NC Civil War Sailors Project

Henry Mudgett, served as seaman at the New Orleans station, 1861-1862. [Confederate Navy subject
file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages
83 and 115.]

S.S. Muer, served as a private in company B, 9th 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.]

J. Ernest Mugguffeney, (or Frank Curran; his name and surname are also shown variously, as Frank
McGuffney and Maguffeney), born Ireland; served on the CSS Sumter and the CSS Alabama, as Coal
Heaver and First Class Fireman, under the name of Frank Curran; appointed third assistant engineer,
October 19, 1864, and sent aboard the CSS Shenandoah, 1864-1865; deck log entry of March 2, 1865, of
the CSS Shenandoah, shows that he was, together with fireman William Rawlinson, found under the
influence of liquor. [Alabama Claims, 1, 974; William Marvel; CSS Sumter Muster Roll; CSS Shenandoah
Deck Log; Whittle 50, 229; ORN 1, 3, 785; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN-
Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked
commissions, page 184.]

Michael Muhaney, served as landsman at the New Orleans station, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject
file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages
58-59.]

David Muir, originally served as private, company B, 8th Florida Infantry; transferred to the
Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

Philip T. Muirhead, enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, May 11, 1861, as private, company A, 2nd
Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Naval Service, by order of the Secretary of War, March 18, 1862;
served as landsman aboard the CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [Booth 2, 1081; ORN 2, 1,
310.]

John Mulcahy, see John Mulkay

William Mulchai, 1st class fireman, ironclad ram CSS Chicora (which operated in Charleston Harbor,
South Carolina), July, 1863 - September, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 284; DANFS.]

Arthur Muldoon, private, company A, Confederate States Marine Corps; served on the Georgia and
South Carolina stations, 1861; later stationed aboard the receiving ship CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River,
North Carolina, April-June, 1864, and the steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia
waters, 1864; also served at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 280, 302, 314, 316 & 317.]

Michael Mulhatton, originally served as private, company B, 3rd Alabama Volunteers (militia);
transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date; served as seaman, side-wheeled
gunboat CSS Florida (later re-named CSS Selma); operated in the Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana and
Mobile Bay, Alabama area, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 286 & 306; Civil War Service Records.]

William Mulholler, served as landsman 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 83.]

Peter Mulina, see Peter Moline.

John Mulkay (surname also shown as Mulchay, Mulkahy and Mulcahy), born Ireland, about 1836;
served as private, company A, Confederate States Marine Corps, aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah
squadron, 1862; transferred, on December 8, 1862, to the CSS Atlanta; transferred, on January 28,
1864, to the ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina; also served at Drewry's
Bluff, James River, Virginia, 1864. [Atlanta Medical Journal, entry dated Thursday, January 8, 1863 and
Monday, January 12, 1863; ORN 2, 1, 294, 296, 297 & 314; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel;
NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 212 and 592.]

G. W. Mulkey (name also shown as J. W. Mulky), served as coal heaver aboard the ironclad CSS
Atlanta, and was captured aboard the vessel at Wassaw Sound, Georgia, on June 17, 1863; also shown
as coal heaver aboard the ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia, at Savannah, in 1863; temporarily
transferred, as a fireman, on June 7, 1864, to the steamer CSS Sampson, Savannah squadron.
[Atlanta Medical Journal, see entry for Friday, January 2, 1863; ORN 1, 14, 268 and 2, 1, 286 & 287;
Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS
Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 519-523 and 553.]

John W. Mulkey, born Mississippi; enlisted at Natchez, Mississippi, August 15, 1861, as private,
company E, 4th Battalion Louisiana Infantry; wounded in action at Secessionville, South Carolina, June
16, 1862; transferred to the Confederate States Marine Corps, December 15, 1862, aged 19. [Booth 2,
1083; ORN 1, 14, 268 and 2, 1, 286 & 287.]

James Mullen, 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 Mullen, enlisted for the war, as coal heaver, in the Confederate States Navy, at Charleston,
South Carolina, on July 30, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements,
rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 166.]

John Mullen, recruited at Mobile, Alabama, by captain George P. Turner, into the Confederate States
Marine Corps, on May 10, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements,
rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1047.]

Kieran Mullen (name also shown as Kieran Millen and incorrectly as Riersan Mullen), born about
1837; personal description shown as 5 feet 9 ½ inches high, gray eyes, light hair and light complexion;
enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, on May 17,
1861; served in the Marine Guard aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, James River squadron, and at
Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia, in 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;
was obviously either apprehended or returned to duty voluntarily, as he is also shown as being
stationed aboard the CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, and in the Marine Guard aboard the
CSS Richmond, James River, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 280 & 315; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated June
12 and June 13, 1862; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of
persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 285 and 390.]

Richard Mullen, shipped as seaman aboard the revenue cutter Morgan, Mobile, Alabama, in 1861;
rated as coxswain aboard the vessel, in place of Valentine Smith, on January 18, 1862. [Confederate
Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS
Neuse, pages 1162 and 1168.]

Robert Mullen, see Robert Mullin.

Stephen Mullen, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Sumter, 1861. [CSS Sumter Muster Roll.]

William Mullen, served as landsman aboard the CSS Mobile, in 1861; rated as 1st class fireman on
November 5, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of
persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1027.]

John Mullens, CSN; died August 20, 1862; buried Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. [Tom
Brooks.]

Thomas Muller, served as captain of hold, Confederate States Navy, 1864; sent to Battery Buchanan
on December 30, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists
of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 118.]

Thomas R. Muller, born 1840, enlisted July 18, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida, in Company B, Fourth
Florida Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, December 12, 1862, and sent from
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Saffold, Georgia, in January, 1863, for service as seaman on the CSS
Chattahoochee; later served on the CSS Savannah, Savannah squadron, Georgia, 1862 - 1863.
[Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 382; ORN 2, 1, 304; CSS Chattahoochee Muster Roll; Confederate Navy
subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse,
page 246.]

Edward Mulligan, flag officer's cook, served aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah Squadron, Georgia,
1863. [ORN 2, 1, 305.]

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

Robert Mullin (surname also shown as Mullen and Mullins), resident of New Orleans, Louisiana;
served as seaman, CSS Florida; also served on the captured vessels, Clarence, Archer and Tacony;
indicated to have been given command of the Archer, after most of the crew were sent aboard the
Tacony; captured, June, 1863, and sent to Fort Warren for confinement. [Fort Warren; see also, the
article titled "A Daring Capture," by Robert Hunt, in the Galveston Daily News of Monday, September
17, 1894, page 2.]

