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James W. Nadared, served as landsman at the New Orleans station, 1861; rated as surgeon's steward from September 13, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 34.]
John H. Nading (surname also shown as Naiding), born North Carolina, about 1843; son of Alexander and Sarah Nading; resided at Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina; pre-war occupation, painter; enlisted at Forsyth County, May 1, 1862, as private, company K, 48th Regiment North Carolina Troops; promoted sergeant sometime between November 1862 and February, 1863; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 15, 1864; served as landsman aboard the CSS Olustee, Wilmington station, 1864; resided as a painter, in 1870, at a hotel in Jackson township, Clinton county, Indiana; later returned to North Carolina, and is shown as a painter, residing with his parents at Forsyth County, in 1880. [NCT 11, 493; 1860 U.S. Census; 1870 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 849.]
Michael Nagle, 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.]
Michael Nagles, born Ireland; aged 25 (age shown elsewhere as 34) in 1863; served as private, company E, Confederate States Marine Corps, at Savannah, Georgia, 1863 - 1864; captured aboard the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863; attended, as defendant, a Naval General Court Martial at Savannah, Georgia, August, 1864, specification of charges and sentence not shown, and subsequently sent, under arrest, to Drewry's Bluff, for confinement, October 20, 1864. [Atlanta Medical Journal, see entries for Saturday, December 6, 1862, and Tuesday, April 7, 1863; ORN 1, 14, 268 and 2, 1, 315; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NO- Court Martial; Court of Inquiry - Military Commissions, page 249; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NV - Miscellaneous; Marine Corps - Miscellaneous, page 11.]
Hagbert Nansen, born Norway; nicknamed "Alabama George"; claimed to have served aboard the cruiser CSS Alabama, under Raphael Semmes; he stated that just before the battle at Cherbourg, France, he and several others of the crew were taken off the Alabama, by a tug, and took them ashore, to England, where they were paid off and discharged; his share of prize money was $1,200; lived in a little cabin behind the Jubilee saloon, at Victoria, B.C.; while sitting in a chair at the saloon, on Saturday, he was suddenly taken ill; moved to the hospital where he died on Monday; died at Victoria, British Colombia, Canada, January, 1897. [Macon Telegraph (Macon, Georgia) dated January 28, 1897, page 2.]
Barny Nary, served as landsman aboard the CSS Mobile, in 1861; rated as coal heaver on November 5, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1027.]
D.W. Nash, born Virginia; resident of Portsmouth, Virginia; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as master not in line of promotion, April 29, 1863; on special service, 1863 - 1863. [Register1864; Norfolk County Record 221.]
Fleming Nash (first name also shown as Hemmig), served in the Confederate States Marine Corps, at the Richmond station, 1863 - 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 435 and 452.]
Sylvester Nash, born England, about 1834; previous service in the Army of Tennessee, and was enlisted by Naval lieutenant W. W. Carnes, on April 8, 1864, at Dalton, Georgia, for service as landsman aboard the floating battery CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron; transferred, in July, 1864, as landsman to the CSS Macon, and later served as ship's steward aboard the vessel, 1864 - 1865. [CSS Macon Rolls; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 538-540 and 560.]
Louis Nathan, served as landsman aboard the CSS Resolute, Savannah squadron, in 1863; ordered to be paid off and discharged on July 14, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 377.]
John Naughton, served as a 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.]
John L. Naugle (middle initial also shown as R.), born South Carolina, about 1844; son of John S. Naugle; resided with his father, and brother, George, in 1860, at Sumter County, Alabama; enlisted at Camp Watts on April 20, 1863, by captain Thom, as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, and served in company A, at Mobile, Alabama, in 1863; served in the marine guard aboard the CSS Fredericksburg, James River squadron, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 314; 1860 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 461 and 1061.]
Robert Nautz, served as 1st class fireman aboard the CSS Beaufort, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 319.]
---- Naylor, Acting Gunner, CSS Georgia; resigned at Cherbourg harbor, France, October 31, 1863. [ORN 1, 2, 818.]
George W. Naylor, born Highland County, Ohio, 1843; enlisted, at Fort Morgan, Mobile, Alabama, as private in company D of the 2nd Alabama Infantry Regiment, on March 27, 1861; personal description at the time of enlistment shown as 5 feet 8 inches tall, dark complexion, dark hair, dark eyes, and, by profession, an engineer; discharged for physical disability on February 17, 1862, by order of General Withers; enlisted in the Confederate States Navy, and served as a landsman aboard the CSS Gaines, Mobile Squadron, 1863; later appointed as 3rd assistant engineer, Confederate States Navy; served on the Mobile squadron; paroled at Nunna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865; his widow, Mariah Naylor, applied for a Confederate pension from Mobile County, Alabama, March 30, 1914. [Porter's Naval History, 785; Compiled Military Service Record; CSS Gaines Medical Journal in the Confederate States Navy subject file - MM.]
Louis Neafant (name also shown as Lewis Neaphant), listed as carpenter's mate aboard the CSS Beaufort, in a muster roll of the vessel, dated March 31, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 281; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 108.]
Michael Neagle, 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.]
George Neaham (surname also shown as Needham), seaman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863; also served, as 1st class fireman, aboard the steam gunboat CSS Yadkin, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 277 & 313.]
Arthur Neal, acting master, served on the Galveston station, 1864. [ORA 1, 34.]
James Neal, served as boatswain's mate on the Richmond station in 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 464.]
Joseph Neal, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Alabama, 1862-3; born England; deserted January 21, 1863, at Kingston, Jamaica. [William Marvel.]
Robert Neal (or Neil), resident of Liverpool, England; served as ship's carpenter and carpenter's mate aboard the cruiser CSS Georgia, 1863; sent to serve on the CSS Rappahannock, May, 1864. [Alabama Claims 1, 694 and 2, 763-764; Confederate Navy Subject file, N - Personnel, NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 604.]
Coleman Nee, served as landsman aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, 1861 - 1862; made an allotment of his pay out to Barbara Nee. [ORN 2, 1, 300; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 287; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OL - Mobilization and demobilization; Norfolk - Miscellaneous, page 186.]
