Naval Officers of the Civil War

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Hospital ship USS Red Rover medical officers and paymaster, circa late 1864 or early 1865. Those present are (as numbered on the print): (1) Acting Assistant Surgeon James T. Field, (2) Acting Assistant Paymaster Alexander W. Pearson, (3) George Lawrence, (4) Acting Assistant Surgeon George H. Bixby, (5) Assistant Surgeon James S. Knight, (6) Fleet Surgeon Ninian Pinkney, and (7) Assistant Surgeon Michael Bradley.

Former Confederate naval officers at Leamington Spa, England, Autumn 1865, following the return of CSS Shenandoah. Those present include former Assistant Surgeon Edwin G. Booth (seated), and (standing, left to right): former Acting Master Irvine S. Bulloch (of CSS Shenandoah); former Passed Assistant Surgeon Bennett W. Green; former First Lieutenant William H. Murdaugh; and former Passed Assistant Surgeon Charles E. Lining (of CSS Shenandoah).

Painting by Creative Arts Studio, prepared for use in an official film on Naval history, circa the early 1960s. It depicts an imaginary meeting of some of the Confederacy's naval leaders, including (seated, left to right): Captain Franklin Buchanan, Captain Josiah Tattnall, and Commander Matthew F. Maury. Shown standing (from left to right) are Captain George N. Hollins, Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes, and Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory.

Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, USN, Commanding, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (center) with members of his staff, on board his flagship USS Malvern in Hampton Roads, Virginia, December 1864. The officer at far left is Lieutenant Commander William B. Cushing, USN.

Engineer-in-Chief Benjamin F. Isherwood, USN, and his staff. Isherwood is seated at the left.

Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, USN, and Major General George Gordon Meade, USA, commander of the Army of the Potomac. It appears that this is a composite of two photos, although I'm not 100% sure of that.

Lieutenant Commander. Edward Barrett and Lieutenant Cornelius N. Schoonmaker of the monitor USS Catskill at Battery Bee, Sullivan's Island, Charleston harbor.

Deck and officers of USS Catskill in Charleston Harbor. Lieutenant Commander Edward Barrett is seated on the turret. The officer standing beside him appears to be Lieutenant Cornelius W. Schoonmaker.

Officers of the U.S.S. Philadelphia before the pilot-house. In its description of this photo, the Naval Historical Center notes that "the ship's structure is rather different than that seen in [other] artworks of the ship. This may reflect the subsequent addition of a forecastle deck, or may indicate an incorrect identification."

View on deck of the USS Monitor, looking forward on the starboard side, while the ship was in the James River, Virginia, 9 July 1862. Officers at right are (left to right): Third Assistant Engineer Robinson W. Hands, Acting Master Louis N. Stodder, Second Assistant Engineer Albert B. Campbell (seated) and Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William Flye (with binoculars).

Officers on the deck of the USS Monitor, by her gun turret, while the ship was in the James River, Virginia, on 9 July 1862. They are, standing, top row, left to right: Master's Mate George Frederickson, Third Assistant Engineer Mark Trueman Sunstrom, Lieutenant Samuel Dana Greene, Lieutenant L. Howard Newman (Executive Officer of USS Galena) and First Assistant Engineer Isaac Newton. Seated in chairs, middle row, left to right: Acting Master Louis N. Stodder, Acting Assistant Paymaster William F. Keeler, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William Flye, and Acting Assistant Surgeon Daniel C. Logue. Seated on deck in front, left to right: Third Assistant Engineer Robinson W. Hands, Second Assistant Engineer Albert B. Campbell, and Acting Master E.V. Gager.

Officers on deck of the USS Monitor, posed by her armored gun turret, while the ship was in the James River, Virginia, 9 July 1862. They are, top row, left to right: Second Assistant Engineer Albert B. Campbell, Third Assistant Engineer Mark Trueman Sunstrom, Acting Assistant Paymaster William F. Keeler, and Lieutenant L. Howard Newman (Executive Officer of USS Galena). Middle Row, left to right: Acting Master Louis N. Stodder, Master's Mate George Frederickson, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William Flye, Acting Assistant Surgeon Daniel C. Logue, and Lieutenant Samuel Dana Greene. Seated on deck in front, left to right: Third Assistant Engineer Robinson W. Hands and Acting Master E.V. Gager.

