NC Civil War Sailors Project

George R. Brackett, born Rockland, Maine, about 1843; shipped at Boston, Massachusetts, October 5, 1864, aboard the bark De Godfrey; captured on that vessel, November 7, 1864, by the cruiser CSS Shenandoah; impressed into the service of the Confederate States Navy, as seaman; left the cruiser at Melbourne, January or February, 1865; resided as a sailor, in 1870, with his wife, Hattie E. Brackett, at St. George, Knox County, Maine; shown, in 1880, as a cooper residing at Rockland, with his family. [Alabama Claims Correspondence 3, 408-410; Whittle 63; 1870 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census.]

Jacob Brackey, see Jacob Brockey.

John Bracklen (surname also shown as Bracklin and Bracklins), served as private, company B, Confederate States Marine Corps, aboard the steam sloop CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861, and at Jackson, in 1862; also served as a corporal in the Marine Guard aboard the CSS Richmond, James River, 1863 - 1864, and was stationed at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 291, 314 & 320; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 892; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 386 and 387.]

Samuel P. Bracy, born North Carolina, 1846; son of Samuel and Anne Bracy; resided with his parents, in 1860, at Robeson County, North Carolina; served as landsman, Confederate States Navy; confined, died and buried at Point Lookout, Maryland. [Point Lookout; 1860 U.S. Census.]

D.B. Bradford, signal officer, ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 311.]

David Bradford, 1st lieutenant, company B, Confederate States Marine Corps; served at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1863 - 1864, and aboard the CSS Fredericksburg, 1864; later aboard the CSS Chickamauga, 1864. [ORN 1, 3, 710; 1, 10, 672 and 2, 1, 314.]

James Otey Bradford, born Massachusetts, 1842 (Register1864 shows state of birth as Virginia); originally served as private in Captain Grandy's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Norfolk Light Artillery Blues); transferred to the Confederate States Navy, and appointed from Virginia as master not in line of promotion; served on the Richmond station, 1861 - 1862; also as acting lieutenant aboard the CSS Florida, 1862; later on the Charleston station, 1862 - 1863; involved in the Johnson's Island expedition, late 1863; promoted lieutenant for the war, January 7, 1864, to rank from September 11, 1863; served aboard the steamer, CSS Savannah, Savannah station, Georgia, 1863 - 1864; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; was a passenger on board the blockade runner Dare, running from Bermuda to Virginia, at the time of the loss of that vessel to Union blockaders, on Thursday, January 7, 1864, near Wilmington, North Carolina; escaped to Wilmington; later served aboard the CSS Richmond, 1864; also served on Howlett's Battery, Virginia; resided as a clerk for the Express Company, in 1910, with his two daughters, at San Francisco, California; shown as a widower in 1910. [ORN 1, 1, 769; 1, 2, 824; 1, 10, 671 and 2, 1, 317 & 321; Register1862; Register1864; JCC 4, 122; Civil War Service Records; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated January 14, 1864; 1910 U.S. Census; Norfolk County Record 251; Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated June 30, 1907, page 2.]

William Bradford, enlisted July 7, 1863, aboard the CSS Alabama; in action off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864. [Sinclair.]

William L. Bradford, born Alabama; original service in the United States Navy, from October 1, 1850; resigned, April 17, 1861; appointed 1st lieutenant, Confederate States Navy, April 13, 1861 (another source gives appointment date as October 23, 1862); served on the New Orleans station, 1861, and aboard the CSS Ivy, 1862; later served on the side wheeled gunboat CSS Selma (also known as the CSS Florida), Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1862 - 1863; also served on the Jackson station, 1862; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; served as executive officer, CSS Tennessee, and taken prisoner aboard that vessel, August 5, 1864, at the battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama; sent as a prisoner of war, to Pensacola, Florida, and then north; exchanged and returned to duty at Richmond, from City Point, Virginia, October, 1864; later in command of Battery Buchanan, Fort Fisher, and of the Naval shore batteries Semmes, Wood and Brooke, with headquarters at Battery Semmes, on the James River defenses, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 1, 11, 667, 740 - 741 & 764; 1, 12, 177; 1, 21, 406, 578 & 609 and 2, 1, 306, 318 & 320; ADAH; ORA 1, 42/3; Register1863; JCC 4, 121; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 20, 1864.]

William L. Bradford, private, company B, Confederate States Marine Corps; Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 314.]

Augustus L. Bradley, landsman, CSS Chattahoochee, April - June, 1864 (operated on the Apalachicola and Chattahoochee Rivers, Florida/Georgia); also served aboard the ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia (which was also known as the State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram), Savannah, Georgia, 1864; transferred to the CSS Water Witch, in place of landsman William Liverman, by order of flag officer W. W. Hunter, dated November 14, 1864; sent to Battery Buchanan on December 30, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 283 & 287; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NF - Distribution and Transfers.; CSS Atlanta - Miscellaneous, page 35; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 118.]

B. Bradley, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 277.]

F.W. Bradley, enlisted 1864, as ship's carpenter, at Owen's Bluff, Alabama.[Pension applied for from Clarke County, Alabama, number 26870.] [ADAH, pension file no. 26870, for Clarke County, Alabama.]

G.W. Bradley, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Chattahoochee, May, 1864. [ORN 1, 17, 700.]

J.W. Bradley, ordinary seaman, CSS Chattahoochee, April - June, 1864 (operated on the Apalachicola and Chattahoochee Rivers, Florida/Georgia). [ORN 2, 1, 283; DANFS.]

John Bradley, private, company B, Confederate States Marine Corps; stationed aboard the receiving ship CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, April-June, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 280 & 316.]

M. Bradley, served at the Mobile station, in 1863, as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1061.]

Patrick Bradley, fireman, CSS Alabama, August 24, 1862-1864; in action off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864; captured by the USS Kearsarge; paroled at Cherbourg on the same day. [Sinclair; ORN 1, 3, 72.]

Peter Bradley, enlisted as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Baltic, Mobile squadron, June 15, 1862; rated as coal heaver from June 16, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 109.]

W. J. Bradley, served as master at arms, Confederate States Navy, 1864; sent to Battery Buchanan on December 30, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 118.]

L. Bradling, private, company B, Confederate States Marine Corps; Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 314.]

Joseph M. Bradly (also shown as J.W. Bradly), enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, August 16, 1861, as private, company K, 13th Louisiana Infantry; transferred from the 11th Louisiana Infantry, transferred to the Confederate States Navy, at Dallas, Georgia, April 10, 1864. [Booth 1, 85.]

John Bradshaw (also used the surname Johnson, as an alias), executive officer; late of steamer Guatemala; involved in an attempt to seize a steamer running from Panama to the port of San Francisco. [ORN 1, 3, 302 & 388.]

John Bradshaw, served as seaman aboard the CSS Pamlico, New Orleans station, from October 15, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 268.]

E.E. Bradshaw, seaman, Confederate States Navy; had previously served aboard the CSS Georgia (also known as the State of Georgia and the Ladies' Ram), Savannah squadron, Georgia; transferred to the CSS Atlanta; captured aboard the CSS Atlanta at Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863 (a letter from him, while a prisoner of war, indicates that during the action he was hit, but not wounded); after his parole he deserted, but returned to duty, and was received aboard the CSS Georgia on August 12, 1864; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Warren County, Georgia. [ORN 1, 14, 268 & 2, 1, 286-287; GA Pension Index 127; Daily Morning News (Savannah, Georgia) dated June 27, 1863; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 520.]

James A. Bradshaw, served on the CSS Georgia (also known as the Ladies' Gunboat or the Ladies' Battery), and in company B, 20th Battalion Georgia Cavalry; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Warren County, Georgia; his widow, Mrs. J.A. Bradshaw also later filed for a Confederate pension from the same county. [GA Pension Index 127.]

John Bradshaw, born England, about 1839; served as seaman aboard Launch No. 1, 1861 - 1862. [St. Philips; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 54.]
John Bradshaw, part of a group of Confederate Navy personnel, who attempted to seize steamer, Salvador, running from Panama to the port of San Francisco; November, 1864. [ORN 1, 3, 357.]

Theodore F. Bradshaw, served in the Confederate States Navy; his widow, Elizabeth Bradshaw, applied for a post war Confederate pension from Alamance County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

William Alexander Bradshaw, resided at 33, Cranmer Street, Liverpool, England (in 1864); occupation, engineer; appointed third assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, aboard the CSS Rappahannock, at Calais, France, February 7, 1864, by lieutenant commanding the vessel, William P.A. Campbell. [Alabama Claims 2, 747; Gores, 1864.]

Barnard Brady, served as ordinary seaman aboard the floating battery CSS Georgia, in 1863, and also served aboard the stern-wheeled gunboat CSS Isondiga (which operated around Savannah, Georgia and St. Augustine Creek, Florida), 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 289; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 529-530.]

Bernard Brady, landsman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia; later served as carpenter's mate aboard the ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865; ordered on May 9, 1864, as carpenter, to be transferred from Drewry's Bluff to the James River squadron, for service aboard the CSS Virginia II. [ORN 2, 1, 300 & 311; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 315.]
D. C. Brady, indicated to have served in the Confederate States Marine Corps. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 674.]

Dennis Brady, served as ordinary seaman aboard the floating battery CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, in 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 529-530.]

Edward Brady, served aboard the CSS Chicora, Charleston station, 1864; deserted about July, 1864, and taken aboard the USS John Adams, off Morris Island on July 28, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling; Miscellaneous, page 19.]

Harrison Graves Brady, born Tennessee, July, 1844; son of John A. and Bedury F. Brady; resided with his parents, in 1850, at Monroe County, Mississippi; served as landsman, CSS Baltic; 1862-1863; married 1878; resided as a farmer, in 1900, with his wife, Ida M. Brady, and five children, at Coahoma County, Mississippi; buried at Barbee Cemetery, Jamestown, Mississippi. [John E. Ellis; ORN 2, 1, 281; 1850 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census.]

James Brady, served in the Confederate States Naval Battalion, at the fall of Richmond, and surrendered himself, with his arms, aboard the USS Onondaga, James River, on April 4, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 554.]

James R. Brady, served as pilot aboard the CSS Arkansas, 1862, and aboard the steamer Millandon, consort to the CS floating battery from Memphis to Columbus; involved in the action of July 15, 1862, when the Arkansas took passage from the Yazoo River, through the combined Union fleet above Vicksburg. [ORN 1, 19, 132; Charleston Courier dated Thursday, July 31, 1862; Confederate States Navy subject files - NP]

James T. Brady, born May 5, 1839; served as ordinary seaman, CSS Virginia; died November 28, 1908; buried at Marlin, Texas. [Information courtesy of Mr. Joseph C. Ford, 2374 N. Raelyn Way, Layton, Utah 84040, who is a direct descendant. See also article "Naval Reminiscenses: An Ex-Confederate's Account of the Monitor and Merrimac Battle," in the Kosse Cyclone of Kosse, Texas, dated about 1905 or 1906 and memorial notice in Kosse Cyclone, dated December 3, 1908; as well as Confederate Veteran magazine, Volume XVI, No. 7.]

James T. Brady, appointed acting 1st assistant engineer, Confederate States Navy, July 23, 1863; served on the steamer Moultrie, Charleston station, 1863; discharged August 26, 1863. [CSNRegister.]

Jerry Brady, landsman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 300.]

John Brady, born about 1843; described as 5 feet 9 inches high, blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion; served as private, Confederate States Marine Corps; deserted from the Marine Camp near Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia, about June, 1862; notice also included the stipulation that if he returned voluntarily to camp, within six days, he would be exempt from trial for desertion. [Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated June 10, 1862.]

John Brady, private, company B, Confederate States Marine Corps, ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1864, and also aboard the steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1864; also stationed at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864; died in 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 296, 297, 302 & 314; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 348.]

John Brady, served as coal heaver aboard the steam sloop CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861; rated as 2nd class fireman from November 20, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 291; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 986.]

John Brady, 2nd class fireman, Confederate States Navy; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, and exchanged. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 554.]

M. Brady, seaman, served on stern-wheeled gunboat CSS Isondiga (which operated around Savannah, Georgia and St. Augustine Creek, Florida), sometime between January, 1863 and September, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 288; DANFS.]

Mathew Brady, served as seaman aboard the floating battery CSS Georgia, in 1863, and as quartermaster on the stern-wheeled gunboat CSS Isondiga (which operated around Savannah, Georgia and St. Augustine Creek, Florida), 1863 - 1864; also served on the CSS Resolute, in the same squadron; discharged from the Confederate States Naval Hospital at Savannah on September 18, 1863, having been admitted in early August of that year. [ORN 2, 1, 289; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 355; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 529-530.]

Morris Brady, appointed pilot, Confederate States Navy; served on the CSS Livingston, New Orleans station, 1862. [CSNRegister.]