George Needham, see George Neaham.
John D. Neese, resident of Worth County, Missouri; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, at Mobile, Alabama, about April 8, 1864, and served as landsman; captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 6, 1865; took the amnesty oath at St. Louis, Missouri, May 26, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 664.]
C.C. Neil, landsman, Provisional Navy of the Confederate States; attached, as private, company K, 2nd Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [M1091.]
George Neil, part of a group of Confederate Navy personnel, who attempted to seize steamer, Salvador, running from Panama to the port of San Francisco; November, 1864. [ORN 1, 3, 357.]
J.Q. Neil, Seaman, Captain A.B. Noyes company of Coast Guards, enrolled at St. Marks, Florida. [Soldiers of Florida, 52.]
John Neil, Seaman, CSS Alabama; born Liverpool; wounded in action, and captured by USS Kearsarge, June 19, 1864, off Cherboug, France. [William Marvel.]
Philip Neil, 2nd class fireman and coal heaver, screw steamer CSS Torpedo, James River, Virginia, 1862 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 307.]
Robert Neil, see Robert Neal.
Albert Aldrich Nelson, born Texas (Handbook of Texas source shows birthplace as Milford, Massachusetts), May 15, 1814; son of Samuel and Cynthia (Aldrich) Nelson; employed as a sailor on New England whaling ships in the 1830's; migrated to Texas, and worked as a surveyor; married Jane Caroline Simpson, October 9, 1845; originally served in the Confederate States Army, and was wounded in the battle of Glorieta Pass, and captured; entry into Confederate States Navy, as assistant paymaster, September 30, 1862; shown as "not bonded" 1862 - 1863; served on the Richmond station, 1862 - 1863, and at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1863; resigned from Confederate States Naval service, July 14, 1863; later served as alderman and mayor of Nacogdoches, Texas; died at Nacogdoches, September 25, 1892. [Register1863; CSN Register; original data from article titled A.A. Nelson, Sailor, Surveyor, and Citizen: A Personal Profile, by James G. Dickson, jr., in the "East Texas Historical Journal, volume 3 (October 1965), held in the A.A. Nelson Papers, East Texas Collection, Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330.]
Andrew Nelson, seaman, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864; later, as coal heaver aboard the same vessel, 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.]
Fred Nelson, 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.]
Henry Nelson, served as quartermaster aboard the side-wheeled steamer CSS Jamestown, 1861 - 1862; disrated to seaman from January 1, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 289; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 947.]
Henry Nelson, private, Confederate States Marine Corps, steam sloop CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 291 & 320; DANFS.]
Horatio Nelson, served as landsman at the New Orleans station, in 1861; rated as 1st class fireman from October 24, 1861; also served at the Jackson station, in 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 892; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 69 and 73.]
John Nelson, seaman, CSS Rappahannock, May 16, 1864. [CSS Rappahannock Muster Roll.]
John Nelson, seaman, CSS Shenandoah; temporarily transferred to the Engineer's Department of the vessel, January 17, 1865. [CSS Shenandoah Deck Log.]
John Nelson, seaman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 309.]
John L. Nelson, jr., born Virginia, about 1847; son of Lawrence J. Nelson, listed below, and his wife, Mary; served as seaman, Confederate States Navy; enlisted at Portsmouth, Virginia, 1863; resided as a ship's carpenter, in 1880, with his wife, Hattie, and two daughters, at Portsmouth, Virginia; was still residing as a ship's carpenter, in 1900, with his widowed mother, Mary, at Portsmouth, Virginia. [LVA; 1880 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census.]
John L. Nelson, snr., boatswain, Confederate States Navy; enlisted at Portsmouth, Virginia, 1862 (see entry for Lawrence J. Nelson, which may in fact be the same person). [LVA.]
Lawrence J. Nelson, born Virginia (1860 U.S. Census actually shows his place of birth as Denmark); father of John L. Nelson, jr., listed above; resided as a rigger, in 1860, with his wife Mary, and five children, at Portsmouth, Virginia; appointed from civil life, from the state of Texas; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting boatswain, December 24, 1861 (Register1864 shows date of appointment as December 14, 1861), with his acceptance being dated December 26, 1861, and he was ordered to report to flag officer Lynch for duty; served on the Richmond station, 1861 - 1864; at the Naval works, Rocketts, Richmond, 1862 - 1863; noted to be a "master rigger"; resigned from Confederate States Naval service, November 20, 1863 (?) (see entry for John L. Nelson, Snr., who may, in fact, be the same person). [ORN 1, 11, 761 and 2, 1, 321; Register1862; Register1863; Register1864; Texas in the War, 1861 - 1865 57; 1860 U.S. Census; Norfolk County Record 221; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 192.]
Peter Nelson, landsman, CSS North Carolina and later aboard the CSS Tallahassee, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 294-296 and 307.]
Rambling W. Nelson (first name also shown as Reinbeam), previously served as Private, Company A, 4th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, April 26, 1861; discharged February 10, 1862; enlisted in Confederate States Navy and served aboard CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia; after the destruction of that vessel, Nelson enlisted in an unknown cavalry unit. [Georgia Rosters 1, 560; Tom Brooks; ORN 2, 1, 310.]
Samuel Nelson, seaman, served aboard the partial ironclad, CSS Huntsville, Mobile Bay, Alabama, during July - December, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 288; DANFS.]
Thomas Nelson, served as ordinary seaman aboard the ironclad CSS Fredericksburg, James River squadron, 1865; volunteered for temporary special duty, under lieutenant A. D. Wharton, on January 13, 1865. [ORN 1, 11, 795; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 944.]
Thomas Nelson, original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting boatswain, October 8, 1862; served on the steamer CSS Palmetto State, 1862 - 1863. [Register1863.]
William Nelson, served as seaman and coxswain aboard the screw steamer CSS Fanny (which operated in North Carolina waters); served 1861 - 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 285; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 330.]
William Nelson, served as seaman aboard the CSS Morgan, Mobile station, 1862; deserted about August, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1178; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 265.]