Officers on deck of the USS Monitor, by her gun turret, while the ship was in the James River, Virginia, 9 July 1862. They are, standing, top row, left to right: Master's Mate George Frederickson, Third Assistant Engineer Mark Trueman Sunstrom, Acting Assistant Paymaster William F. Keeler, and First Assistant Engineer Isaac Newton. Seated in chairs, middle row, left to right: Lieutenant Samuel Dana Greene, Acting Master Louis N. Stodder, Acting Master E.V. Gager, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William Flye, and Acting Assistant Surgeon Daniel C. Logue. Seated on deck in front, left to right: Third Assistant Engineer Robinson W. Hands, and Second Assistant Engineer Albert B. Campbell.

Ship's officers on the deck of a Passaic class monitor, circa 1864-65. This ship has been identified in one published source as USS Sangamon and in another as USS Patapsco. Other photographs strongly indicate that it is the former.

CSS Sumter (1861-1862), ship's officers on deck. They are Seated, left to right: First Lieutenant William E. Evans, Commander Raphael Semmes, Commanding Officer, and First Assistant Engineer Miles J. Freeman. Standing, left to right: Surgeon Francis L. Galt, Lieutenant John M. Stribling, First Lieutenant John M. Kell, Executive Officer, Lieutenant Robert T. Chapman, and First Lieutenant Becket K. Howell, CSMC.

Two of the ship's officers on the deck of the CSS Alabama during her visit to Capetown in August 1863. They are Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair IV, (left) and Lieutenant Richard F. Armstrong. The gun beside them is a 32-pounder of Lt. Sinclair's Division.

Captain Raphael Semmes, commanding officer of the CSS Alabama, standing by his ship's 110-pounder rifled gun during her visit to Capetown in August 1863. His executive officer, First Lieutenant John M. Kell, is in the background, standing by the ship's wheel.

Commander Matthew F. Maury, CSN (left), and Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes, CSN. Photograph taken probably after the end of the war.

Rear Admiral John A. B. Dahlgren (fifth from left) and other officers, probably including members of his staff, aboard the USS Pawnee in Charleston Harbor, ca. 1864-1865. The National Archives identifies some of these officers as Lieutenant Commander E.J. Dichman, Fleet Surgeon William Johnson, Paymaster J.H. Watmouth, Commander J. M. Bradford, Admiral Dahlgren, and Lieutenant Commander E. O. Matthews.

Ship's officers pose on deck of the USS Kearsarge at Cherbourg, France, soon after her 19 June 1864 victory over CSS Alabama. Her commanding officer, Captain John A. Winslow, is 3rd from left, wearing a uniform of the 1862 pattern. Other officers are generally dressed in uniforms of 1863-64 types. View looks aft on the port side. At left is Kearsarge's after 11-inch Dahlgren pivot gun, with its training tracks on the deck alongside. Those present are (from left to right): Chief Engineer William H. Cushman, Surgeon John M. Browne, Captain John A. Winslow, Acting Master's Mate Ezra Bartlett, Paymaster's Clerk Daniel B. Sargent, Lieutenant Commander James S. Thornton, executive officer, 2nd Assistant Engineer William H. Badlam, 3rd Assistant Engineer Henry McConnell, Acting Master James R. Wheeler, Boatswain James C. Walton, 3rd Assistant Engineer Sidney L. Smith, Gunner Franklin A. Graham, Acting Master's Mate Charles C. Danforth, Acting Master Eben M. Stoddard, 3rd Assistant Engineer Frederick L. Miller, and Paymaster Joseph A. Smith.

Ship's officers of the USS Kearsarge, photographed circa 1864. They are, seated, left to right: 2nd Assistant Engineer William H. Badlam, Acting Master James R. Wheeler; Surgeon John M. Browne, Lieutenant Commander James S. Thornton, executive officer, Paymaster J. Adams Smith, Acting Master David H. Sumner, and Acting Master Eben M. Stoddard. Standing, left to right: Acting Master's Mate Charles H. Danforth, Boatswain James C. Walton, Quartermaster William Smith, 3rd Assistant Engineer Harry McConnell, Acting Master's Mate Ezra Bartlett, Captain's Clerk S.E. Hartwell, 3rd Assistant Engineer Fred L. Filler, and Gunner Franklin A. Graham.

View on deck of the USS Kearsarge, looking aft along the starboard side in June 1864. Acting Master James R. Wheeler (left) and Assistant Engineer Sidney L. Smith are standing beside the ship's forward 11-inch pivot gun, which is trained out to starboard, as it was during the action with CSS Alabama on 19 June.

View on deck of the USS Kearsarge, looking forward along the starboard side in June 1864. Acting Master Eben M. Stoddard (left) and Chief Engineer William H. Cushman are standing beside the ship's after 11-inch pivot gun, which is trained out to starboard, as it was during the action with CSS Alabama on 19 June.