N.B. Brady (middle initial also shown as C.), served as ordinary seaman and seaman aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, 1861 - 1862; allotment of part of his pay made, in 1861, to Charles L. Coan. [ORN 2, 1, 300; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 493; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OL - Mobilization and demobilization; Norfolk - Miscellaneous, page 186.]

Nicholas Brady, Ordinary Seaman, CSS St. Nicholas, June, 1861. [ORN 1, 4, 555.]

William James Brady, appointed 1st assistant engineer, Confederate States Navy. [CSNRegister.]

Thomas Bragan, ordinary seaman, Confederate States Navy; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, and exchanged. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 552.]

Charles E. Bragdon, born Virginia, December, 1842; brother of ordinary seaman Henry T. Bragdon, listed below; resided as a sailor, in 1860, at the residence of Charles and Elizabeth Gutridge, in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; acting master's mate, Confederate States Navy; served aboard the CSS Richmond, 1864; shown to be at the Naval Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, in October, 1864; resided as a clerk, in 1870, with his wife, Mary M. Bragdon, at Fredericksburg, Virginia; shown to be a widower, in 1880, residing with his three children at Fredericksburg; remarried in 1882 and lived, as an assistant post master, with his second wife, Annie B. Bragdon, at Fredericksburg, in 1900. [ORN 1, 10, 671 & 766; Register1864; LVa - see application papers of Charles Layton for entry to the Robert E. Lee, Camp 1, Confederate Veterans' Home, Richmond, Virginia, dated November, 1892; 1860 U.S. Census; 1870 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census.]

Henry T. Bragdon, born Virginia, 1843; brother of Charles E. Bragdon, listed above; resided as a sailor, in 1860, at the residence of Charles and Elizabeth Gutridge, in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; ordinary seaman, side wheeled steamer CSS Rappahannock, Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, Virginia, 1861 - 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 303; 1860 U.S. Census.]

John A. Bragg, ordinary seaman, Confederate States Navy; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, and exchanged. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 553.]

William Bragg, seaman, CSS Sea Bird; captured at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, February 10, 1862; died as a result of his wounds. [ORN 1, 6, 596; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 548.]

William Bragg, seaman; served aboard the side-wheeled steamer CSS Winslow, North Carolina waters, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 312.]

John Clibbon Brain (surname also shown as Braine), born London, England, May, 1840 (1900 U.S. Census shows his place of birth as Mississippi); previous service in the United States Navy; appointed from Mississippi (also indicated to have been a resident of North Carolina), as acting Master, Confederate States Navy, at Montgomery, Alabama, May, 1861 (or at Richmond, Virginia, May 26, 1864); residence also shown as Nashville, Tennessee; arrested by Union authorities, August 18, 1861, and sent to Fort Lafayette, New York, September 28, 1861, and then to Fort Warren, Boston harbor; later promoted lieutenant; seized the steamer Chesapeake on December 5, 1863, during her passage from New York to Portland; wounded in action at Bermuda Hundred, May 24, 1864; at the end of the war he went to England, but returned a year later; joined an organisation called the "Knights of Arabia" in New Orleans, in 1866; arrested, September, 1866, by United States authorities, for piracy and murder (in the seizure of the Chesapeake in 1863); interned at Fort Lafayette, New York; released March, 1869, being the last Confederate prisoner to be released; worked in a restaurant (named as "The Owl") after the war; resident of Knoxville, Tennessee, in July, 1892; not working in 1894; 1900 U.S. Census shows him as a resident of a boarding house in Nashville, Tennessee, and lists his occupation as "Naval officer"; states, in his pension application, that he had never been drunk in his life; much of his early war experiences are hard to confirm, because of his propensity for falsifying data; described as an "unmitigated scoundrel and swindler"; died in Tampa, Florida, Saturday, December 15, 1906, of paralysis. [Tennessee Confederate pension record of John C. Brain, file no. 1058, available from the Tennessee State Library and Archives; ORN 1, 3, 234-247; ORA 2, 2, 154 & 711 - 721; 1900 U.S. Census; New York Times dated Wednesday, October 7, 1861 and September 17, 1866; CSNRegister.]

B. Braisden, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 278.]

Peter Brake, Captain's Steward, CSS Selma, captured at Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864, and sent aboard the USS Port Royal, as a prisoner of war. [ORN 1, 21, 844.]

Henry B. Branch, originally served as private, Captain Abell's Company, Florida Light Artillery (Confederate); transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date; sent from Charleston, South Carolina, to the Richmond station, and received aboard the CSS Hampton, James River squadron, on October 24, 1864. [Civil War Service Records; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 744.]

S.E.V. Branch (third initial also shown as I.), born Georgia, 1831; resided as a farmer, in 1860, with his wife, Martha and three children, at Sumterville, Sumter County, Florida; served as landsman, Confederate States Navy, aboard the CSS Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 304; CSS Chattahoochee Muster Roll; 1860 U.S. Census.]

Thomas Branch, served in the Confederate States Navy; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Bladen County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

A.R. Brand (name also shown as A.B. Brandt), served as a fireman in the Confederate States Navy; crew member of the CSS Bombshell; captured aboard the vessel during the engagement at Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, May 5, 1864; imprisoned at the Elmira Prison Camp, New York, where he died on January 4, 1865, of typhoid fever; buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery, 1825 Davis Street, Elmira, New York 14901, Section CSA, Site 1263. [ORN 1, 9, 746; Elmira Prison; U.S. Veterans Gravesites, circa 1775 - 2006 at the Ancestry.com web site.]

Frederick B. Brand, appointed acting master in the Confederate States Navy, February 22, 1862, and ordered to report aboard the CSS Carondelet for duty; appointed lieutenant for the war on March 18, 1862, and served as executive officer aboard the CSS Carondelet, New Orleans station, 1862; later served on the Jackson station, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 318; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 123; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (A - K), pages 180 and 182.]

Thomas Brandon, enlisted September 25, 1863, as ordinary seaman, aboard the CSS Alabama; in action off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864; captured by the USS Kearsarge; paroled at Cherbourg on the same day. [Sinclair; ORN 1, 3, 72.]

William Brandon (also shown as N.C. Brandon), appointed chief engineer aboard the Confederate States ram General Sterling Price, of the Mississippi River Defense fleet, on January 30, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 263.]

A.B. Brandt, see A.R. Brand.

George Brandt, born Prussia; boatswain's mate, CSS Pamlico, 1861-1862; aged 47. [St. Philips.]

Thomas Brandt, native of Denmark; served as seaman and quarter gunner aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Oconee (originally the CSS Savannah prior to April, 1863), Savannah River, Georgia, 1862 - 1863; rating reduced to seaman on May 17, 1863, and transferred, on May 18, 1863, to the CSS Atlanta; also served aboard the floating battery CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, in 1863; deserted to the enemy, off Savannah, November 8, 1863. [ORN 1, 15, 105 - 106 & 137 and 2, 1, 297 & 304; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 529-530; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 605 and 608.]

Michael Brannon (surname also shown as Brannan), served as ordinary seaman on the floating battery CSS Georgia, in 1863, and also as seaman and 1st class fireman aboard the CSS Isondiga, Savannah squadron, 1863; died at Savannah prior to June 28, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 289; DANFS;[Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 333; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 529-530.]

Patrick Brannon, served as 1st class fireman at the New Orleans station, in 1861, and later aboard the ironclad ram CSS Chicora (which operated in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina), 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 284; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 58.]

H.A. Brantley, Coxswain, Captain A.B. Noyes company of Coast Guards, enrolled, October 15, 1861, at St. Marks, Florida; paroled at St. Marks, Florida, May 12, 1865. [Soldiers of Florida, 52; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 654.]

William H. Brantley, ordinary seaman, ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 294 & 295; DANFS.]

Beverly Blake Brantly, born about 1842; youngest child of Rev. Dr. Brantly, of Charleston, South Carolina; volunteered for military service, and served with the Washington Light Infantry, at the investment of Fort Sumter, and later in the battles around Richmond, Virginia, in 1862; appointed acting master's mate, Confederate States Navy, April 19, 1862; served on the Charleston station, 1862; appointed captain's clerk, at Charleston, June 15, 1862, by lieutenant W. G. Dozier, aboard the CSS Huntress; appointment revoked, and he returned to service in the Confederate Army; killed in action at the battle of 2nd Manassas, August 30, 1862. [CSNRegister; Charleston Courier, Tri-Weekly (South Carolina) dated Tuesday, October 21, 1862; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 696.]

William E. Branton, born Connecticut (1920 U.S. Census shows state of birth as Illinois), November, 1840; originally served as private, company D, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date; married in 1867; resided as a ship's carpenter, in 1900, with his wife, Emily and five children, at Galveston, Texas; still shown to be living in Galveston, with his family, in 1920. [Civil War Service Records; 1900 U.S. Census; 1920 U.S. Census.]

Charles E. Brasch, appointed captain's clerk, Confederate States Navy; served on the Savannah station, 1861 - 1862, and aboard the CSS Resolute, 1862. [CSNRegister; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XO - Clothing and Food, Clothing and Provisions (January - June, 1862), page 498.]

Henry Brassell, see Henry Brazel.

Louis Brasser, served as landsman aboard the ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1863; indicated to have been a deserter, but a notation is also made that he returned, date not shown. [ORN 2, 1, 308; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling; Miscellaneous, page 18.]

George W. Braswell, born North Carolina, 1825; served as ordinary seaman and landsman aboard the CSS Arctic, 1863 and the CSS North Carolina, Wilmington, 1864; resided as a farmer, in 1880, with his wife Keziah ("Kizzie"), and six children, at Boon Hill, Johnston County, North Carolina; his widow Kizzie Braswell later applied for a post war Confederate pension from Johnston County, North Carolina. [ORN 2, 1, 276, 294 - 296; NC State Archives; 1880 U.S. Census.]

J.T. Braswell, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 279.]

W.H. Brawley, ordinary seaman, ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 297.]

Counncil Braxton, served as landsman aboard the receiving vessel, CSS Arctic, Wilmington, North Carolina; died on April 6, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 20.]

G. W. Bray, served aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Rappahannock, Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, Virginia, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XA - Accounting and finance, Miscellaneous, page 144.]

Henry C. Bray, served in company C, Georgia Naval Battalion (?). [GA Pension Index 133.]

Henry Brazel (surname also shown as Brassell), served as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, aboard the CSS Tennessee; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, and exchanged. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 555; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 674.]

William A. Brazel, recruited at Mobile, Alabama, by captain George P. Turner, into the Confederate States Marine Corps, May 21, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1047.]

Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, born near Lexington, Kentucky, November 22, 1846; son of United States vice president, and Confederate general, John Cabell Breckinridge; originally served as private, Captain Buck's Company, Mississippi Cavalry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date; served as midshipman aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, 1864; also served on the staff of his father, general Breckinridge; attended Washington College (now known as Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Virginia, after the war; settled near Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1870; engaged in cotton planting and in the commission business; entered politics in 1883, and later served as Minister to Russia, under President Cleveland, 1894 - 1897; served as a member of Congress from Arkansas for six terms; returned home to Pine Bluff, December 13, 1897; later engaged in banking at Fort Smith, Arkansas; enlisted as a private in the Arkansas Home Guard, in 1917; moved to Wendover, Leslie County, Kentucky, in 1925; died December 3, 1932; buried at the Old Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky. [ORN 2, 1, 300; Civil War Service Records; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - 2005 at the Ancestry.com web site; New York Times dated Sunday, December 4, 1932; Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated June 30, 1907, page 2.]
Levy Francis Breckner, born December 15, 1844; enlisted in Confederate Navy, at Talladega, Alabama, April, 1863; resided, in 1921, at Springville, St. Clair County, Alabama. [ADAH.]

Isaiah Paschall Breedlove (first initial also incorrectly shown as J.; middle initial also incorrectly shown as B. and first name also shown as Isaac), born North Carolina, 1847 (one source shows date of birth as July 22, 1835); enlisted in the Confederate States Navy, March 21 or 31, 1864, aged 28, served as landsman, CSS Albemarle, and Halifax Station, 1864; post war occupation as farmer; resided with his wife, Celestia, and four children, in 1880, at Oxford township, Granville County, North Carolina; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Granville County, North Carolina; died October 9, 1913; buried at Salem UMC Cemetery, Oxford, North Carolina 27565. [CSN Shipping Articles; ORN 2, 1, 274; NC State Archives; 1880 U.S. Census; U.S. Veterans Gravesites, circa 1775 - 2006 at the Ancestry.com web site; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NR - Recruiting and Enlistments, shipping articles; Miscellaneous, page 408.]

Daniel Breen (surname also shown as Breene), born Ireland, about 1832 ? (one entry also shows his age, in 1862, as 36); enlisted by captain Hays, at Memphis, on August 22, 1861, as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps (company B), and served aboard the CSS Gaines, Mobile Squadron; treated for a fever on Saturday, October 11, 1862, Monday, June 29, 1863, Wednesday, July 29, 1863, and Saturday, August 15, 1863; later served at the Richmond station, and Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia, in 1864. [CSS Gaines Medical Journal; ORN 2, 1, 314; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 452 and 466.]