Joseph Mullineux, Fireman; born England; CSS Shenandoah, 1865; joined the vessel at Melbourne,
Australia. [Alabama Claims, 1, 977.]

Dan Mullins, served as landsman 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.]

J.J. Mullins, seaman, steam gunboat CSS Yadkin, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864 (see entry for John
J. Mullins, who may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 313.]

John Mullins, Seaman, CSS Albemarle, and Halifax Station, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 274.]

John Mullins, seaman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863; in 1864, served aboard the
ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina. [ORN 2, 1, 276, 277, 294 & 295;
DANFS.]

John Mullins, private, Confederate States Marine Corps, CSS Baltic, which operated in Alabama
waters; served during, or between the period, August, 1862 and June, 1863 (see next entry, which
may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 281.]

John Mullins, private, Confederate States Marine Corps, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile
Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864 (see previous entry, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 293.]

John Mullins, served as coal heaver aboard the CSS Huntress, Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, and
also as coal heaver aboard the ironclad ram CSS Chicora, and the CSS Palmetto State, Charleston, South
Carolina, 1863-1864. [ORN 2, 1, 284 and 298; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA -
Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 751.]

John C. Mullins, 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 J. Mullins, born 1830; enlisted July 17, 1861, at Apalachicola, Florida, in Company B, Fourth Florida
Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, January 7, 1864; died 1884, buried at Old City
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida (see entry for J.J. Mullins, who may be the same person). [Hartman's
Florida Rosters, 1, 382.]

Robert Mullins, see Robert Mullin.

John P. Mullis, served in the Confederate States Navy; his widow, Elizabeth Mullis, applied for a post
war Confederate pension from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

John Mulroy, 1st class fireman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia,
1862. [ORN 2, 1, 309.]

John Mulvey, served as 1st class fireman at the New Orleans station, in 1861 (see entry for John
Mulroy, above, who may be the same person). [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA -
Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 38.]

John Mulvey, served as private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, aboard the CSS Baltic, which
operated in Alabama waters, 1862 - 1863; deserted about December, 1862, but was apprehended and
returned to service on December 16, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 281; Confederate Navy subject file N -
Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 451.]

Peter Mulvone, seaman, CSS Caswell (wooden sidewheeled steamer, which operated as a tender on
the Wilmington Station, North Carolina); served during, or sometime between the period, July, 1861 to
June, 1862; see also, entry for Peter Moline, who may be the same person. [ORN 2, 1, 282; DANFS.]

Phillip Munch, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy, for the war, on June 3, 1863; served as
landsman on the CSS Huntsville, but was discharged by medical survey on July 12, 1863. [Confederate
Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges,
page 373.]

John G. Mundine, born Alabama, 1833; son of Anna Mundine; resided, in 1860, at Shelby County,
Alabama; served as private, company B, Confederate States Marine Corps; stationed at Drewry's Bluff,
Virginia, 1864; also stationed aboard the CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1864, and in the
Marine Guard aboard the CSS Richmond, James River, 1864; his widow, P.T. Mundine, applied for a
Confederate widow's pension from Shelby County, Alabama, in April, 1898. [ORN 2, 1, 280 & 314;
ADAH; 1860 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of
persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 390.]

Frederick W. Mundorf, born Prussia, Germany, 1827; resided as a shoemaker, in 1860, with his wife,
Margaret, and infant son, John, at Savannah, Georgia; served as ordinary seaman, CSS Macon, 1865;
detailed and left in Savannah; possibly captured there; shown as a shoemaker, residing in Savannah,
Georgia, in 1891. [CSS Macon Rolls; 1860 U.S. Census; Savannah, Georgia Directories, 1888 - 1891.]

Rufus M. Mundy, born North Carolina, 1845; served in the Confederate States Navy; married in 1868;
applied for a post war Confederate pension from Lincoln County, North Carolina; resided as a farmer,
in 1910, with his wife, Fannie, and five children, at Catawba Springs, Lincoln County, North Carolina; still
residing as a widower, in 1920, at Catawba Springs. [NC State Archives; 1910 U.S. Census; 1920 U.S.
Census.]

R. D. Munn, indicated to have been a private and acting master's mate (?) aboard the CSS Spray, St.
Marks, Florida; paroled at Tallahassee, Florida, May 12, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N -
Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 664.]

Lewis W. Munro, Surgeon, paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865. [Porter's Naval
History, 785.]

T. Munroe, resident of South Carolina; appointed acting midshipman in the Confederate States Navy,
December 13, 1864, and ordered to report to lieutenant William H. Parker, aboard the CSS Patrick
Henry, for assignment to duty. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN-
Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked
commissions, page 186.]

William Munster, 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
43.]

George Murch, resident of New York; engineer; involved in an attempt to seize a steamer running
from Panama to the port of San Francisco. [ORN 1, 3, 302.]

John M. Murch, cabin steward, CSS Rappahannock, 1864; after the war was a member of the United
Confederate Veterans, Magruder Camp, NO. 105, of Galveston, Texas; was still living in 1925 (probably
in Virginia). [Confederate Sailor 19; Confederate Veteran magazine, volume 23 (1915), page 256.]

V. Murcheal, see Valentine Merchal.

John W. Murdaugh, born Virginia, about 1839; younger brother of William Henry Murdaugh, listed
below; resided, in 1850, at the home of Margaret Davis, at Portsmouth, Virginia; appointed from
Virginia, as acting master's mate; served on the Richmond station, 1861 - 1862; appointed 1st
lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; served aboard the CSS Richmond;
transferred to temporary command of CSS Nansemond, May 18, 1864; returned to duty aboard the
CSS Richmond, June, 1864; ordered to report and assume temporary command of the CSS Hampton,
July 6, 1864; ordered to return for duty aboard the CSS Richmond, October 26, 1864; served, post war,
in the Colombian Navy; together with fellow ex-Confederate Navy officer, George A. Borchert, he was
hacked to pieces and murdered by an armed mob at Carthagena, Colombia, September 1, 1867. [ORN
1, 10, 644, 685, 717, 766 & 803 and 2, 1, 321; JCC 4, 122; 1850 U.S. Census; Norfolk County Record 221;
Daily News and Herald (Savannah, Georgia) dated Wednesday, September 25, 1867.]

