NC Civil War Sailors Project

Benjamin F. Roach, after being found, in a delirious and helpless condition, on a bench near the east fountain of Capitol Square, at Richmond, Virginia, in October, 1863, Roach was moved to a room at Bradford's Hotel, where he died on Sunday, October 11, 1863; in his pocket was found orders from lieutenant S.W. Corbin, of the Confederate States Navy, based on the Rappahannock River, which would seem to indicate that Roach may also have been in the Confederate States Navy. [Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated Tuesday, October 13, 1863.]

David Roach, Fireman, CSS Alabama; born England; deserted January 21, 1863, at Kingston, Jamaica. [William Marvel.]

Henry Roach, seaman, screw steamer CSS Torpedo, James River, Virginia, 1862 - 1864 (see next entry, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 307.]

Henry Roach, seaman, ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865 (see previous entry, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 312.]

J. Roach, served as landsman aboard the CSS Olustee, Wilmington station, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 849.]

James Roach, seaman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 310.]

James Roach, aged 14 (in June, 1864); indicted in the Hustings Court, Richmond, Virginia, before judge William H. Lyons, on Wednesday, June 1, 1864, for stealing a cloth cloak from Mrs. T.V. Moore; with the consent of his parents, he was apprenticed to the Confederate States Navy. [Daily Richmond Examiner (Virginia) dated June 2, 1864.]

John Roach, private, Confederate States Marine Corps, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 293.]

Nicholas Roach, coal heaver, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 308.]

Robert Roach, landsman, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 292.]

Thomas Roach, landsman, served aboard the partial ironclad, CSS Huntsville, Mobile Bay, Alabama, during July - December, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 288; DANFS.]

W. Roach, see William Roche.

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

Philip L. Robb, born Virginia, 1840; son of Confederate States Navy commander, Robert G. (listed below) and Fanny B. Robb; pre war service as clerk at the Postsmouth, Virginia, Navy Yard; served as acting master's mate on the Richmond station, 1861 - 1864; appointed acting master on January 23, 1863, and ordered to report to commander George Minor at the Bureau of Ordnance for assignment to duty; resided as a farmer, in 1880, with his wife, Hellen S. Robb, and five children (eldest child born 1867) at Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia; son of commander Robert G. Robb, listed below. [ORN 2, 1, 321; 1860 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 317.]

Robert G. Robb, born Port Royal, Virginia, 1804; previous service in the United States Navy, from September 6, 1821; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 18, 1861; appointed commander, Confederate States Navy, June 10, 1861; served on the Richmond station throughout the war; commanded Confederate States Navy Yard, Rocketts, Virginia, 1864; resided in 1880, with his wife, Fannie B. Robb, at the residence of his son and daughter in law, and their family, at Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia; father of acting master's mate, Philip L. Robb, listed above; died on Saturday, January, 1881, aged 77, at Caroline County, Virginia. [ORN 1, 7, 790; 1, 11, 780 & 783 and 2, 1, 321; Register1863; 1880 U.S. Census; additional birth data from De Bow's Review, volume 1, no. 6, dated June, 1859; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861; Galveston Daily News (Houston, Texas) dated January 7, 1881.]

W.A. Robbins, appointed acting master in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, on October 25, 1861, and ordered to report to lieutenant Beverly Kennon, at the Ordnance Department, for duty; in charge of the Naval laboratory, New Orleans station, 1861; stated to be "an active, energetic officer, and well calculated to conduct the laboratory on an economical scale"; later on the Jackson station, 1862; attached, as superintendent, to the Confederate States Naval Laboratory at Atlanta, Georgia, 1862 - 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 318 & 777; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XS - Naval Supplies Ashore, Atlanta - Charleston (June, 1863), pages 7 and 22; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 319.]

William Robbins, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Arctic, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 276.]

William Robbins, served as coal heaver aboard the CSS Tallahassee, Wilmington station, 1864; rated as 2nd class fireman from October 24, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 845.]

James Robenson (Robinson?), 1st class fireman, steam sloop CSS McRae, (operated in the lower Mississippi River, Louisiana, area); served July - November, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 290; DANFS.]

