NC Civil War Sailors Project

Richard Dager, served as a private in Purcell's Battalion, Virginia Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, by command of the Confederate Secretary of War, Special Order No. 209 dated at Richmond, September 3, 1863, and ordered to report to flag officer J.R. Tucker, at Charleston, South Carolina. [Confederate States Navy subject file.]

John Aug. Dahl, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy in 1861, and served as 2nd class boy aboard the CSS General Polk, 1861-1862; captured off Yazoo City, Mississippi on July 14, 1863; sent to Indianapolis, Indiana, then to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received September 23, 1864; released on December 10, 1864. [Fort Warren; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 476, 479-480 and 495; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 58.]

Peter Dahl, ordinary seaman, CSS Rappahannock, May 16, 1864. [CSS Rappahannock Muster Roll.]

John Dahmier, served as 2nd class fireman 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.]

Michael Dailey, 2nd class fireman, 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. [ORN 2, 1, 297 & 303; DANFS.]

Thomas Dailey (surname also shown as Daily), enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, March 29, 1861, as private, and served in companies A and E, 1st (Strawbridge's) Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy about March or April, 1864; transferred, as ordinary seaman, aboard the CSS Spray, at St. Mark's, Florida, on June 2, 1864. [Booth 1, 522; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 815.]

J.F. Daily, landsman, CSS Macon, 1865. [CSS Macon Rolls.]

Richard Daily (surname also shown as Daley), enlisted in the Confederate States Navy, for the war, on June 11, 1863, and was paid the bounty of $50; served as seaman aboard the CSS Huntsville, Mobile station, June 17, 1863 to July 31, 1863, and as quarter gunner from August 1, 1863 to September 18, 1863; subsequently stated to have been "delivered to CSA". [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 78; ORN 2, 1, 288.]

Thomas Daily, seaman, ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 311.]

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

William Daily, served as fireman aboard the ram CSS Albemarle, Albemarle Sound, 1864; deserted the vessel and went aboard a Union vessel in the sounds; subsequently sent, by the USS Mattabassett, after interrogation, on May 30, 1864, into the custody of the provost marshal at New Berne. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 515.]

Richard Daivy, see Richard Darvie.

William S. Dale, born Illinois, October 24, 1840; served as private in the Marble City Guards, company D, Brown's Battalion, 6th Missouri Infantry, and in the Confederate States Navy, on the CSS Arkansas; died January 28, 1916; buried at Union Ridge Cemetery, Herald's Prairie, White County, Illinois. [Information from web site, "List of Known Confederate Veterans buried in Illinois," compiled by Gale F. Red, at URL: http://www.illinoishistory.com/csa-veterans-illinoisburials.htm. Note: Many of the personnel who served aboard the CSS Arkansas were in fact temporarily attached to the vessel, and were not transferred into the Confederate States Navy.]

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

M. Daley, 1st class fireman, Confederate States Navy; captured aboard a boat from the CSS Oconee, at Ossabaw Sound, Georgia, on August 20, 1863, by the USS Madgie; transferred to the USS Wamsutta on August 21, 1863, to be sent north as a prisoner of war. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., A - A.W. Baker - U.S.S. Minnesota, page 488.]
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Michael Daley, served as landsman 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.]]

Richard Daley, see Richard Daily.

William Daley, fireman, CSS Albemarle; deserted about May, 1864, and taken aboard the USS Miami, Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. [ORN 1, 9, 763 - 764.]

Moses Dallas, African American Pilot; served aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah station, Georgia, 1863; described as the "best inland pilot on the coast [of Georgia]"; monthly pay, in 1863, noted to be between $80 and $100; killed in action, June 3, 1864, during the expedition which captured the USS Water Witch, near Ossabaw Sound, Georgia; Dallas' coffin and funeral expenses, to the sum of $83, were paid in full by the Confederate States Navy, with the notation being made by flag officer William W. Hunter: "The distinguished and useful services of pilot Moses Dallas I deem worthy of the cost of his funeral. Asst. Paymaster C.W. Keim, C.S.N. will pay this bill"; several documents also indicate that Dallas was still a slave at the time of his death, and that his owner was Harriet A. Elbert, who received his wages of $118, after his death. [ORN 1, 14, 704; 1, 15, 481 & 495 and 2, 1, 305; Confederate States Navy subject file N - NH - Heroic acts, commendation, honors and medals, Miscellaneous, page 6; Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 61.]

S. Dally, served as coxswain 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.]

Andrew J. Dalton, occupation as a printer at the Weekly Raleigh Register (North Carolina) in 1861; participated in the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April, 1861, and also served in several other engagements in the early months of the war; left his job as printer to serve aboard the CSS Virginia (Merrimac) and was wounded in the action of Saturday, March 8, 1862, at Hampton Roads, Virginia. [Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, North Carolina) dated Wednesday, March 12, 1862.]

Hamilton Henderson Dalton, born Madison, North Carolina, May 19, 1835; son of Robert Hunter and Jane Martin Henderson Dalton; brother of William Robert Dalton (see next entry); appointed from Mississippi; previous service in the United States Navy, from October 1, 1851; at the commencement of the war, he attempted to resign, but was refused, and imprisoned at Fort Warren; released and exchanged January, 1862; appointed lieutenant, Confederate States Navy, December 30, 1861 [in absentia?]; served on the Mississippi River defenses, aboard the CSS Livingston, 1862; also at the Jackson station, 1862; married Margaret McMillan at Monroe County, Mississippi, July 7, 1862; promoted 1st lieutenant, October 23, 1862; served on the Mobile Station, aboard the steamers CSS Tuscaloosa and CSS Baltic, 1863; later aboard the CSS Chattahoochee, 1863; temporarily transferred to the Charleston station, for defensive duties, in September, 1863; attached to the Savannah Squadron, aboard the steamers CSS Georgia, CSS Savannah and CSS Sampson, 1863 - 1864; commanded the CSS Isondiga; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; detached from the CSS Savannah and ordered to the command of the stern-wheeled gunboat CSS Isondiga, Savannah squadron, June 30, 1864; returned to command of CSS Savannah, in late 1864; transferred to Wilmington, North Carolina; later served aboard the CSS Richmond, 1865; ordered to Mobile, Alabama, but failed to reach that station before the final surrender; after the war was a member of the United Confederate Veterans; resided in several places, including Birmingham, Alabama (as a wholesale lumber and coal merchant), St. Louis, Missouri, Los Angeles, California and Seattle, King County, state of Washington; married, with one son, who is noted to have treated his father very badly, and "robbed him of nearly every cent he had in the world"; wife had passed away some years before his death; admitted to the Robert E. Lee, Camp 1, Confederate Veterans' Home, Richmond, Virginia, December, 1923; died October 20, 1924; remains taken by relatives, for burial at the family plot at St. Louis, Missouri. [ORN 1, 12, 187; 1, 14, 765; 1, 15, 746; 1, 16, 459 and 2, 1, 289, 304, 307 & 318; Register1863; JCC 4, 121; LVa; CSN Register; Confederate Sailor 18; 1850 U.S. Census; 1920 U.S. Census; Mississippi Marriages, 1776 - 1935 and Birmingham, Alabama Directories, 1888 - 1890 at the Ancestry.com web site; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 1005.]

John Dalton, served as a private in company F of the Confederate States Marine Corps, at Mobile, Alabama, in 1864; ordered, on May 19, 1864, to report for temporary duty aboard the CSS Morgan at Mobile. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1072 and 1074.]

W.H. Dalton, CSS Atlanta, 1863. [Atlanta Medical Journal, entry dated Wednesday, April 15, 1863.]

William Robert Dalton (name also shown as W.R. Ingle Dalton), born Livingston, Alabama, December 6, 1841, (1860 U.S. Census shows state of birth as Missouri); son of Robert Hunter and Jane Martin Henderson Dalton; brother of Confederate States Navy lieutenant Hamilton Henderson Dalton (see entry for); citizen of, and appointed from, Mississippi; previous service in the United States Navy, from September 20, 1859; resigned in 1861; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting midshipman, June 12, 1861; served on the CSS Nashville, and abroad; served on the New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; also on the Jackson station, 1862; appointed passed midshipman, October 3, 1862; served on the CSS Atlanta, 1862 - 1863; promoted master in line of promotion, January 7, 1864; on special service, 1864; appointed 2nd lieutenant, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864; reported for duty on the James River squadron, and assigned to command of CSS Richmond, 1864 - 1865; studied medicine post war, and then practised in New York City; moved to Seattle, Washington state, 1903; member of the United Confederate Veterans Camp of New York; died Seattle, May 25, 1931. [1850 U.S. Census; 1860 U.S. Census; ORN 1, 1, 752; 1, 10, 767; 1, 12, 182 and 2, 1, 319 & 320; ORA 1, 53; Confederate Veteran 39, 306; Register1863; Register1864; JCC 4, 122; Alabama Claims 2, (appendix 2), 133; Confederate Sailor 19; SHC-UNC; Confederate Veteran Camp of New York.]

Christopher Daly, shipped, on June 6, 1863, as 1st class fireman aboard the CSS Oconee, off Thunderbolt, Georgia; later served on 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 New Orleans - Yorktown, page 612.]

J. Daly, Fireman, temporary duty at Drewry's Bluff, James River, February, 1865. [ORN 1, 11, 812.]

J.W. Daly, 1st class boy, ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 296.]

James M. Daly, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863; also served aboard the steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 278 & 302.]

John T. Daly, resided in, and enlisted at Lenoir County, North Carolina, May 14, 1862, aged 18, as private, company A, 47th Regiment North Carolina Troops; captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania sometime between July 1 and 4, 1863; hospitalized, for an unknown reason, at Davids Island, New York Harbor on or about July 17, 1863; received at City Point, Virginia, September 8, 1863, for exchange; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 1, 1864. [NCT 11, 252.]

Robert Edward Daly, sr., born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 1848; enlisted January, 1864, at Mobile, Alabama, as powder boy, on the CSS Virginia (the Enumeration source shows the vessel as the "cruiser Mary Virginia", which may indicate a different vessel); transferred to the Engineering Department, in May, 1864, which was merged with General Dabney Maury's Department, Mobile, Alabama; re-enlisted as orderly in the Medical Department at Mobile, in January, 1865, and, on the evacuation of Mobile in April, 1865, was captured at Eight Mile Creek, Mobile County, Alabama; resided at Mobile, Alabama, in 1907. [ADAH; Confederate Veteran 32. 143; Census or Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, in 1907 at Ancestry.com.]

William Daly, Seaman, CSS Tennessee, wounded in action, Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864. [ORN 1, 21, 578.]

Frederick Damsbrick, enlisted for three years as seaman in the Confederate States Navy, at Charleston, South Carolina, on September 1, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 178.]

William Dancy, Launch No. 6 (possibly a member of the Confederate Army, as this vessel was part of the River Defense Force); wounded in action, April 24-25, 1862, and sent to the Marine Hospital at New Orleans. [Daily Picayune, Tuesday, April 29, 1862.]

William Dand, Acting Gunner, CSS Albemarle, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 274.]

G.W. Daniel, Engineer (civilian), Queen of the West, February, 1863. [ORN 1, 24, 407.]