William Nelson, served as seaman aboard the Confederate States floating battery, New Orleans, about 1861; deserted at an unspecified date. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 14.]
Eugene Nemay (surname also shown as Nemy; name also shown as Eugenie Nemmi), served as seaman aboard the cruiser CSS Florida; captured at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864; received at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, November 11, 1864; released February 1, 1865. [ORN 1, 3, 256; Fort Warren; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 357.]
Edward Fenwicke Neufville, born Georgia, about 1842; son of clergyman, Edward Neufville, and his wife, Mary; resided with his parents and siblings, in 1850, at Chatham County, Georgia; appointed 2nd lieutenant, Confederate States Marine Corps; married Mary Drayton Tattnall, daughter of flag officer Josiah Tattnall, of the Confederate States Navy, at Christ Church, Savannah,Georgia, on Thursday evening, October 22, 1863; served aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah station, Georgia, 1864; resided as a fire insurance agent, in 1880, with his wife and daughter at Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. [Georgia in the War, 1861-1865, page 113; ORN 1, 15, 496; 1850 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census; Daily Morning News (Savannah, Georgia) dated Monday, October 26, 1863.]
Michael Neville, served as ordinary seaman aboard the side-wheeled steamer CSS Jamestown, 1861 - 1862; rated as quarter gunner from April 24, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 290; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 947.]
Joseph Neville, served as landsman aboard the CSS Mobile, New Orleans station, 1861-1862; rated as coal heaver on November 5, 1861, and as 1st class fireman from January 1, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1027 and 1037.]
A. J. Newberry, 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.]
Michael A. Newberry, born Alabama, 1841 (1880 U.S. Census shows state of birth as Louisiana); son of steamboat captain, Charles Newberry, and his wife, Emily; resided as an engineer, in 1860, with his parents, at Mobile, Alabama; originally served as private, company A, Alabama State Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, and appointed 3rd assistant engineer, June 10, 1863; served on the CSS Gaines, Mobile squadron, 1863 - 1864; resided as an engineer, in 1880, at New Orleans, Louisiana. [CSN Register; Register1864; Civil War Service Records; 1860 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census.]
Luke Newell, originally served as private, company B, 2nd Battalion, Alabama Light Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]
Charles Newhouse, enlisted at Yorktown, Virginia, April 9, 1862, as private, company D, 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery (Regulars); attached from the 12th Louisiana Battalion, by special order from Department Headquarters, January 19, 1864; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Booth 2, 1273.]
T. Newkirk, Landsman, assigned, from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Battery Brooke, James River, Virginia, October, 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 805.]
William Newland, served as seaman at the New Orleans station, in 1861; captured at an unknown location and date, and confined at Camp Morton, Indiana; buried at Green Lawn Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. [Information as shown in an article, titled "Confederate Dead Buried in Indiana," in the January (pages 24-29) and February (pages 76-83), 1914 issues (volume XXII) of Confederate Veteran magazine; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 60-61.]
Charles Newman, landsman, served aboard the partial ironclad, CSS Huntsville, Mobile Bay, Alabama, during July - December, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 288; DANFS.]
Luke Newman, seaman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 308.]
P.G. Newman, served as carpenter's mate aboard the steam sloop CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 290; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 87.]
Thomas B. Newman, appointed acting master's mate in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, on February 12, 1862, and ordered to report aboard the receiving ship St. Phillip for duty; also served on 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 194.]
William Newman, appointed acting 3rd assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, on February 22, 1862; served aboard the CSS Manassas, New Orleans, 1862; captured at New Orleans, April, 1862, and held as prisoner of war at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, 1862; later on the Jackson station, 1862; resigned from the Confederate States Navy on June 2, 1863. [ORN 1, 18, 318 and 2, 1, 319; ORA 2, 3; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 196.]
William Newman, served as seaman aboard the CSS McRae, New Orleans station, in 1861; deserted from the vessel on December 19, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 988.]
William Newman, coal heaver, CSS Rappahannock, May 16, 1864. [CSS Rappahannock Muster Roll.]
Charles A. Newton, original entry into Confederate States Navy, as master not in line of promotion; later, as acting master, served on the Richmond station, 1862; died August 11, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 321; Register1862; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330.]
E.D. Newton, served as carpenter's mate in the Confederate States Navy; served aboard the floating battery CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, 1863; captured in a boat from the CSS Oconee, at Ossabaw Sound, Georgia, on August 20, 1863 by the USS Madgie (one source incorrectly shows his date of capture as September 7, 1863); transferred to the USS Wamsutta on August 21, 1863, then sent to Point Lookout, Maryland, then to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received September 23, 1864; exchanged October 1, 1864; released and sent to Richmond from City Point, Virginia, October 18, 1864, after being exchanged. [ORN 1, 14, 715; Fort Warren; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 20, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., A - A.W. Baker - U.S.S. Minnesota, page 488; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 648.]
George Newton, born Scotland, 1817; resided as a sailmaker, in 1860, at Mobile, Alabama; appointed sailmaker, Confederate States Navy, July 29, 1863; served on the Mobile squadron, 1863 - 1865; surrendered May 4, 1865; paroled at Nunna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865; resided as a sailmaker, in 1870, with his wife, Ellen, and two children, at Mobile. [CSN Register; Register1864; Porter's Naval History 785; 1860 U.S. Census; 1870 U.S. Census.]
George R. Newton, originally served as ship's steward aboard the CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, in 1862; made a report, in June, 1862, against gunner Flinn, of the same vessel, for falsehood; Flinn had sent Newton to the office of flag officer Randolph, at Mobile, falsely declaring that Randolph had wished to see Newton; Newton served later as surgeon's steward aboard the same vessel, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 292; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XO - Clothing and Food, Clothing and Provisions (January - June, 1862), pages 723 and 863; Confederate Navy subject file P - Bases, Naval (including Navy Yards and Stations; PB - Administration of stations; Columbia - Pensacola, page 791.]
H.D. Newton, originally served as private, company A, 1st (Charleston) Battalion, South Carolina Infantry; discharged as hospital steward; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]
J.H. Newton, served in the Confederate States Navy; his widow, Mrs. J.H. Newton, applied for a post war Confederate pension from Brunswick County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]
James Newton, served aboard the Confederate States floating battery, New Orleans, about 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 11.]