Henry Roberts, born Virginia; originally served as 2nd lieutenant, Young's Harbor Guard, 13th Virginia, Artillery Battalion, from which he resigned, August 25th, 1863; appointed lieutenant, Confederate States Navy, July 21, 1863; promoted lieutenant for the war, January 7, 1864, to rank from July 21, 1863; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; served aboard the ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863 - 1864; captured aboard the CSS Bombshell at Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, May 5, 1864, and transferred, the same day, from the USS Ceres to the USS Sassacus, then to the steamer Lockwood, on May 10, 1864, for transportation to Fort Delaware; attached as captain, commanding company G, 2nd Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [ORN 1, 9, 746 and 2, 1, 293, 295 & 296; ORA 2, 7, 1113; Register1864; JCC 4, 122; M1091; Norfolk County Record 301 - 302; deck log of the USS Sassacus dated May 5, 1864 and May 10, 1864.]

Henry H. Roberts (middle initial also shown as C.), born North Carolina; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting 3rd assistant engineer, October 13, 1861, and again on February 19, 1864; served on the CSS Sea Bird, and at the Wilmington station, North Carolina, 1861 - 1864; served aboard the CSS Raleigh, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 323; Register1864; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, pages 321 and 322.]

J. H. Roberts, born Pensacola, Florida, about 1831; 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, on May 4, 1864, to the CSS Sampson, Savannah squadron; later served as seaman aboard the CSS Macon, in 1865. [CSS Macon Rolls; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 538-540; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 585.]

J.V. Roberts, landsman, ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 312.]

J. Du Bose Roberts, 2nd lieutenant, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps, Richmond, Virginia, 1864; assigned for duty at the Naval battery at Bishop's, James River, Virginia, October 5, 1864; later served on the Wilmington Station, and Battery Buchanan, Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 1, 10, 772; 1, 11, 772 and 2, 1, 315 & 323.]

John Roberts, served as officers' cook and seaman, aboard the CSS Florida (later renamed CSS Selma), 1862; - 1864; captured at Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864, and sent aboard the USS Port Royal, as a prisoner of war. [ORN 1, 21, 844 and 2, 1, 286 & 306.]

John Roberts, Seaman, CSS Alabama, born in Wales (resided in England); killed in action, June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France. [William Marvel.]

John H. Roberts, Landsman, CSS Alert, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 275.]

John H. Roberts, born 1830; enlisted September 7, 1861, at Vernon, in Company H, Fourth Florida Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy, April 11, 1864. [Hartman's Florida Rosters, 1, 438.]

John P. Roberts, enlisted, for one year, as 3rd cook aboard the cruiser CSS Nashville, Charleston, South Carolina, on September 22, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1228; Alabama Claims 2, (appendix 2), 133.]

S. Roberts, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Tuscaloosa, August, 1863. [ORN 1, 2, 713.]

Samuel M. Roberts, born Pennsylvania; appointed from Louisiana, as 2nd lieutenant, company B, Confederate States Marine Corps, April 8, 1863 (however, an official CS Navy document shows Roberts as 2nd lieutenant commanding the Marine Guard at the Navy Yard at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia, in January, 1863); served on schooner Gallego, 1863-1864; detached from Battery Semmes and ordered on to the CSS Richmond, James River Squadron, November 13, 1864; served on this vessel until early 1865; attached as adjutant to the 2nd Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [Booth 3, 345; ORN 1, 10, 671 and 2, 1, 314; M1091; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XA - Accounting and finance, Miscellaneous, page 238.]

William Roberts, born England; crew member of the CSS Bombshell; captured aboard the vessel during the engagement at Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, May 5, 1864, and transferred, the same day, from the USS Ceres to the USS Sassacus, then to the steamer Lockwood, on May 10, 1864, for transportation to a prisoner of war facility. [ORN 1, 9, 746; deck log entries for the USS Sassacus dated May 5, 1864 and May 10, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., A - A.W. Baker - U.S.S. Minnesota, page 38.]

William Roberts, born, resided in, as a mariner, and enlisted at Pasquotank County, North Carolina, August 17, 1861, aged 24, as private, company A, 8th Regiment North Carolina State Troops; captured at Roanoke Island, February 8, 1862; exchanged August, 1862; transferred to the Confederate States Navy on or about January 20, 1863 (see also, 32nd North Carolina Infantry). [NCT 4, 530; Civil War Service Records.]