William Henry Murdaugh, born Portsmouth, Virginia, about 1827; original service in the United States
Navy, from September 9, 1841; resided as a United States Naval officer, in 1860, with his brother, John
(listed above), and other siblings, at the home of Margaret Davis, at Portsmouth, Virginia; name
stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 21, 1861; entered the Confederate States Navy,
June 24, 1861, as 1st lieutenant; served at Hatteras Inlet, August, 1861; severely wounded in the arm, in
the engagement at Fort Hatteras, August 29, 1861; escaped capture when the fort fell to Union forces;
later, after his recovery, served on the steamer CSS Beaufort, 1862; sent to Europe on special service,
1863; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864. [Register1863; ORA 1, 4;
JCC 4, 121; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861; 1850 U.S. Census; Norfolk County
Record 221 & 226.]

Edgar O. Murden, born Charleston, South Carolina, about 1817 (1860 U.S. Census shows year of birth as
1822); previous service as 1st lieutenant, United States Revenue Service; commanded the United
States Revenue cutter, J.C. Dobbin, at Savannah, Georgia, in 1860; commanded the steamer General
Clinch, operating between Savannah and Charleston, in 1861; appointed captain in company D, 23rd
South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate States Army, March 1st, 1862; served in this capacity until
March, 1863; later appointed acting master, Confederate States Navy; commanded blockade runner
Victory; captured aboard this vessel, by the USS Santiago de Cuba, on the night of June 21, 1863, and
sent north as a prisoner of war; exchanged September, 1864; released and sent to Richmond from City
Point, Virginia, October 18, 1864, after being exchanged; resided as a retired master mariner, in 1870,
with his wife, Mary, and two daughters, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; by 1880, the family had moved
to Neptune, Monmouth County, New Jersey; still shown as a resident of Neptune, in 1890. [ORA 2, 7,
869; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 20, 1864; 1860 U.S. Census; 1870 U.S. Census;
1880 U.S. Census; service in the Confederate States Army is shown in the 1890 Veterans Schedules, for
Neptune, Monmouth County, New Jersey; Charleston Courier, Tri-Weekly (Charleston, South Carolina)
dated August 13, 1861; Boston Daily Advertiser dated July 3, 1863.]

Joshua Murden, served as a private in company B, 3rd Virginia; 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.]

James Campbell Murdoch, born Maryland, 1840; previous service in the Confederate States Army;
transferred to the Confederate States Marine Corps, as 2nd lieutenant, in April, 1863; served in
company C, on the Richmond station, 1863 - 1864, and on the Wilmington station, North Carolina, 1864
- 1865; died 1889. [ORN 2, 1, 315 & 323; CSN-Museum.]

A. D. Murdock, 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.]

A. L. Murdock, served as landsman aboard the CSS Baltic, and transferred to the Mobile station about
January 22, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of
persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 100.]

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

John Murdock, seaman, ironclad ram CSS Palmetto State, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1863 -
1864. [ORN 2, 1, 298.]

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

Augustus Murilao, see Augustus Merrilac.

James Murphey, resided in, and enlisted at Burke County, North Carolina, May 10, 1861, aged 30, as
private, company E, 16th Regiment North Carolina Troops; transferred to the Confederate States
Navy, April 3, 1864. [NCT 6, 54.]

Peter Umstead Murphey, born July 10, 1810, at Hillsborough, North Carolina; original service in the
United States Navy, from May 12, 1831; commanded the receiving ship Pennsylvania at the outbreak
of war; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 21, 1861; entered the
Confederate States Navy, June 10, 1861, as 1st lieutenant; ordered by flag officer William F. Lynch, at
Newbern, North Carolina, on September 1, 1861, to proceed to Charleston to purchase coal, then to
proceed to Wilmington, North Carolina, with carpenter Edward Williams to first examine the condition,
and then to take command of the Uncle Ben; commanded side wheeled gunboat CSS Selma, Mobile
Bay, Alabama, 1862 - 1864; wounded severely in the wrist, and taken prisoner, aboard the CSS Selma,
at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864; sent as a prisoner of war, to Pensacola, Florida, and then north; later,
after his release, served on the gunboat CSS Gaines, at Battery Buchanan, Mobile station, 1865;
paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865; his sword and sash were surrendered to
Lieutenant James E. Jouett of the Union Navy; but these were later returned, at the request of his
daughter, Kate Piercy Murphey Chestney; Lieutenant Murphey died August 13, 1876, of apoplexy (and
drowned in the bath), at Mobile, Alabama. [Porter's Naval History, 785; ORN 1, 21, 406, 578 & 609 and
2, 1, 306; ORA 1, 49/1; Register1863; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861; additional
information supplied by Murphey's great, great, great granddaughter in law, Lee Dunn
(lee@dunnshouse.com), in an e-mail message dated February 11, 2001; David M. Sullivan; Boston
Daily Advertiser dated August 22, 1876; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XF - Fuel and
Water - Water for ships, page 432.]

Thomas E. Murphey (surname also shown as Murphy), born Savannah, Georgia, 1839; resided as a
machinist, in 1860, with his mother, Joanna E. Murphy, and three younger siblings, at Savannah,
Georgia; served as acting 2nd assistant engineer on the Savannah station, 1861 - 1862; resided as a
locomotive builder, in 1870, with his wife, Mary, and three children, at Savannah. [ORN 2, 1, 323; 1860
U.S. Census; 1870 U.S. Census.]

Bat. Murphy, served as coal heaver aboard the CSS Webb, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1864 - 1865; rated as
1st class fireman from May 1, 1864; stated to have been well qualified to perform his duties. [ORN 1, 22,
170; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS
New Orleans - Yorktown, page 962.]

E.G. Murphy, 1st class fireman, ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia (also known as the State of
Georgia and Ladies' Ram), Savannah, Georgia, 1863; signed on for the war on July 1, 1863, and was
then granted a fourteen day furlough from July 4, 1863. [ORN 1, 14, 715 and 2, 1, 287; DANFS;
Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS
Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 514.]

Edward Murphy, enlisted for three years or the war, as seaman in the Confederate States Navy, at
Charleston, South Carolina, on August 13, 1862, and served aboard the CSS Huntress. [Confederate
Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS
Neuse, pages 172 and 753.]