James M. Newton, served as seaman aboard the wooden sidewheeled steamer CSS Caswell, Wilmington Station, North Carolina, 1862, and as seaman and quarter gunner aboard the CSS Arctic, Wilmington Station, 1862. [ORN 1, 23, 703 and 2, 1, 276 & 282.]
S.T. Newton, served in the Confederate States Navy; his widow, Martha A. Newton, applied for a post war Confederate pension from Pender County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]
Virginius Newton, born Virginia (one source shows state of birth as North Carolina), October, 1844; son of Cincinnatus and Martha Newton; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as midshipman, 4th class, September 30, 1861, and ordered to report to flag officer Forrest, at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, for duty; served aboard the CSS Beaufort; 1861 - 1862; vessel operated in North Carolina and Virginia waters; participated in the engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 8 - 9, 1862; later aboard the steamer CSS Gaines, 1862 - 1863; by order of lieutenant commanding William P.A. Campbell, dated at Charleston, South Carolina, June 8, 1863, he was ordered to proceed to Wilmington, North Carolina, and there board the blockade runner Sirius, for Nassau, at which place he arrived on June 20, 1863; service abroad, 1863 - 1864, and on the cruiser CSS Rappahannock, 1864; resided as a lawyer, in 1870, at the home of his parents, in Norfolk, Virginia; resided as a banker, in 1900, at Richmond, Virginia; shown, in 1900, as a widower. [ORN 1, 7, 49 & 2, 1, 281; Register1863; Register1864; CSS Rappahannock Muster Roll; 1870 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; Confederate States Navy subject file N - NF - Distribution and Transfers; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 237; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 198.]
B. Nicholas, Seaman, CSS Alert, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 275.]
Bernard Nicholas, seaman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 308.]
John Nicholas, 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, pages 270 - 271.]
John Nicholas, born Louisville, Kentucky, about 1824; previous service in the Army of Tennessee, and was enlisted by Naval lieutenant W. W. Carnes, on April 8, 1864, at Dalton, Georgia, for service as seaman aboard the floating battery CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron; transferred, in July, 1864, to the CSS Savannah. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 538-540 and 560.]
S. Nicholas, Seaman, CSS Alert, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 275.]
Sidney S. Nicholas (first name also shown as Sydney), born Virginia (one source shows state of birth as South Carolina), about 1835; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as master not in line of promotion, April 16, 1862; served on the Richmond station, 1862 - 1864; appointed assistant paymaster, March 25, 1863; on special service, 1864; appointed assistant paymaster, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864; resided as a dry goods merchant, in 1870, with his wife, Celena, and child, at New York City. [LVA; ORN 2, 1, 321; Register1863; Register1864; JCC 4, 122; 1870 U.S. Census.]
R.J. Nicholls, private, Confederate States Marine Corps; stationed aboard CSS Savannah, Georgia; transferred to Richmond, Virginia, no dates shown. [ORN 2, 1, 316.]
Charles E. Nichols, previously served as Private, Company G, First Regiment Georgia Regulars, March, 1861; transferred to Confederate States Navy July 2, 1864; captured aboard steamer Don, March 13, 1864; released April 25, 1864. [Georgia Rosters, 1, 346.]
David Nichols, originally served as private, company A, Alabama State Artillery; transferred to the "Volunteer Navy" at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]
David Nichols, may have been employed by the firm of Stockard, Rupert & Company, Mobile, Alabama, prior to his appointment; appointed acting master (without pay), Confederate States Navy, August 5, 1863, by order of President Jefferson Davis; commanded the cutter Teazer; commanded expedition to capture US Army steamer Leviathan, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, September 21, 1863; captured, aboard the Leviathan, off the Mississippi Passes, September 22, 1863, by the USS De Soto. [ORN 1, 17, 557 and 1, 20, 598; ORA 2, 6.]
Edward Nichols, 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.]
F. Nichols, ordinary seaman, ironclad ram CSS Chicora (which operated in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina), July, 1863 - September, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 284; DANFS.]
Henry Nichols, see Henry Nickels.
J. Nichols, died April 28, 1865; buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. [Tom Brooks.]
J.C. Nichols, Coxswain, CSS Georgia, July, 1863. [ORN 1, 14, 715.]
Jerome Nichols, seaman, side-wheeled gunboat CSS Selma, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 306.]
L. C. Nichols, seaman aboard the CSS Oconee; captured, near Savannah, Georgia, in a boat from that vessel, by the USS Madgie, August 20, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 616.]
Reuben Nichols, 3rd class boy, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 300.]
Samuel Nichols, served as seaman aboard the CSS Jackson, New Orleans station, 1861; rated as quartermaster from October 1, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 884.]
Thomas Nichols, Landsman, CSS Albemarle, May, 1864; Halifax Station, 1864; highly praised by commander James W. Cooke, CSS Albemarle, for his actions in the engagement of May 5, 1864. [ORN 1, 9, 770 and 2, 1, 274; see also article on CSS Albemarle, page 2, Richmond, Virginia, Sentinel, Monday, May 23, 1864.]
Thomas Nichols, second class fireman, CSS Rappahannock, May 16, 1864. [CSS Rappahannock Muster Roll.]
William Nichols, seaman, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 292.]
J.D. Nicholson, midshipman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 300.]
J. P. Nicholson, originally served as a private in company H, 9th Kentucky Volunteers; transferred to the Confederate States Navy by Special Order No. 108, issued by the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, under date of May 5, 1863; instructed to report to admiral Buchanan at Mobile. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NR - Recruiting and Enlistments, shipping articles; Miscellaneous, page 335.]
John C. Nicholson, born Norway, 1833; resident of Mobile, Alabama, in 1860; carpenter's mate, served aboard the partial ironclad, CSS Huntsville, Mobile Bay, Alabama, during July - December, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 288; 1860 U.S. Census.]