William Roberts, listed as cabin steward 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.]

William Roberts, Gunner's Mate, CSS Arctic, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 276.]

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

William L. Roberts, landsman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863 (may be the same person listed in the next entry). [ORN 2, 1, 278.]

William L. Roberts, quartermaster, steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1862 - 1864 (may be the same person listed in the previous entry). [ORN 2, 1, 302; DANFS.]

William W. Roberts, born North Carolina, about 1822; resident of Newbern; original entry into the Confederate States Navy, August 26, 1863; promoted lieutenant for the war, January 7, 1864, to rank from August 26, 1863; served aboard the steamer, CSS Charleston, Charleston Station, South Carolina, 1863 - 1864; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; served on the Wilmington station, North Carolina, and aboard the CSS Albemarle, 1864; also served aboard the CSS Torpedo, James River, Virginia, 1865; captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia, April 6, 1865; personal description, in 1865, shown as grey eyes, brown hair, light complexion and standing 5 feet 11 inches tall. [ORN 1, 12, 187 and 2, 1, 274 & 323; Register1864; JCC 4, 122; see also article titled List of Confederate Officers captured at Sailor's Creek, VA., April 6, 1865, published in the New York Herald, dated April 9, 1865; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RE - Release and Exchange, A-W, page 130.]

---- Robertson, Master's Mate, October, 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 805.]

Algernon Sidney Robertson, qualified, on July 27, 1864, to serve in company C of the Confederate States Marine Corps, at the Richmond station. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 462; ORN 2, 1, 315.]

J. H. Robertson, served in the Confederate States Marine Corps, 1863; died about July 9, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MV - Miscellaneous; Marine Corps - Miscellaneous, page 39.]

John Robertson, served as seaman and quartermaster aboard the CSS Atlanta, 1863; transferred, as seaman, about June, 1863, aboard the CSS Isondiga, Savannah squadron, and was later appointed boatswain's mate; transferred to the Charleston station on September 25, 1863, and served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Chicora, at Charleston, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 284; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 779; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NF - Distribution and Transfers.; CSS Atlanta - Miscellaneous, page 20.]

John Robertson, served as seaman in the Confederate States Navy; confined at Richmond, Virginia, in August, 1864, under sentence of a General Naval Court Martial; sent to Charleston, South Carolina, in the custody of master's mate William H. Fitzgerald, on August 5, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NO- Court Martial; Court of Inquiry - Military Commissions, page 247.]

John Robertson, see John Robinson.

John H. Robertson, sergeant, company F, Naval Battalion; buried at the National Cemetery, Point Lookout, Maryland. [Tom Brooks; Point Lookout .]

P. Robertson, seaman, steam gunboat CSS Yadkin, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 313.]

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

S. Robertson, Carpenter's Mate, CSS Tuscaloosa, August, 1863. [ORN 1, 2, 713.]

William Robertson, Third Assistant Engineer, CSS Alabama; born in England; missing in action, June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France, presumed drowned. [William Marvel.]

Alphonso Robeson, see Alphonso Robson.

T.B. Robichaux, previously served as Private in Company E, 4th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to Confederate States Navy at Mobile, Alabama, March 26, 1864. [Information supplied by Arthur Bergeron, Louisiana.]

James T. Robinett, originally served in company F, 10th Regiment, Virginia Troops, in Mahone's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia; appointed acting 3rd assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, March 11, 1864; served aboard the CSS Albemarle, 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 718 and 2, 1, 274; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 324.]

George M. Robinette, born September 19, 1825; indicated to have served in the Confederate States Navy; died July 10, 1900; buried at the Three Forks Baptist Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, North Carolina 28681. [U.S. Veterans Gravesites, circa 1775 - 2006 at the Ancestry.com web site.]

A. Robins, served in the Confederate States Army, and was transferred to the Confederate States Navy, June 30, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NF - Distribution and Transfers.; CSS Atlanta - Miscellaneous, page 88.]

A. Robinson, born Maryland; appointed master not in line of promotion, January 7, 1864; special service, 1864. [Register1864.]

Charles Robinson, served as seaman at the New Orleans station, and aboard the CSS General Polk, in 1861; rated as quartermaster from October 1, 1861; disrated to seaman on February 18, 1862, while the vessel was at Columbus, Kentucky. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 471 and 478; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 58-59.]