J.P. Murphy, seaman, CSS Florida; also served on the captured vessels, Clarence, Archer and Tacony;
captured, June, 1863, and sent to Fort Warren for confinement; released and sent to Richmond from
City Point, Virginia, October 18, 1864, after being exchanged. [Fort Warren; Daily Dispatch (Richmond,
Virginia) dated October 20, 1864.]

J. P. Murphy, served as ordinary seaman at the Confederate States Naval Battery Brooke on the James
River, 1865; left the Battery on March 26, 1865, and was subsequently classified as a deserter on March
31, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous,
page 553.]

J. W. Murphy, served as carpenter's mate 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.]

James Murphy, Fireman, CSS Chattahoochee, May, 1864. [ORN 1, 17, 700.]
James Murphy, Confederate States Navy; member of an expedition, under lieutenant William T.
Glassell, who attempted to destroy the USS Powhatan, off Charleston, South Carolina, in late 1862;
may have been a sailor on the CSS Chicora, on which lieutenant Glassell was deck officer at this time;
deserted to a Union vessel on the Edisto River. [Information included on page 49, of the e-book,
"Prisoners of the Civil War: The Story of Two Americans," by Douglas Westfall, published by the
Paragon Agency, Orange, California, 2001.]

James Murphy, served as landsman aboard the CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865;
wounded in action, James River, January 24, 1865. [ORN 1, 11, 689 and 2, 1, 312.]
James Murphy, enlisted at New Orleans, Louisiana, May 9, 1861, as private, companies I, F and E, 1st
(Strawbridge's) Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 15, 1864, by order
of the War Department; sent aboard the CSS Spray, St. Mark's, Florida, as ordinary seaman, on June 2,
1864; paroled at St. Marks, May 12, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA -
Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 815; Booth 2, 1098;
Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and
Registers, page 664.]

James Murphy, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy on April 8, 1864; served as landsman aboard
the CSS Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River, 1864; transferred from the floating battery CSS
Georgia, Savannah River, in September, 1864, to the Naval station at Wilmington, North Carolina. [ORN
2, 1, 283; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of
persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 575.]

James Murphy, seaman, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864.
[ORN 2, 1, 292.]

James Murphy, officers' steward, side wheeled steamer CSS Rappahannock, Potomac and
Rappahannock Rivers, Virginia, 1861 - 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 303; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file, X -
Supplies, XA - Accounting and finance, Miscellaneous, page 144.]

James Murphy, enlisted at Camp Lewis, Louisiana, December 21, 1861, as private, company H, 20th
Louisiana Infantry; appointed corporal, April 13, 1862; reduced to private, September 30, 1862, at camp
near Bardstown, Kentucky; wounded at Chickamauge, Georgia, September 20, 1863; transferred to
the Confederate States Navy, February 26, 1864, by order of General Johnston. [Booth 2, 1098.]

James Murphy, originally served as private, company C, 22nd Mississippi Infantry; transferred to the
Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

James Murphy, received aboard the CSS Huntress, Charleston station, on June 19, 1862. [Confederate
Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS
Neuse, page 750.]

James W. Murphy, resided in, and enlisted at McDowell County, North Carolina, May 8, 1861, aged 30,
as corporal, company B, 22nd Regiment North Carolina Troops; wounded in the right lung and captured
near Richmond, Virginia, in the summer of 1862; hospitalized at Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island, July
7, 1862; transferred to Fort Monroe, Virginia, September 18, 1862; exchanged at Aiken's Landing,
James River, Virginia, November 10, 1862; reduced to private at an unspecified date; transferred to the
Navy Department at Marion, South Carolina, in March, 1863. [NCT 7, 32.]

John Murphy, seaman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 278.]

John Murphy, 1st class fireman, steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1862 -
1864; also served aboard the CSS Olustee, Wilmington station, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 302; DANFS;
Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New
Orleans - Yorktown, page 850.]

John Murphy, born Ireland, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, laborer; marital
status, single; enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, July 22, 1861, aged 29, as private, company D, 10th
Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Merrimac (CSS Virginia), January 2, 1862; same source also shows
his transfer to the Confederate States Navy, December, 1862; shown as a seaman on a roll of the CSS
Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia 1862. [Booth 2, 1100; ORN 2, 1, 309.]

John Murphy, enlisted as landsman in the Confederate States Navy, in 1861, and later rated as 2nd class
fireman, from September 18, 1862, aboard the side-wheeled gunboat CSS Florida (later re-named CSS
Selma); operated in the Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana and Mobile Bay, Alabama area, 1862; rated 1st
class fireman aboard the vessel from January 1, 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 445.]

John Murphy, served as surgeon's steward aboard the CSS Savannah (also known as the CSS Oconee),
Savannah Squadron, Georgia, 1862-1863; disrated to ordinary seaman on April 1, 1863, by order of
lieutenant commanding, Thomas P. Pelot, and Robert Wallace, ordinary seaman, was rated surgeon's
steward in his place; transferred, on May 18, 1863, to the CSS Atlanta (see next entry for John
Murphy, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 297 & 304; Confederate States Navy subject files
- N Personnel - NI - Promotions; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements,
rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 605.]

John Murphy, born Scotland; described as having a ruddy complexion, grey eyes and black hair, aged
23 (in February, 1864) and 5 feet, 8 inches high; served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Savannah;
deserted from the Naval Hospital at Savannah, February 9, 1864, and a reward of $60 was offered for
his apprehension (may be the same person listed in the previous entry). [Daily Morning News
(Savannah, Georgia) dated February 23, 1864.]

John Murphy, served as private, Confederate States Marine Corps, aboard the ram CSS Tennessee,
Mobile Bay; involved in the battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864; his widow, Bridget Murphy, applied
for a Confederate pension from Mobile County, in July, 1899. [ADAH.]

John Murphy, private, Confederate States Marine Corps, CSS Baltic, which operated in Alabama
waters; served during, or between the period, August, 1862 and June, 1863 (see next entry, which
may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 281.]

John Murphy, served as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps; served on the Georgia and
South Carolina stations, 1861; also served in the Marine Guard aboard the CSS Resolute, 1862 (see
previous entry, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 317; Confederate Navy subject file N -
Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 371.]

John Murphy, served as 2nd class fireman 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.]

John Murphy, served as landsman in the Savannah squadron, 1863; deserted about October, 1863.
[Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS
Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 529-530.]

John Murphy, 2nd, served as landsman aboard the CSS Huntress, Charleston, South Carolina, 1862.
[Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS
Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 751.]