George C. Daniel, born Georgia, October, 1839; original service as private, Company K, 3rd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry; wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; detailed as Hospital Steward, July 2, 1863; appointed assistant surgeon in Confederate States Navy in 1864; attached to Semmes' Naval Brigade, for special service, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; married in 1865; resided as a physician, in 1880, with his wife, Louisa E., and three children (eldest child born 1878), at Danielsville, Madison County, Georgia; shown, in 1900, as a senator at Madison County; still a resident of Madison county in 1910. [Georgia in the War, 1861-1865, page 108; Georgia Rosters 1, 534; M1091; 1880 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; 1910 U.s. Census.]

John T. Daniel, see John Thomas Daniels, sr.

John W. Daniel, born in Stafford County, Virginia, about 1837; resident of Maryland; pre war occupation, clerk; enlisted June 11, 1861, at Norfolk, as private, company A, 1st Virginia Infantry (re-designated company G, 12th Virginia Infantry); transferred, September 21, 1861, as Sergeant, company I (Stafford Guard), 47th Virginia Infantry. Discharged, May 26, 1862, as 1st Sergeant. Appointed Secretary to the Commander in Chief, James River Squadron, Confederate States Navy, June 1, 1863; served on the CSS Virginia II, James River squadron, 1864 - 1865; attached, as secretary to admiral Raphael Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled, April 28, 1865, at Greensboro, North Carolina, as 1st Lieutenant and aide de camp. [ORN 1, 10, 671; 1, 11, 690 and 2, 1, 311; 1st Virginia 89; M1091.]

Peter Daniel, private, Confederate States Marine Corps; served on the Georgia and South Carolina stations, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 316.]

Robert Heath Daniel, born North Carolina, April, 1845; served in the Confederate States Navy; married about 1877; resided as a merchant, in 1880, with his wife, Lucy Gary Daniel, and two children (eldest child born in 1877), at Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina; continued to reside at Halifax, and was employed as enumerator and tax collector; still shown at this residence in 1920; his widow, Lucy later applied for a post war Confederate pension from Halifax County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives; 1880 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; 1910 U.S. Census; 1920 U.S. Census.]

William Daniel (surname also shown as Daniels), enlisted as landsman aboard the CSS Baltic, Mobile squadron, June 15, 1862; rated as coal heaver from June 16, 1862; discharged by medical survey, September 25, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 363; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 109.]

William S. Daniel, born North Carolina, about 1835; served in the Confederate States Navy; post war occupation, in 1870, as a farmer; his widow, Clementine Daniel, later applied for a post war Confederate pension from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (see also the entry for W.S. Daniels, who may be the same person). [NC State Archives; 1870 U.S. Census.]

A.J. Daniels, landsman, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864; later, as ordinary seaman aboard the same vessel, was surrendered and paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Tombigbee River, Alabama, on May 10, 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 293; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1216 - 1218.]

Austin Daniels (surname also shown as Daniel), landsman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 309; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 313-314.]

E. S. Daniels, served as landsman aboard the CSS Morgan, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Tombigbee River, Alabama, on May 10, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1216 - 1218.]

Edward F. Daniels, born North Carolina, about 1834; served in the Confederate States Navy, as quartermaster and pilot aboard the CSS Caswell and CSS Arctic, Wilmington station, 1861 - 1863; resided as a pilot, in 1880, with his wife Sarah E. Daniels, and three children, at Smithville township, Brunswick County, North Carolina; his widow later applied for a post war Confederate pension from Brunswick County. [NC State Archives; ORN 1, 23, 703 and 2, 1, 279, 282 & 323; 1880 U.S. Census.]

F.B. Daniels, signal officer, ironclad ram CSS Chicora (which operated in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina), July, 1863 - September, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 283; DANFS.]

Henry Daniels, served as landsman aboard the CSS Tennessee, 1864; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864; held as a prisoner of war aboard the USS Lackawanna, at Mobile Bay, August 7, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., A - A.W. Baker - U.S.S. Minnesota, page 463.] [

Hugh Daniels, served as landsman aboard the CSS Morgan, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Tombigbee River, Alabama, on May 10, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1216 - 1218.]

J. Daniels, enlisted October 6, 1864, in the Confederate States Marine Corps; served as private in the marine guard aboard the CSS Columbia, Charleston station. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 266.]

James Daniels, landsman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 308.]
James Daniels, Landsman, CSS Alert, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 275.]

John Daniels, served as landsman aboard the CSS Morgan, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Tombigbee River, Alabama, on May 10, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1216 - 1218.]

John Thomas Daniels, sr. (surname also shown as Daniels), born Currituck County, North Carolina, February, 1846; son of Thomas Rollins Daniels (1825 - 1855) and Celia T. Pugh (c. 1819 - 1849); resided at the home of his grandmother, Sarah Daniel, at Currituck County as a sailor prior to enlisting there, August 10, 1861, as private, company B, 8th Regiment North Carolina State Troops; captured at Roanoke Island, February 8, 1862; exchanged August, 1862; transferred to the Confederate States Navy on or about April 10, 1864 (one source shows he was enlisted by lieutenant F.M. Roby, on April 1, 1864); served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Albemarle and at Halifax Station, late 1864; married Mary "Polly" Wescott, circa 1870; post war occupations included sailor, farmer and fisherman; shown to be residing as a boatman and farmer, in 1880, with his wife and four children at Nags Head township, Dare County, North Carolina. [NCT 4, 535; ORN 2, 1, 274; Sheppard; 1880 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 37-38.]

N. B. Daniels, served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Morgan, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Tombigbee River, Alabama, on May 10, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1216 - 1218.]

N.C.B. Daniels, landsman, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 293.]

O.F. Daniels, landsman, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864; surrendered and paroled aboard the vessel, at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Tombigbee River, Alabama, on May 10, 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 293; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1216 - 1218.]

W.S. Daniels, landsman, CSS Arctic (see also the entry for William S. Daniel, who may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 277.]

W. T. T. Daniels, served aboard the CSS Morgan, Mobile station, 1862 - 1864; discharged in the 4th quarter of 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1065 and 1200.]

F. K. Danish, served in the Confederate States Navy, aboard the CSS Henry Dodge, the CSS Webb, and other vessels, and also at Charleston, South Carolina, and on the Red River; post war was a member of the Dick Dowling Camp, United Confederate Veterans of Texas; died about 1897. [Confederate Veteran magazine, volume 5 (1897), page 65.]

Ralph P. Darby, born Ireland, 1829; served as surgeon's steward aboard the CSS Sumter, 1861; resided as a physician, in 1870, at Washington, D.C.; shown as a resident, with his wife, Anne F. Darby, in 1873, at Uniontown, District of Columbia. [CSS Sumter Muster Roll; 1870 U.S. Census; Freedman's Bank Records, 1865 - 1874 at the Ancestry.com web site.]

John J. Darcy (surname also shown, in Register1862, as Darcey), original entry into Confederate States Navy, as 2nd assistant engineer, June 5, 1861; served on the steam sloop CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; later served at the Jackson station, 1862; engineer in charge, aboard the CSS Huntress, Charleston station, 1862-1863; promoted 1st assistant engineer, August 15, 1863; also served on the CSS Charleston and the ironclad ram, CSS Palmetto State, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1862 - 1864. [ORN 1, 13, 619 and 2, 1, 290, 298 , 317, 318 & 320; Register1862; Register1863; Register1864; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XF - Fuel and Water - Water for ships, page 1040.]

Redmond J. Darden, recruited at Mobile, Alabama, by captain George P. Turner, into the Confederate States Marine Corps, May 20, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1047.]

J.T. Darlington, enlisted as a Private in Company C, Palmetto Sharpshooters, South Carolina, in April, 1861; transferred to Company E, 48th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, January 31, 1863; transferred to Confederate States Navy, April 15, 1864; no naval record found. [Georgia Rosters 5, 141.]

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

Augustin Darnell (name also shown as Augustine Darnel), born Stokes County, North Carolina, about 1824; resided in Surry County, North Carolina, as a farmer; enlisted at Surry County, March 27, 1862, aged 35 (age inconsistent with year of birth, as shown in 1880 U.S. Census); as private, company E, 53rd Regiment North Carolina Troops; discharged, May 24, 1862, as being over-aged; re-enlisted, at Stokes County, North Carolina, February 25, 1863, as private, company H, 53rd Regiment North Carolina Troops; transferred to the Confederate States Navy on or about April 10, 1864; resided as a farmer, in 1880, with his wife Sallie, and two nephews, at Pilot, Surry County, North Carolina; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Surry County, North Carolina; died at Rutherford County, North Carolina, June 28, 1911. [NCT 13, 111 & 142; NC State Archives; 1880 U.S. Census; North Carolina Death Collection, 1908 - 1996 at the Ancestry.com web site.]

L.M. Darr, see L.M. Duer.

Richard Darvie (surname also shown as Daivy, Darvey, Davie and Davis), originally served as private, Company G, 25th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry; transferred to Company A, 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters in August, 1862, then to the Confederate States Navy as landsman, May 1, 1863; later served as seaman aboard the CSS Oconee (originally named the CSS Savannah), Savannah River squadron; condemned by sentence of a court martial, about May 10, 1864, to be sent to Drewry's Bluff, James River, for confinement at hard labor, specification not shown; captured at Richmond, Virginia, April 3, 1865 and paroled, April 27, 1865. [Georgia Rosters 3, 150; ORN 2, 1, 297 & 304; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NO- Court Martial; Court of Inquiry - Military Commissions, pages 57 and 236.]

Julius C. Dashiel (surname also shown as Dashiell), born Nansemond County, Virginia, about 1841; son of George W.F. and Elizabeth Dashiel; pre-war occupation, student; enlisted at Pasquotank County, North Carolina, April 23, 1861, as private, company A, 17th Regiment North Carolina Troops (1st Organization); transferred to the Confederate States Navy, July 18, 1861. [NCT 6, 122; 1850 U.S. Census.]

John Da Silvia, served as a private in company E, 5th Louisiana; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, by command of the Confederate Secretary of War, Special Order No. 209 dated at Richmond, September 3, 1863, and ordered to report to flag officer J.R. Tucker, at Charleston, South Carolina. [Confederate States Navy subject file.]

Charles Dassel, served as seaman and quarter gunner 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 91.]

Edward Daugherty, served as private, company D, 6th Alabama Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

H.H. Daugherty, appointed acting midshipman in the Confederate States Navy, May 23, 1861, and ordered to proceed to New Orleans, for duty aboard the CSS Jackson; served aboard the CSS Carondelet, and on the New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; later on the Jackson station, 1862; also on the Richmond station, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 318, 320 & 321; 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), page 341.]

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

Thomas Davenney, see Thomas Delaney.

Benjamin R. Davenport, born Georgia, about 1847; served as captain's clerk, and paymaster's clerk, on the Savannah station, Georgia, 1861 - 1863; served aboard the CSS Savannah (Oconee), and the CSS Sampson, 1862 - 1863; resigned as captain's clerk aboard the CSS Oconee on May 31, 1863; moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1878, and practised law there; resided, in 1880, with his wife, Alice (whom he had married at New York, September 24, 1878), at St. Louis, Missouri; involved in a messy divorce from his wife, which was covered in depth in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and subsequently, the New York Times, of May 5, 1882. [CSNRegister; 1880 U.S. Census; New York Times dated May 5, 1882; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 1013.]

James W. Davenport, born in Clark County, Georgia, December 17, 1840; previously served as Private in Company C, 44th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, March 4, 1862; wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2, 1863; transferred to Naval service on the James River, Virginia, April 4, 1864; served as landsman aboard the CSS Olustee, Wilmington station, 1864, and later aboard the CSS Columbia, Charleston station, 1865; transferred to the Richmond station on January 22, 1865; attached, as private, to Semmes' Naval Brigade; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; died February, 1908; buried in Oconee Hills Cemetery at Athens, Georgia. [Georgia Rosters, 4, 754; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 270; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 849; M1091.]