Richard J. Nicholson (surname also shown as Nickolson and Nickelson), enlisted on April 10, 1863, as private, company E, Confederate States Marine Corps, and received a bounty of $50; served aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah Squadron, Georgia, 1862 - 1863; captured at an unknown date, and confined at Point Lookout, Maryland; died of pneumonia at Point Lookout, on February 8, 1865, and buried at the Point Lookout cemetery. [ORN 2, 1, 305; Point Lookout; Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MV - Miscellaneous; Marine Corps - Miscellaneous, page 31; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 677.]
N. Nickell, seaman, CSS Gen. Polk, died November 18, 1861, aboard the hospital ship CSS St. Philip, after being admitted, October 30, 1861, for inflammation of the brain. [St. Philip.]
Henry Nickels (surname also shown as Nichols), born specifically at no. 1, Cressent Place, Albany Road, St. Georges, Camberwell, Surrey, England, November 30, 1843; resided, before enlistment, at Natchez, Mississippi, and was, by occupation, a house painter; enlisted at Natchez, August 15, 1861, as private, company E (captain A. Davis' company), 4th Battalion Louisiana Infantry; personal description at enlistment shown as 5 feet 8 inches tall, dark complexion, brown hair and brown eyes; one source notes that he transferred to the Confederate States Marine Corps, December 15, 1862, however, the ORN and his disapproved application for a United States government pension (from England) sources actually show him as an ordinary seaman on the CSS Atlanta, when that vessel was captured at Wassaw Sound, Georgia, June 17, 1863; subsequently, after his release, served as a nurse in a hospital at Augusta, Georgia, and then transferred to company E, 48th North Carolina Volunteers; taken prisoner at Atlanta, Georgia, and released at Louisville, Kentucky, in November, 1864, after taking the oath of allegiance to the United States; married Henrietta Pasmore on August 5, 1865, at St. Matthew's Church, Bethnal Green, London, England; seven children were a result of this marriage; after his final discharge, he noted his places of residence, since then, as being at Holberton, Devon, England, in 1865, then St. Peters, Hackney Road, London, in 1869, then again at Holberton, and then at Forest Gate, London, in 1891; was a rent collector in 1904; applied for a United States government pension, in 1904, but was not entitled to it, as his service was for the Confederacy; at this stage, he was a resident of 25 Knighton Road, Forest Gate, London, England and his disabilities noted as fits and defective eyesight; also indicated that he had a scar on his wrist, as a result of a fall on the gun deck of the vessel he had served on. [Booth 2, 1283; ORN 1, 14, 268; Atlanta Medical Journal, entry dated Friday, December 19, 1862; United States Navy Survivor's Pension (Disapprove) file #50851, at www.fold3.com.]
A. J. Nickerson, enlisted, for one year, as fireman aboard the cruiser CSS Nashville, Charleston, South Carolina, on September 23, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1227.]
L. C. Nickols, landsman, 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.]
Luke Nieman, served as seaman aboard the CSS Tuscaloosa, MobileRiver, 1863; admiral Franklin Buchanan ordered, on November 3, 1863, that Nieman be discharged, and turned over to the civil authorities. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 934.]
H. Woodis Niemeyer (surname also shown as Neimeyer), resident of Portsmouth, Virginia; appointed captain's clerk in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, on November 1, 1861, and served aboard the Confederate States floating battery New Orleans, off Columbus, Kentucky; later served at the Jackson station, 1862; killed at Island No. 10. [ORN 2, 1, 319; Norfolk County Record 202; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 7; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 780.]
N.C. Nimon, private, company B, Confederate States Marine Corps; Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 314.]
C. E. Nims, served as landsman 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.]
Joseph Nitsch, served as seaman aboard the CSS Maurepas, New Orleans station, in 1862; listed his next of kin as Susan Nitsch. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1005.]
John W. Nixon, born Louisiana, about 1822; previous service, as purser, in the United States Navy, from December 24, 1857; resided as a United States Naval officer, in 1860, with his wife, Catherine, and son, John, at Washington, D.C.; original entry into Confederate States Navy, April 15, 1861; commissioned paymaster, October 23, 1862, to rank from March 26, 1861; served on the New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; also attached to the Jackson station, Mississippi, 1862 - 1863; served on the Naval works, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864; resided as a clerk, in 1870, with his wife and seven children, at Richmond County, Georgia. [ORN 1, 18, 839 and 2, 1, 318 & 320; Register1863; Register1864; 1860 U.S. Census; 1870 U.S. Census.]
P. H. Nixon (surname also shown as Nixson), served as seaman aboard the CSS Arctic, in 1863, and later aboard the CSS Neuse, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 276; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1232.]
Thomas Nixon, seaman and gunner's mate, CSS Arctic, August, 1862. [ORN 1, 23, 703.]
Thomas Nixon, served aboard the Confederate States floating battery, New Orleans, about 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 11.]
Thomas W. Nixon, born in, and resided at Beaufort County, North Carolina; pre-war occupation, sailor; enlisted at Beaufort County, November 7, 1861, aged 35, as private, company C, 3rd Regiment North Carolina Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, May 8, 1862. [NCT 1, 402.]
William Nixon, appointed first officer aboard the Confederate States gunboat Colonel Lovell, of the Mississippi River Defense fleet, March 16, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 264.]
Amos D. Noah, born North Carolina, about 1824; resided as a farmer, in 1860, with his wife and three children, at Alamance County, North Carolina; served as landsman aboard the CSS Albemarle, and Halifax Station, 1864; resided as a farmer, in 1880, with his wife, Barbara, and children, at Patterson, Alamance County, North Carolina. [ORN 2, 1, 274; 1860 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census.]
J.S. Noble (middle initial also shown as A.), served as landsman and seaman aboard the CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863-1864; sent to Battery Buchanan on December 13, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 279; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 117.]
Josiah Noble, served as landsman aboard the CSS Juno, and was involved in the capture of the 1st launch of the USS Wabash, off Charleston, on the night of August 6, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XZ - Prizes, prize money, etc., Distribution of Prize Money - Miscellaneous, page 20.]