John Murphy, served aboard the CSS Ivy, New Orleans station, in 1862; arrested as a deserter by
corporal James McLaughlin of the New Orleans police, and turned over to the Naval authorities on
April 23, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of
persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 858; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ -
Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 440.]

John Murphy, served as landsman aboard the CSS Fredericksburg, James River squadron, in 1864;
transferred to the CSS Patrick Henry, about May 24, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N -
Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 292.]

Joseph Murphy, originally served as private, Captain Coffin's Company, Virginia Heavy Artillery; later in
the Confederate States Marine Corps. [Civil War Service Records.]

Lawrence P. Murphy, resident of Tiptonvile, Tennessee; appointed 3rd assistant engineer in the
Confederate States Navy, March 24, 1862, and ordered to report aboard the CSS Pontchartrain for
duty; also served at the Jackson station, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 319; Confederate Navy subject file N -
Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L -
Z) - Revoked commissions, page 188.]

M. G. Murphy, served aboard the CSS Savannah, 1862; deserted the vessel, but was apprehended in
Charleston, South Carolina, about May, 1862, and returned to Savannah, in the custody of gunner J. K.
Harris. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous,
page 261.]

Michael Murphy, served 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 111.]

Nicholas Murphy, indicated to have served as a Confederate marine; buried at Cahill's New Cemetery,
Galveston, Texas. [Galveston Daily News (Texas) dated Tuesday, May 31, 1887, page 1.]

P. Murphy, quarter gunner, CSS Macon, 1865. [CSS Macon Rolls.]

P.U. Murphy, see Peter Umstead Murphey.

Pat Murphy, coal heaver, ironclad ram CSS Missouri, October - December, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 292.]

Patrick Murphy, served as 2nd class fireman at the Richmond station, 1862; later served aboard the
ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865; temporary duty at Drewry's
Bluff, James River, in February, 1865. [ORN 1, 11, 812 and 2, 1, 312; Confederate Navy subject file N -
Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 493.]

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

Patrick Murphy, ordinary seaman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads,
Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 310.]

Patrick Murphy, born Ireland, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, sailor; marital
status, single; enlisted at Tangipahoa, Louisiana, June 7, 1861, aged 19, as private, company A, 7th
Louisiana Infantry; wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia, and disabled, sometime between May, 1863 and
February, 1864; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Booth 2, 1103.]

Patrick Murphy, enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, August 18, 1861, as private, company A, 13th
Louisiana Infantry; detailed as pioneer, by order of General Bragg, April 20, 1863; transferred to the
Confederate States Navy by order of General Johnston, April 11, 1864 (see also, 11th Louisiana
Infantry). [Booth 2, 1104; Civil War Service Records.]

Patrick Murphy, born Ireland, pre-war occupation, laborer; marital status, single; enlisted at Amite,
Louisiana, August 6, 1861, aged 25, as private, company G, 15th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the
Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Booth 2, 1104.]

Patrick Murphy, born Galway, Ireland, about 1834; previous service in the Army of Tennessee, and
was enlisted by Naval lieutenant W. W. Carnes, on April 9, 1864, at Dalton, Georgia, for service as
ordinary seaman aboard the floating battery CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron; transferred, in July,
1864, to the CSS Macon. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists
of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 538-540 and 560.]

Peter Murphy, seaman, steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1862 - 1864.
[ORN 2, 1, 302; DANFS.]

Peter Murphy, private, Confederate States Marine Corps; captured at Fort Gaines, Alabama on August
8, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., A -
A.W. Baker - U.S.S. Minnesota, page 224.]

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

T.E. Murphy, see Thomas E. Murphey.

T. J. Murphy, served as cabin's steward 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.]

Terrence Murphy, landsman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile Bay, Alabama,
1863. [ORN 2, 1, 308.]

Terrence Murphy, served as 2nd class fireman 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.]

Thomas Murphy, First Class Fireman, CSS Sumter, 1861. [CSS Sumter Muster Roll.]

Thomas Murphy, Fireman; born Ireland (resided in England); CSS Alabama, 1864. [William Marvel.]

Thomas Murphy, enlisted at Mobile, Alabama, as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, on
August 26, 1861; served on the Marine Guard aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, James River squadron, in
1862; transferred, on January 28, 1864, to the ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North
Carolina; also on the Richmond Station, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 294, 296, 297 & 315; DANFS;
Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New
Orleans - Yorktown, pages 212 and 285.]

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

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

Thomas J. Murphy, landsman, steam gunboat CSS Yadkin, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1,
313.]

W. Murphy, originally served in the 20th Mississippi Volunteers; transferred from lieutenant general
Polk's Army at Brandon, Mississippi, to the Confederate States Navy, by special order no. 309,
Adjutant and Inspector General's office, dated at Richmond, Virginia, December 30, 1863, and ordered
to report to flag officer William F. Lynch, at Wilmington, North Carolina; sent on to report to admiral
Franklin Buchanan's command at Mobile, Alabama, by another order dated at Richmond, on January 7,
1864. [Confederate States Navy subject file N - NF - Distribution and Transfers.]

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

William Murphy, born Ireland; ordinary seaman, CSS Atlanta, 1862-1863; aged 36. [Atlanta Medical
Journal, entries dated Thursday, December 25, 1862 and Friday, January 30, 1863.]

William Murphy, indicated to have served as a Confederate marine; buried at the City Cemetery,
Galveston, Texas. [Galveston Daily News (Texas) dated Tuesday, May 31, 1887, page 1.]

William Murphy, served as landsman at the New Orleans station in 1861, and aboard the CSS General
Polk, in 1861; rated as coal heaver from November 1, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N -
Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 471;
Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New
Orleans - Yorktown, pages 58-59.]

William Murphy, served as quarter gunner on the CSS Savannah, Savannah squadron, 1862;
transferred to the CSS Georgia on December 8, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel;
NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 590.]

William Murphy, served as coxswain aboard the floating battery, CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, in
1863; rated as master at arms from July 1, 1863; deserted from the vessel on September 13, 1863.
[Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS
Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 508 and 512; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ -
Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 471.]

---- Murray, seaman, CSS Georgia, 1863. [Alabama Claims 1, 694.]

Alexander Murray, Seaman, CSS Arctic, August, 1862. [ORN 1, 23, 703.]