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

G. Robinson, 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 39.]

George Robinson, served as seaman aboard the receiving vessel, CSS St. Philip, 1861; rated as quartermaster from November 1, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 567.]

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

Harry Robinson, claimed to have been a Confederate sailor, in the 1910 New Mexico census; born in Kent County, England, January 9, 1836; supposed to have also been in the British Navy; in the cattle business during the last twenty years of his life; died, aged 78, on his ranch at Cap Rock, Chaves County, New Mexico, August 3, 1911; buried at the ranch. [Information from David Minton (Woldonil@aol.com), of Lovington, New Mexico, provided in an e-mail dated June 12, 2000.]

J.M. Robinson, originally served in company I, 9th Texas 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.]

J.R. Robinson, landsman, ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 312.]
Jack Robinson (Weekly Raleigh Register source shows his name as W. Robinson, and indicates that he was wounded in action at Hampton Roads), born England; previously served in the English Navy, aboard the gunnery ship Excellent; received the Crimean medal; later served as enlisted sailor in the Confederate States Navy, aboard the CSS Beaufort, 1862; killed in action at Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 8, 1862. [Parker 249 and 282; Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, North Carolina) dated Wednesday, March 12, 1862.]

James Robinson, served as 1st class fireman on the CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; deserted about February, 1862, but was apprehended by (policeman?) William O'Donnell, and returned aboard the vessel on February 2, 1862, and for which O'Donnell received a reward of $10. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 87; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 301.]

John Robinson (surname also incorrectly shown as Robertson), born Scotland, about 1841; quartermaster and quarter gunner, CSS Atlanta, 1862-1863; just a day or two before the capture of the CSS Atlanta, at Wassaw Sound, in June, 1863, Robinson was fortunate enough to have been transferred to the CSS Isondiga, also in the Savannah Squadron; he was transferred to the Isondiga as seaman, despite his having been rated quarter gunner on the Atlanta. [Atlanta Medical Journal, entries dated Monday, December 1, 1862, Wednesday, December 17, 1862 and Sunday, April 12, 1863; ORN 2, 1, 275; Confederate States Navy subject file N - NF - Distribution and Transfers.]

John Robinson, served as steward aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, James River, 1863; discharged from the service on December 15, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 944.]

John H. Robinson, served as coal heaver at the New Orleans station, in 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 117.]

John L. Robinson, seaman, CSS Florida; also served on the captured vessels, Clarence, Archer and Tacony; injured in a shooting accident, May 21, 1863; 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; see also the entry dated May 21, 1863, in the journal of Albert L. Drayton, in the collections of the Library of Congress; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 20, 1864.]

Thomas Robinson, shipped from the prize vessel, Constitution, in June, 1863, and served as seaman aboard the cruiser CSS Georgia; a list of "boarders" on the cruiser shows Robinson as sponger at the 1st gun division. [ORN 1, 2, 815; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 604.]

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

Thomas Robinson, served as a seaman in the Confederate States Navy; arrested at New Orleans, by constable Jacobs, and delivered aboard the CSS St. Philip, on April 21, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 438.]

Tyler Robinson, served as ordinary seaman aboard the receiving vessel, CSS Indian Chief, about 1864 [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 765-766.]

W.H. Robinson, 1st sergeant, Confederate States Marine Corps; served on the Georgia and South Carolina stations, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 316.]

W. Russell Robinson, appointed as paymaster's clerk in the Confederate States Navy, at Savannah, Georgia, on January 12, 1864; served aboard the CSS Resolute, Savannah squadron, 1864; appointed master's mate on June 20, 1864, and served, at this time, aboard the CSS Sampson, Savannah squadron; paroled, at the close of the war, at Lynchburg, Virginia, April 15, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file, N - Personnel, NN - Acceptances, applications, appointments, etc., Acceptances - appointments of officers (A-K), pages 37 and 38; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RL - Paroles, A-W, page 168.]