John Bregan (also John Bergan and John Brogan), born Ireland, resident of New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, laborer; marital status, single; enlisted as private, company C, 10th Louisiana Infantry, at the age of 30; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, February, 1862; served, as coal heaver, on the CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [Booth 1, 104; Tom Brooks; ORN 2, 1, 310.]

Dennis Bremond (name also shown as H.D. Bremond), appointed acting master in the Confederate Navy, September 24, 1861, and ordered to report aboard the CSS Florida; served at the New Orleans station in 1861; at his own request, Bremond was detached from the CSS Florida, and discharged from the Naval service on February 11, 1862; later shown to be serving aboard the CSS Louisiana on the Mississippi River, 1862; given permission by his immediate commander, John K. Mitchell, to abandon the vessel and to try and escape capture; served on the Jackson station, 1862; later on the Richmond station, 1862; also served on the Charleston station, 1862; also indicated to have been captain aboard the Huntress (or Tropic); captured from the boats of the Huntress, 1863, when the vessel took fire; sent to New York. [ORN 2, 1, 317, 319 & 321; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., A - A.W. Baker - U.S.S. Minnesota, page 153; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 424; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (A - K), page 186; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 893.]

Charles Brend, served as seaman aboard the CSS Tuscarora, New Orleans station, 1861; rated as boatswain's mate from November 1, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 876.]

Michael Alanson Brendel (name also shown as M.E. Brindle), born Stokes County, North Carolina, September 9, 1827; enlisted at Guilford County, North Carolina, as private, company D, 53rd North Carolina State Troops; (NCT actually indicates he deserted) transferred to the Confederate States Navy, and served as landsman, CSS Arctic, 1863; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 16, 1865; died March 5, 1902, in Texas. [NCT 13, 101; ORN 2, 1, 276; see also internet web site, "Descendants of Michael Alanson Brendel" at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brendelforum?DescMichaelAlansonBrendel.htm; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RL - Paroles, A-W, page 18.]

Edward Brennan, corporal, Confederate States Marine Corps; captured aboard the CSS Atlanta, at Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863. [ORN 1, 14, 268.]

John Brennan, Seaman, CSS Alert, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 275.]

Michael Brennan, born Alabama; crew member of the CSS Bombshell; captured aboard the vessel during the engagement at Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, May 5, 1864, and transferred, the same day, from the USS Ceres to the USS Sassacus, then to the steamer Lockwood, on May 10, 1864, for transportation to a prisoner of war facility; imprisoned at Point Lookout; released June 27, 1865. [ORN 1, 9, 746; Civil War POW Records, 1861 - 1865 at the Ancestry.com web site; deck log entries for the USS Sassacus dated May 5, 1864 and May 10, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., A - A.W. Baker - U.S.S. Minnesota, page 38.]

Robert Brennan, served as 1st class boy aboard the CSS Maurepas, New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; arrested as a deserter from the CSS Jackson, by New Orleans police, and turned over to the Naval authorities on February 28, 1862; rated as landsman from April 1, 1862; captured off Yazoo City, Mississippi, July 14, 1863; sent to Indianapolis, Indiana, then to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received September 23, 1864; released December 10, 1863. [Fort Warren; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1003; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 38; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 432.]

Thomas Brennan (surname also shown as Brennon), born Castletown, Ireland, about 1836; personal description shown as 5 feet, 9 inches high, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and, by occupation, a soldier; served as private, Confederate States Marine Corps, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862; served at Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia, in 1863; deserted about May, 1863; a reward of $30 was offered for his apprehension and delivery to the Marine Camp at Drewry's Bluff. [ORN 2, 1, 310; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 21, 1863.]

Daniel Gonzalez Brent, born April 17, 1842, Washington, D.C.; son of commander Thomas W. Brent, also in the Confederate States Navy; moved to Florida that same year; served under E.A. Perry during capture of Pensacola Navy Yard; enlisted May 31, 1861 or June 11, 1861, at Pensacola in Company K, First Florida Infantry; discharged at Tullahoma, Tennessee (may have also served in company A, 2nd Florida Infantry); appointed 2nd lieutenant, Confederate States Marine Corps, March 31, 1863; stationed at Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina; temporarily detained at Greenville, Alabama, February 15, 1865, when he was cut off from Charleston, South Carolina; assigned to temporary command of the marine detachment (company E) aboard the CSS Macon, March 1, 1865; surrendered at Augusta, Georgia, May, 1865; resided as a merchant, in 1880, with his mother, and seven siblings, at Pensacola, Florida; died November 28, 1918, buried St. Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola. [Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 76; ORN 1, 16, 509 - 510; John E. Ellis; Florida Confederate Pension File No. A06530; CSS Macon Rolls; 1880 U.S. Census.]

George Lee Brent, born North Carolina; appointed from Virginia; served as chief clerk, Office of Orders and Detail, Confederate States Navy Department, Richmond, Virginia, 1863 - 1864; attended, as judge advocate of a court of inquiry, at Richmond, Virginia, between the period January 5, 1863, and March 18, 1863; also attended, as recorder, an official court of inquiry, into the conduct of commander John K. Mitchell, for his actions relating to the fall of New Orleans, in April, 1862, which court convened at Richmond, Virginia, in January, 1864. [Register1864; ORN 1, 18, 318.]

George M. Brent (middle initial also shown as W.), born Old Point, Virginia, 1826; originally served as private in the Portsmouth Light Artillery, Grimes' Battery; wounded in action, August 30th, 1862, at the battle of Second Manassas; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, and served as landsman aboard the CSS Virginia II, James River squadron, 1864; three years in Confederate service, including a period in Longstreet's corps; in Navy since April, 1863; deserted December, 1864; resided as a house carpenter, in 1880, with his wife, Emily, and two children, at Portsmouth, Virginia. [ORN 1, 11, 381 and 2, 1, 311; 1880 U.S. Census; Norfolk County Record 44.]

Thomas W. Brent, (father of Daniel Gonzalez Brent); born Washington, D.C, appointed from Florida; previous service in the United States Navy, entering the service on March 1, 1825; resigned, January 19, 1861, and entered the Confederate States Navy, June 26, 1861; ordered, on March 18, 1861, to proceed to the Navy Yard at Warrington, Florida, and to report to captain Randolph, for duty as commander of the Yard; involved in the action (assisting in the transportation of Confederate Army troops), at Santa Rosa Island, Florida, October 8 and 9, 1861; appointed commander, October 23, 1862, to rank from March 26, 1861; commander at the Pensacola Navy Yard, Florida, 1861 - 1862; commanded the Georgia and South Carolina Naval station, based at Savannah, in 1862; served in the Mobile Squadron, 1863-1864; commanded CSS Savannah, Savannah Squadron, 1864; after the destruction of his vessel, December 21, 1864, he proceeded on a march to Hardeeville, and then to Charleston, South Carolina, where he arrived December 23, 1864; sent aboard the receiving ship at Charleston; captured and paroled aboard the flagship Stockdale, at Mobile, Alabama, May 22, 1865. [Florida Confederate Card File; Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 76; Register1863; ORN 1, 15, 732; 1, 16, 484 and 2, 1, 320 & 323; ORA 1, 6, chapter 16 and 1, 44; 36th Congress Report 24; Charleston (South Carolina) Mercury dated Wednesday, December 18, 1861; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RL - Paroles, A-W, page 15; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XN- Naval stores afloat, Stores for ships (April, 1862 - December, 1863), page 359; Confederate Navy subject file P - Bases, Naval (including Navy Yards and Stations; PB - Administration of stations; Columbia - Pensacola, page 766.]

John G. Breshwood, native of Norfolk, Virginia; previous service in the United States Revenue Marine; appointed captain, Confederate States Revenue service; served on the Confederate States cutter Pickens, Mississippi River, 1861 - 1863, and in the Naval defense of New Orleans; served on the Mobile station, 1863 - 1864; ordered by the Navy Department, on April 17, 1863, to proceed to the conscript camps in Mississippi and Louisiana, and to recruit men for the Naval service at Mobile. [CSNRegister; Kern 2-8 and 3-6; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OV - Miscellaneous; Richmond (provisions) - revenue marine, pages 824 and 855.]

John Bresselham (surname also shown as Breshelham), served as landsman aboard the ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1863; deserted about May, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 308; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling; Miscellaneous, page 24.]

James E. Brewer, enlisted in company B, Naval Works Battalion, summer, 1863, at Columbus, Georgia; married Laura Parnell at Muscogee County, Georgia, April 20, 1856; died in DeSoto County, Florida, October 29, 1907. [Florida Confederate Pension File No. A03783.]

Samuel Brewer (surname also, incorrectly shown as Brown), enlisted aboard the CSS Alabama, November 8, 1862; transferred, January 21, 1863, to the tender, Tuscaloosa (formerly the prize vessel, Conrad). [Sinclair 115.]

Thomas Brewer, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863 (see next entry, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 278.]

Thomas Brewer, landsman, ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1864 (see previous entry, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 296.]

W.T. Brewer, served in the Confederate States Navy; he applied for a post war Confederate pension from Clark County, Arkansas; his widow, Mary Blunt Brewer later applied for a Confederate pension from Franklin County, North Carolina, and also from Wake County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

William H. Brewster (surname also incorrectly shown as Brewsher), born about 1834; personal description shown as 5 feet, ? inches high, hazel eyes, light brown hair and dark complexion; served as private, Confederate States Marine Corps, aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, and at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1862; deserted from Drewry's Bluff, June, 1862; a reward of $30 was offered for his apprehension and delivery to the Marine Camp at Drewry's Bluff, June, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 311; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated June 12, 1862.]

William Brice, born Scotland; fireman, CSS Shenandoah; triced up, March 21, 1865, for an hour, for insolence to the master at arms. [Alabama Claims 1, 977; CSS Shenandoah Deck Log; ORN 1, 3, 783; Whittle 127.]

J.F. Bridgers, served in the Confederate States Navy; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Robeson County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

Edward Longford Bridges, resident of Richmond, Virginia; midshipman in the Confederate States Navy; served on the school ship, Patrick Henry, James River, in 1865; accompanied the guard that protected the Confederate Treasury, at the fall of Richmond, in April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Houston, Texas, June 21, 1865; married at Washington County, Texas, on March 1, 1871. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RL - Paroles, A-W, page 16; Texas Confederate Pension application of Minnie A. Bridges.]

Pat. Briene, served as landsman in the Confederate States Navy, on the Richmond station, 1862; appeared as a defendant in a Naval Court Martial, held at Richmond, Virginia, in July, 1862; charges not specified. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NO- Court Martial; Court of Inquiry - Military Commissions, page 179.]

B.F. Briggs, previous service in the Confederate States Army; enlisted from Tuscumbia, Alabama; transferred to the Confederate Navy, 1864; served as seaman (ORN source shows rating as landsman), CSS Yadkin, Cape Fear River; captured at Burkeville Junction, Virginia, April 8, 1865; sent to Point Lookout prison; released and paroled, May, 1865. [ADAH; ORN 2, 1, 313.]


Charles Briggs, born North Carolina; resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, sailor; marital status, single; enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, July 22, 1861, at the age of 26, as private (promoted sergeant at an unknown date), company A, 10th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, January 1st, 1864. [Booth 1, 115.]

J.S. Briggs, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy on April 8, 1864; served as seaman/ordinary seaman, CSS Chattahoochee, 1864; transferred from the floating battery CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, in September, 1864, to the Naval station at Wilmington, North Carolina. [ORN 1, 17, 700 and 2, 1, 283; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 575.]

James H. Briggs, appointed third assistant engineer aboard the Confederate States gunboat Stonewall Jackson, of the Mississippi River Defense fleet, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 265.]

John Briggs, enlisted at Vidalia, Louisiana, March 25, 1862, as private, company F, 25th Regiment Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 12, 1864. [Booth 1, 116.]

R.W. Briggs, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 278.]

W.H. Briggs, seaman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 279.]

William Briggs, Seaman, CSS Arctic, August, 1862. [ORN 1, 23, 703.]

William Briggs, resident of Portsmouth, Virginia; served in the Confederate States Navy. [Norfolk County Record 200.]

William Briggs, born Baltimore, Maryland; served as corporal, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps; enlisted at Mobile, Alabama, August 15, 1861; served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia; died at Camp Beall, Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, June 22, 1862; buried Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. [Confederate Burials, 68; ORN 2, 1, 310.]

William H. Briggs, enlisted in New Hanover County, North Carolina, October 1, 1861, aged 27, as private, Captain William C. Howard's Cavalry Company; transferred to the "Naval Service," April 11, 1862. [NCT 2, 713.]