Confederate Navy and Army officers photographed at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, while they were prisoners of war, circa 1863-1864. All, or nearly all, of the Navy officers had been captured with CSS Atlanta and CSS Tacony in June 1863, were paroled in September 1864 and exchanged in October 1864. Those present are identified as (apparently from left to right): Acting Master Thomas L. Wragg (of the Atlanta), Lieutenant Moses, CSA, Acting Gunner Thomas B. Travers (Atlanta), 1st Assistant Engineer William T. Morrill (Atlanta), Acting 2nd Assistant Engineer Leslie G. King (Atlanta), Master's Mate J.B. Beville, Pilot Thomas L. Hernandez (Atlanta), Acting Midshipman James A. Peters (Atlanta), Captain Underwood, CSA, Major Boland, CSA, 2nd Assistant Engineer Eugene H. Brown (Tacony), 2nd Assistant Engineer Joseph S. West (Atlanta), Master George Henry Alldridge, Master's Mate John W. Billups (Tacony), Captain Saunders, CSA, Pilot James M. Fleetwood (Atlanta), Master's Mate William McBlair, Jr. (Atlanta), Reid Saunders, CSA, Lieutenant Alphonse Barbot (Atlanta), Pilot W.W. Austin (Atlanta), Second Lieutenant Charles W. Read (Tacony), Samuel Sterritt, CSA, Acting Midshipman John A.G. Williamson (Atlanta), First Lieutenant Joseph W. Alexander (Atlanta), Commander William A. Webb (Atlanta's commanding officer), Signal Officer Preston. The presence of two officers named Saunders has been reliably called into question.

Officers of the USS Saugus pose on deck, in front of the gun turret, probably while the ship was serving on the James River, Virginia, in early 1865.

Asssistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox (6th from left, 2nd row) with Russian officers and officers of USS Miantonomoh and USS Augusta, during his visit to Europe in 1866. Others identified in this group are Captain Alexander Murray, USN, commanding officer, USS Augusta (3rd from left, 2nd row), and Commander John C. Beaumont, USN, commanding officer, USS Miantonomoh (7th from left, 2nd row). Murray's highest rank during the war was Commander.

Ship's officers of the USS Atlanta on the foredeck, while she was serving on the James River, Virginia, in 1864-65. Atlanta's armored casemate, forward rifled gun, and pilothouse are visible behind the officers.

Officers of the USS Mahopac on deck, probably on the James River in the spring of 1865.

Two of the ship's officers of the USS Hunchback standing by a Dahlgren 12-pounder rifled howitzer, mounted on an iron field carriage, in the James River, Virginia, 1864-65.

Two officers of the USS Hunchback seated in folding chairs on the upper deck, in the James River, Virginia, 1864-65.

"After a shooting trip ashore, officers of the gunboat Miami relax on deck with the hounds", circa 1864-65. Note officer with shotgun and game bag, with two hunting dogs at his feet. Seated Lieutenant at left holds a smaller dog while sharing a newspaper with other officers nearby. Quoted caption data comes from Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War, Volume 6, page 199.

Some of the officers of the USS Agawam relaxing on deck, while she was serving on the James River, Virginia, in the summer of 1864. They are (from left to right): Assistant Paymaster H. Melville Hanna, Commander Alexander C. Rhind (commanding officer), Assistant Surgeon Herman P. Babcock, and Lieutenant George Dewey.

Chief Engineers Benjamin F. Isherwood, Chief Engineer Albert S. Greene, and others. Isherwood is seated second from left.

Officers of the gun boat USS Mendota.

Prof. [Benjamin] Maillefert and Naval officers at the Torpedo Station on the James River. Probably taken in April or May 1865. Mailefert was engaged in removing the torpedoes and obstructions in the James River after the close of war. He is seen here in the uniform of a Union Army captain.

Both of these pictures are identified by the National Archives as "Officers of Gun Boat 'Commodore Barney'." To my eye, though, they're two different groups on two different ships. I found two pictures purporting to be of the USS Commodore Barney, in hopes of identifying these. Those were obviously of two different ships, too. Your guess is as good as mine.

File names are coded to indicate the sources of the uncropped pictures:

     File names with "n-" prefix ("n-Sudley_P_Buzzard-1.jpg"): Naval Historical Center
     File names with "l-" prefix ("l-Sudley_P_Buzzard-1.jpg"): American Memory Collection, Library of Congress
     File names with "a-" prefix ("a-Sudley_P_Buzzard-1.jpg"): National Archives
     File names with no prefix ("Sudley_P_Buzzard-1.jpg"): Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

See the NAQ file for further information about the sources.