William Robinson, born Boston, Massachusetts (resided in Louisiana, before the war; Sinclair indicates that he was born in Louisiana), about 1836; appointed from civil life, as acting carpenter, Confederate States Navy, July 26, 1861; served aboard the CSS Sumter, 1861; sent to Liverpool, England, via London, April, 1862; later served on the CSS Alabama, 1862 - 1864; wounded in action off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864; captured and taken aboard the USS Kearsarge, where he expired, on the same day. [ORN 1, 1, 614 & 684 and 1, 3, 649; Sinclair; CSS Sumter Muster Roll; Register1862; Register1864.]

William Robinson, Seaman, CSS Alabama, 1862-4; born England. [William Marvel.]

William Robinson, served as a seaman aboard the CSS Beaufort; died prior to March 8, 1862 (possibly in the action at Hampton Roads); the crew of the CSS Beaufort subscribed for a monument to be placed over the grave of Robinson, on March 8, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 281; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 103.]

William Robinson, seaman, steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1862 - 1864 (may be the same person listed in the previous entry). [ORN 2, 1, 302; DANFS.]

William Robinson, seaman, steam gunboat CSS Yadkin, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 313.]

William Robinson, appointed gunner aboard the Confederate States gunboat Stonewall Jackson, of the Mississippi River Defense fleet, March 1, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 265.]

William F. Robinson, born Alabama; previous service as midshipman, United States Navy, from November 28, 1859; resigned from the United States Navy, January 16, 1861; appointed acting midshipman, Confederate States Navy, June 12, 1861; served on the CSS St. Philip and CSS Ivy, New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; also served on the Jackson station, 1862; later aboard the CSS Florida (also known as the CSS Selma), Mobile Squadron, 1862 - 1864; appointed passed midshipman, October 3, 1862, and master, in line of promotion, January 7, 1864; promoted 2nd lieutenant, Provisional Navy, June 7, 1864; captured at Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864, and sent aboard the USS Port Royal; sent, as a prisoner of war, to New Orleans; escaped from prison at New Orleans, October 13, 1864, then proceeded to Lewisburg, Louisiana, and from there he took a wagon to Mobile, Alabama, arriving there on October 31, 1864; paroled at Nunna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865. [ORN 1, 21, 610 & 844 and 2, 1, 306, 318 & 320; Register1863; Register1864; JCC 4, 122; Callahan; Porter's Naval History, 785; CSNRegister; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 425.]

Alphonso Robson (surname also shown as Robeson), American born; shipped as seaman, on the CSS Shenandoah, November 14, 1864; rated captain of forecastle, January 12, 1865, by order of commander, James I. Waddell; described by Whittle as "a good man". [CSS Shenandoah Deck Log; Whittle 103.]

William J. Robson, originally served as sergeant, company H, 33rd Mississippi Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date, and served as private in the Confederate States Marine Corps; captured at Fort Gaines, Alabama on August 8, 1864. [Civil War Service Records; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., A - A.W. Baker - U.S.S. Minnesota, page 224.]

Francis M. Roby, born Alabama, 1842 or 1844 (Register1864 and 1860 U.S. Census show state of birth as Mississippi); son of Francis M., and Virginia Roby; resident of Noxubee County, Mississippi, in 1850; appointed from Mississippi; previous service in the United States Navy, from September 28th, 1858; original entry into the Confederate States Navy, as acting midshipman, 1st class, May 8, 1861; appointed; served on the CSS Ivy, New Orleans station, 1861 (where he acted as commissary to lieutenant A.F. Warley); later on the Jackson station, 1862, and on the side wheeled steamer CSS Pontchartrain, Arkansas waters; also on Army duty, 1862 - 1863, and on the naval battery at Fort Hindman; captured at Arkansas Post, January 12, 1863; detached from the school ship CSS Patrick Henry, on September 23, 1863, and was ordered to proceed to Wilmington, to await further orders; sent to Canada and Bermuda, by authority of the Confederate government, and was involved in the Johnson's Island expedition, late 1863; travelled aboard the steamer Alpha, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Bermuda, on December 9, 1863; served aboard the steamer, CSS Raleigh, 1863 - 1864; appointed 2nd lieutenant on September 29, 1863; served aboard the CSS Albemarle, 1864; involved in the attack on Plymouth, North Carolina, April 20, 1864; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; served aboard the CSS Chickamauga; sent to assist at Battery Buchanan, Fort Fisher, North Carolina, and was present during the bombardment of the Fort, in December, 1864; ordered to report for duty aboard the CSS Webb, in April, 1865; paroled at Alexandria, Louisiana, June 3, 1865; resided, as a former Naval officer, in 1880, at the home of his fellow former Confederate Naval officer, Henry H. Scott, in San Francisco, California; living at Bakerfield, California, in 1907. [ORN 1, 2, 824; 1, 3, 710; 1, 9, 657; 1, 10, 718; 1, 11, 366, 369 & 375; 1, 22, 168; 1, 24, 117; 1, 27, 230 and 2, 1, 299, 301, 318, 320 & 323; Register 1863; Register1864; 1860 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census; Harrison 199; JCC 4, 122; Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated June 30, 1907, page 2; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 842; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 332; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OM - Routine Operations; CSS Atlanta - Miscellaneous, pages 415 - 424 and 535.]