John A. Nobles, resided in, and enlisted at Pasquotank County, North Carolina, July 23, 1861, aged 23, as private, company A, 8th Regiment North Carolina State Troops; captured at Roanoke Island, February 8, 1862; exchanged August, 1862; promoted corporal, March 21, 1863, and promoted sergeant, December 22, 1863; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 5, 1864 (a Naval document shows Nobles as being shipped, by 2nd lieutenant F. M. Roby, as seaman, in the Confederate States Navy, on April 1, 1864, and sent for duty aboard the CSS Albemarle, at Plymouth Sound, North Carolina). [NCT 4, 529; ORN 2, 1, 274; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 37-38.]
William Noburry, quarter gunner, CSS Charleston (ironclad steam sloop, which operated out of Charleston, South Carolina); shown on a muster roll of the vessel, dated October 31, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 282; DANFS.]
George William Noel, born Fluvanna County, Virginia, June, 1846; son of George and Mary Noel; resided, in 1850, with his parents, and siblings, at Nelson County, Virginia; served as private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, and at the Richmond station in 1864; married Mary E. Saunders, about 1875; resided as a farmer, in 1900, with his wife and son at Rockfish district, Nelson County, Virginia; died June, 1914; buried Bonnell Tinnell family cemetery, Schuyler, Virginia. [Confederate Burials, 69; 1850 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 472.]
James Nolan, appointed acting 3rd assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, New Orleans, October 23, 1861; originally served on the CSS Manassas, 1862; transferred to the CSS Louisiana, Mississippi River, 1862; given permission by his immediate commander, John K. Mitchell, to abandon the vessel and to try and escape capture, in which attempt he was successful; served on the Jackson station, 1862. [ORN 1, 18, 299 and 2, 1, 318; CSN Register; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 200.]
John Nolan, born Ireland, 1842; resided as a porter, at a hotel in Fernandina, Nassau County, Florida, in 1860; enlisted July 8, 1861, at Fernandina, in Company K, Second Florida Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, February 23, 1863. [Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 237; 1860 U.S. Census.]
Mary Nolan, enlisted, for one year, as stewardess aboard the cruiser CSS Nashville, Charleston, South Carolina, on October 26, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1229.]
Patrick Nolan, served as landsman aboard the steam sloop CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861; later rated as coal heaver, and subsequently as 2nd class fireman from November 20, 1861; also served at the Jackson station, 1862; named his next of kin as Thomas Nolan. [ORN 2, 1, 291; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 894 and 986.]
Thomas Nolan (surname also shown as Noland), born Ireland; first class fireman; aged 30; captured aboard the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863. [Atlanta Medical Journal, see entry dated Wednesday, December 17, 1862; ORN 2, 1, 275.]
Thomas Noland, listed as a seaman on General Ripley's despatch boat (may in fact have been an enlisted soldier in the Confederate Army); 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; 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.]
Thomas Noland, served as seaman aboard the CSS Savannah, Savannah squadron, 1861; deserted about August, 1861, but was apprehended by policeman Bernard Duffy, and returned to the vessel on August 8, 1861, and for which Duffy received a reward of $5. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 267.]
W.B. Nolly, served as a private in company F, 4th North Carolina 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.]
George Nonany, recruited as a landsman in the Confederate States Navy, at the Naval rendezvous, Richmond, Virginia, August 1, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 444.]
Patrick Noon, born Ireland, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, laborer; marital status, married; enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, July 22, 1861, aged 28, in company C, 10th Louisiana Infantry; transferred, as coal heaver, to the ironclad ram Merrimac (CSS Virginia), at Hampton Roads, Virginia, January 3, 1862; source also indicates that he transferred to the Confederate States Navy, February, 1862. [Booth 2, 1293; ORN 2, 1, 310.]
Michael Noonan, coxswain, ironclad ram CSS Chicora (which operated in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina), July, 1863 - September, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 284; DANFS.]
William Noonan, 1st sergeant, company E, Confederate States Marine Corps, Savannah, Georgia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 315.]
Augustin Nopes, shown as a Private aboard Gunboat J.A. Cotton; listed as a deserter, December 9, 1862. [Information supplied by Arthur Bergeron, Louisiana.]
John Nopes, shown as a Private aboard Gunboat J.A. Cotton; listed as a deserter, December 9, 1862. [Information supplied by Arthur Bergeron, Louisiana.]
Octave Nopes, shown as a Private aboard Gunboat J.A. Cotton; listed as a deserter, December 9, 1862. [Information supplied by Arthur Bergeron, Louisiana.]
James Noran, served as seaman aboard the CSS Selma, 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 464.]
William Norber, served as captain of after guard aboard the CSS Oconee, 1863; rated as gunner's mate from May 13, 1863; rating reduced to seaman on May 17, 1863, and transferred, on May 18, 1863, to the CSS Atlanta; later, as quarter gunner, captured aboard the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863; muster roll of the CSS Charleston, dated October 31, 1863, indicates that he also served aboard that vessel (surname shown as Noburry); he is also shown as seaman on the CSS Isondiga, in 1863. [ORN 1, 14, 268 & 2, 1, 282; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 529-530; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 602, 605 and 608.]
William Nordstrom, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Alabama, 1863; deserted August 1, 1863, at Saldanha Bay. [William Marvel.]
George W. Nore, private, company A, Confederate States Marine Corps, December, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 314.]
Abram Norhoek, possibly a native of Holland; Ship's Corporal, CSS Alabama; shipped from the United States whaler, Benjamin Tucker, September 15, 1862; missing in action, June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France, presumed drowned. [William Marvel; ORN 1, 1, 790.]
George W. Norman, previously served as Private, Company E, First Regiment Georgia Regulars, March, 1861; transferred to Confederate States Navy, Special Order #52, District of Florida, May 3, 1864. [Georgia Rosters, 1, 338.]
H.H. Norman, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863; died April 1, 1865; buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 279; Tom Brooks.]