Snowden B. Davenport, born Plymouth (England?); enlisted in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, June 28, 1862, as private, company G, 1st Regiment North Carolina State Troops; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, December 30, 1863; served as seaman aboard the CSS Arctic and as landsman aboard the CSS Raleigh, 1864; captured aboard the CSS Bombshell 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. [NCT 3, 214; ORN 1, 9, 746 and 2, 1, 278 & 302; 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.]

John Davey, see John Davy.

William Davey, served as seaman aboard Launch No. 6, New Orleans station, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 49.]

W. David, Gunner, Battery Buchanan, Fort Fisher, North Carolina, November, 1864. [ORN 1, 11, 772.]

W. David, indicated as being a gunner on the CSS Georgia, March, 1864; see also, previous entry. [ORN 1, 2, 636.]

Donald Davidson, clerk of the Confederate States Navy Yard at Pensacola; 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; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OL - Mobilization and demobilization; Norfolk - Miscellaneous, page 207.]

Hunter Davidson, born District of Columbia; citizen of, and appointed from, Virginia; original service in the United States Navy, from October 29, 1841; served in the Mexican War, for which he received a pension from the United States government, for the rest of his life; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 23, 1861; appointed 1st lieutenant, Confederate States Navy, June 10, 1861; served on the side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, 1861; allotment of his pay made, in 1861, to Mary Davidson; later served aboard the CSS Virginia; participated in the engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, March, 1862; also served on the screw steamer CSS Torpedo, James River, Virginia, 1862 - 1864, and in command of the Submarine Battery Service; commanded the torpedo boat Squib; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; his wife was reported to have been taken prisoner, whilst crossing the Potomac, and was confined at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., in February, 1864; successfully attacked the USS Minnesota, off Newport News, Virginia, April 9, 1864, with a torpedo boat; post war employment as commissioner of the State Oyster Police Force, Maryland; left Maryland in the 1870's to assume command of a branch of the Navy of the Argentine Republic; died February 16, 1913, Pirayu, Paraguay, aged 85. [ORN 1, 7, 47; 1, 21, 874 and 2, 1, 299, 307, 308 & 322; ORA 1, 51/2 Register1863; Confederate Veteran 21, 307; JCC 4, 121; CSN-Museum; see also publication, Report Upon the Oyster Resources of Maryland, to the General Assembly, by Hunter Davidson, published 1870, by William Thompson, printer, Annapolis, Maryland; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861; 1899 U.S. Pension List; New York Times dated October 2, 1893; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OL - Mobilization and demobilization; Norfolk - Miscellaneous, page 186.]

I.E. Davidson, served as a crew member aboard the schooner Royal Yacht, at Galveston, Texas, October, 1861, subject to the Naval laws of the Confederate States of America. [ORN 1, 16, 844.]

J. Davidson, served as a crew member aboard the schooner Royal Yacht, at Galveston, Texas, October, 1861, subject to the Naval laws of the Confederate States of America. [ORN 1, 16, 844.]

J. Davidson, indicated to have served in the Confederate States Marine Corps, aboard the gunboat General Sterling Price. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 675.]

Joseph Davidson, 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 676.]

Sylvester Davidson (first name also shown incorrectly as Sylverter), landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863; also served as ordinary seaman aboard the steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 278 & 302.]

Wilbur S. Davidson, midshipman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, 1864; also served aboard the ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865; attached as 2nd lieutenant, commanding, to company E, 1st Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; shown as one of the few members of the Association of Survivors of the Confederate States Navy, when they met up at Murphy's Hotel, in Richmond, Virginia, in May, 1907. [ORN 1, 11, 690; 1, 12, 187 and 2, 1, 300 & 311; M1091; Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated June 1, 1907, page 3.]

Thomas W.W. Davies, born Alabama; appointed as lieutenant for the war, in the Confederate States Navy, March 18, 1862; service not accepted; however, JCC 4, 121 notes that he was appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; shown as being stationed at Mobile in 1864, but also shown as having served aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, 1863 - 1864, and aboard the CSS Virginia II, James River squadron, 1864. [Register1863; JCC 4, 121; ADAH; ORN 1, 10, 644; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1084.]

A.J. Davis, born South Carolina, about 1823; served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Atlanta, Savannah Squadron, in 1863; Davis was very fortunate enough to have been transferred to the CSS Isondiga, also in the Savannah Squadron, just a day or two before the capture of the Atlanta in June, 1863. [Atlanta Medical Journal, entry dated Monday, May 25, 1863; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NF - Distribution and Transfers.; CSS Atlanta - Miscellaneous, page 20.]

A.P. Davis, Seaman, Captain A.B. Noyes company of Coast Guards, enrolled at St. Marks, Florida. [Soldiers of Florida, 52.]

Abraham Davis, Seaman, CSS Arctic, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 276.]

Antonio Davis, Seaman, Launch No. 1, aged 28, born in Prussia [also shown as Germany]; admitted November 3, 1861, with syphilis, to the Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana; later served at the Jackson station, 1862; named his next of kin as Catherine Glesher. [From the "Register of Naval Patients in the Charity Hospital at New Orleans, La., 1861", original copy at the University of Virginia Library, and used with their kind permission; St. Philips; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 894.]

Arthur B. Davis, enlisted by lieutenant Venable, at Richmond, Virginia, on August 16, 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.]

B.W. Davis, born Virginia; served as seaman aboard the CSS Bombshell; captured aboard that vessel, 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; confined at Point Lookout, Maryland; died there and is buried at the Point Lookout Cemetery. [Point Lookout; ORN 1, 9, 746; 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 .]

B. W. Davis, shipped, by lieutenant F. L. Hoge, as landsman, in the Confederate States Navy, at the Naval rendezvous at Kinston, North Carolina, on April 14, 1864; ordered, on May 12, 1864, to be entered on the books of the CSS Albemarle. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 35 and 956.]

D. Davis, appointed gunner aboard the Confederate States gunboat General M. Jeff Thompson, of the Mississippi River Defense fleet, on April 22 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 263.]

D. M. Davis, recruited as ordinary seaman at the Naval rendezvous, Kinston, North Carolina, on May 2, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 955.]

D. M. Davis, served as captain of the hold 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.]

David Davis, appointed first officer aboard the Confederate States gunboat General Bragg, of the Mississippi River Defense fleet, on February 17, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 264.]

David A. Davis, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy, aboard the CSS Seabird, about December, 1861, receiving a bonus of $20; served as officers' steward aboard the CSS Beaufort; also served as flag officer's cook aboard the steam gunboat CSS Yadkin, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 281, 313 & 323; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 729; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 777.]

Edward D. Davis, born Maryland; ordinary seaman, CSS Savannah, based at Savannah, Georgia, 1864; involved in the taking out of the USS Water Witch, at Ossabaw Sound, Georgia, June 3, 1864; indicated to have fought gallantly, and saved the life of his commander, Joseph Price, during this expedition; recommended for promotion by order of Secretary Mallory, June, 1864; promoted acting master's mate, July 19, 1864; later served aboard the floating battery CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, on which he had reported aboard on August 1, 1864. [ORN 1, 15, 499 - 500, 502 & 504 and 2, 1, 286; CSN Register; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 661.]

Francis Davis, served as landsman aboard the CSS Morgan, Mobile station, 1862; discharged June 24, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1064 and 1171.]

Frank Davis, shown as a crew member of the cruiser CSS Florida, 1864; witness in the court martial case against Vincenzio Capitan, for mutinous conduct, September, 1864. [CSS Florida court martial records, in National Archives microfilm publication T716, roll 3.]

Frank Davis, enlisted, for one year, as seaman aboard the cruiser CSS Nashville, on September 23, 1861; drowned on October 2, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1228.]

G.H. Davis, Landsman, CSS Webb, April, 1865. [ORN 1, 22, 170.]

George Davis, enlisted as a seaman in the Confederate States Navy, and was paid a bounty of $50 in the quarter ending September 30, 1863; served as a seaman aboard the CSS Spray, at St. Marks, Florida, in 1864; died on April 24, 1864; after his death, his widow, Mrs. Mary E. Davis, requested that, as his lawful heir, any balance of pay due him was to be paid to her. [Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 63-65; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NR - Recruiting and Enlistments, shipping articles; Miscellaneous, page 367.]

George Davis, served as landsman at the New Orleans station, in 1862, and aboard the CSS St. Mary, at Brashear, Louisiana, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 110 and 545.]

George A. Davis, Seaman, Captain A.B. Noyes company of Coast Guards, enrolled at St. Marks, Florida. [Soldiers of Florida, 52.]

George H. Davis, served as coal heaver aboard the floating battery, CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, in 1863; discharged from Naval service on July 21, 1863, by order of flag officer W. W. Hunter. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 510; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 898.]

George W. Davis, enlisted October 16, 1861, in company G, 40th North Carolina Infantry; appointed first lieutenant; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, blockading service; served as landsman aboard CSS Selma, captured at Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864, and sent aboard the USS Port Royal, as a prisoner of war; confined at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor; exchanged March 2, 1865; married Carrie M. Smith, December 21, 1865, at Brunswick, North Carolina; resided in Florida since January, 1888; died October 19, 1893 at Hancock County, Michigan (or October 1, 1903, in Louisiana). [ORN 1, 21, 844; Florida Confederate Pension File No. A03330.]

H. Davis, served as 3rd class boy 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.]

H.E. Davis, served in the Confederate States Navy; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Beaufort County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

H. E. Davis, appointed acting master's mate in the Confederate States Navy on April 1, 1862, and served aboard the CSS Alert, 1862; one document shows him as master's mate between the period April 1, 1862, until his death; died September 14, 1862. [CSN Register; Confederate Navy subject file, MN; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XO - Clothing and Food, Clothing and Provisions (January - June, 1862), page 829; Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 67.]

Hiram A. Davis, born Randolph County, North Carolina, about 1834; resided in Catawba County, North Carolina, as a machinist or carpenter; enlisted at Catawba County, October 31, 1861, as sergeant, company F, 38th Regiment North Carolina Troops; elected lieutenant, April 1, 1863; court-martialed, reason unknown, on or about April 9, 1864; resigned, May 1, 1864, by reason of his desire to serve in the Confederate States Navy; resignation accepted, June 30, 1864, however, there is no record of his service in the Navy; resided as a carpenter, in 1870, with his wife, Louisa and one son, at Clines township, Catawba County, North Carolina. [NCT 10, 58; 1870 U.S. Census.]

Isaac A. Davis, born Bladen County, North Carolina; pre-war occupation, farmer; enlisted at Camp Wyatt (Wilmington), North Carolina, September 27, 1861, aged 18, as private, company B, 18th Regiment North Carolina Troops; promoted corporal, October 22, 1862; transferred to the Confederate States Navy on or about April 3, 1864. [NCT 6, 324.]

Jack Davis, shipped, for the war, as seaman aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, February 11, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 370 and 372.]

Jack Davis, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy on August 19, 1861, and served as ship's cook aboard the CSS V.H. Ivy, New Orleans station. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 846.]

Jacob Davis, enlisted as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Baltic, Mobile squadron, June 15, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 110.]

Jacob Davis, coal passer aboard the CSS Baltic, which operated in Alabama waters; served during, or between the period, August, 1862 and June, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 281.]