J. Brigham, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Webb, April, 1865. [ORN 1, 22, 170.]

George F. Bright, enrolled as a conscript at Camp Lee, April 30, 1864; qualified, on May 2, 1864, to serve as a private, company A, Confederate States Marine Corps, at the Richmond station; interred National Cemetery, Point Lookout, Maryland. [Tom Brooks; Point Lookout; ORN 2, 1, 313; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 460; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 674.]

John H. Bright, appointed master's mate, Confederate States Navy; served at the Pensacola Navy Yard, Florida, 1861 - 1862. [CSNRegister.]

Joseph Bright, born North Carolina; private, Confederate States Marine Corps, ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1864; also served aboard the CSS Bombshell, aboard which he was captured at Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, May 5, 1864; transferred, the same day, from the USS Ceres to the USS Sassacus, then to the steamer Lockwood, on May 10, 1864, for transportation to a prisoner of war facility. [ORN 1, 9, 746 and 2, 1, 297; deck log entries for the USS Sassacus dated May 5, 1864 and May 10, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., A - A.W. Baker - U.S.S. Minnesota, page 38.]

Maurice Bright, see Maurice Britt.

E. Brigman (Brigham?), landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 277.]

M.E. Brindle, see Michael Alanson Brendel.

Patrick Brinn, ordinary seaman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 300.]

D.S. Briscoe, appointed acting master, Confederate States Navy; served on the CSS Patrick Henry, James River, 1863; resigned November 26, 1863. [CSNRegister.]

W.M. Briscoe, born Missouri; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as assistant paymaster, October 8, 1862; on special duty, 1862 - 1863. [Register1863.]

Cyrus Bristow, pilot, ordered to report aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Resolute, Savannah river area, Georgia, on July 15, 1863; paid at the rate of $30 per month, and authorised to mess on shore; the commanding officer of the Resolute was authorised to have Bristow on hand for service at anytime during the day or night. [ORN 2, 1, 303; Confederate States Navy subject files - NP.]

David Bristow, pilot for the upper Savannah River, Georgia; ordered to report for duty, on July 21, 1863, to the commander of the side-wheeled steamer CSS Firefly (classed as a tender), Savannah station, at the rate of $30 per month and one ration per day, and was also authorised to draw his rations on shore. [ORN 2, 1, 285; Confederate States Navy subject files - NP.]

N. Brit, shipped as landsman in the Confederate States Navy, at the Naval Rendezvous at Raleigh, North Carolina, on March 21, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NR - Recruiting and Enlistments, shipping articles; Miscellaneous, page 408.]

B. Britt, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 278.]

John Britt, landsman, ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 294, 295 & 297; DANFS.]

Maurice Britt (first name also shown as Morris, and surname also shown as Bright), enlisted April 18, 1863, as boy aboard the CSS Alabama; in action off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864; escaped, after the battle, aboard a French pilot boat, and taken into Cherbourg. [Sinclair; ORN 1, 3, 653.]

Uriah P. Britt, enlisted March, 1865, as private, company E, 24th Regiment North Carolina Troops; captured near Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865; confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, until released, June 24, 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance; may have previously served in the 117th Regiment North Carolina Militia and as landsman in the Confederate States Navy. [NCT 7, 294 & 670.]

Patrick S. Brittan, claimed to be a member of the Confederate States Navy; charged, in the city court at Richmond,Virginia, in December, 1864, with stealing a gold watch valued at one thousand dollars, from A.F. Powell, at the saloon of Mrs. Dollard, near New Market. [Daily Richmond Examiner (Richmond, Virginia) dated Saturday, December 31, 1864.]

William Franklin Brittingham, born September 26, 1841, near Hampton, Virginia; son of William P. and Marinetta Brittingham; educated under Colonel John B. Cary at the Hampton Military Academy; spent a term at Madison College, in Pennsylvania, then entered the United States Navy in the summer of 1859; resided with his parents, in 1860, at Fox Hill, Elizabeth City County (Hampton), Virginia; attached to the USS Congress at the start of the Civil War; left the United States Navy, and made his way south; appointed acting master's mate, Confederate States Navy, February, 1862; also appointed gunner, May 9, 1863; served aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Rappahannock, Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, Virginia, 1862; also served aboard the CSS Hampton, and aboard the school ship CSS Patrick Henry, as instructor; assigned, in January 1864, to the CSS Chicora, at Charleston, South Carolina, until the evacuation of that city, in March, 1865; served at Battery Cook, Richmond, as ordnance officer, and in Tucker's Naval Brigade; captured at Sailor's Creek, April, 1865, and sent to the Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., where he arrived on April 14, a few hours before the assassination of President Lincoln; paroled in June, 1865, and returned home to Hampton; married Annie M. Hopkins, at Richmond, Virginia, on September 10, 1865; went to Galveston, Texas, in December, 1866, and engaged in the mercantile business; took charge of the business department of the Galveston Daily News in 1872; involved in the newspaper business for over thirty years, including stints with the Houston Post and the Fort Worth Gazette amongst others; resided, for a short time, in New York; member of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York; awarded the United Daughters of the Confederacy Cross of Honor; shown as one of the few members of the Association of the Survivors of the Confederate States Navy, when they met at Murphy's Hotel, in Richmond, Virginia, in May, 1907; died Monday July 6, 1908, at the residence of Dr. C.M. Bradbury, No. 2602 East Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 303; Register1864; Confederate Veteran 16, 417; 1860 U.S. Census; Confederate Veteran Camp of New York; Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated June 1, 1907, page 3; Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated Wednesday, July 8, 1908.]

A. Britton, 1st class boy, Provisional Navy of the Confederate States; attached as private to company I, 2nd Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [M1091.]

Joseph Britton, First Class Fireman, CSS Sumter, 1861. [CSS Sumter Muster Roll.]

William T. Broaddus (Booth shows middle initial as S.), enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, April 28, 1861, as private (promoted corporal at an unknown date), in Captain Green's Company (Louisiana Guard Battery), Louisiana Artillery; appointed 3rd assistant engineer, Confederate States Navy, March 17, 1862; shown, in May, 1862, as being an engineer aboard the steamer Nancy; the following information is shown at the web site (http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaggsv/vaggsv/deaths_b.htm) of the Gloucester Genealogical Society of Virginia, and may relate to the same person: parents names: Edwin and Elizabeth Broaddus; William T. Broaddus, listed as a merchant, died at the age of 43, March 27, 1885, of pneumonia; wife was S.M. Broaddus [Booth 1, 123; Register1862; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XF - Fuel and Water - Water for ships, page 984.]

Robert Broadway (surname also shown as Moudway and Rodway), served on the CSS Georgia; a list of "boarders" on the CSS Georgia shows him as holding the position of sponger at the 2nd gun division; also later served, in 1864, on the cruiser CSS Florida. [Alabama Claims 1, 705 and 707; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 604.]

J.L. Brock, private, company E, Confederate States Marine Corps, Savannah, Georgia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 315.]

Samuel Brock, appointed 2nd assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, September 21, 1861; served aboard the CSS Tuscarora, 1861 and at the Jackson station, 1862; served as senior engineer, aboard the CSS McRae, 1862. [ORN 1, 18, 249 & 327; 1, 22, 804 and 2, 1, 318; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (A - K), page 190.]

George L. Brockenbrough, appointed paymaster's clerk, Confederate States Navy, May 20, 1863, by assistant paymaster D.C. Seymour, to serve aboard the CSS Georgia, Savannah station. [CSNRegister; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 698.]

William B. Brockett, born Virginia; resident of Portsmouth, Virginia; originally served as private, Norfolk Juniors, company H, 12th Virginia Regiment; entry into Confederate States Navy, as 3rd assistant engineer, April 29, 1862 (Norfolk County Record 291 shows date of appointment as May 1st, 1862); served on the Richmond station, 1862; served aboard the steamer CSS Georgia, 1862 - 1863; promoted 2nd assistant engineer, May 21, 1863; served on the ironclad ram CSS Palmetto State, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 298 & 321; Register1862; Register1863; Register1864; Norfolk County Record 200 & 291.]

Jacob Brockey (surname also shown as Brackey), originally enlisted as 2nd class boy in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, in 1861, and was later rated as an ordinary seaman and 1st class boy on the side wheeled gunboat CSS Florida (later re-named the CSS Selma, Mobile Bay, 1862; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, and exchanged (see also, entry for Jacob Brackey, who may be the same person). [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 553; Confederate Navy subject file N -Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 420-422; ORN 2, 1, 286 & 306; DANFS.]

J. Brockington, appointed acting master's mate, Confederate States Navy; ordered to Montgomery, Alabama, March 21, 1865. [CSNRegister.]

Samuel A. Brockington (surname also shown as Brockinton), born Brunswick, Georgia, September, 1832; previous service in Company K, 26th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, as Private, May 29, 1861; transferred to the Confederate States Navy on June 2, 1863, and ordered to report to Flag Officer Tattnall at Savannah, Georgia; appointed pilot aboard the CSS Savannah on June 10, 1863; appointed acting master's mate on July 15, 1863, and ordered aboard the CSS Sampson; later served on the CSS Savannah and also aboard the ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia (also known as the State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram), Savannah, Georgia, 1863 - 1864; taken captive by deserters from the CSS Savannah, and delivered as prisoner to the Union Navy, off Savannah, Georgia, November 8, 1863; after his capture he was sent to Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, then transferred to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, September 18, 1863 (?); paroled at Fort Warren, September 28, 1864; received at Cox's Wharf, James River, Virginia, for exchange October 18, 1864, and sent on to Richmond, Virginia; at the time of his capture, his watch, jewelry and money were taken from him, and, when he was sent for exchange, these were not returned to him; he petitioned the Union Federal Commissioner of Exchange, lieutenant colonel John E. Mulford, for the return of these items, and they were promptly returned; Brockington then sent a card of thanks to Mulford, through publication in the Savannah Morning News of November 26, 1864, and subsequently published in the New York Times of December 2, 1864, stating his gratefulness to Mulford, for the return of the items; sent on torpedo laying duties on the Savannah River, January, 1865; also assigned on temporary unspecified duty near Augusta, Georgia, March 13, 1865, and ordered to return to the CSS Sampson, on completion of this duty; married Frances A. Manoe, October 15, 1865, at Glynn county, Georgia; resided as a river pilot, in 1880, with his wife and three sons at Brunswick, Glynn county, Georgia; later worked as hotel keeper; his widow, Fannie Brockington, later filed for a pension from Glynn County, Georgia. [ORN 1, 15, 109; 1, 16, 506 & 510 and 2, 1, 286 & 303; Register1864; Georgia Rosters, 3, 257; Fort Warren; GA Pension Index 140; 1880 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; George Marriages, 1699 - 1944 at the Ancestry.com web site; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 20, 1864; New York Times dated December 2, 1864; Confederate States Navy subject files - NP; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 411.]

Alexander W. Brockwell, originally served as private, company A, 12th Virginia Infantry (formerly 4th Regiment, Virginia Infantry; discharged as musician; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

Daniel Broderick, born Ireland, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, laborer; marital status, single; enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, July 22, 1861, at the age of 25, as private, company D, 10th Louisiana Infantry; deserted his regiment at an unknown date and joined the Confederate States Navy. [Booth 1, 125.]

James Broderick, enlisted July 7, 1863, aboard the CSS Alabama, as coxswain; in action off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864; captured by the USS Kearsarge; paroled at Cherbourg on the same day. [Sinclair; ORN 1, 3, 72.]

John Broderick (surname also shown as Brodrick and Brodick), private/fifer, Confederate States Marine Corps, ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia (also known as the State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram), Savannah, Georgia, in 1863; also served aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Sampson, Savannah, Georgia, 1863, and on the CSS Atlanta, aboard which he was captured at Wassaw Sound, Georgia, June 17, 1863; also indicated to have served aboard the gunboat General Sterling Price. [ORN 1, 14, 268 and 2, 1, 286 - 287 & 304; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 519-523; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 674.]

John Broderick, served on the New Orleans station, in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 97 - 100.]

Timothy Broderick, served as coal heaver at the New Orleans station, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 123 - 124.]

Andrew Brodie, served as seaman aboard the CSS Mobile, New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; rated as quarter gunner on January 1, 1862, and as boatswain's mate on June 1, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1037 and 1041; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 85.]

John Brodie, served as seaman at the New Orleans station, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 60-61.]

John Brogan (surname also shown as Broyan and Brown), born Ireland, resident of New Orleans, Louisiana (ORN 1, 20, 631 notes that he was actually a Southerner, and had joined the CSS Florida at Mobile, Alabama); originally served on the CSS Florida in 1863; returned to the United States, after his discharge from the vessel, in October, 1863; stated to have shipped, at London, England, aboard the British vessel Frances A. Palmer, for New York, and was said to be on his way to the Southern states to join the Army or Navy; aged 48 (in 1864); returned for service aboard the CSS Florida, as 1st class fireman, in 1864; captured aboard the cruiser at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864; after his capture he was kept in the sweat box, aboard the USS Wachusett, for talking, and also for cursing at one of the engineers of the Union vessel; sent to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received November 26, 1864; released February 1, 1865. [Florida Medical Journal; ORN 1, 3, 256 & 637 and 1, 20, 631; Fort Warren; Alabama Claims 2, 456.]