Charles Murray, served as seaman at the New Orleans station, and aboard the CSS General Polk, in
1861-1862; rated as master at arms from October 10, 1861; returned to the rating of seaman as of
March 15, 1862; granted leave of absence to visit New Orleans, but, by June 22, 1862, he had not
returned to the vessel, and was classed as a deserter. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel;
NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 471, 479-480, 484 and
494; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS
New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 58-59.]

E. C. Murray, served as Naval Constructor at the Naval station at Marion Court House, in 1864.
[Confederate Navy subject file A - Naval ships: Design, construction, etc. - AC - Construction; Kinston
- Nashville, page 210.]

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

George M. Murray, served in the Confederate States Navy; his widow, A.M. Murray, applied for a post
war Confederate pension from Pender County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

James Murray, Ordinary Seaman, CSS St. Nicholas, June, 1861 (see next entry, which may be the same
person). [ORN 1, 4, 555.]

James Murray, seaman, side wheeled steamer CSS Rappahannock, Potomac and Rappahannock
Rivers, Virginia, 1861 - 1862 (see previous entry, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 303;
DANFS.]

James M. Murray, enlisted, for one year, as seaman aboard the cruiser CSS Nashville, Charleston,
South Carolina, on September 28, 1861; notation also made, against the letter "R", of the date of
October 8, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of
persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1228.]

James T. Murray, served in the Confederate States Navy; his widow, Hanah Murray, applied for a post
war Confederate pension from Pender County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

John Murray, see Maurice Murray.

John Murray, ordinary seaman, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 -
1864. [ORN 2, 1, 292.]

John Murray, originally served as private, company C, 25th Battalion, Virginia Infantry; later served in
the Confederate States Marine Corps. [Civil War Service Records.]

John Murray, served as pilot aboard the CSS Lady Davis, and was involved in the capture of the prize
A.B. Thompson, on May 19, 1861; received the sum of $85.63 as his share in the capture of that vessel.
[Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XZ - Prizes, prize money, etc., Distribution of prize
money - Miscellaneous, page 2.]

John C. Murray (middle initial also shown as A.), born South Carolina; appointed, for one year, as 2nd
assistant engineer, aboard the cruiser CSS Nashville, on September 23, 1861. [Confederate Navy
subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse,
page 1228; ORN 1, 1, 752; Alabama Claims 2, (appendix 2), 133.]

John M. Murray, born Beaufort district, South Carolina, 1839; resided as mate aboard the steamer,
Seabrook, operating at Savannah, Georgia, in 1860; served as pilot, Confederate States Navy, on the
Savannah station, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 323; 1860 U.S. Census.]

John R. Murray, enlisted at Shelbyville, Kentucky, December 4, 186-, as private, 5th company Battalion
of Washington Artillery; rolls for January, 1864 to April 31, 1864, show that he was absent, transferred
to the Confederate States Navy, at Mobile, Alabama, but no official notice was received. [Booth 2,
1109.]

John Robert Murray, born 1841; attended school with George S. Waterman, who was later also a
fellow Confederate Navy officer; served as acting master's mate aboard the CSS Selma, Mobile Bay,
Alabama, 1864; killed in action, Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864; buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery, New
Orleans, Louisiana. [ORN 1, 21, 578; ORA 1, 39/1; Young Sanders; Confederate Veteran magazine,
January, 1899 issue.]

John W. Murray, ordinary seaman, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama,
1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 292.]

L. M. Murray, appointed, on September 22, 1861, as master aboard the cruiser CSS Nashville, at
Charleston, South Carolina; date of October 19, 1861, made with the letter "D" as notation.
[Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS
Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1228.]

M. C. Murray, enlisted at Mobile, Alabama, for the war, as landsman in the Confederate States Navy,
on May 9, 1864; sent aboard the receiving vessel CSS Danube; transferred to the CSS Morgan, at
Mobile, on May 13, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists
of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1196 - 1199.]

Martin Murray, 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.]

Matthew Murray (surname also shown as Murry), served as landsman at the New Orleans station,
1861, and aboard the CSS Pamlico from October 15, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N -
Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 54, 98
and 268.]

Maurice Murray (first name also incorrectly shown as John), born Ireland; shipped from the prize bark
Abigail, as private in the Marine Guard, aboard the CSS Shenandoah, June 12, 1865. [Alabama Claims,
1, 977; CSS Shenandoah Deck Log; ORN 1, 3, 783]

Michael Murray (surname also shown as Murry), served as landsman at the New Orleans station, in
1861, and as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Morgan, Mobile station, 1862; discharged 3rd quarter of
1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.;
CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1064 and 1178; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA -
Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 54 and 98.]

P. P. Murray, served as a marine aboard the CSS Lady Davis, and was involved in the capture of the
prize A.B. Thompson, on May 19, 1861; received the sum of $85.63 as his share in the capture of that
vessel. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XZ - Prizes, prize money, etc., Distribution of
prize money - Miscellaneous, page 2.]

Patrick Murray, seaman, CSS Florida; also served on the captured vessels, Clarence, Archer and
Tacony; captured, June, 1863, and sent to Fort Warren for confinement. [Fort Warren.]

Peter Murray, 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, 277, 278 & 302.]

Richard Murray, indicated to have been a Confederate marine; buried at the Episcopal Cemetery,
Galveston, Texas. [Galveston Daily News (Texas) dated Tuesday, May 31, 1887, page 1.]

Spencer Murray, born Chatham County, North Carolina; pre-war occupation, laborer; enlisted at
Chatham County, February 25, 1862, aged 23, as private, company G, 48th Regiment North Carolina
Troops; transferred to the Confederate States Navy on or about April 1, 1864. [NCT 11, 453.]

Thomas J.J. Murray, born New York; son of John and Margaret Murray; resided with his parents and
siblings, in 1860, at Richmond, Virginia; appointed from Virginia; served as messenger on the clerical
staff of Secretary Mallory, Confederate States Navy Department, Richmond, Virginia, 1864; resided as
a clergyman, in 1880, at Old Point, Elizabeth City County, Virginia. [Register1864; 1860 U.S. Census; 1880
U.S. Census.]

Thomas Murray, private, Confederate States Marine Corps; served on the Georgia and South Carolina
stations, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 317.]

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

William Murray, sailor, CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia; deserted at Mathias Point, Virginia,
and taken aboard the USS Primrose, September 4, 1863. [ORN 1, 5, 331.]

---- Murrens, resident of England; previous service in the Royal Navy, aboard HMS Cumberland;
obtained his discharge from the English Naval service, and then shipped aboard the CSS
Rappahannock, at Calais, France, about December, 1863. [Alabama Claims 2, 749.]