James Davis, enlisted as landsman aboard the CSS Baltic, Mobile squadron, June 15, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 281; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 109.]

James Davis, served as seaman at the New Orleans station, in 1861, and aboard the side-wheeled gunboat CSS Florida (later re-named CSS Selma); operated in the Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana and Mobile Bay, Alabama area, 1861-1862; rated as master at arms from September 18, 1861; disrated to seaman from January 12, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 286 & 306; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N -Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 420-422, 427 and 436; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 97 - 100.]

James A. Davis, ordinary seaman (rating also shown as landsman), screw steamer CSS Torpedo, James River, Virginia, 1862 - 1864; attached, as orderly sergeant, company K, 2nd Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 307; M1091.]

James A. Davis, recruited as ordinary seaman at the Confederate States Naval rendezvous, in Richmond, Virginia, on October 31, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 448.]

James C. Davis, landsman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 309.]

James C. Davis, resident of Moore County, North Carolina; served in the Confederate States Marine Corps; left Moore County and sent to Camp Holmes, where he was instructed for a short time, then sent to Charleston, aboard the CSS Indian Chief, arriving there on Sunday, November 6, 1864, for further drill and instruction as a marine; later sent aboard the CSS Chicora, Charleston station; wrote a letter to the editor of the Fayetteville Observer, dated November 17, 1864, describing his movements and activities on the CSS Indian Chief. [Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina) dated November 24, 1864.]

Jasper Davis, served as private, company E, 15th Mississippi Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

Jeremiah A. Davis, originally enlisted as private, company H, 9th Virginia Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, and served as quartermaster aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 309; Civil War Service Records.]

John Davis, served as sergeant, company D, 26th Texas Cavalry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

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

John Davis, seaman, ironclad ram CSS Missouri, October - December, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 291.]

John Davis, Fireman, CSS Selma, wounded in action, Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864. [ORN 1, 21, 579.]

John Davis, born Wayne County, North Carolina; pre-war occupation, laborer; enlisted at Cumberland County, North Carolina, March 18, 1864, aged 18, in the Confederate States Navy; served as landsman, CSS Albemarle, and Halifax Station, 1864. [CSN Shipping Articles; ORN 2, 1, 274.]

John Davis, Coxswain, CSS Sumter, 1861. [CSS Sumter Muster Roll.]

John Davis, Seaman, Captain A.B. Noyes company of Coast Guards, enrolled at St. Marks, Florida. [Soldiers of Florida, 52.]

John Davis, 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.]

John C. Davis, ordinary seaman, side-wheeled steamer CSS Jamestown (operated in James River and Hampton Roads, Virginia area); served sometime between January, 1861 and June, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 290; DANFS.]

John R. Davis, originally worked as a clerk for N.S. Walker, the Confederate agent at Bermuda; appointed Acting Assistant Paymaster, CSS Florida, in July, 1863; appointed in lieu of Assistant Paymaster Lynch; resided in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1907 (may be the same person listed in the next entry). [ORN 1, 2, 654; see also, Florida Confederate application for Thomas Pacetti.]

John R. Davis, captain's clerk, CSS Rappahannock, May 16, 1864 (see previous entry). [CSS Rappahannock Muster Roll.]

John T. Davis, appointed acting master's mate and gunner in the Confederate States Navy on August 19, 1861, and served aboard the CSS Ivy, New Orleans station, 1861, and aboard the CSS Maurepas; later, as acting master, at the Jackson station, 1862; indicated to have absented himself, without permission, in the action at St Charles, White River, Arkansas, June 17, 1862; appointment in the Naval service revoked on June 30, 1862. [ORN 1, 23, 204 and 2, 1, 318 & 320; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 840; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 1123.]

John W. Davis, served as private in Captain Young's Company, Virginia Cavalry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

Joseph Davis, served as seaman aboard Launch No. 6, New Orleans station, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 49.]

Josiah C. Davis, born Cocke County, Tennessee; resided in, as a farmer, and enlisted at Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, May 20, 1861, aged 23, as private, company B, 13th Regiment North Carolina Troops; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, February 25, 1862, for duty on the Merrimac (CSS Virginia). [NCT 5, 301.]

L.M. Davis, served in the Confederate States Navy; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Alexander County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

Levi Davis, Seaman, Captain A.B. Noyes company of Coast Guards, enrolled, October 16, 1861, at St. Marks, Florida. [Soldiers of Florida, 52.]

M. Davis, Captain, commanded CSS Landis, April, 1862. [ORN 1, 18, 249.]

M. Davis, Landsman, CSS Webb, April, 1865. [ORN 1, 22, 170.]

Michael Davis, coal heaver, CSS Bradford (used as a storeship at Pensacola, Florida). [ORN 2, 1, 282; DANFS.]

N. Davis, served as ordinary 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.]

Nicholas Davis, Seaman, CSS Arkansas, wounded in action, Yazoo River, July 15, 1862. [ORN 1, 19, 69]

Pliney Davis, born Maine, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, clerk; marital status, single; enlisted at New Orleans, June 8, 1861, as private, company K, 15th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, June, 1862. [Booth 1, 557.]

R. C. Davis, enlisted as landsman on the CSS Baltic, Mobile Squadron, June 5, 1862; discharged by medical survey, September 25, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 365; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 110.]

R. J. Davis, served aboard the CSS Columbia, Charleston station, 1865; transferred to the Richmond station on January 22, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 270.]

Richard G. Davis (middle initial shown elsewhere as C.) , born Georgia, about 1830; ordinary seaman; captured aboard the CSS Atlanta, at Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863; a muster roll and a Naval document of the CSS Georgia, indicate that he also served aboard that vessel in 1863; transferred to the CSS Columbia, Charleston station, in 1864. [ORN 1, 14, 268 & 2, 1, 286-287; Atlanta Medical Journal, see entry dated Sunday, December 21, 1862; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 519-523 and 608.]

Richard L. Davis, 1st class fireman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 310.]

Richard L. Davis, previously served as Private, Company G, 3rd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, April 26, 1861; transferred to CSS Virginia, Confederate States Navy; served at Savannah, Georgia, in November, 1864. [Georgia Rosters, 1, 498.]

Samuel Davis, served in the Confederate States Navy, and indicated to have been the only colored Confederate soldier or seaman admitted to registration in the district of Norfolk, Virginia, in October, 1902. [Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 3, 1902, page 9.]

Samuel R. Davis, landsman, steam gunboat CSS Yadkin, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 313.]

Theodore Davis, born about 1837; personal description shown as 5 feet, 9 inches high, blue eyes, black hair and florid complexion; served as private, Confederate States Marine Corps, aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, and at Drewry's Bluff, James River, 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; Davis did subsequently return to duty at Drewry's Bluff, as he is shown on a listing of Marine privates, dated September 30, 1863, who had lost items of clothing or accoutrements in their possession; Davis is listed as having lost a canteen and canteen strap, through negligence. [ORN 2, 1, 310; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated June 12, 1862; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OV - Miscellaneous; Richmond (clothing - ordnance), page 724.]

Thomas Davis, private, Confederate States Marine Corps; stationed aboard CSS Savannah, Georgia; transferred to Richmond, Virginia, no dates shown. [ORN 2, 1, 316.]

Thomas Davis, served as private, company C, 2nd Virginia State Reserves; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

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

Thomas Davis, served as landsman and ship's cook at the New Orleans station, in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 37 and 85.]

W.D. Davis, Second Class Fireman, CSS Selma, captured at Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864, and sent aboard the USS Port Royal, as prisoner of war. [ORN 1, 21, 844.]

W. D. Davis, native of Connecticut; recruited into the Confederate States Navy, at the Naval rendezvous at Macon, Georgia, on April 15, 1864, as landsman; previous occupation as blacksmith; sent to Mobile, Alabama on April 24, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 975; Confederate Navy subject file P - Bases, Naval (including Navy Yards and Stations); PI - Industrial activity; Selma, page 669.]

W.R. Davis, landsman, CSS Webb, captured below New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 1865; confined at Point Lookout, Maryland; died there and is buried at the Point Lookout Cemetery. [ORN 1, 22, 170; Point Lookout.]

W.R. Davis, listed as a seaman on an unnamed gunboat; captured at Morris Island, South Carolina, September 7, 1863; sent to Point Lookout, Maryland, then to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received, September 23, 1864; exchanged October 1, 1864; arrived at Richmond from City Point, Virginia, October 18, 1864, after being exchanged. [Fort Warren; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 20, 1864.]

Washington W. Davis, landsman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 300.]

William Davis, officers' cook, screw steamer CSS Torpedo, James River, Virginia, 1862 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 307.]

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

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

William Davis, born Dublin, Ireland; moved to Liverpool, England, then emigrated to America; served for one year in the 8th Alabama Volunteer Infantry, as quartermaster sergeant; shipped as fireman aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, October, 1862, at Mobile, Alabama; discharged at Brest, France, September, 1863; paid off at Liverpool, England. [Alabama Claims 1, 356, 358, 360 and 362 & 2, 456.]

William Davis, coxswain, 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.]

William Davis, served as seaman at the New Orleans station, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 137.]

William C. Davis, served as 1st class boy aboard the CSS Spray, St. Marks, Florida; paroled at St. Marks, May 12, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 656.]

William E. Davis, enlisted 1862, aboard the CSS Spray; discharged 1865, at St. Mark's, Florida; married Mary Geddie, in Leon County, Florida, 1873; died about 1897, at Chattahoochee, Florida. [See Florida Confederate Pension File no. A11391.]

William H. Davis, born March 25, 1837; enlisted April 10, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama; served in company C, Confederate States Marine Corps, and was stationed at Mobile in 1864; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April 10, 1865; address in 1907-1908, Dozier, Alabama. [ADAH; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1082.]

William H. Davis, enlisted 1864, aged 18, at Mobile, Alabama, as seaman, Confederate States Navy; served aboard the CSS Virginia II; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, 1865; resided at Mobile, Alabama, 1924. [ADAH.]

William H. Davis, 3rd class boy, side wheeled steamer CSS Pontchartrain, Arkansas waters, 1862 - 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 299.]

William Henry Davis, born April 4, 1846, at Mobile, Alabama; enlisted April 12, 1861, at Montgomery, Alabama, as private, company B, Confederate States Marine Corps; served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862; wounded at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (in the Pensioners roll he actually indicates that he had enlisted in 1864, and only served a total of 14 months); attached as private to company E, 1st Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; married in 1871; post war occupation as a miller; resident of Mobile, in 1921. [ORN 2, 1, 310; M1091; ADAH see Alabama Confederate Pension file no. 29841, dated 1914; Alabama Confederate Pensioners on the Roll at Ancestry.com.]

William L. Davis, midshipman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 300.]

Zimmerman O. Davis, born Virginia, about 1837; originally served as private, company D, 4th Virginia Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, and served as landsman, ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865; married about 1865; resided as an iron moulder, in 1870, with his wife, Mary, and daughter Florence, at Baltimore, Maryland; resided as a lodger of the Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home, at Baltimore, in 1910. [ORN 2, 1, 311; Civil War Service Records; 1870 U.S. Census; 1910 U.S. Census.]

John Davison, CSS Sumter, native of Scotland, aged 25 (in 1861); joined the vessel at New Orleans in June 1861; placed aboard brig Cuba as prize crew, but was overcome and taken prisoner by the captain of the vessel, July, 1861; sent aboard Costa Rica, to US authorities, as prisoners. [ORN 2, 1, 373 - 374.]