John Brogan, enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, February 10, 1862, as private, company I, 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery; noted as being temporarily attached from the 8th Louisiana Battery, in January or February, 1864; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 10, 1864. [Booth 1, 126.]

John Brogan, see John Bregan.

John Brogan, served as 2nd class fireman aboard the CSS Pamlico, New Orleans station, from December 14, 1861; rated as 1st class fireman from March 1, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 267 and 270.]

Martin Brogan, born Ireland, about 1840; served as fireman aboard the CSS Gaines, Mobile Squadron; treated for an ulcer in the bend of his elbow, caused by a bite, Saturday, February 7th, 1863; on Saturday, April 4th, 1863 he was treated for pleurodynia; treated for a fever on Wednesday, June 24th, 1863, and again, for the same condition, on Monday, August 10, 1863, and Wednesday, August 26, 1863. [CSS Gaines Medical Journal.]

Martin Brogan, served as landsman aboard the CSS General Polk, in 1861; rated as coal heaver from November 1, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 471.]

Thomas Brogan, previously served as Private in Company I, 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery; transferred to Confederate States Navy at Mobile, Alabama, April 9, 1864. [Information on army service supplied by Arthur Bergeron, Louisiana; Donnelly/Sullivan.]

Thomas Brogan, 1st class fireman, side-wheeled steamer CSS Firefly (classed as a tender), Savannah station, September - December, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 285; DANFS.]

Thomas Broisin, see Thomas Bryson.

George Bromley, served as seaman aboard the CSS Curlew, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 278.]

James Bronnan, see James Brosman.

J.J. Bronson, appointed as acting master's mate in the Confederate States Navy, December 30, 1863; served aboard the CSS Fredericksburg, and on the Richmond station, 1863 - 1864; had also served aboard the CSS Roanoke. [ORN 1, 10, 632 and 2, 1, 322; Register1864; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (A - K), page 195.]

Josiah Bronson, born Camden County, North Carolina; pre-war occupation, mariner; enlisted at Pasquotank County, North Carolina, July 5, 1861, aged 25, as private, company A, 17th Regiment North Carolina Troops (1st Organization); also indicated to have served in company B, 32nd North Carolina Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, October 6, 1861. [NCT 6, 721 (addenda); NCT 9, 18.]

Thomas A. Brookbanks, native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; served aboard privateer Petrel; captured 1862, and incarcerated at Fort Lafayette; requested Oath of Allegiance. [ORA 2, 3.]

Abraham Brooke, landsman, side wheeled steamer CSS Rappahannock, Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, Virginia, 1861 - 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 303; DANFS.]

Charles Brooke, Seaman, CSS Webb, resident of Galveston, Texas; surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana, May 26, 1865; paroled, June 7, 1865. [ORN 1, 27, 234.]

Henry St. George Tucker Brooke (surname also shown as Brook), born Virginia, July, 1844; son of lawyer Henry L. and Virginia Brooke; resided with his parents, in 1850, at Richmond, Virginia; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as midshipman, 4th class, October 9, 1861, and ordered to proceed to Norfolk and report to flag officer F. Forrest, for assignment to duty; served aboard the CSS Nansemond, 1862 - 1863; appointment revoked April 12, 1863; resided as a lawyer, in 1880, at Morgantown, West Virginia; married in 1883; in 1900, residing as a professor, with his wife and three children at Morgantown. [Register1863; 1850 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (A - K), page 196.]

John Mercer Brooke, born Tampa, Florida, 1826, appointed from Virginia (another entry shows birthplace as Virginia); son of general George M. Brook; previously served in the United States Navy, from March 3, 1841; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 20, 1861; entered the Confederate States Navy, as lieutenant, May 2, 1861; appointed as commander for the war, September 13, 1862; served as assistant to bureau, Office of Ordnance and Hydrography, Confederate Navy Department, Richmond, Virginia, 1861 - 1863, and later as chief of bureau, 1864; attached, as lieutenant, colonel, to Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; first wife, Lizzie, died of consumption, June 14, 1864, and buried in Richmond, Virginia; married his second wife, Catharine Corbin Pendleton, at Stafford County, Virginia, March 30, 1871; inventor of deep sea sounding apparatus; received a number of medals and decorations from foreign countries; John died December 14, 1906, at Lexington, Virginia. [Register1863; Register1864; additional information from the volume, Ironclads and Big Guns of the Confederacy: The Journal and Letters of John M. Brooke, edited by George M. Brooke, jr., published 2002, by the University of South Carolina Press; ORN 1, 14, 695 and 2, 1, 321; M1091; Virginia Marriage, 1851 - 1929 at the Ancestry.com web site; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861; New York Times dated December 15, 1906.]

Walter W. Brooke, master's mate, side wheeled steamer CSS Rappahannock, Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, Virginia, 1861 - 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 303; DANFS.]

Samuel Brookington, see Samuel A. Brockington.

William G. Brookman (middle initial also shown as H.), born London, England, November 21, 1826; went to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1849; served in the United States Navy, in 1858, for 28 or 29 months; originally enlisted, at New Orleans, June 25, 1861, in company A (Pargoud Guards, under captain Sprague) of the 1st Missouri Infantry Regiment, and was promoted 1st corporal; later entered the Confederate States Navy, July 21, 1862, and served as captain of the foretop aboard the CSS Arkansas; when the Arkansas was blown up he was transferred to the ironclad ram CSS Chicora, Charleston station, 1863 - 1864, and served, creditably, aboard her as master at arms; stated that he had broken his leg above the knee, while getting boats overboard from the CSS Chicora; at the close of the war he was in Charleston; after a brief stay in Charleston, he returned to New Orleans; married Bella, who died many years before William; William filed for a Confederate pension from Louisiana, which was allowed on December 12, 1917; residence, at the time of application shown as 1623 Press Street, New Orleans, Louisiana; died at New Orleans on June 21, 1921, his sole heir being his son, Charles Brookman (two other children had died in earlier years). [ORN 2, 1, 284; Louisiana Confederate pension application for William G. Brookman.]

Alexander Brooks, born Stanly County, North Carolina; pre-war occupation, farmer; enlisted at Stanly County, aged 28, in company H, 42nd Regiment North Carolina Troops; appointed lieutenant, March 25, 1862; resigned prior to June 30, 1862; also served in the 83rd Regiment North Carolina Militia; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, March 12, 1864. [NCT 10, 266; CSN Shipping Articles.]

J.A. Brooks, served as landsman aboard the CSS Albemarle, 1864; died at the Way Hospital No. 1, at Weldon, North Carolina, on April 15, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, pages 21 and 22.]

J.D. Brooks, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 279.]

Leslie Everitt Brooks, born Alabama, 1838; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as assistant paymaster, March 18, 1862; served on the CSS Louisiana, New Orleans station,1862; captured at the fall of New Orleans, April 28, 1862; held as prisoner of war, at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, 1862; later released, and served on the steamer CSS Chattahoochee, and at the Naval station, Columbus, Georgia, 1862 - 1864; appointed assistant paymaster, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864; served on the Charleston station in early 1865; attached to Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; resided as a commission merchant, in 1880, with his wife, Elizabeth, and four children, at Mobile, Alabama; died 1910; buried at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama. [Register1862; Register1863; Register1864; ORN 1, 18, 317; ORA 2, 3, 641; JCC 4, 122; John E. Ellis; ADAH; M1091; 1880 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XP - Pay and Allowances, Paymaster's Accounts - Miscellaneous, page 558.]

Suchson W. Brooks, originally served as private, company F, 6th Virginia Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

Thomas R. Brooks, born Missouri, about 1844; son of Edward and Virginia Brooks; appointed from Missouri, as midshipman, United States Naval Academy, October 20, 1860; resigned, and later served in the Confederate States Army; appointed acting midshipman, Confederate States Navy, August 14, 1863; served aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, James River squadron, 1863; resigned January 9, 1864. [1850 U.S. Census; CSNRegister; Callahan; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330.]

William Brooks, served in Confederate States Navy; buried at Charleston Port Society Cemetery, on Ashley River, Charleston. [Name and service status inscribed on granite monument unveiled December 10, 1922, by the Ladies Memorial Association of Charleston, South Carolina.]

William H. Brooks, previously served as private, company C, 1st Regiment Georgia Regulars, February, 1861; transferred to Confederate States Navy, May 2, 1864. [Georgia Rosters, 1, 321.]

William Param Brooks, born Charleston, South Carolina (the roster in Sinclair, which was apparently compiled by lieutenant Richard Fielder Armstrong, shows Brooks' native state as Georgia, and the CSN Register shows it as Louisiana); son of Jordon P. Brooks, indicated as having been a captain in military service, aboard the Santee, at Fort Mellon, in 1837 (no record of his service can currently be located); William was appointed an engineer on the merchant steamer Habana, running between New Orleans and Havana, which vessel was later to become the CSS Sumter; commissioned 2nd assistant engineer, Confederate States Navy, from the state of Louisiana, May 11, 1861 (Brooks' own account lists his appointment date as May 13, 1861); after the Sumter (on which his pay was shown to be $1000 per annum) was abandoned at Gibraltar, 1862, Brooks was ordered to London, England, almost losing his life during a heavy storm while on the steamer in which he took passage; reported aboard the CSS Alabama, August, 1862; completed the entire cruise; promoted 1st assistant engineer, August 15, 1863, and 1st assistant engineer, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864 [ORN 1, 3, 654 shows his rank, as of June 19, 1864, as 2nd assistant engineer]; rescued by a French pilot boat, and taken to Cherbourg (Sinclair incorrectly indicates that Brooks was rescued by the yacht Deerhound), after the battle, off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864; was originally intended to return to the Confederate States, but was ordered, by Samuel Barron, August 15, 1864, to report for duty aboard the CSS Rappahannock at Calais; reported aboard the Rappahannock, Thursday, August 18, 1864, accompanied by his wife, Emily, who was described as "rather pretty and interesting"; his wife was very attached to him, as she grieved profoundly on his being ordered to the CSS Stonewall, December 23, 1864; left the Rappahannock, January 10, 1865, for duty on the Stonewall, at which time his heart-broken wife returned to her home in England; promoted chief engineer, March 25, 1865; after the close of the war he entered the Spanish Navy as chief engineer aboard the frigate Neustra Senora del Carmen, serving from July 7, 1865 to June 24, 1866, and as chief engineer of the fleet, on board the Vasco Nunez del Balboa, March, 1867 to January 16, 1869; proclaimed a Knight 1st class, Order of Naval Merit, by Queen Isabel the second of Spain, February 17, 1868; resigned from Spanish Naval service, August 21, 1869, and took service with the Ocean Steamship Company, as chief engineer of the merchant vessel, Tallahassee; resided in Cuba until about 1876, before moving to Georgia; was a member of the Confederate Veteran Association of Savannah, Georgia; member of the Presbyterian church, at Savannah; died some years prior to 1895. [Sinclair 269-270; CSN Register; Register1864; 1880 U.S. Census; ORN 1, 3, 653, 654 & 738; CSS Sumter Muster Roll; New York Herald Friday, May 12, 1865, page 1; Liverpool Daily Courier Monday, June 27, 1864, page 5, under the heading, "Officers and Men Who escaped in a French Pilot Boat to Cherbourg;" William P. Brooks Manuscript Collection at the Georgia Historical Society; Forrest 207, 274 & 278; Washington Post dated December 6, 1896, page 13.]

A.W. Brookwell, ordinary seaman, ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 311.]

Ellerson L. Broom, born North Carolina, about 1834; resided in, and enlisted at Union County, North Carolina, May 3, 1861, aged 19, as private, company B, 15th Regiment North Carolina Troops; wounded in the head at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862; returned to duty about January or February, 1863; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 1, 1864; resided as a farmer, in 1870, with his wife, Tarley and two children, at Monroe, Union County, North Carolina. [NCT 5, 515; 1870 U.S. Census.]

Thomas Brophey, served as 1st class boy at the New Orleans station, in 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 117.]

James Brosman (surname also shown as Bronnan and Brosnan), born England; boatswain's mate, CSS Alabama, August 24, 1862-1864; in action off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864; paid off, and honorably discharged at Southampton, England, 1864; later served as chief boatswain's mate on the CSS Shenandoah, 1864-1865;expiration of service, April 8, 1865; reshipped on the same day. [Sinclair; Alabama Claims 1, 975; ORN 1, 3, 783; Whittle 139.]

John Brosnin, served as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, aboard the CSS Richmond, James River squadron, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 475.]

G. W. Broswell, served aboard the CSS North Carolina, 1864; deserted about April, 1864, but was apprehended and returned to the vessel in April, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling; Miscellaneous, page 26.]