J. Roche, served as landsman aboard the CSS Olustee, at Wilmington, 1864; deserted from the vessel on December 13, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 530.]

James Roche (surname also shown as Rodie), appointed acting master's mate in the Confederate States Navy, November 26, 1861, and ordered to report to commander F. Chatard at the Evansport batteries, for duty; served on the Richmond station, 1861 - 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 321; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 334.]

James R. Roche, originally served in company K, 40th Virginia Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

Patrick Roche, 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 445.]

William Roche, ordinary seaman, steam sloop CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 291; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 81; St. Philip.]

William A. Roche, enlisted as landsman in the Confederate States Navy, in 1861, and served at the New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; one Naval document actually shows him serving as a boy aboard the CSS Pamlico in 1861; later rated ordinary seaman and served aboard the side-wheeled gunboat CSS Florida (later re-named CSS Selma); operated in the Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana and Mobile Bay, Alabama area, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 286 & 306; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 420-422; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 120 and 259.]

William G. Roche, previous service in the United States Revenue Cutter service; later served as acting 1st lieutenant aboard the Confederate cutter Morgan, New Orleans station, 1861; a Navy Department document, dated at Richmond, Virginia, May 22, 1862, shows that Roche was authorised a payment from the Naval paymaster John DeBree, for expenses from Richmond to Jackson, Mississippi, on Naval duty. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XN- Naval stores afloat, Accounts for expenditures, page 575; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OV - Miscellaneous; Richmond (provisions) - revenue marine, page 820.]

James Henry Rochelle, born Virginia, 1827; original service in the United States Navy, from September 9, 1841; served at the Portsmouth (Virginia) Navy Yard, in 1860; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 17, 1861; appointed lieutenant, Virginia States Navy, April 18, 1861; entered the Confederate States Navy, June 6, 1861, as 1st lieutenant; served on the New Orleans station, 1861; later on the side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, 1861 - 1862, and the CSS Nansemond, 1862 - 1863; also served on the Charleston station, 1862 - 1863; on recruiting duty at Richmond, Virginia, in August-September, 1863; attached to the command of the receiving ship CSS Indian Chief, at Charleston, South Carolina, October 23, 1863; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; commanded CSS Palmetto State, Charleston squadron, 1864; served as lieutenant and executive officer, CSS Patrick Henry, 1865. [ORN 1, 4, 399; 1, 9, 798 & 801; 1, 14, 568; 1, 15, 693 & 732 and 2, 1, 299, 317 & 320; ORA 1, 28; Register1863; JCC 4, 121; 1860 U.S. Census; Scharf, 193; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861.]

Henry Rod, served as 3rd class boy aboard the CSS Tuscarora, New Orleans station, in 1861; also served aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Pontchartrain, Arkansas waters, 1862 - 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 299; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 75 and 874.]

Alex. Rodd, boy, CSS Gen. Polk, 1861. [St. Philip.]

William Roddy, transferred, on July 25, 1862, as 3rd class boy to the CSS Gaines, Mobile squadron; later 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 468 and 1218.]

Joachim Roderichs (name also shown as Joaquin Rodericks and Joaquin Rodrigues), born Portugal; shipped, from prize vessel Hector, as landsman (Alabama Claims source shows his rating as seaman), aboard the CSS Shenandoah, April 6, 1865. [Alabama Claims, 1, 976; CSS Shenandoah Deck Log; ORN 1, 3, 789; Whittle 139.]