William Daviss, served as seaman aboard the Confederate States steamer Neptune; paroled at Houston, Texas, June 28, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 656.]
William Davitt, fireman, cruiser CSS Georgia, 1863. [Alabama Claims 1, 694.]

Thomas Davoran (surname also shown as Davoren), served as seaman at the New Orleans station in 1861, and later aboard the CSS Mobile, off Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1862; rated as quarter gunner from June 1, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1041; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 85.]

John Davy (surname also shown as Davey), born England; captured November 7, 1864, aboard the prize bark, De Godfrey, by the CSS Shenandoah, and shipped on the same day; rated captain of foretop, November 9, 1864; enlistment expired May 8, 1865, but reshipped the next day; rated boatswain's mate, port watch, May 30, 1865. [Alabama Claims 1, 975; Alabama Claims Correspondence 3, 410; CSS Shenandoah Deck Log; Whittle 65 & 148; ORN 1, 3, 783.]

Thomas Daw, born Ireland, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, sailor; marital status, married; enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, June 4, 1861, aged 37, as private, company I, 6th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy on or about November 2, 1864. [Booth 1, 562.]

W.K. Dawkins (middle initial also shown as L.), resident of Moore County, North Carolina; enlisted October 6, 1864, in the Confederate States Marine Corps; left Moore County and sent to Camp Holmes, where he was instructed for a short time, then sent to Charleston, aboard the CSS Indian Chief, arriving there on Sunday, November 6, 1864, for further drill and instruction as a marine; later sent aboard the CSS Chicora, Charleston station, and also served as a private in the marine guard aboard the CSS Columbia, Charleston station; deserted from the service on January 5, 1865. [Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina) dated November 24, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 266.]

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

J. W. Dawsett, served 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, page 510.]

Francis Warrington Dawson, [original name Austin John Reeks] born London, England, May 20, 1840; joined the CSS Nashville, at Southampton, England, January 1, 1862, as ordinary seaman; later captain's clerk; arrived in Beaufort, North Carolina, February 28, 1862; appointed master's mate, 1862, and left the Nashville, March 10, 1862; reported to Commodore Forrest, at Norfolk, Virginia; sent aboard the CSS Confederate States (previously the United States), then assigned to the CSS Beaufort, Richmond station; ordered to report back to captain Robert Pegram, April 17, 1862, at Petersburg, and then to proceed to New Orleans, Louisiana; unable to proceed any further, at the fall of New Orleans, and returned to Virginia; reported to the floating battery Drewry, at Richmond; resigned from Naval service, June, 1862, to enlist in the Confederate Army; later served as Ordnance Officer, in the Army of Northern Virginia; Dawson's Reminiscences indicates that while serving aboard the CSS Nashville, he was a pet of the officers, and did not get along too well with the enlisted sailors; married Virginia Fourgeaud, of Charleston, 1867; after her death of tuberculosis, in 1873, he married Sarah Morgan (who was a sister of fellow Confederate Naval officer, James Morris Morgan; she also authored her memoirs, titled A Confederate Girl's Diary), in 1874; they resided in Charleston, South Carolina, after the war, where Frank was owner of the newspaper, News and Courier; had the honor of being created a Knight of the Order of St. George bestowed upon him, by the Pope, in November, 1883, for his efforts to suppress duelling; murdered March 12, 1889, by his neighbor, Dr. T.B. McDow. [ORN 1, 1, 748 and 2, 1, 321; Reminiscences; New York Times dated Wednesday, November 24, 1883.]

John Dawson, rated as 1st class fireman aboard the ironclad ram CSS Missouri, January 15, 1864; paroled Alexandria, Louisiana, June 3, 1865. [ORN 1, 27, 231 and 2, 1, 291; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1013.]

John Dawson, served as sergeant in Captain Jones' Company, Texas Light Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

John Dawson, originally served in the Confederate States Navy from which he deserted at an unknown date, and then enlisted at Camp Benjamin, Louisiana, January 20, 1862, as private, company K, 20th Louisiana Infantry; later surrendered himself to Naval authorities. [Booth 1, 563.]

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

Edward Day, served as sergeant in Captain Jones' Company, Texas Light Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

Gregory H. Day, corporal, Confederate States Marine Corps, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 293; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1182.]

James L. Day, seaman, CSS Sea Bird; captured and paroled at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, February, 1862. [Scharf, 392; ORN 2, 1, 306.]

L.S. Day, seaman, CSS Sea Bird. [ORN 2, 1, 306.]

Thomas G. Day, born New York City, about 1835; resided as an engineer, in 1860, at Savannah, Georgia; served as 2nd assistant engineer, Confederate States Navy; served aboard the CSS Talomico, Savannah station, 1862; resided as an engineer, in 1880, boarding with the family of John J. Gray, at Tattnall County, Georgia. [CSNRegister; 1860 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census.]

Joseph C. Daymon (surname also shown as Dayman), enlisted at Corinth, Mississippi, May 1, 1862, in company B, 14th (Austin's) Battalion, Louisiana Sharpshooters; appointed sergeant, August 1, 1862; reduced to private, February 1, 1864; transferred to the Confederate States Navy by Special Order No. 99, Headquarters, Army of Mississippi, April 8, 1864; served as seaman and gunner's mate on the CSS Chattahoochee, 1864; transferred from the floating battery CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, in September, 1864, to the Naval station at Wilmington, North Carolina. [Booth 1, 567; 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 E. Deacon, born Louisiana, about 1831; son of William and Mary Jane Deacon; pre-war occupation, clerk; married about 1860 or 1861; resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; enlisted at Camp Moore, June 7, 1861, as private, company H, 7th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, January, 1862; commissioned assistant paymaster, January 7, 1864, to rank from July 25, 1863; attached to the Naval station, Marion Court House, South Carolina, 1863 - 1864; appointed assistant paymaster, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. [Booth 1, 568; Register1864; JCC 4, 122; 1850 U.S. Census; 1860 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file P - Bases, Naval (including Navy Yards and Stations; PB - Administration of stations; Columbia - Pensacola, page 315.]

Daniel Deal, served as landsman aboard the CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863 - 1864; died on February 5, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 278; Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 71.]

Sidney L. Deal (surname also shown as Deel and Deil), born Burke County, North Carolina, about 1842; pre-war occupation, farmer; enlisted at Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, May 28, 1861, aged 21, as private, company D, 6th Regiment North Carolina State Troops; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, by command of the Confederate Secretary of War, Special Order No. 209 dated at Richmond, September 3, 1863, and ordered to report to flag officer J.R. Tucker, at Charleston, South Carolina; served as landsman on the CSS Chicora; resided as a farmer, in 1870, with his wife Martha, at Morganton township, Burke County, North Carolina. [NCT 4, 309; ORN 2, 1, 284; 1870 U.S. Census; Confederate States Navy subject file.]

Frank B. Dean, enlisted as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, on April 10, 1863, receiving a bounty of $50; served at the Richmond station, 1863; transferred to the CSS Savannah, Savannah Squadron, Georgia, about July, 1863; transferred, at an unknown date, to Richmond, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 305 & 316; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 437 and 677.]

Francis B. Deane, jr., resident of Richmond, Virginia; appointed an agent for the Office of Ordnance and Hydrography, Confederate States Navy Department, at Richmond, on March 14, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XS - Naval Supplies Ashore, New Orleans - Savannah, page 104.]

Marcum Hines Deans (his first initial also incorrectly shown as W., at one source), served as ordinary seaman, CSS North Carolina, 1864; his widow, Mary A. Deans, applied for a post war Confederate pension from New Hanover County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives; ORN 2, 1, 294, 295 & 296.]

W.H. Deans, ordinary seaman, ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 295; DANFS.]

John M. Dearing, shipped aboard the CSS Huntress, Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862; later served as seaman aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah Squadron, Georgia, 1863; deserted about October, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 305; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 753; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 80.]

Thomas Deary (surname also shown as Deery), enlisted as private, company I, 1st South Carolina (Gregg's) Volunteer Infantry, at Richmond, Virginia, July 20, 1861; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, January 17, 1862; served as boatswain's mate, CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862; also served aboard the CSS Virginia II, and was transferred, as seaman, in 1865, to Drewry's Bluff, for duty. [SC1st; ORN 2, 1, 309; Civil War Service Records; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 316-319.]

George Deas (surname also shown as Adeas), born Portugal; shipped, from prize vessel Hector, as seaman, aboard the CSS Shenandoah, April 6, 1865. [Alabama Claims 1, 976; CSS Shenandoah Deck Log; ORN 1, 3, 789; Whittle 139.]

Ralph J. Deas, born South Carolina; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as midshipman, 4th class, November 11, 1862; served on the Richmond station, 1862 - 1864; also at Drewry's Bluff, 1862 - 1863; served aboard the school ship, CSS Patrick Henry, 1864; paroled at Nunna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 322; Register1863; Register1864; Porter's Naval History 785.]

Richard Deaurind, born Ireland; seaman, CSS St. Philip, 1861-1862; aged 25. [St. Philips.]

William Deavis, 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.]

Armand De Blanc, born Louisiana; original entry into the Confederate States Navy, as 3rd assistant Engineer, April 11, 1863; served on the CSS Chattahoochee, 1863-1864, and in the Savannah Squadron, 1864; a person of the same name is also shown as born in Louisiana, residing in New Orleans, occupation, clerk, marital status, single, and who enlisted at Baton Rouge, or Port Hudson, February 23, 1863, as private, 3rd company Battalion Washington Artillery, but was discharged from the unit by Special Order 108, A.I.G.O., dated May 5, 1863; involved in the failed attempt to capture the USS Adela, at St. George's Sound, Florida, May, 1864. [Booth 1, 573; ORN 1, 17, 698 & 869 and 2, 1, 283; Register1864.]

Edward Debois, appointed 2nd assistant engineer, Confederate States Navy; served aboard the CSS Gaines, Mobile Bay, 1864; paroled at Nunna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865. [ORN 1, 21, 596; Porter's Naval History, 785.]

H. De Bois, see H. Dubois.

Alexander M. DeBree, born Virginia, about 1825; son of paymaster John Debree, listed below; brother of surgeon John DeBree, jr., listed below; original service in the United States Navy, from October 19, 1841; resided as a Naval lieutenant, in 1860, with his father and brother, at Norfolk, Virginia; imprisoned at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, December, 1861, for disloyalty; entered the Confederate States Navy, August 5, 1862, as 1st lieutenant; on Ordnance duty, 1862; attached to Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [Register1863; M1091; 1860 U.S. Census; Charleston (South Carolina) Mercury dated Thursday, December 12, 1861.]

John DeBree (surname also shown as de Bree), born New Jersey, about 1797 (1860 U.S. Census shows state of birth as Pennsylvania); father of Naval lieutenant Alexander M. DeBree, listed above, and surgeon John DeBree, jr., listed below; previous service in the United States Navy, from December 29, 1817; resided as a United States Navy purser, in 1860, with his sons, at Norfolk, Virginia; original entry into Confederate States Navy service June 10, 1861; citizen of, and appointed from, Virginia; commissioned paymaster, October 23, 1862, to rank from March 26, 1861; served in the Office of Provisions and Clothing, and on the Richmond station, 1861 - 1865; attached to Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 321; Register1862; Register1863; Register1864; M1091; 1860 U.S. Census.]