Henry Norman, born about 1836; left London, England on January 21, 1864, for Brest, France, where he was shipped for service aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, as seaman, on January 24, 1864; deserted from the cruiser in early or mid-1864, but had obviously returned to the vessel, as subsequent details show; physical description of Norman at the time he deserted was shown as 5 feet 6 inches tall, fair skin, blue eyes, light hair, and had a light moustache; dressed in blue sailor's clothing at the time he deserted; rated as coxswain on the cruiser from March 1, 1864, and later as captain of main top; captured at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864; ironed to a stanchion with his hands behind him, aboard the USS Wachusett, for having the key of a pair of the CSS Florida's irons in his pocket; sent to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, for confinement; released February 1, 1865. [ORN 1, 3, 256 & 637; Fort Warren; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 353, 376 and 390.]
J.S. Norman, seaman, CSS Sea Bird, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 306.]
William Norman, private, Confederate States Marine Corps; stationed aboard CSS Savannah, Georgia; transferred to Richmond, Virginia, no dates shown. [ORN 2, 1, 316.]
Hansford D. Norrell, born Georgia, 1837; shown as a book seller, residing in 1860, at Augusta, Georgia; enlisted in the Naval service; resided as a farmer, in 1880, with his wife, Margaret, and two children (eldest child born Virginia, 1859; second child born Massachusetts, 1864) at District 119, Richmond County, Georgia; his widow, Margaret G. Norrell later filed for a post war Confederate pension from Richmond County, Georgia. [GA Pension Index 718; 1860 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census.]
George W. Norris, served on the Ladies' gunboat (ironclad ram CSS Georgia), at Savannah, Georgia, and in Guerard's Battery Light Artillery; his widow, Mary Norris filed for a post war Confederate pension from Fulton County, Georgia. [GA Pension Index 718; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 648.]
Hardee Norris (first name also shown as Hardy), born Warren County, Georgia, February 9, 1845; served on the Ladies' gunboat (ironclad ram CSS Georgia), at Savannah, Georgia, for 14 months; transferred to Guerard's (or Girardey's) Battery, Georgia Light Artillery, 1863, then to company B, 48th Georgia, September 25, 1864; surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865; resided as a farm laborer, in 1880, with his wife, Ollie, and four children (eldest child born 1871) at Factory, Warren County, Georgia; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Warren County, Georgia; his widow, Olivia Norris also later filed for a pension from the same county. [GA Pension Index 718 & 719; Georgia Rosters 5, 118; 1880 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 648.]
J. F. Norris, see Thomas F. Norris.
James R. Norris, born Georgia; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting midshipman, October 16, 1861; served on the Savannah station, 1861 - 1862; later on the side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1862 - 1863; served aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 766 and 2, 1, 292 & 322; Register1863; Register1864.]
John Norris, landsman, CSS Macon, 1865. [CSS Macon Rolls.]
Luke Norris, landsman, served aboard the partial ironclad, CSS Huntsville, Mobile Bay, Alabama, during July - December, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 288; DANFS.]
Thomas F. Norris, served as landsman and ship's cook aboard the 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, as landsman, was granted a fourteen day furlough from July 6, 1863; also shown as having served on the Charleston station at an unspecified date; transferred to Battery Buchanan, North Carolina on December 30, 1864; later captured as a member of Tucker's Naval Battalion, in Virginia, April, 1865, and sent, as prisoner of war, to Point Lookout, Maryland; died of chronic diarrhoea, on May 12, 1865, and buried at Point Lookout. [ORN 1, 14, 715 & 2, 1, 287; Point Lookout; Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 196; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 118, 235, 514 and 520.]
William H. Norris, master at arms, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 310.]
James Heyward North, born South Carolina, 1815; appointed from South Carolina; previous service in the United States Navy, from May 29, 1829; entered the Confederate States Navy March 26, 1861, as lieutenant; appointed commander for the war, May 6, 1862; served at New Brunswick, Canada, 1863, and also as purchasing agent, for the Confederate States, in Europe; died at his home near Warrenton, Virginia, about August, 1893. [ORN 1, 1, 660; ORA 4, 2; Register1863; SHC-UNC; New York Times dated Wednesday, August 28, 1893.]
Theodore M. Northington, born Georgia, January, 1846; son of Jesse A. and Eliza P. Northington; resided, in 1850, with his parents at Washington County, Georgia; served as 1st musician in company E, Confederate States Marine Corps, at Savannah, Georgia, 1864; attached, as sergeant, to Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; married in 1868; post war occupation as a day laborer; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Bibb County, Georgia; died at Bibb County, February 15, 1922; his widow, Mary E. Northington, also later filed from the same county. [GA Pension Index 719; ORN 2, 1, 315; M1091; 1850 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; 1910 U.S. Census; Georgia Deaths, 1919 - 1998, at the Ancestry.com web site.]
John DeB. Northrop, born Arkansas; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as midshipman, April 27, 1863; served aboard the CSS Virginia, James River squadron 1864; also served aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, and was honourably discharged about February, 1864; injured his right hip, in a fall, in 1915; applied for the Confederate pension from Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, which was approved at the rate of $100 on August 15, 1917; two of the witnesses who attested to his Confederate Navy service, in his application form, were listed as W.B. Haldeman and J.G. Minnigerode, both of whom had also served in the Confederate Navy. [ORN 1, 10, 671; Register1864; Arkansas Confederate Pension application file of John B. Northrop, from Sebastian County, Arkansas.]
Darling N. Norton, born North Carolina, 1844; son of Eli and Rachel Norton; resided as a farm hand, in 1860, with his parents, at Richmond, County, North Carolina; served as landsman aboard the ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia and CSS Savannah, at Savannah, Georgia, about 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 to the CSS Columbia, Charleston station, in 1864, then to the Richmond station on January 22, 1865; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Scotland County, North Carolina; occupation, in 1910, shown as a sweeper at a cotton mill in Stewartsville precinct, Scotland County; still living at Scotland County, in 1930. [NC State Archives; ORN 2, 1, 287 & 305; 1850 U.S. Census; 1860 U.S. Census; 1910 U.S. Census; 1930 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy Subject file, N - Personnel, NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 270-271, 608 and 762.]
Godfrey Norton, born North Carolina, 1832; son of Reuben and Elizabeth Norton; resided as a laborer, in 1850, at Laurel Hill, Richmond County, North Carolina; resided as a waggoner, in 1860, with his wife, Mary, at Williamson, Richmond County, North Carolina; served as landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 279; 1850 U.S. Census; 1860 U.S. Census.]