Terrence Murrin, born Ireland, resided at New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, brick moulder;
marital status, single; enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, July 22, 1861, aged 28, as private, company C,
10th Louisiana Infantry; deserted his Regiment at an unspecified date (probably sometime after
February, 1862, when he was last shown as present on the rolls), and joined the Confederate States
Navy. [Booth 2, 1112.]

Alex. Murry, seaman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 279.]

John Murry, originally served as private, company G, 3rd Confederate Infantry; transferred to the
Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

Peter Murry, private, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps, Richmond Station, Virginia, 1864.
[ORN 2, 1, 315.]

John Murta (surname also shown as Murte), enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, September 11, 1861,
as private, company C, 13th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, by order
of the Secretary of War, April 12, 1864; sent aboard the CSS Spray, St. Mark's, Florida, as ordinary
seaman, on June 2, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists
of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 815; Booth 2, 1113.]

Dennis Murtagh (surname also shown as McMeurtagh), born Ireland, about 1834; served as 2nd class
fireman aboard the CSS Atlanta, 1862-1863; captured aboard that vessel at Wassaw Sound, June 17,
1863; after his release he was injured by an explosion on board the steamer that was transporting him,
and died as a result of his injuries, in 1863; after his death his aunt, Hannah McMahon, who was a
nurse at the Wayside Home in Savannah and Murtagh's next of kin, made a claim, on August 14, 1863,
for any pay due him at the time of his death. [Atlanta Medical Journal, see entry dated Thursday,
December 11, 1862; ORN 1, 14, 268 & 2, 1, 275; Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN -
Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 188.]

Thomas Murther (surname also shown as Murtha), born England, about 1839; served as ordinary
seaman aboard the CSS McRae; admitted November 3, 1861, with intermittent fever, to the Charity
Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana. [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. Philip; ORN 2, 1, 290.]

George Murtle, born Virginia, 1816; resided as a mariner, in 1860, with his wife, Charlotte, and three
children, at Elizabeth City, North Carolina; served as pilot aboard the screw steamer CSS Fanny, 1861 -
1862. [ORN 2, 1, 285; 1860 U.S. Census.]

John Murtle, served as ordinary seaman 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 664.]

William H. Murwin, see William H. Merwin.

James B. Muse, born Craven County, North Carolina; pre-war occupation, mechanic; enlisted in the
Confederate States Navy, March 18, 1864, aged 36, at Bowlar County, North Carolina; served as
ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Arctic, 1863, and aboard the CSS Raleigh, North Carolina, 1864. [CSN
Shipping Articles; ORN 2, 1, 278 & 302.]

John Blount Muse, born Virginia, 1843; son of Naval officer, William T. Muse (see next entry), and his
wife, Priscilla; resided with his parents, in 1850, at Fairfax County, Virginia; served in the Confederate
States Navy; died May or June 30, 1861, at Warrenton, North Carolina; buried at the Old Warrenton
Cemetery. [John E. Ellis; obituary in the Warren County, North Carolina, Raleigh Register of July 10,
1861; 1850 U.S. Census.]

William T. Muse, born North Carolina, 1811; previous service in the United States Navy, from June 1,
1828; resided as a Naval officer, in 1850, with his wife, Priscilla, and son John Blount Muse, at Fairfax
County, Virginia; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 2, 1861; owned property
at Alexandria, which was occupied by Union forces; served in the North Carolina State Navy,1861;
appointed commander in the Confederate States Navy, June 24, 1861, and commanded the steamer
Uncle Ben in late 1861; served on the CSS Ellis, 1861; also commanded the CSS Caswell and the ironclad
sloop CSS North Carolina, Wilmington station, North Carolina, 1861 - 1864; served on the CSS Arctic, in
1863; died of typhoid fever, at Wilmington, Friday, April 8, 1864; remains escorted to the depot of the
Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, Saturday, April 9, 1864, with naval and military honors, to be sent to
Warren County for interment; his widow, Priscilla, resided at Rockymount, Nash County, North
Carolina, in 1880. [ORN 1, 6, 781 & 784; 2, 1, 275, 295 & 323; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated
May 31, 1861; Register1863; 1850 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census; Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina)
dated April 18, 1864; CSN Register; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XN- Naval stores afloat,
Accounts for expenditures, page 763.]

William T. Muse, jr., born Virginia, about 1851; son of Confederate Naval commander, William T. Muse
(see previous entry), and his wife, Priscilla; served as ordinary seaman and "powder monkey" aboard
the CSS Ellis, 1861; later aboard the CSS Caswell, 1861-1862 and CSS North Carolina, 1864; also served as
third steward aboard the blockade runner, A.D. Vance, aboard which he was captured, September 10,
1864, off the North Carolina coast, and sent to New York as a prisoner of war; resided as a book
keeper, in 1880, at the home of his mother, at Rockymount, Nash County, North Carolina; applied for a
post war Confederate pension from Nash County. [ORN 1, 6, 781; 1, 10, 453 & 2, 1, 282, 293 & 295; NC
State Archives; 1880 U.S. Census.]

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

Linus Musgrave (Register1864 shows his first name as Lewis; first name also shown as Louis), born
Louisiana; served as captain's clerk, screw steamer CSS Fanny (which operated in North Carolina
waters), 1861 - 1862; executive officer aboard the CSS Alert, 1862; transferred to Richmond in the 3rd
quarter of 1862; later served on the ironclad ram CSS Missouri, 1863 - 1864, and at Shreveport,
Louisiana, 1864; appointed master not in line of promotion, January 20, 1863; paroled at Shreveport,
June 7, 1865. [ORN 1, 27, 235 and 2, 1, 285 & 291; Booth 2, 1114; Register1864; Confederate Navy
subject file, X - Supplies, XF - Fuel and Water - Water for ships, page 1009; Confederate Navy subject
file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page
1178.]

John Musgrove, recruited as landsman 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.]

R. Mustlewhite, served as landsman aboard the CSS Arctic, 1864; sent to Battery Buchanan on
December 7, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of
persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 117.]

George Myer, 2nd class boy, ironclad ram CSS Missouri, October - December, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 292.]

Henry Myer, listed as seaman aboard the CSS Beaufort, in a muster roll of the vessel, dated March 31,
1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS
Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 108.]