John DeBree, jr., born Virginia, December, about 1830; son of Naval purser John Debree, and brother of Naval lieutenant Alexander M. DeBree, listed above; resided as a physician, in 1860, with his father and brother, at Norfolk, Virginia; original entry into Confederate States Navy service, as assistant surgeon for the war, July 18, 1862; served on the Naval defenses of St. Marks, Florida, 1862 - 1863; later served at the Naval Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, 1863 - 1864; appointed assistant surgeon, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864; paroled at Richmond, April 18, 1865; resided as a physician, in 1880, at the home of his brother in law at Norfolk, Virginia; still shown residing at Norfolk, as a physician, in 1910. [Register1863; Register1864; JCC 4, 123; 1860 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; 1910 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 657.]

B.F. DeBrouse, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Arctic, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 276.]

John De Chine, served as captain's steward aboard the CSS Carondelet, New Orleans station, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 124.]

William Dechiso (surname also shown as Dechizo), served as 1st class fireman aboard the CSS Virginia II, James River squadron, 1864 - 1865; missing in action, James River, January 24, 1865, while temporarily serving aboard torpedo boat Scorpion. [ORN 1, 11, 689 and 2, 1, 311.]

Peter Decker, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy on September 4, 1861, and served as boy aboard the CSS V.H. Ivy, New Orleans station. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 844 and 846.]

Richard Deeble, born about 1815; resided as a watchman, in 1860, at New Orleans, Louisiana; served aboard the CSS McRae; wounded in action, April 24-25, 1862, below New Orleans, and sent to the Marine Hospital at New Orleans. [Daily Picayune, Tuesday, April 29, 1862; 1860 U.S. Census.]

Sidney L. Deel, see Sidney L. Deal.

Thomas Deery, see Thomas Deary.

John B. Dees, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 279.]

George Dehman, First Class Fireman, captured at Arkansas Post, January 12, 1863. [ORN 1, 24, 117.]

John Dehman, served as 2nd class fireman aboard the CSS Maurepas, New Orleans station, in 1862; listed his next of kin as Regina Dehman. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1005.]

Eugene Dehonstyn, 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 62.]

R.D. Dejournett, served as a private in company A, 8th Georgia Volunteers; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, by command of the Confederate Secretary of War, Special Order No. 209 dated at Richmond, September 3, 1863, and ordered to report to flag officer J.R. Tucker, at Charleston, South Carolina. [Confederate States Navy subject file.]

N.W. De Kraft, porter (?), served on the Charleston station, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 317.]

Civis de la Costa (name also shown as Civiio De la Case), shipped aboard the CSS Shenandoah, April 4, 1865, as landsman. [ORN 1, 3, 789; Whittle 235.]

Peter De La Cruz, see Peter La Cruz.

Harry C. DeLancy, born 1847; served on gunboat Lavell [? no such vessel shown in official records]; died in 1939; buried at the Confederate Cemetery, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri (see next entry). [Information contributed by Mrs. B.M. Lanham, 4415 Oxford, Prarie Village, Kansas 66208.]

J. C. Delancy, appointed captain aboard the Confederate States gunboat Colonel Lovell, 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 264.]

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

James Delaney, Seaman, CSS J.F. Carr, April, 1864. [ORN 1, 21, 169.]

Peter Delaney (surname also shown as Dulany), born Mobile, Alabama, about 1832; served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Livingstone, 1861-1862; also served aboard the CSS Mobile, off Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1862; rated seaman from June 1, 1862; served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Palmetto States, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, 1863-1864. [St. Philips; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1041; ORN 2, 1, 298; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 60-61.]

Thomas Delaney (surname also shown as Davenney), private, Confederate States Marine Corps; captured aboard the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863; served aboard the CSS Macon, 1864-1865. [Atlanta Medical Journal, entry dated Saturday, January 24th, 1863; ORN 1, 14, 268; CSS Macon Rolls.]

William Delaney, previously a Private in Company A, 47th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry; roll for December, 1862 shows he was detailed on Gunboat. [Georgia Rosters, 5, 12.]

William Delaney, served as seaman aboard the floating battery CSS Georgia, in 1863, and also served on stern-wheeled gunboat CSS Isondiga (which operated around Savannah, Georgia and St. Augustine Creek, Florida), 1863; also held the position of surgeon's steward; transferred to Charleston, South Carolina on September 25, 1863, and served aboard the CSS Chicora at Charleston. [ORN 2, 1, 284 and 288; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 529-530 and 779.]

William Delaney, served as landsman aboard the CSS Manassas, and the CSS Tuscarora, New Orleans station, in 1861; rated as coal heaver from November 5, 1861; later rated as 1st class fireman at the New Orleans station, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 994; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 123 - 124 and 872.]

Gustave Delanny, served as seaman at the New Orleans station, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 137.]

Frank Delano, enlisted as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Baltic, Mobile squadron, June 15, 1862; deserted from the service in early July, 1862, after only 17 days of service. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 110.]

Francis Delbrel (surname also shown as Delbrill, Dilbrel and Dellbrett), born Texas, about 1845; previous service on the Confederate States schooner, Dodge, in 1861; enlisted as seaman, Confederate States Navy, July 1, 1862 for 1 year, at the rate of $18 per month; also served as acting officer's steward aboard the CS Schooner Dodge, 1862; arrived for duty on the plantation of colonel Hamilton Washington, on the Trinity River, Polk County, Texas, December 25, 1862; sent aboard the steamer Alamo, to report for duty aboard the CSS Harriet Lane, in Galveston Bay, Texas, April 15, 1863; later that same year, sent to Shreveport, Louisiana, to serve aboard the CSS Missouri, under lieutenant J.H. Carter; rated as ward room steward aboard the vessel on January 15, 1864; disrated to his original rating on May 1, 1864; rated as quartermaster from June 1, 1864; paroled at Alexandria, Louisiana, June 3, 1865; married about 1881; resided as a bartender, in 1910, with his wife, Josie, and two children, at Dallas, Texas; member of Sterling Price Camp, Dallas, Texas; died about 1920. [ORN 1, 19, 813, 814 & 816; 1, 20, 815; 1, 27, 231 and 2, 1, 291; 1910 U.S. Census; Confederate Veteran magazine, volume 28 (1920), page 269; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 294, 1011, 1019 and 1021.]

Joseph Cruz Del Cano, native of Manila, Spanish Island; served aboard privateer Savannah; captured 1862, and incarcerated at Fort Lafayette; requested Oath of Allegiance; wife resided in Liverpool, England. [ORA 2, 3.]

Thomas Delehunty, born Ireland, about 1824; served as seaman on the CSS Gaines, Mobile Squadron; treated for a fever on Monday, September 1, 1862 and again on Saturday, November 22, 1862. [CSS Gaines Medical Journal.]

Perry M. DeLeon (original name J. Calhoun Moses), born South Carolina, 1837; first served in the Virginia Blues of Richmond, May to August, 1861, and subsequently in the Hampton Legion, from August, 1861 to February, 1862; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as assistant paymaster, October 20, 1862; served on the Naval works, Columbus, Georgia, 1862 - 1863; reported for duty aboard the CSS Harriet Lane, Galveston Bay, Texas, February, 1863; served aboard the CSS Oconee, 1863; detached from duty at the Savannah station, on September 18, 1863, and ordered to proceed to Wilmington to await further orders; sent to Canada and Bermuda, by authority of the Confederate government; involved in the Johnson's Island expedition, in late 1863; passenger on the blockade runner, Vesta, from Bermuda, January, 1864, and escaped from that vessel, when it was destroyed by Union vessels, at Little River Inlet, South Carolina, January 4, 1864; also served on the Kingston and Halifax Naval stations, 1864, and aboard the CSS Albemarle, July, 1864; appointed assistant paymaster, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864; after the fall of Richmond, DeLeon's command were told to go where it could, and they disbanded at Halifax, North Carolina, on the Roanoke River; resided as a guano merchant, in 1880, at Savannah, Georgia; marital status, single; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Fulton County, Georgia; member of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York; awarded the United Daughters of the Confederacy Cross of Honor. [Register1863; Register1864; JCC 4, 122; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated January 20, 1864; 1880 U.S. Census; ORN 1, 2, 824; 1, 10, 718; 1, 19, 840 and 2, 1, 274; GA Pension Index 284; Confederate Veteran Camp of New York; Georgia Confederate Pension Application file; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XN- Naval stores afloat, Accounts for expenditures, page 81; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OM - Routine Operations; CSS Atlanta - Miscellaneous, pages 389 - 395.]

T.C. DeLeon, born South Carolina; served as chief clerk, Office of Provisions and Clothing, Confederate States Navy Department, Richmond, Virginia, 1862 - 1864. [Register1862; Register1863; Register1864.]

Louis Frederick Delesdernier (surname also shown as Delesdinier, Deladernier and Delisdunne), born Texas; served in the Confederate States Navy, March 19, 1862, as clerk and acting master's mate, aboard the Confederate States ram, General Sterling Price, of the Mississippi River Defense Fleet, and the CSS Danube; also shipped in 1862, at Mobile, Alabama, as purser's steward aboard the cruiser, CSS Florida (source shows his name as S.F. Delisdunere); discharged from the cruiser, September, 1863, at Brest, France; paid off at Liverpool, England, and then returned to the Confederacy, and was appointed acting master's mate, Confederate States Navy, April 22, 1864; served aboard CSS Baltic and the CSS Selma, Mobile Squadron; enlisted at Galveston, Texas, July 16, 1864, in company L, 1st Texas Infantry; paroled at Appomattox, Virginia, April, 1865; married Eliza Granger at Harris County, Texas, February 14, 1867; died at Pensacola, Florida, December 5, 1888; wife applied, unsuccessfully, for a Confederate pension from Harris County, Texas, after the war. [CSNRegister; Alabama Claims 1, 356 & 360; pension application of Mrs. Eliza G. Delesdernier, of Harris County, Texas; Appomattox Paroles 88; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 263.]

T. DeLion, served as seaman 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; later captured off Morris Island on September 7, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XZ - Prizes, prize money, etc., Distribution of Prize Money - Miscellaneous, page 20.]

A. G. DeLisle, served aboard the CSS Isondiga, Savannah squadron, 1864; transferred to the Wilmington station, North Carolina, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 1005.]

Frank Dellbrett, see Francis Delbrel.

John Delly (surname also shown as Delloy), coxswain, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862; transferred from the CSS Virginia II, in 1865 to Drewry's Bluff. [ORN 2, 1, 309; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 313-314 and 316.]

Antonio Delombas, born Portugal; shipped, from prize vessel Hector, as seaman, aboard the CSS Shenandoah, April 6, 1865. [Alabama Claims 1, 976; CSS Shenandoah Deck Log; ORN 1, 3, 789; Whittle 139.]

Alcide Delpeuch (surname also shown as Delpench), born Louisiana, 1829; appointed captain's clerk in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, on February 1, 1862, by commanding officer of the receiving ship St. Phillip, Alphonse Barbot; served on the Jackson station, 1862; resided as a bank clerk, in 1880, at the home of his mother, in New Orleans, Louisiana; held the position of book keeper at the People's Bank for fifteen years, until he lost his position in early 1896; shot himself in the left breast and was seriously wounded, in his bedroom, at his residence at 827 Toulouse Street, New Orleans. [ORN 2, 1, 319; 1880 U.S. Census; Daily Picayune (New Orleans) dated September 1, 1896, page 8; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 714.]

Charles Delvin, see Charles W. Devlin.