Richard Brothers, appointed second officer aboard the Confederate States ram General Sumter, of the Mississippi River Defense fleet, on February 20, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 265.]

John Brough, 1st assistant engineer, Jackson station, 1862; stated to have been inefficient in his profession. [ORN 2, 1, 318 & 533.]

George W. Browder, enlisted by lieutenant Venable at Richmond, Virginia, on August 14, 1864, as a private in company C of the Confederate States Marine Corps. [ORN 2, 1, 315; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 468; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NR - Recruiting and Enlistments, shipping articles; Miscellaneous, page 443.]

Allen Brower, resided in, and enlisted at Washington County, North Carolina, June 24, 1861, aged 30, as corporal, company G, 1st Regiment North Carolina State Troops; discharged February 3, 1862, on being transferred to the Confederate States Navy. [NCT 3, 213.]

Emsey H. Brower, ship's cook, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 310.]
John F. Brower, indicated to have served in the Confederate States Marine Corps. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 674.]

A.H. Brown, landsman, ironclad ram CSS Palmetto State, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 298.]

Alex Brown, quartermaster; Pensacola Navy Yard, Florida, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 320.]

Alexander Brown, served as seaman at the New Orleans station in 1861, and later aboard the CSS General Polk in 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 479-480; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 59.]

Andrew Brown, landsman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 310.]

Antonio Brown, previously served as Private, Company D, 46th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, August 10, 1862; substitute for M.P. Hollis; transferred to the Naval Department at Charleston, South Carolina, October 1, 1862; served as quarter gunner on the ironclad ram CSS Palmetto State, Charleston harbor, 1863 - 1864; steamer was burned by the Confederates at the evacuation of Charleston in 1865. [Georgia Rosters, 4, 961; ORN 2, 1, 298.]

Benjamin F. Brown, ordinary seaman; served aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Oconee (originally the CSS Savannah prior to April, 1863), Savannah River, Georgia, 1862; then on the side-wheeled steamer CSS Firefly (classed as a tender), Savannah station, 1863; also served aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Sampson, Savannah, Georgia, 1863; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Hart County, Georgia; his widow, Beady Brown also later filed for a Confederate pension from the same county. [ORN 2, 1, 285, 297 & 303; GA Pension Index 145.]

Carl Brown, born Prussia, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, sailor; marital status, single; enlisted, at Camp Moore, Louisiana, June 5, 1861, aged 22, as private, company B, 6th Louisiana Infantry; detached to the Naval Department at Richmond, Virginia about March, 1864, and transferred to the Confederate States Navy in that same month. [Booth 1, 141.]

Charles Brown, shipped from the prize vessel, Dictator, in April, 1863, and served as seaman aboard the cruiser CSS Georgia; a list of "boarders" on the cruiser shows Brown in the position of tackleman at the 2nd gun division. [ORN 1, 2, 812; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 604.]

Charles Brown, enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, September 11, 1861, as private, company D, 22nd and 23rd Louisiana Infantry (consolidated); captured and paroled at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; transferred to the Confederate States Navy about January or February, 1864. [Booth 1, 142.]

Charles Brown, quartermaster, Provisional Navy of the Confederate States; attached as corporal to company I, 2nd Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [M1091.]

Charles Brown, born Germany, about 1832; served as a seaman on the CSS Gaines, Mobile Squadron; treated for a fever on Tuesday, May 13, 1862; transferred to the receiving ship at Mobile on Tuesday, May 27, 1862; later returned to the CSS Gaines, and was condemned by a medical survey on Sunday, November 30, 1862; disease did not originate in the line of duty. [CSS Gaines Medical Journal.]

Charles Brown, quartermaster, Confederate States Navy; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, and exchanged. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 551.]

Charles C. Brown, served as seaman at the New Orleans station in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 88.]

D. Brown, 1st class boy, Provisional Navy of the Confederate States; attached, as private, company K, 2nd Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [M1091.]

D.T. Brown, see John T. Brown.

Daniel Brown, served as seaman aboard Launch No. 3, New Orleans station, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 47.]

Eli Brown, ordinary seaman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 301; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 495.]

Eugene H. Brown (surname also shown as Browne), resident of Norfolk, Virginia; originally served as private, Virginia Defenders, company C, 16th Virginia Regiment; promoted corporal; entry into Confederate States Navy, as 2nd assistant engineer, May 21, 1863 (Register1862 lists his rank as 3rd assistant engineer); served aboard the CSS Arkansas and the CSS Capitol, 1862; was on the Arkansas when her engines broke down, at one stage; involved in the action of July 15, 1862, when the Arkansas took passage from the Yazoo River, through the combined Union fleet above Vicksburg; reported for duty aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, October 18, 1862; also served on the converted vessels, Clarence, Archer and Tacony; lost his nerve and indicated to his commander, Read, that he was unable to work the engines of a steamer, unless he had another engineer to cooperate with him; captured off Portland, Maine, June 27, 1863, and confined at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, June, 1863; exchanged and then sent to Richmond from City Point, Virginia, October 18, 1864; served aboard the CSS Chickamauga, 1864; wounded at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 1864 - 1865; also served aboard the CSS Richmond, James River squadron; attached to Semmes' Naval Brigade, for special service, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; resided, post war, at Baltimore, Maryland, and was still living in 1907. [ORN 1, 1, 768; 1, 2, 673; 1, 19, 132 & 135 and 1, 23, 698; Register1862; Register1864; Fort Warren; Drayton; M1091; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 20, 1864; Portland, Maine Eastern Argus newspaper, dated Monday, June 29, 1863; Norfolk County Record 130; Charleston Courier dated Thursday, July 31, 1862; Daily Cleveland Herald (Cleveland, Ohio) dated July 10, 1863; Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated June 30, 1907, page 2.]

Francis Brown, seaman aboard the CSS Baltic, which operated in Alabama waters; served during, or between the period, August, 1862 and June, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 280.]

Frank Brown, served as landsman in the Confederate States Navy; deserted about December, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling; Miscellaneous, page 28.]

Frank Brown, aged 17 (in June, 1864); charged in the Hustings Court, Richmond, Virginia, of obtaining fifty dollars and twenty five cents from Mrs. Jefferson Davis, under false pretenses; court arranged for him to be apprenticed into the Confederate States Navy, June, 1864. [Daily Richmond Examiner (Virginia) dated June 16, 1864.]

Frank D. Brown, born Virginia; original service in the 25th Battalion, Virginia Volunteers; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, as landsman; served on the CSS Patrick Henry, James River squadron, and at Drewry's Bluff; transferred back to his old command in the Confederate States Army, date not specified; resided, in 1907, at Philipsburg, Montana. [Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated June 30, 1907, page 2.]

Fred. Brown, served as seaman at the New Orleans station, in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 37.]

Frederick Brown, landsman, side wheeled steamer CSS Rappahannock, Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, Virginia, 1861 - 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 303; DANFS.]

Frederick Brown, native of Germany (also shown as a Dutchman); shipped as fireman, CSS Florida, October 16, 1863, at Mobile, Alabama; discharged at Brest, France, September, 1863; paid off at Liverpool, England. [Alabama Claims 1, 356 and 360 & 2, 456.]
Garret Brown, served aboard the CSS V.H. Ivy, New Orleans station, in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 844.]

George E. Brown, appointed acting master, Confederate States Navy, October 7, 1861; served on the CSS Tuscarora, and was "kept by the wreck of the 'Tuscarora' on duty until June 1st 1862"; also served aboard the CSS Pontchartrain (Lizzie Simmons), New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; resigned March 8, 1862. [CSNRegister; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (A - K), page 203.]

George L. Brown, 1st clerk, Naval stores; shown on a pay roll of officers stationed at Pensacola Navy Yard, Florida, 1861, and on the gunboat CSS Bradford (used as a storeship at Pensacola), in April, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 282 & 320; DANFS.]

H. Brown, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 277.]

H. H. Brown, served as landsman aboard the CSS Neuse, North Carolina, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1234.]

H.H. Brown, appointed an acting master in the Confederate States Navy, January 30, 1862, and ordered to report to commander J.K. Mitchell, for duty; served on the Jackson station, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 319; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (A - K), page 207.]

Hugh Brown, served as seaman at the New Orleans station in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 89.]

Isaac N. Brown, born Livingston County, Kentucky, appointed from Mississippi; previous service in the United States Navy, May 15, 1834; served in the Seminole, and Mexican wars; executive officer of the USS Niagara, just prior to the Civil War; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 28, 1861; entered the service of the Confederate States Navy, June 6, 1861, as lieutenant; served on the Richmond station, 1861; assigned duties on the Mississippi River, and in the defense of New Orleans, 1861 - 1862; when that city fell in April, 1862, he was sent to Vicksburg, and assumed command of the CSS Arkansas, Jackson Station, 1862; involved in the action of July 15, 1862, when the Arkansas took passage from the Yazoo River, through the combined Union fleet above Vicksburg; promoted commander, August 25, 1862; involved in work on the gunboats on the Yazoo River, 1862; appointed in the Provisional Navy, to rank from May 13, 1863; assigned, by Special Order No. 92, dated at Canton, Mississippi, June 1, 1863, to the command of the heavy artillery at Yazoo City, and the boats on the Yazoo River; later commanded the CSS Charleston, at Charleston, South Carolina, 1863 - 1864; ordered to report to Confederate Army lieutenant general Hardee, at Charleston, for special duty, November, 1864; after the fall of Charleston, he was sent to command the Naval forces west of the Mississippi River, but before reaching this command, the war had ended; paroled at Montgomery, Alabama, on May 22, 1865; at the time of his parole, his personal details were shown as grey eyes, light hair, fair complexion and standing 5 feet 10 inches tall; resided, after the war, in Mississippi, and later at Corsicana, Texas. [Scharf 306n; Register1863; ORN 1, 15, 697 & 732; 1, 19, 69; 1, 23, 711 and 2, 1, 318, 320 & 321; ORA 1, 24 and 1, 35 (part 2), 648; JCC 4, 121; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861; Charleston Courier dated Thursday, July 31, 1862; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RL - Paroles, A-W, page 22.]
J. Brown, Coal Heaver, CSS Albemarle, and Halifax Station, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 274.]

J. A. Brown, served as landsman aboard the CSS Juno, 1863, and was involved in the capture of the 1st launch of the USS Wabash, off Charleston, South Carolina, on the night of August 6, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XZ - Prizes, prize money, etc., Distribution of Prize Money - Miscellaneous, page 20.]

J.C.C. Brown, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 279.]

J.J. Brown, served as seaman aboard the CSS Beaufort, in 1861; enlisted about December, 1861, receiving a bonus of $20. [ORN 2, 1, 281; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 729.]

J. J. Brown, enlisted as a crew member aboard the CSS Seabird, 1861, and received a bounty of $20. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 777.]

J. J. Brown, served as ship's cook aboard the receiving vessel, CSS Indian Chief, about 1864 [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 765-766.]

J.W. Brown, seaman, served aboard the partial ironclad, CSS Huntsville, Mobile Bay, Alabama, during July - December, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 288; DANFS.]

Jacob Brown, born Rowan County, North Carolina; resided, as a laborer, in Rockingham County, North Carolina; enlisted there, May 3, 1861, aged 21, as private, company H, 13th Regiment North Carolina Troops; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, for duty aboard the Merrimac (CSS Virginia), February 19, 1862. [NCT 5, 356.]

James Brown, commanded CSS Phoenix, April, 1862. [ORN 1, 18, 249.]

James Brown, served as coal heaver aboard the side-wheeled steamer CSS Jamestown James River squadron,1861 - 1862; deserted from the vessel on May 31, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 290; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 312; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 442.]

James Brown, appointed acting master's mate, Confederate States Navy, October 7, 1861; acting master, November 5, 1861; served on the CSS Tuscarora and CSS Manassas, New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; served on the Jackson station, 1862; resigned March 30, 1862. [CSNRegister.]

James Brown, shipped, by 2nd lieutenant F. M. Roby, as landsman, in the Confederate States Navy, on April 12, 1864, and sent for duty aboard the CSS Albemarle, at Plymouth Sound, North Carolina. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 37-38.]

James E. Brown, seaman, screw steamer CSS Fanny (which operated in North Carolina waters); served sometime in, or during the period September - December, 1861 and May, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 285; DANFS.]

James J. Brown, served as captain of forecastle aboard the CSS Neuse, North Carolina, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1231.]

John Brown, 2nd class fireman, CSS Selma, Mobile station; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, and sent aboard the USS Ossipee, as prisoner of war; sent aboard the steamer Stockdale, August 12, 1864. [ORN 1, 21, 841 - 842.]

John Brown, born Ireland, about 1820; served as seaman aboard the CSS Gaines, Mobile Squadron; treated for dysentery on May 1, 1862; on Sunday November 9, 1862, it was noted, in the Medical Journal, that Brown had been condemned by a Medical Survey, and that his disease had not originated in the line of duty. [CSS Gaines Medical Journal.]