Henry Myer, enlisted as a landsman in the Confederate States Navy, in 1861, and served aboard the
CSS Florida (later re-named the CSS Selma), 1861; rated as coal passer from September 18, 1861.
[Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS
Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 428.]

Fred. Augustus Myerle, born Pennsylvania, about 1830; son of Frederick and Margaret Myerle; resided
with his parents and siblings, in 1850, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; appointed paymaster's clerk at the
Confederate States Navy paymaster's office at Shreveport, Louisiana on November 4, 1863; later
served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Missouri, October - December, 1863; resided as a book keeper
(unmarried), in 1880, at Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas. [ORN 2, 1, 291; 1850 U.S. Census; 1880
U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions;
Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 778.]

A.L. Myers, born Alabama; appointed master not in line of promotion, February 27, 1863; served
aboard the CSS Selma and aboard the partial ironclad, CSS Huntsville, Mobile squadron, 1863 - 1864;
paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Tombigbee River, Alabama, May 10, 1865. [ORN 1, 19, 627 and 2, 1, 287;
Register1864; Porter's Naval History, 785.]

Daniel Myers, served as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, and aboard the side
wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, in 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 299; Confederate Navy
subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans -
Yorktown, page 275.]

Frederick Myers, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Alabama; missing in action, June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg,
France, presumed drowned. [William Marvel.]

Henry Myers, born Savannah Georgia, about 1827; son of Modecai Myers, of Marietta, Georgia;
brother of Confederate States Navy lieutenant, Julian Myers, listed below; previous service in the
United States Navy, from June 21, 1854, as paymaster; original entry into Confederate States Navy
service, March 26, 1861; commissioned paymaster, October 23, 1862, to rank from March 26, 1861;
served aboard the cruiser CSS Sumter, May, 1861 - 1862; seized at Tangier, in February, 1862, and
handed over to the US Consul, who subsequently had him sent, aboard the USS Ion (and then
transferred to the merchant vessel, Harvest Home), to the US for imprisonment at Fort Warren;
exchanged, August, 1862, vice Captain W.A. Donaldson, Second Excelsior (New York Volunteers); then
served on the floating battery, CSS Georgia, Savannah Station, 1862, and later at the Charleston
station, 1862 - 1864; attached to Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at
Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; resided in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, and later at
Jefferson County, Florida, after the war; employed at the water works in Jacksonville; married Jane E.
Green on May 2, 1867, at Marietta, Georgia; donated his copy of the original pay and muster roll of the
CSS Sumter to the Atlantic Library, Atlanta, Georgia, in 1871; died March 20, 1901 at Jacksonville,
Florida. [ORN 1, 1, 614 & 687 and 2, 1, 317; Register1863; Register1864; M1091; CSS Sumter Muster Rolls;
ORA 2, 4; Florida Confederate Pension File No.A03142; 1880 U.S. Census; New York Times dated
November 18, 1862, December 21, 1890 and March 23, 1901.]

James Myers, seaman, CSS Pickens, 1861 (see next entry). [St. Philip.]

James Myers, aged 20; seaman, CSS McRae; died December 25, 1861, after being admitted for
pleurisy, aboard the hospital vessel, CSS St. Philip, on December 21, 1861; may be the same person
listed in the previous entry. [St. Philip.]

John Myers (surname also shown as Meyers), served as 3rd class boy on the New Orleans station, and
as a crew member of the receiving vessel, St. Philip, 1861; rated as 1st class boy from July 1, 1861, and
as officer's steward from January 23, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA -
Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 97 - 100, 555, 559 and
571.]

John T. Myers, served as landsman aboard the CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile station, 1863; transferred to
the Army, as a deserter from that service, about August, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N -
Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 263.]

John W. Myers, born July 25, 1846, Knox County, Tennessee; enlisted at Charleston, South Carolina,
December, 1862, in the Confederate States Navy; pension papers state he served in the South
Carolina Marines [?]; captured at Orangeburg, South Carolina, February, 1865; imprisoned at Point
Lookout, Maryland, and discharged there on May 2, 1865; married Florida Forman in Ulster County,
New York, December 5, 1874; resided in the state of Florida since 1899; died September 26, 1913, at St.
Johns County, Florida. [Florida Confederate Pension File No. A03968.]

Joseph H. Myers, resided in, and enlisted at Washington County, North Carolina, June 24, 1861, aged
19, as private, company G, 1st Regiment North Carolina State Troops; discharged from his regiment,
February 20, 1862, on being transferred to the Confederate States Navy; served as landsman on the
CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia. [NCT 3, 218; ORN 2, 1, 310.]

Julian Myers, born Savannah, Georgia, May 5, 1825; original service in the United States Navy, from
March 2, 1839; served with honor and distinction in the United States Navy, and promoted twice for
bravery, by special act of Congress; at the start of the Civil War he resigned his commission, but was
arrested and imprisoned at Fort Warren, Boston harbor, 1861; paroled and released, January 16, 1862;
entered the Confederate States Navy, February 6, 1862, as 1st lieutenant; served on the Richmond
station, 1862; later commanded the partial ironclad, CSS Huntsville, (which operated in Mobile Bay,
Alabama), 1862 - 1864; involved in the actions at Mobile Bay in 1864; appointed 1st lieutenant,
Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; paroled at Nunna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865;
after the war he refused to be 'reconstructed' and would not take the oath of allegiance; resided as a
rug mill proprietor, in 1880, with his wife Elizabeth, at Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia; brother of
paymaster Henry Myers, listed above; died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.C. Whittaker, at
Montclair, New Jersey, on Thursday, May 21, 1899; remains moved to Savannah, Georgia, for burial.
[ORN 2, 1, 287 & 321; ORA 2, 1, 72; Register1863; JCC 4, 121; Porter's Naval History 785; 1880 U.S.
Census; New York Times dated Wednesday, May 27, 1899.]

William Myers, aged 23 (in 1863); served in the Confederate States Marine Corps, at Drewry's Bluff,
James River, Virginia, 1863; personal description shown as 5 feet, 8 ¾ inches high, blue eyes, light hair,
fair complexion; supposed to have been wounded in the left hand, while escaping from Camp Lee,
where he had been engaged as a substitute; deserted from Drewry's Bluff, about February, 1863;
reward of $30 offered for his apprehension and delivery to the Marine Camp at Drewry's Bluff (see
also, entry for William Meyer, who may be the same person). [Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia)
dated February 14, 1863 (also reported in the issue of February 21, 1863, under the incorrect surname
of Meens).]

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