Joseph Rene DeMahy, born Louisiana, about 1834; served as master aboard the CSS Tennessee; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864 and taken aboard the USS Ossipee, as prisoner of war; sent aboard the steamer Stockdale, August 12, 1864; later released and paroled at Nunna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865; resided, as a hardware store merchant, in 1870, with his mother and brother at New Orleans, Louisiana; died at New Orleans, October 12, 1884. [ORN 1, 21, 406 & 841 - 842; Porter's Naval History, 785; 1870 U.S. Census; New Orleans, Louisiana Death Records Index, 1804 - 1949 at the Ancestry.com web site.]

Anthony De Mello, served as seaman aboard the Confederate States schooner, Dodge, in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 289.]

A.Y. Dement (surname also shown as Dermont; middle initial also shown as G.), landsman, served on stern-wheeled gunboat CSS Isondiga (which operated around Savannah, Georgia and St. Augustine Creek, Florida), 1863; also served aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah Squadron, Georgia, 1863; transferred as a conscript, from the command of lieutenant J. H. Rochelle, on October 23, 1863, to the command of lieutenant W. G. Dozier, aboard the receiving vessel, CSS Indian Chief; transferred, on October 18, 1864, to Wilmington, North Carolina, by order of the Secretary of the Navy. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 762-764 and 815; ORN 2, 1, 289 & 305; DANFS.]

Nicholas Demont (surname also shown as Demond and Dumont), born about 1833; originally enlisted, at Apalachicola, Florida, in Captain J.L. Dunham's Company, Milton Artillery, in 1861; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, and served aboard CSS Chattahoochee; after the boiler explosion aboard that vessel, he was transferred to Savannah, Georgia, and served on the CSS Savannah, as ship's cook, 1863; wife's name, Mary Anne (surname unknown); married at Apalachicola; Nicholas drowned, December 27, 1878, in Calhoun County, Florida. [Florida Confederate Pension File no. A11889; CSS Chattahoochee Muster Roll; ORN 2, 1, 304.]

Albert K. Dempsey, seaman, side wheeled steamer CSS Rappahannock, Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, Virginia, 1861 - 1862; as quartermaster, he was involved in the expedition to capture the USS Satellite and the USS Reliance, off Windmill Point, Rappahannock River, Virginia, on August 23, 1863; also served as quartermaster aboard the CSS Nansemond in 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 303; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XZ - Prizes, prize money, etc., Distribution of prize money - Miscellaneous, pages 30-32; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1223.]

James Dempsey, Fireman, CSS Governor Moore, captured April, 1862, off Forts Jackson and St. Philips, Louisiana. [ORN 1, 18, 723.]

James Dempsey, employed as rigger and sailmaker at the Navy Yard at Saffold, Georgia, by lieutenant A. McLaughlin, in 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file A - Naval ships: Design, construction, etc. - AC - Construction; Columbus - Jackson, page 10.]

John Dempsey, 2nd corporal, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps, Richmond Station, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 315.]

Patrick Dempsey, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy on December 13, 1863, and served as landsman and ordinary seaman on stern-wheeled gunboat CSS Isondiga, Savannah Squadron, Georgia, 1863 - 1864; condemned by a Medical Board of Survey, and discharged from the Naval service, October 22, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 289; Confederate States Navy subject file N - NN - Acceptances, applications, appointments, etc.; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 793; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 976.]

Patrick Dempsey, born about 1841; claimed to have served aboard the Confederate ship Alabama; shown as a resident, in November, 1902, of Baltimore, Maryland, and was involved in an altercation at Kittrell's saloon, at Hampton, Virginia, in November, 1902, in which his shoulder was injured. [Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated November 8, 1902, page 1.]

John Denis (surname also shown as Dennis), served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Tuscarora, New Orleans station, in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 75 and 874.]

Isaac Dennig, Landsman, CSS Tennessee, captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864; sent aboard the USS Ossipee, as prisoner of war; sent aboard the steamer Stockdale, August 12, 1864. [ORN 1, 21, 842.]

Cornelius Dennis (colored), served as landsman aboard the CSS Fredericksburg, James River Squadron, 1864; attached, about November, 1864, on temporary duty to one of the shore batteries; discharged from the Naval service on November 16, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 899.]

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

William H. Dennison, born 1838; pre-war occupation - sailor; enlisted May 25, 1861, at Pensacola, Florida, in Company A, 2nd Florida Infantry; deserted August 27, 1861, but recaptured and imprisoned in Richmond; wounded at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862, and Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862; transferred to Confederate States Navy, November 19, 1862; however, a dispatch dated at Richmond, January 29, 1863, sent by Naval commander M. Mason, to acting master Hudgins, indicates that Dennison was still in the Confederate Army, based at Fredericksburg, Virginia, at that date, and he had only then been transferred to the Confederate Navy; died 1911, buried Elzes Chapel Cemetery, Dukes Station, Union County, Florida. [Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 146; Confederate Navy subject file, N - Personnel, NR - Recruiting and Enlistments, Miscellaneous, page 296.]

James G. Dent (first initial incorrectly shown, in one source, as I.), born Savannah, Georgia; previous service as private in the Second Republican Blues, Independent Company of Georgia Volunteer Infantry; enlisted in company C, 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry, August 20, 1861; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, and served as quartermaster, CSS Alabama, August 24, 1862 - 1864; in action off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864; paid off, and honorably discharged at Southampton, England, 1864; died at Savannah, Georgia, of consumption, Wednesday, September 15, 1875. [Sinclair; Georgia Rosters 1, 134; Georgia Weekly Telegraph and Georgia Journal & Messenger (Macon, Georgia) dated Tuesday, September 21, 1875.]

James O. Dent, born North Carolina, about 1847; served in the Confederate States Navy; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Cabarrus County, North Carolina; still shown as residing in Cabarrus County in 1920; his widow, Martha Ann Dent, also later applied for a pension from the same county. [NC State Archives; 1920 U.S. Census.]

John Horry Dent (surname incorrectly shown, in Register1862, as Lent), born Alabama; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting 3rd assistant engineer, May 11, 1861; served aboard the steam sloop CSS McRae, the CSS Manassas, and the CSS Louisiana, New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; captured at the fall of Forts Jackson and St. Phillip, April 28, 1862, and held as prisoner of war at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, 1862; later served on the Jackson station, 1862; then on the steamer CSS Chattahoochee, 1862 - 1863; promoted 2nd assistant engineer, May 21, 1863; involved in transporting baggage belong to a draft of men, from Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, to Charleston, South Carolina, in August, 1863; served aboard the CSS Charleston, Charleston station, 1863 - 1864 (one secondary source indicates that he also served aboard the CSS Virginia, and drowned in the line of duty, but there is no record of this data). [ORN 1, 18, 318 and 2, 1, 290, 318 & 320; ORA 2, 3, 641; Register1862; Register1863; Register1864; ADAH; Confederate States Navy subject file - N - NF - Distributions and transfers.]

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

James Denton, private, Confederate States Marine Corps, CSS Baltic, which operated in Alabama waters; served during, or between the period, August, 1862 and June, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 281.]

Joseph S. Denton, served in the Confederate States Navy; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Currituck County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

Manuel Monte Deocha (surname also shown as DeOca), enlisted April 25, 1862, in company K, 7th Florida Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, March 3, 1864, aboard the CSS Savannah; later served aboard the CSS Columbia, Charleston station, 1865; transferred to the Richmond station on January 22, 1865; married Matilda Willingham, January 17, 1867, at Tampa, Florida; died at Fort Mead, Polk County, Florida, March, 1876 (may have been related to Charles Montedeoca). [Florida Confederate Pension File No. A10115; Robert Watson Diary March 3 & 9, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 270 - 271.]

Hugh Derby, Chief Engineer, CSS Webb, February, 1863. [ORN 1, 24, 407.]

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

A.Y. Dermont, see A.Y. Dement.

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

John Deveaux (surname also shown as Devaux), served as 1st class boy aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah squadron, in 1862; rated as landsman from December 1, 1862; later served aboard the CSS Resolute, in 1863, and on the ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia (also known as the State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram), Savannah, Georgia, 1863-1864; rated officers' steward from July 1, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 287; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 508, 512 and 594; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 375 and 589.]

Henry Deveise, served as 3rd class boy 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 76.]

James Develin, enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, December 5, 1861, as private, company A, 22nd Louisiana Infantry; captured and paroled at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, February 18, 1864. [Booth 1, 617.]

James Develin, yeoman, 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.]

Thomas Deverell, master at arms aboard the CSS Baltic, which operated in Alabama waters; served during, or between the period, August, 1862 and June, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 280.]

B.H. Devine, Confederate States Navy; died July 4, 1865; buried Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. [Honeycutt.]
James Devine, ordinary seaman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 301.]

Robert Devine, enlisted at Singapore, December 24, 1863, as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Alabama; wounded in action off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864, and taken prisoner aboard the USS Kearsarge; paroled at Cherbourg on the same day. [Sinclair; ORN 1, 3, 72.]

Thomas Deviney, 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 676.]

Charles Devlin, born Scotland, about 1832; served as landsman and 2nd class fireman aboard the CSS McRae, 1861-1862; Devlin had deserted from the vessel on November 18, 1861, but had, by November 26, 1861, returned as was listed at the New Orleans station on that date; later served at the Jackson station; listed his next of kin as Oliver Canton. [St. Philips; ORN 2, 1, 291; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 894 and 988; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 81.]

Charles W. Devlin (surname also shown as Dolvin and Delvin), ship's steward; served aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, the Clarence, Archer and the Tacony; captured off Portland, Maine, June 27, 1863, and sent to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, for confinement; exchanged and sent to Richmond from City Point, Virginia, October 18, 1864. [Fort Warren; see also the entry of May 11, 1863, in the journal of Albert L. Drayton, held in the collections of the Library of Congress; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 20, 1864; Portland, Maine, Eastern Argus dated Monday, June 29, 1863.]

Francis Devlin, 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 69.]

Henry Devlin, served as coal heaver 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 110.]

James Devlin, see James Develin.

James Devlin, born London, England, about 1817; resident of New Orleans, Louisiana; "no friends or relations in America"; unmarried; served as "private" in the Confederate States Navy; died, as a prisoner of war, of diarrhoea, at the St. Louis Military Hospital, New Orleans, on October 24, 1864, and was buried, on the same day, at the Monument Cemetery. [Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 73.]

John Dewey, ordinary seaman, side-wheeled steamer CSS Jamestown (operated in James River and Hampton Roads, Virginia area); served sometime between January, 1861 and June, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 290; DANFS.]

W.H. Dewey, private, Confederate States Marine Corps, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 311.]

W. O. Dewey, appointed chief engineer aboard the Confederate States gunboat General Lovell, of the Mississippi River Defense fleet, on February 23, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 264.]

John Dewitt, served aboard the CSS Tennessee, at the Mobile station, 1863, as private, Confederate States Marine Corps. Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1069; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 676.]

William Dherbes (or Dheibes), served as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, and aboard the CSS Charleston, 1863-1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 133, 136-139 and 153.]

John A. Diamond, served as a corporal in the Confederate States Marine Corps. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 676.]

Richard Diamond, served as seaman 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.]