John Brown, see Theo Brown.

John Brown, served as 1st class boy at the New Orleans station, 1862; captured at Arkansas Post, January 12, 1863. [ORN 1, 24, 117; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 123 - 124.]

John Brown (1), seaman, CSS Georgia, 1863. [Alabama Claims 1, 694.]

John Brown (2), seaman, CSS Georgia, 1863. [Alabama Claims 1, 694.]

John Brown, landsman, CSS Rappahannock, May 16, 1864. [CSS Rappahannock Muster Roll.]

John Brown, served aboard the CSS Shenandoah, 1865. [ORN 1, 3, 783.]

John Brown, originally served as private, company C, 3rd Battalion, Florida Cavalry (see also, 1st Confederate Infantry); transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

John Brown, originally served in the 28th (Thomas') Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

John Brown, enlisted as seaman aboard the CSS Baltic, Mobile station, June 11, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 280; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 108.]

John Brown, boatswain's mate, ironclad ram CSS Chicora. Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, July, 1863 - September, 1864; appointed boatswain, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 283; CSNRegister.]

John Brown, captain of afterguard, ironclad ram CSS Chicora (which operated in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina), July, 1863 - September, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 284; DANFS.]

John Brown, ordinary seaman, ironclad ram CSS Chicora (which operated in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina), July, 1863 - September, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 284; DANFS.]

John Brown, served as seaman aboard the steam sloop CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 291; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 85.]

John Brown, landsman, side wheeled steamer CSS Pontchartrain, Arkansas waters, 1862 - 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 299.]

John Brown, landsman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 300.]

John Brown, seaman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 308.]

John Brown, private, Confederate States Marine Corps; served on the Georgia and South Carolina stations, 1861; later served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 311 & 316.]

John Brown, born Bremen, Germany, about 1838; no family; has always followed the sea; shipped as seaman/captain of maintop, CSS Florida, at Mobile, Alabama, October 16, 1862; stated that he was in Mobile when the CSS Florida was ready for sea, and was pressed to go on board by the 'press gang' who go about the streets picking up sailors; claimed to have been one of the 69 personnel of the cruiser who had mutinied on the vessel, and who were put on shore at Brest, France, and who received orders to get back pay; discharged at Brest, September, 1863, and were told to call on Capt Bannock at Frazer & Co., for their money; they called there, but were unable to get their money, they then put their case in the hands of a lawyer there; one account states that he was paid off at Liverpool, England, but this is uncertain; later shipped aboard the F.A. Palmer (this is probably another person of the same name from that shown in the next entry, who also served aboard the cruiser). [Alabama Claims 1, 356 and 360 & 2, 457; Civil War Subversion Investigations - Turner files, case 942 - Pirate Florida - Statement of four personnel of CSS Florida, arrested in October, 1863 at Fold3.]

John Brown, born about 1842; left London, England on January 21, 1864, for Brest, France, where he was shipped aboard the cruiser CSS Florida on January 24, 1864, as seaman; deserted from the cruiser in early or mid-1864; physical description at the time he deserted shown as 5 feet 9 inches tall, fair skin, blue eyes, light hair, no beard, and dressed, at the time of his desertion, in blue sailor's clothing (this is probably another person of the same name from that shown in the previous entry, who had also served aboard the cruiser). [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 353 and 376.]

John Brown, seaman aboard the receiving vessel Indian Chief; stated to have been arrested on October 21, 1862, and taken to the main Guard House at Charleston, South Carolina, by private Scanlon of the city police. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NJ- Discipline (minor); Miscellaneous, page 1.]

John Brown, ordinary seaman, Confederate States Navy; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, and exchanged. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 552.]

John Brown, served as quartermaster aboard the CSS Lady Davis, and was involved in the capture of the prize A.B. Thompson, on May 19, 1861; received the sum of $108.70 as his share in the capture of that vessel. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XZ - Prizes, prize money, etc., Distribution of prize money - Miscellaneous, page 1.]

John Brown, enlisted for three years in the Confederate States Navy, at Charleston, South Carolina, on August 20, 1862, and served aboard the CSS Huntress. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 174 and 753.]

John Brown, served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Mobile, off Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1862; rated as captain after guard from June 1, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1041.]

John B. Brown, resident of Portsmouth, Virginia; originally served as private in Captain Grandy's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Norfolk Light Artillery Blues); later promoted sergeant; (see also, 16th Virginia Infantry); transferred to Confederate States Navy, as 3rd assistant engineer, March 4, 1863 (Norfolk County Record 251 indicates date of transfer as March 20, 1863); served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Chicora, Charleston station, 1863 - 1864; ordered, in June, 1864, by Secretary of the Navy, Mallory, to report aboard the cruiser CSS Florida; arrived aboard the vessel on June 27, 1864, at St. George, Bermuda; captured aboard the cruiser at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864; sent to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received November 26, 1864; released February 1, 1865. [ORN 1, 3, 256, 613 & 620 and 2, 1, 283; Register1864; Fort Warren; Civil War Service Records; Norfolk County Record 251.]

John P. Brown, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 277.]

John R. Brown, served in the Confederate States Navy; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Sampson County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

John S. Brown, born in, and enlisted at Meriwether County, Georgia, September 16, 1861, as private, company E, 2nd Battalion North Carolina Infantry; pre-war occupation, mechanic; captured at Roanoke Island, February 8, 1862; paroled at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, February 21, 1862; appointed musician, December 15, 1862; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 23, 1864. [NCT 3, 303.]

John S. Brown, enlisted September 16, 1861, as private, (New) company A, 60th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry; captured at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, February 8, 1862; released on parole at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, February 21, 1862; appointed musician, December 15, 1862; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 5, 1864. [Georgia Rosters 6, 121.]

John T. Brown (name also shown as P. or D.T. Brown), served as seaman aboard the cruiser CSS Florida; captured aboard the cruiser at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864; sent to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received November 26, 1864; released February 1, 1865. [ORN 1, 3, 256; Fort Warren.]

Joseph Brown, shipped, in June, 1863, from the prize vessel, Constitution, and served as seaman aboard the cruiser CSS Georgia; a list of "boarders" of the cruiser shows Brown at the 1st gun division, in the position of compresserman. [ORN 1, 2, 815; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 604.]

Joseph Brown, born South Hampton, England, about 1844; personal description shown as hazel eyes, dark hair, dark complexion and 5 feet, 7 inches high; pre war occupation, sailor; enlisted March 1, 1863, at Mobile, Alabama, as private in Winston's Light Artillery Battery, Tennessee; transferred to the Confederate States Marine Corps, date unknown; deserted from Winston's Battery [?], August 10, 1863; apprehended at Mobile, Alabama, August 13, 1863. [Data provided by Terry and Theresa Scriber, of Knoxville, Tennessee, in an e-mail (La27Infantry@wmconnect.com) dated December 31, 2006 (info as obtained from National Archives microfilm roll).]

Louis Brown, born Limerick, Ireland; pre-war occupation, laborer; enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, aged 23, March 21, 1862, as private, company K, 14th Louisiana Infantry; deserted his unit at New Orleans, Louisiana about March or April, 1862, and is said to have shipped aboard the CSS Baltic, and later to have gone to Memphis, Tennessee. [Booth 1, 152.]

Marshall Brown, resided in New Hanover County, North Carolina; previous service in the United States Revenue service; originally enlisted there, March 27, 1862, as a private in company C, 1st Battalion North Carolina Heavy Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, March 10, 1863; appointed lieutenant for the war, February 26, 1863; served on the Wilmington station, 1863; also on the CSS Charleston, Charleston station, 1863; resigned November 13, 1863. [NCT 1, 23; CSNRegister.]

Martin Brown, quartermaster, served on the receiving ship St. Phillip, (previously named the Star of the West); drowned on the Mississippi River, May 17, 1861. [Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 24, 1861.]

Martin Brown, born Norway, about 1839; served as a seaman aboard the CSS Gaines, Mobile Squadron; treated for a fever on Wednesday, October 15, 1862. [CSS Gaines Medical Journal.]

Nelson Brown, seaman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863; in 1864, served aboard the ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina. [ORN 2, 1, 279, 294, 295 & 297; DANFS.]

P.T. Brown, see John T. Brown.

Paul Brown, left London, England, on December 30, 1863, for Brest, France, where he joined the cruiser CSS Florida on January 2, 1864 as seaman; deserted very shortly after, but was apprehended by the French gendarmes at Brest, and returned to the vessel on January 18, 1864; rated as captain of the main top on the cruiser, to be back-dated to January 2, 1864; witness in the court martial cases against John Gomez and Edward Vickopuskis, for mutinous conduct, September, 1864. [CSS Florida court martial and medical journal records, in National Archives microfilm publication T716, roll 3; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 347, 349, 360 and 390.]

Peter Brown, born England? (another entry shows his birthplace as France), about 1828; served as captain of forecastle aboard the CSS Gaines, Mobile Squadron; treated for a congestive chill on Wednesday, May 7, 1862; transferred to the receiving ship at Mobile, Alabama, on Friday, May 9, 1862; returned to the CSS Gaines at some stage, and was treated for a fever on Tuesday, June 17, 1862, and again on Thursday, July 31, 1862 and Monday, September 1, 1862; treated, again, for a fever on Sunday, May 3rd, 1863, and for the same condition on Tuesday, August 11, 1863, at which time his rating was shown as captain of the after guard. [CSS Gaines Medical Journal.]

Peter Brown, served on board the CSS Firefly, Savannah squadron, 1862; paid off and discharged to November 12, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 965.]

Peter C. Brown, served in the Confederate States Navy, 1863; served as fireman aboard the CSS Sampson, Savannah squadron, and was discharged from the service on January 28, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 896.]

Pike Brown, born South Carolina; original entry into Confederate States Navy, August 31, 1863; commissioned assistant surgeon for the war, January 7, 1864, to rank from August 31, 1863; served aboard the CSS Richmond, Richmond station, and at the Naval battery, Drewry's Bluff, James River, 1863 - 1864; appointed assistant surgeon, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 671 and 2, 1, 322; Register1864; JCC 4, 123.]

R.W. Brown, listed as assistant paymaster, Confederate States Navy, 1862. [Register1862.]

Richard Brown, served as landsman and later seaman aboard the ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1863; deserted about August, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 308; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling; Miscellaneous, page 32.]

Robert Brown, Private, CSMC; born England; CSS Shenandoah, 1865. [Alabama Claims 1, 977; ORN 1, 3, 783.]

Roger Brown, served as seaman at the New Orleans station, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 58.]

Ross Brown, quartermaster, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 293.]

S. K. Brown, commanded the gunboat J. F. Carr of the Texas Marine Department, operating off Saluria, Texas, in late 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OD - Distribution, Miscellaneous, page 9.]
Samuel Brown, see Samuel Brewer.

Samuel N. Brown, born New Hanover County, North Carolina; pre-war occupation, mariner; enlisted at New Hanover County, April 15, 1861, aged 21, as private, company I, 18th Regiment North Carolina Troops; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, January 12, 1862. [NCT 6, 402.]

Theo Brown (alias John Brown; also shown as Theodore John Brown), left London, England on January 21, 1864, for Brest, France, where he was shipped as seaman aboard the cruiser CSS Florida on January 24, 1864; discharged from service, April 29, 1864. [Florida Medical Journal, entry dated April 26, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 353.]

Theodore Brown, landsman, ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 311.]

Thomas Brown, enlisted at Camp Lewis, Louisiana, December 21, 1861, as private, company I, 29th Louisiana Infantry (one source shows unit as the 20th Louisiana Infantry); transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 12, 1864. [Booth 1, 155; Civil War Service Records.]

Thomas Brown, seaman, side-wheeled gunboat CSS Florida (later re-named CSS Selma); operated in the Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana and Mobile Bay, Alabama area, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 286 & 306; DANFS.]

Thomas Brown, indicated to have served in Confederate marine service; buried at the Catholic Cemetery, Galveston, Texas. [Galveston Daily News (Texas) dated Wednesday, June 1, 1887.]

Thomas Brown, enlisted as landsman aboard the CSS Baltic, Mobile squadron, June 15, 1862; rated as 2nd class fireman, June 16, 1862; discharged by medical survey on October 13, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MX - Medical Surveys and Examinations of Individuals; B - Miscellaneous, page 4; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 109.]

Thomas Brown, served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Ivy, New Orleans station, in 1862; rated as seaman from March 1, 1862; arrested as a deserted by New Orleans constable Jacobs, and delivered aboard the receiving vessel St. Phillips, on April 21, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 856; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 438.]

Thomas Brown, indicated to have served as a private in the Confederate States Navy; paroled at Raleigh, North Carolina, April 17, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 654.]

