacinto December 1864-1 January 1865 / USS Powhatan March 1865
Stringham, Silas Horton
Born 7 November 1797 Middletown, New Jersey / Died Brooklyn, New York 7 February 1876
Midshipman USN 15 November 1809 / Lieutenant USN 9 December 1814 / Master Commandant USN 3 March 1831 / Captain USN 8 September 1841 / Retired USN 21 December 1861 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 16 July 1862
Chief of Organisation Office March 1861-April 1861 / USS Minnesota April 1861 / Atlantic Blockading Squadron 8 June 1861-18 September 1861
Taylor, Alfred
Born 23 May 1811 Alexandria, Virginia / Died Washington, District of Columbia 19 April 1891
Midshipman USN 1 January 1825 / Passed Midshipman USN 4 June 1831 / Lieutenant USN 9 February 1837 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 27 September 1866 / Rear Admiral USN 29 January 1872 / Retired USN 23 May 1872
USS Saratoga December 1860-1861 / USS Susquehanna 1864-1865
Taylor, William Rogers
Born 7 November 1811 Newport, Rhode Island / Died Washington, District of Columbia 14 April 1889
Midshipman USN 1 April 1828 / Passed Midshipman USN 14 June 1824 / Lieutenant USN 10 February 1840 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866 / Rear Admiral USN 19 January 1871 / Retired USN 7 November 1873
USS Housatonic August 1862-1863 / USS Catskill 1863 / USS Montauk 1863 / USS Juniata July 1864 / USS Ossipee 1869
Thatcher, Henry Knox
Born 26 May 1806 Thomaston, Maine/ Died Boston, Massachusetts 5 April 1880
Cadet 1822 / Resigned 1822 / Midshipman USN 4 March 1823 / Passed Midshipman USN 23 March 1829 / Lieutenant USN 28 February 1833 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN 26 July 1866 / Retired USN 26 May 1868
USS Decatur 1860 / USS Constellation April 1862-1863 / USS Colorado 1863-1865 / West Gulf Blockading Squadron 23 February 1865-12 June 1865 / USS Portsmouth February 1865 / USS Circassian February 1865 / USS Albatross March 1865 / USS Richmond March 1865 / USS Glasgow March 1865 / Gulf Squadron 12 June 1865-7 May 1866 / USS Estrella June 1865 / USS R R Cuyler June 1865 / North Pacific Squadron 6 August 1866-6 August 1868 / USS Vanderbilt August 1866 / USS Pensacola 1867
Turner, Thomas
Born 23 December 1808 Washington, District of Columbia / Died Glen Mills, Pennsylvania 24 March 1883
Midshipman USN 21 April 1825 / Passed Midshipman USN 4 June 1831 / Lieutenant USN 22 December 1835 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 13 December 1862 / Rear Admiral USN 27 May 1868 / Retired USN 21 April 1870
USS Saratoga December 1860-1861 / Philadelphia Navy Yard June 1861-October 1861 / USS New Ironsides August 1862-1863 / South Pacific Squadron 14 July 1868-28 June 1869 / USS Powhatan July 1868 / USS Pensacola June 1869 / USS Mohican 1869
Van Brunt, Gershom Jacques
Born 28 August 1798 New Jersey / Died Dedham, Massachusetts 17 December 1863
Midshipman USN 3 November 1818 / Passed Midshipman USN 1826 / Lieutenant USN 3 March 1827 / Commander USN 26 May 1846 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Retired USN 24 August 1863
USS Minnesota June 1861
Walke, Henry
Born 24 December 1808 Princess Anne, Virginia / Died Brooklyn, New York 8 March 1896
Midshipman USN 1 February 1827 / Passed Midshipman USN 10 June 1833 / Lieutenant USN 9 December 1839 / Reserved 13 September 1855 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 26 July 1866 / Rear Admiral USN 13 July 1870 / Retired USN 26 April 1871
USS Supply December 1860-1861 / USS Tyler September 1861 / USS Carondelet February 1862 / USS Lafayette 1862-1863 / USS Sacramento 1864-1865
Wilkes, Charles
Born 3 April 1798 New York, New York / Died Washington, District of Columbia 8 February 1877
Merchant Seaman 1815-1818 / Midshipman USN 1 January 1818 / Passed Midshipman USN 1825 / Lieutenant USN 28 April 1826 / Commander USN 13 July 1843 / Captain USN 14 September 1855 / Commodore USN 16 July 1862 / Suspended 8 May 1864-7 May 1865 / Commodore USN Retired 16 July 1862 / Rear Admiral USN Retired 25 July 1866
USS San Jacinto October 1861-1862 / USS Wachusett July 1862 / James River Flotilla 6 July 1862-31 August 1862 / West Indies Squadron 8 September 1862-20 June 1863 / USS Vanderbilt March 1863-June 1863 / USS Alabama June 1863-20 June 1863
Winslow, John Ancrum
Born 19 November 1811 Wilmington, North Carolina / Died Boston Highlands, Massachusetts 29 September 1873
Midshipman USN 1 February 1827 / Passed Midshipman USN 10 June 1833 / Lieutenant USN 9 December 1839 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / Captain USN 16 July 1862 / Commodore USN 19 June 1864 / Rear Admiral USN 2 March 1870
USS St Louis November 1861 / USS Benton January 1862 / USS Cincinnati June 1862 / Memphis Navy Yard July 1862 / USS Baron De Kalb September 1862 / USS Wachusett February 1863 / USS Kearsarge April 1863-1864 / Gulf Squadron 7 May 1866-22 May 1867
Worden, John Lorimer
Born 12 March 1818 Sing-Sing, New York / Died Washington, District of Columbia 18 October 1897
Midshipman USN 10 January 1834 / Passed Midshipman USN 16 July 1840 / Master USN 15 August 1846 / Lieutenant USN 30 November 1846 / Commander USN 16 July 1862 / Captain USN 3 February 1863 / Commodore USN 27 May 1868 / Rear Admiral USN 20 November 1872 / Retired USN 23 December 1886
CIA Montgomery 11 April 1861 Exchanged November 1861 WIA Hampton Roads 9 March 1862
USS Monitor January 1862 / USS Montauk December 1862 / USS Pensacola 1867
Zeilen, Jacob
Born 16 July 1806 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died Washington, District of Columbia 18 November 1880
2nd Lieutenant USMC 1 October 1831 / 1st Lieutenant USMC 12 September 1836 / Captain USMC 14 September 1847 / Major USMC 26 July 1861 / Colonel USMC Commandant United States Marine Corps 10 June 1864-2 March 1867 / Brigadier-General USMC Commandant United States Marine Corps 2 March 1867-1 November 1876 / Retired USMC 1 November 1876
Brevet Major USMC 9 January 1847
WIA First Bull Run 21 July 1861
Commandant United States Marine Corps 10 June 1864-1 November 1876
American Civil War High Command 