Francisco Diaz (name also shown as Manuel F. Diaz), born Ferrol, Spain, in 1840; resided in Florida since 1858; married Ascunsion Cabeza, in Monroe County, Florida, August 24, 1858; enlisted December, 1861, in Captain Mulrenan's Coast Guard; later transferred to company K, 7th Florida Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, March 3, 1864, and served aboard the CSS Savannah; post war occupation, sailor; in 1907 was a member of Camp Franklin Buchanan No. 1214, United Confederate Veterans, of Monroe County; shown as an odd job worker, in 1910; died at Key West, Monroe County, September 27, 1910; buried at the Key West City Cemetery, Key West, Florida 33040. [Soldiers of Florida, 49; Florida Confederate Pension File No. A01209; Robert Watson Diary March 3 & 9, 1864; 1910 U.S. Census; U.S. Veterans Gravesites, circa 1775 - 2006 at the Ancestry.com web site.]

Manuel F. Diaz, see Francisco Diaz.

Edward L. Dick, born North Carolina, 1837; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as 2nd assistant engineer (ORN 2, 1, 301 shows his rating as paymaster's clerk), August 19, 1863; served on the ironclad ram CSS Raleigh, Wilmington station, 1863 - 1864; later served aboard the CSS Nansemond, James River squadron, 1864; attached, as lieutenant, to Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; resided as a machinist, in 1880, at the residence of his brother, in North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska; unmarried. [ORN 1, 10, 766 and 2, 1, 301 & 323; Register1864; M1091; 1880 U.S. Census.]

Luther R. Dickinson, born Missouri; appointed assistant surgeon for the war, Confederate States Navy, January 7, 1864; on duty at the Naval hospital, Richmond, Virginia, 1863 - 1864; attached to the recruiting station at Raleigh, North Carolina, 1864; appointed assistant surgeon, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864; post war employment as editor and proprietor of the Planter and Farmer magazine, in Richmond, Virginia; although he was a prominent citizen of Richmond, he was involved, in 1880, in a series of forgeries, and left Richmond for an unknown destination. [CSN Register; JCC 4, 123; Register1864; New York Times dated March 15, 1880.]

David Dicks, served as landsman at the New Orleans station, in 1861, and as seaman aboard the CSS General Polk in 1862; rated master at arms from May 1, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 479-480 and 494; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 59.]

George Diggers, born Georgia; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as 3rd assistant engineer, November 28, 1863; on special service, 1863 - 1864. [Register1864.]

James M. Diggs, listed as a seaman in the Confederate States Navy; captured at Mathews County, Virginia, November 17, 1863; sent to Point Lookout, Maryland, then to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received, September 23, 1864; exchanged October 1, 1864; arrived in Richmond from City Point, Virginia, October 18, 1864, after being exchanged. [Fort Warren; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 20, 1864.]

Joseph Diggs served in the Confederate Navy and also as a Private in Company B, Chalmette Regiment, Louisiana Militia. He was born in 1832, died on November 8, 1867, and is buried at the Locust Grove Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana; also shown as 1st engineer aboard the steam tow boat Baltic, of New Orleans, in . [Young Sanders; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OX - Lines of supply and supply ships; Ships - Miscellaneous, page 42.]

R.H. Diggs, seaman, CSS Rappahannock, May 16, 1864. [CSS Rappahannock Muster Roll.]

Joseph Dill, appointed pilot in the Confederate States Navy, October 1, 1863, and served aboard the CSS Firefly, Savannah squadron, 1863 - 1864; died in 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 285; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 582 and 640.]

Michael Dill, seaman, side-wheeled gunboat CSS Selma, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 306.]

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

John F. Dillard (middle initial also shown as T.; a Naval document also shows his first name as James), served as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, at the Richmond station, 1863; transferred aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah Squadron, Georgia, about July, 1863; transferred to Richmond, Virginia, at an unknown date, but is also indicated to have deserted after July, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 305 & 316; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 437; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NV - Miscellaneous; Marine Corps - Miscellaneous, page 31.]

Charles Dillenger, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863; also served aboard the steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 278 & 302.]

George Dillenger, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863; also served on the steam gunboard CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1862 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 278 & 302.]

Patrick Dillion, shipped as boy (aged between 14 and 17) aboard the Confederate States floating battery, New Orleans, on October 26, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 12.]

Isaiah Dillon, landsman, CSS Arctic died on May 6, 1864, and is buried at the Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina. His headstone shows his rank as Gunner and service aboard the CSS Neuse. [John E. Ellis; ORN 2, 1, 276.]

James Dillon (surname also shown as Dillan), resident of Guilford County, North Carolina; enlisted in the Confederate States Navy at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, about September, 1863; served as landsman aboard the CSS Savannah and the CSS Isondiga, Savannah Squadron, 1863 - 1864; transferred as a conscript, from the command of lieutenant J. H. Rochelle, on October 23, 1863, to the command of lieutenant W. G. Dozier, aboard the receiving vessel, CSS Indian Chief; transferred to the CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, and died of typhoid fever, in the Savannah Hospital, on July 8, 1864 (one source gives date of death as July 7, 1864); buried, July 8, 1864, at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia; after his death his widow, Lucinda Dillon, filed for any allowances or pay that was due her late husband. [ORN 2, 1, 289 & 305; Daily News and Herald (Savannah, Georgia) dated May 19, 1866; Honeycutt; Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, pages 75-77; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 762-764.]

John Dillon, landsman, ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia (also known as the State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram), Savannah, Georgia; served sometime between September, 1861 and December, 1864 (may be the same person listed in the next entry). [ORN 2, 1, 287; DANFS.]

John Dillon, landsman, served on stern-wheeled gunboat CSS Isondiga (which operated around Savannah, Georgia and St. Augustine Creek, Florida), 1863; also served aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah Squadron, Georgia, 1863; transferred as a conscript, from the command of lieutenant J. H. Rochelle, on October 23, 1863, to the command of lieutenant W. G. Dozier, aboard the receiving vessel, CSS Indian Chief. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 762-764; ORN 2, 1, 289 & 305; DANFS.]

John Dillon, private, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps, Richmond Station, Virginia, 1864; also served, in 1864, aboard the CSS Olustee, Wilmington station. [ORN 2, 1, 315; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 850.]

Michael Dillon, served aboard CSS Selma; deserted with two other sailors from CSS Selma, James Carr and William Hatton, on February 20; taken aboard USS Clifton, near Horn Island, Alabama, on February 23, 1863. [ORN 1, 19, 626-627.]

J.Z. Dillon, enlisted, from Alabama, in the Confederate States Navy; buried at Oakwood Confederate Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina. [ADAH.]

William Dillon, born Ohio, about 1836; served as seaman aboard the CSS Gaines, Mobile Squadron; treated for severe colic on Wednesday, September 3, 1862. [CSS Gaines Medical Journal.]

William Dillon, served as seaman aboard the CSS Morgan, and the CSS Alert, Mobile station, 1862; charges were brought against Dillon, for desertion, in June, 1862, by the vessel's commander, C. H. Kennedy. [Confederate Navy subject file P - Bases, Naval (including Navy Yards and Stations; PB - Administration of stations; Columbia - Pensacola, pages 791 and 832.]

John Dilmore, enlisted, for one year, as water tender aboard the cruiser CSS Nashville, on September 20, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1228; Alabama Claims 2, (appendix 2), 133.]

John Dilmore, enlisted, for three years or the war, aboard the CSS Huntress, as ordinary seaman in the Confederate States Navy, at Charleston, South Carolina, on July 8, 1862; received a $50 bonus at enlistment. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 164 and 747.]

G. C. Dilton, served as landsman aboard the CSS Morgan, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Tombigbee River, Alabama, on May 10, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1216 - 1218.]

Dominic W. Dimitry, seaman, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 293; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1206-1214.]

John C. Dimond, sergeant, Confederate States Marine Corps; 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.]

Cornelius Dinning, 2nd class fireman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 309.]

Nicholas Discass, served as ordinary seaman on Launch No. 5, New Orleans station, in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 45.]

George Barmon Discher, born Mobile, Alabama, May 9, 1847; enlisted at Mobile, Alabama, March 15, 1865, as landsman, CSS Tuscaloosa; transferred, April 12, 1865, to gunboat CSS Morgan; paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865; married about 1870; resided as a building contractor, after the war, with his wife, Emma, and children, at Marine Street, Mobile, Alabama; died Mobile, October 19, 1910. [ADAH; 1880 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; 1910 U.S. Census; Alabama Deaths, 1908 - 1959 and Census or Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, in 1907 at the Ancestry.com web site.]

Henry Discher, 3rd assistant engineer, Confederate States Navy; served aboard the CSS Albemarle, 1864, and aboard the ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 1, 10, 718; 1, 11, 690 and 2, 1, 274 & 311.]

C. H. Disha, served as landsman aboard the CSS Morgan, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Tombigbee River, Alabama, on May 10, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1216 - 1218.]

J. Madison Dismukes, born North Carolina, 1845; son of Charles and Martha B. Dismukes; served in the Confederate States Navy; resided as a farmer, in 1880, with his wife Carrie, and their four children (eldest child born 1867), at the home of his parents, in Baldwin, Chatham county, North Carolina; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Chatham County, North Carolina; died prior to 1920, at which time his wife is shown as a widow; his widow, Carrie E. Dismukes also later applied for a pension from the same county. [NC State Archives; 1880 U.S. Census; 1920 U.S. Census.]

W.S. Diver, coxswain, steam gunboat CSS Yadkin, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864 (see also, entry for W.H. Driver, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 313.]

David Divers, seaman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 309.]

Duncan A. Dixon, born Mississippi, 1845; resided in Chowan County, North Carolina; enlisted at Orange Court House, Virginia, August 20, 1862, as private, company A, 1st Regiment North Carolina State Troops; discharged June 28, 1863, on receiving an appointment as acting Midshipman in the Confederate States Navy (Register1864 shows appointment as midshipman, June 15, 1863); Dixon indicated that he received the appointment while at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, showing that he was then involved in the Gettysburg campaign; served aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, 1863; later served aboard the CSS Selma, Mobile squadron, 1863 - 1864; and was captured at Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864; sent aboard the USS Port Royal, as prisoner of war; escaped from New Orleans, October 14, 1864, then proceeded to Lewisburg, Louisiana, and from which point he went, in a wagon to Mobile, Alabama, arriving on October 31, 1864. [NCT 3, 146; ORN 1, 21, 844; Register1864; CSN Register; 1850 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 425; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (A - K), page 352.]

G.W. Dixon, seaman, CSS Sea Bird. [ORN 2, 1, 306.]

Henry Dixon, seaman, steam sloop CSS McRae, (operated in the lower Mississippi River, Louisiana, area); served July - November, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 290; DANFS.]

J. Dixon, Quartermaster, CSS Alert, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 275.]

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

R.W. Dixon, originally served as a private in Captain Mayham Ward's Company (Waccamaw Light Artillery), South Carolina Light Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy and served as ordinary seaman, ironclad ram CSS Palmetto State, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 298; Civil War Service Records.]

Sylvester Dixon, born North Carolina, 1835; served as landsman, CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862; married in 1869; resided as a farmer, in 1880, with his wife, Brittie Jane Dixon, and three children (eldest child born 1868), at Lockwoods Folly, Brunswick county, North Carolina; he applied for a post war Confederate pension from Brunswick County, North Carolina; still shown as a resident of Lockswood Folly, in 1900; his widow, Brittania Jane Dixon, also later applied for a pension from the same county. [NC State Archives; ORN 2, 1, 309; 1880 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census.]

Walter Dixon, resident of Liverpool, England; shipped aboard the CSS Rappahannock, at Calais, France, in February, 1864. [Alabama Claims 2, 751 and 753.]