Thomas B. Brown, served in the United States Navy before the war; joined the cruiser CSS Florida, under Maffitt, at Mobile, Alabama, in 1862; remained on this vessel until being sent to the tender Lapwing; after the abandonment of the Lapwing, he made his way to England, and later rejoined the CSS Florida as boatswain's mate; avoided capture aboard the CSS Florida, at Bahia, Brazil, in October, 1864, as he was one of the crew who happened to be ashore at the time; then made his way to Brest, France, where he joined the crew of the ironclad CSS Stonewall; after the surrender of the ironclad to the authorities in Havana, Brown made his way to Mexico, and then to Galveston, shortly after the end of the war; engaged in cotton screwing for a number of years; later served for some time as a police officer; occupation as a jailer at the county jail, Galveston, Texas, since 1882; died of heart disease at his residence, Galveston, Friday, March 12, 1886, aged about 45 or 50 years; survived by his wife and five young children. [Galveston Daily News (Texas) datedSaturday, March 13, 1886.]

Thomas F. Brown, served as seaman aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, 1863-1864; attached to the tender, Lapwing; paid off when he returned to Liverpool, England, about September, 1863; however, an official dispatch dated at Brest, France, on January 18th, 1864, indicates that he was returned to the vessel, by the French gendarmes, as a deserter; rated as quarter gunner aboard the cruiser on February 10, 1864. [ORN 1, 2, 661; Alabama Claims Correspondence 2, 656-657; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 349 and 390.]

Thomas J. Brown, served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS McRae, New Orleans station, in 1861; deserted from the vessel on December 19, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 988.]

Timothy Brown, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Arctic, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 276.]

Timothy Brown, served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Neuse, North Carolina, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1232.]

W. Brown, seaman, steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1862 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 301; DANFS.]

W.N. Brown, acting master's mate, Confederate States Navy, 1863 - 1864. [Register1864.]

William Brown, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy on April 8, 1864, and served as ordinary seaman, CSS Chattahoochee, 1864; transferred from the floating battery, CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, in September, 1864, to the Naval station at Wilmington, North Carolina. [ORN 1, 17, 700 and 2, 1, 283; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 575.]

William Brown, born Sandwich Islands; shipped from the prize bark, Abigail, as landsman (Alabama Claims source incorrectly shows his rating as seaman) aboard the CSS Shenandoah, June 12, 1865. [Alabama Claims 1, 976; CSS Shenandoah Deck Log.]
William Brown, Seaman, CSS Arctic, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 276.]

William Brown, born England, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, sailor; marital status, single; enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 1861, as private, company K, 1st Louisiana Infantry (Nelligan's); discharged on January 31, 1862 to join the Merrimac (CSS Virginia). [Booth 1, 157.]

William Brown, enlisted in Beaufort County, North Carolina, June 26, 1861, aged 28, as private, company G, 2nd Regiment North Carolina Cavalry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, February 1, 1862. [NCT 2, 151.]

William Brown, born, resided in, and enlisted at Pasquotank County, North Carolina, July 24, 1861, aged 23, as private, company A, 8th Regiment North Carolina State Troops; pre-war occupation, farmer; captured at Roanoke Island, February 8, 1862; exchanged August, 1862; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, January 9, 1863. [NCT 4, 525.]

William Brown, private, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps; stationed aboard the receiving ship CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, April-June, 1864, and the steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 280, 302 & 316.]

William Brown, seaman, CSS Beaufort; September, 1861 - April, 1862; vessel operated in North Carolina and Virginia waters. [ORN 2, 1, 281.]

William Brown, served as 2nd class boy at the New Orleans station in 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 106.]
William Brown, 1st class boy, ironclad ram CSS Chicora (which operated in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina), July, 1863 - September, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 284; DANFS.]

William Brown, seaman, side-wheeled gunboat CSS Florida (later re-named CSS Selma); operated in the Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana and Mobile Bay, Alabama area, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 286 & 306; DANFS.]

William Brown, seaman, screw steamer CSS Torpedo, James River, Virginia, 1862 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 307.]

William Brown, served as quartermaster aboard the CSS Roanoke, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 542.]

William Brown, rated as captain of fore castle aboard the CSS Tallahassee, Wilmington station, on October 1, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 843.]

William C. Brown, may have3 previously served in captain A. B. Noyes company of Florida Coast Guards; enlisted February 15, 1862, Company A, First Florida Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, April 30, 1864; sent aboard the CSS Spray, St. Mark's, Florida, as ordinary seaman, on June 2, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 815; Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 84.]

William G. Brown, ordinary seaman, side wheeled steamer CSS Oconee (originally the CSS Savannah prior to April, 1863), Savannah River, Georgia; served May - June, 1862; also served aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Sampson, Savannah, Georgia, 1863, and the CSS Savannah, Savannah Squadron, Georgia, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 297, 303 & 305.]

William H. Brown, landsman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 309.]

Willis Brown, 3rd class boy, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 301.]

Orris Applethwaite Browne, born Accomac, Virginia, August 8, 1842; son of Peter Fielding and Sally Cropper Browne; previous service in the United States Navy, from September 24, 1860; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting midshipman, 3rd class, July 8, 1861; served aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, 1862 - 1863; also served aboard the CSS Shenandoah, 1864 - 1865; at the end of the cruise of the Shenandoah, in November, 1865, went to Argentina, then returned home to Cape Charles, Virginia, where he became owner of a business; married Nannie Bruce Howard, at Somerset County, ?, December 10, 1890; died at Accomac, Virginia, September 28, 1898. [Register1862; Register1863; Register1864; Alabama Claims 1, 975; Whittle 43; ORN 1, 3, 785; see also Florida Confederate pension papers of fellow midshipman, Augustus O. Wright; additional data from the Family Data Collection - Births, Marriages and Deaths at the Ancestry.com web site.]

P. Browne, served as 1st class fireman aboard the CSS Sampson, Savannah squadron, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 575.]

William Browne, served in the Confederate States Marine Corps; died at the Elmira Prison Camp, New York, April 4, 1865; buried Woodlawn National Cemetery, 1825 Davis Street, Elmira, New York 14901, Section CSA, Site 2562. [Elmira Prison; Tom Brooks; U.S. Veterans Gravesites, circa 1775 - 2006 at the Ancestry.com web site.]

Charles Brownfield, landsman, side wheeled steamer CSS Oconee (originally the CSS Savannah prior to April, 1863), Savannah River, Georgia; served May - June, 1862; also as flag officer's secretary, aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah Squadron, Georgia, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 297 & 304; DANFS.]

John Broyan, see John Brogan.

John Bruce, served as seaman aboard the CSS Seabird, 1861 - 1862; when that vessel was captured by Union forces on February, 1862, Bruce is indicated to have joined the enemy. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 779.]

William Bruce, naturalized citizen of the United States; resided at Williamsburg, New York; mother lived in Moulmein [Burma?]; described in one roster as a Malay; shipped in the merchant marine, on the bark Helena (or Alina), October 3, 1864; captured aboard that vessel by the cruiser, CSS Shenandoah, October 29, 1864; impressed into service as wardroom steward, November 7, 1864; down with illness, January 8, 1865; left the vessel at Melbourne, January 28, 1865. [Alabama Claims 1, 976; Alabama Claims Correspondence 3, 399-401; Whittle 64, 101.]

N.T. Bruner, appointed 2nd assistant engineer, Confederate States Navy, March 12, 1862; served on the Savannah station, Georgia, 1862. [CSNRegister.]

Joseph Brunner (surname also shown as Bruner), landsman, steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1864; also surgeon's steward, ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 294, 296 & 301; DANFS.]

Christian Bruns (first name also shown as Charles), originally served as corporal, company D, 8th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date; served as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, James River squadron, 1861. [Civil War Service Records; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 275.]

Daniel Brusch (surname also shown as Brush), enlisted as landsman in the Confederate States Navy in 1861, and served aboard the CSS General Polk, 1861-1862; rated ordinary seaman from January 1, 1862 (rating also shown as seaman), and as ship's steward, dated back to January 1, 1862. [St. Philips; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 479-480 and 484.]

John Brusing, see John Buesing.

Henry Brussell, served as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 674.]

Anthony Bryan, served as ordinary seaman in the Confederate States Navy, and was involved in the expedition to capture the USS Satellite and the USS Reliance, off Windmill Point, Rappahannock River, Virginia, on August 23, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XZ - Prizes, prize money, etc., Distribution of prize money - Miscellaneous, pages 30-32.]

George Dwight Bryan, born South Carolina (one source shows his state of birth as Virginia), September, 1846; son of George Smith Bryan, and Rebecca Louisa Dwight; his father was well known, in Charleston, South Carolina, at the bar, in politics and in the paths of elegant literature; resident of South Carolina; previous service in the United States Navy; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting midshipman, 4th class, July 8, 1861; served on the Savannah station, 1861 - 1862; later served aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, 1862 - 1864; promoted acting master, 1864; appointed master, in the line of promotion, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864; captured aboard the cruiser at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864; sent to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received November 26, 1864; released January 26, 1865, upon the express condition that he was to leave the United States within ten days; married in 1870; served as Mayor of Charleston in the 1890's; appointed collector of Customs for the district of Charleston, January, 1894; resided as an attorney at law, in 1900, with his wife, Mary, and seven children, at Charleston, South Carolina; later appointed a judge of the probate court, at Charleston; died of valvular disease of the heart, at Charleston, June 4, 1919; buried at the Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston. [ORN 1, 1, 769; 1, 2, 673; 1, 3, 256 and 2, 1, 322; JCC 4, 123; Fort Warren; Register1863; Register1864; 1900 U.S. Census; 1910 U.S. Census; South Carolina Death Index, 1915 - 1949 at the Ancestry.com web site; Charleston Courier, Tri Weekly (Charleston, South Carolina) dated Thursday, May 8, 1862; Daily South Carolinian (Columbia, South Carolina) dated August 27, 1864; New York Times dated July 9, 1893 and February 1, 1894; South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955 at Ancestry.com.]

James Bryan, born Nova Scotia, about 1827; transferred from the Confederate States Army, at Dalton, Georgia, to the Confederate States Navy, on April 9, 1864, and sent for duty, as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Savannah; transferred, on April 21, 1864, to the CSS Isondiga, Savannah squadron; rated as captain of the after guard from May 1, 1864, by order of captain J. S. Kennard; rated as quartermaster on October 1, 1864, by order of lieutenant commanding H.H. Dalton. [ORN 2, 1, 289; Confederate States Navy subject files - NI; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 801; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 642.]

John Bryan, ordinary seaman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 277.]

John Bryan, private, Confederate States Marine Corps; served aboard the cruiser CSS Sumter, 1861. [CSS Sumter Muster Roll.]

Thomas Bryan, coxswain, served aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Sampson, Savannah, Georgia, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 303; DANFS.]

W. C. Bryan (or Bayden), served as ordinary seaman in the Confederate States Navy; paroled at Montgomery, Alabama, June 5, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 654.]

William Bryan, appointed 2nd assistant engineer, Confederate States Navy, January 10, 1862. [CSNRegister.]

Alfred McL. Bryant, resided in Sampson County, North Carolina; enlisted at Duplin County, North Carolina, March 28, 1862, as private, company F, 20th Regiment North Carolina Troops; transferred to the Navy Department at Wilmington, May 15, 1862. [NCT 6, 486.]

David Bryant, served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, 1863; discharged, by order of flag officer W.W. Hunter, August 3, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 966.]

James Bryant, ordinary seaman, steam sloop CSS McRae, (operated in the lower Mississippi River, Louisiana, area); served July - November, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 291; DANFS.]

James Bryant, ordinary seaman, Confederate States Navy; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, and exchanged. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 552.]

John Robert Bryant, ordinary seaman, CSS Savannah (name later changed to the CSS Oconee), Savannah Squadron, Georgia, 1862 - 1863; his widow, Naomi A. Brown, filed for a post war Confederate pension from Morgan County, Georgia. [ORN 2, 1, 297 & 304; GA Pension Index 158.]

L.H. Bryant, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 279.]

John Bryce, Seaman, participated in expedition to capture US Army steamer Leviathan, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, September 21, 1863. Recaptured the next day by USS De Soto. [ORN 1, 20, 598.]

Robert Bryson, originally served in company K, 7th Florida Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, March 3, 1864, and served as seaman aboard the CSS Savannah; deserted from that vessel, April 19, 1864. [Robert Watson Diary March 3, 9 & April 19, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling; Miscellaneous, page 36.]

Thomas Bryson, born Ireland, about 1831; ordinary seaman and coxswain; served on the CSS Atlanta, 1862-1863, and was captured at Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863 (see next entry, which may be the same person). [Medical Journal, see entry dated Monday, December 22, 1862; ORN 1, 14, 268 & 2, 1, 275.]

Thomas Bryson, served as seaman and captain of the forecastle on the floating battery CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, 1863; noted, in August, 1863, to have been transferred to the side-wheeled steamer CSS Firefly (classed as a tender), Savannah station. (see previous entry, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 285; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 519-523.]