James Norton, enlisted as 2nd class boy in the Confederate States Navy, in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 420-422.]
John Norton, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 278.]
John Norton, originally served as private, company I, 14th Virginia Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]
Patrick Norton, served as 1st class boy aboard Launch No. 4, and aboard the CSS Mobile, New Orleans, in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1033; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 51.]
Patrick Norton, Landsman, CSS Arkansas, wounded in action, Yazoo River, July 15, 1862. [ORN 1, 19, 69]
W. Norton, ordinary seaman; admitted to hospital ship, CSS St. Philip, December 5, 1861, for toncillitus. [St. Philip.]
William Norton, private, Confederate States Marine Corps, steam sloop CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 291 & 320; DANFS.]
W.E. Norvell, see William A. Norville.
Edward J. Norville, born Baltimore, Maryland, 1833; resident of New Orleans, Louisiana; indicated to have been a branch pilot at Mobile Bay; noted to be a master in the Confederate States Navy; captured aboard the blockade runner Lealtad, off Mobile, Alabama, March 11, 1864, by the USS San Jacinto; sent to Key West; had also been captured aboard the schooner Ripple, and released; involved in a plot to seize the Panama to San Francisco steamer, in October, 1864; his widow, Elizabeth Norville, shown to be residing at Mobile, Alabama, in 1892. [ORN 1, 3, 302 and 1, 17, 665 & 675; Mobile, Alabama City Directories, 1890 - 1892 at the Ancestry.com web site; 1860 U.S. Census.]
William Norville (surname also shown as Norval), born Maryland, 1831; resided as a lower bar pilot, in 1860, with his wife, Anna, and four children, at Baldwin County, Alabama; indicated to have been a pilot in the Confederate States Navy; served on several blockade runners, and also aboard the schooner John Scott; captured 60 miles from Mobile, Alabama, January 7, 1864, and sent to New Orleans; later imprisoned at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor; released February 3, 1865, on taking the Oath of Allegiance; residence shown as Baldwin County, Alabama; may have also served in a Tennessee regiment. [ADAH; ORN 1, 21, 15; 1860 U.S. Census.]
William A. Norville (surname also shown as Norvell and Nowell), enlisted in Wake County, North Carolina, October 10, 1862, as private, company I, 50th Regiment North Carolina Troops; deserted on an unspecified date, but returned to his regiment, February 13, 1864; a post-war pension application by his widow, Mary Ann Norville, from Rutherford County, North Carolina, indicates that he had transferred to a Confederate gunboat, and that he was wounded at Fort Fisher, December 5, 1864, and died December 12, 1864; a muster roll for the CSS Arctic shows that W.E. Norvell served aboard that vessel as landsman, 1863; also served aboard the CSS Raleigh, North Carolina. [NCT 12, 243; ORN 2, 1, 278 & 302; NC State Archives.]
Solomon S. Norwood, 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.]
James Nowell, ordinary seaman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 300.]
William E. Nowell, see William E. Norvell.
George Nowery, 2nd class fireman, ironclad ram CSS Palmetto State, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1863 - 1864 (see next entry, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 298.]
George Nowrey, seaman, Confederate States Navy; captured at New Bern, North Carolina, February 2, 1864; sent to Point Lookout, Maryland, then to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received September 23, 1864; exchanged October 1, 1864; released and sent to Richmond from City Point, Virginia, October 18, 1864, after being exchanged (see previous entry, which may be the same person). [Fort Warren; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 20, 1864.]
John Nox, served as landsman aboard the ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1863; transferred to the Army as a deserter about August, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 308; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 269.]
A.B. Noyes, born New York; citizen of, and appointed from, Florida; appointed master not in line of promotion, in the Confederate States Navy, November 28, 1862 (one source shows year as 1861); stationed at St. Marks, Florida, 1862 - 1863; later records show him as a major in charge of commissary, Confederate States Army. [Register1863; ORA; Florida Confederate Card File.]
Lucius T. Noyes (first name also shown as Lucien; middle initial also shown as J.), born Connecticut, September, 1845; son of Oliver J. and Hannah C. Noyes; resided with his parents, in 1860, at New Orleans, Louisiana; appointed acting master's mate, Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, on February 18, 1862, and ordered to report aboard the receiving vessel St. Phillip, for temporary duty; served on the Jackson station, 1862; served in the Confederate Navy until after the fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863; post war appointments as Grand Commander of the Knights Templar of Texas and Eminent Commander of Ruthven Commandery; married about 1874; resided, as a hardware merchant, with his wife, Rosa, and son, in 1900, at Houston, Texas; died at Houston, Sunday, October 27, 1907. [ORN 2, 1, 319; 1860 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; New York Times dated Tuesday, October 29, 1907; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 202.]
Michael Nuckly, 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.]
James Nugent, served as a private in company F of the Confederate States Marine Corps, at Mobile, Alabama, in 1864; later in the marine guard aboard the CSS Olustee, Wilmington station, 1864, and in company B of the Corps at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 314; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1082; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 850.]
John D. Nuse, ordinary seaman, Confederate States Navy; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, and exchanged. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 553.]
Robert Nuthall (surname also shown as Nuttall), born Salford, Lancashire, England, 1827; appointed from Liverpool, England, by lieutenant William P.A. Campbell, as 1st assistant engineer, CSS Rappahannock, March 31, 1864; resided as an engineer, in 1881, with his wife, Susanna, and other family members, at 13, Park Street, Charlton, Kent, England. [Alabama Claims Correspondence 3, 367; 1881 British Census.]
Joseph Nutter, appointed acting master's mate in the Confederate States Navy at New Orleans on January 24, 1862, and ordered to report aboard the gunboat Mason for duty; served at the Jackson station, 1862, and aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Pontchartrain, Arkansas waters, 1862 - 1863; captured at Arkansas Post, January 12, 1863. [ORN 1, 24, 117 and 2, 1, 299 & 319; Register1864; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 204.]
Jessie Nye, 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.]