G.W.N. Rodes, served as private, company D, 2nd Regiment North Carolina Cavalry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, by orders dated April 25, 1864 and May 21, 1864. [NCT 2, 128.]

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

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

R.B. Rodgers (surname also shown as Rogers), born Virginia; crew member of the CSS Bombshell; captured aboard the vessel during the engagement at Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, May 5, 1864, and transferred, the same day, from the USS Ceres to the USS Sassacus, then to the steamer Lockwood, on May 10, 1864, for transportation to a prisoner of war facility. [ORN 1, 9, 746; deck log entries for the USS Sassacus dated May 5, 1864 and May 10, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., A - A.W. Baker - U.S.S. Minnesota, page 38.]

R. E. Rodgers, served as coal heaver aboard the receiving vessel, CSS Indian Chief, about 1864 [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 765-766.]

Thomas Rodgers, see Thomas Rogers.

William Rodgers, assigned to the CSS Tennessee, as 3rd assistant engineer, February 16, 1864. [ORN 1, 21, 934.]
Avin Rodgerson, 1st class fireman, Confederate States Navy; captured aboard a boat from the CSS Oconee, at Ossabaw Sound, Georgia, on August 20, 1863, by the USS Madgie; transferred to the USS Wamsutta on August 21, 1863, to be sent north as a prisoner of war. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., A - A.W. Baker - U.S.S. Minnesota, page 488; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 616.]

James Rodie, see James Roche.

Benjamin F. Rodman, born New York; employed as a machinist at Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1860; served as 2nd assistant engineer aboard the CSS Virginia II, 1864. [U.S. 1860 Census; ORN 1, 10, 671.]

John F. Rodman, jr., appointed acting midshipman, August 24, 1861; served on the Richmond station, 1861 - 1862, and on the CSS Morgan, Mobile station, in 1862; Rodman made a report, in June, 1862, against the conduct of gunner Flinn, who was serving on the same vessel, and who was guilty of bad conduct and a falsehood; later on the stern-wheeled gunboat CSS Isondiga, Savannah squadron, 1863; resigned, August 20, 1863, because of physical disability. [ORN 2, 1, 288 & 321; CSN Register; Register1862; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1064; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330; Confederate Navy subject file P - Bases, Naval (including Navy Yards and Stations; PB - Administration of stations; Columbia - Pensacola, page 791.]

T.J. Rodman, born North Carolina; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as midshipman, 4th class, August 24, 1861; served on the Mississippi defenses, 1862 - 1863; (this may in fact be John F. Rodman - see entry above - but his initials are shown, in Register1863, as T.J.). [Register1863.]

Joaquin Rodrigues, see Joachim Roderichs.

Castro Rodriguez, served as coal heaver aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, 1864. [Florida Medical Journal, see the list of personnel in the Engineer's Department, CSS Florida, dated at St. George's, Bermuda, June 27, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 414.]

Robert Rodway, see Robert Broadway.

G. T. Roe, see G. T. Rowe.

Charles Roedor, served as a private in company F of the Confederate States Marine Corps, at Mobile, Alabama, in 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1072.]

Antonio Roferto (name also shown as Antonee Roferty), left London, England on December 30, 1863, for Brest, France, where he joined the cruiser CSS Florida, on January 2, 1864, for service as a seaman; captured October 7, 1864 (at Bahia, Brazil); received at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, November 11, 1864; released February 1, 1865. [Fort Warren; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 347.]

John Rogan, enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, July 22, 1861, as private, company C, 10th Louisiana Infantry; transferred for service on the Merrimac (CSS Virginia), January 3, 1862. [Booth 3, 370.]

John Rogan, originally enlisted as private, 1st Texas Field Battery; promoted corporal; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

John Rogan, landsman, steam sloop CSS McRae, (operated in the lower Mississippi River, Louisiana, area); served July - November, 1861; also served as landsman on the side wheeled steamer, CSS Pontchartrain, Arkansas waters, 1862 - 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 290 & 299; DANFS.]

A.J. Rogers, born Scotland; resided at Mobile, Alabama; pre war occupation as bookbinder; enlisted May 18, 1861, aged 20, at Mobile, Alabama, as private, company I, 8th Alabama Regiment; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [ADAH.]

Alex Rogers, shipped as seaman aboard the revenue cutter Morgan, Mobile, Alabama, in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1162.]

C.M. Rogers, landsman, CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865; wounded in action, James River, January 24, 1865; attached as private to company D, 1st Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [ORN 1, 11, 689 and 2, 1, 312; M1091.]


Hugh Rogers, 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 38.]

John Rogers, appointed acting gunner in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, September 28, 1861; served aboard the CSS Pamlico, New Orleans station, in 1861, and later at the Jackson station, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 318; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 259; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 336.]

John H. Rogers, appointed acting boatswain in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, March 26, 1862; 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 338.]

Julius D. Rogers, Seaman, Florida Volunteer Coast Guards, mustered in January 1, 1862. [Soldiers of Florida, 49.]

Michael F. Rogers, appointed acting 3rd assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, September 19, 1861, and ordered to report for duty to lieutenant Hays, aboard the CSS Florida (Selma). [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 340.]

Miles B. Rogers, sergeant, company B, Confederate States Marine Corps; stationed at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864; also served on the ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 312 & 314.]

R.P. Rogers, quartermaster, steam gunboat CSS Yadkin, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 313.]

Silas Rogers (surname also shown as Rodgers), shipped at New Orleans, Louisiana, for the war, as seaman aboard the Confederate States floating battery New Orleans, on October 28, 1861; rated as boatswain's mate aboard the same vessel, at Columbus, Kentucky, from October 28, 1861; served aboard the battery 1861 - 1862; served, in late 1862, as seaman aboard the CSS Palmetto State, Charleston station, South Carolina; discharged, by order of flag officer Ingraham, from the Naval service, at Charleston, on December 31, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 2, 4, 13 and 245.]

Thomas Rogers (surname also shown as Rodgers), private, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps, side-wheeled steamer CSS Jamestown (operated in James River and Hampton Roads, Virginia area); served sometime between January, 1861 and June, 1862; later stationed aboard the receiving ship CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, April-June, 1864; also aboard the ironclad sloop, CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, and the steam gunboat CSS Raleigh, North Carolina and Virginia waters, 1864, and at the Richmond Station, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 280, 290, 296, 297, 302, 315 & 316; DANFS.]

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

William Rogers, enlisted at Tupelo, Mississippi, September 22, 1862, as private in Captain Greenleaf's Company (Orleans Light Horse), company C, Louisiana Cavalry; transferred, sometime in July or August, 1863, to the Confederate States Navy, by order of the Secretary of War. [Booth 3, 376; Civil War Service Records.]

William F. Rogers, resident of Norfolk, Virginia; captain, Confederate States Revenue Marine; served on the Galveston station, 1861 - 1863; commanded Revenue Cutter Henry Dodge, Galveston, Texas, 1861 - 1862; a dispatch sent by commander W.W. Hunter, dated off San Jacinto, Texas, October 28, 1862, seems to indicate that Rogers had transferred to the Confederate States Navy; ordered, in December, 1862, to the defenses on the Trinity River, above Liberty, Texas, at which place he arrived, December 25, 1862; departed for Richmond, Virginia on April 24, 1863; served aboard the CSS Sampson, Savannah squadron, 1863 - 1864; a dispatch dated at Savannah, Georgia, May 5, 1864, states, specifically, that Rogers was attached to the Confederate States Navy, at Savannah; attached, as captain, to Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [ORN 1, 16, 862; 1, 18, 851 and 1, 19, 795, 811, 813 & 816; CSN Register; M1091; Norfolk County Record 324; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NO- Court Martial; Court of Inquiry - Military Commissions, page 236.]

William M. Rogers, born Alabama; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as 3rd assistant engineer, July 6, 1863; served aboard the steamer CSS Baltic, 1863 - 1864; wounded in action aboard CSS Tennessee, Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864, and taken prisoner; sent aboard the USS Galena; paroled at Nunna Hubba Bluff, Alabama, May 10, 1865. [ORN 1, 20, 848 and 1, 21, 578 & 794; Register1864; Porter's Naval History, 785.]

William T. Rogers, son of Calvin Rogers; served as landsman aboard the CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863; died at the General Hospital No. 4, at Wilmington, North Carolina, on February 8, 1864; the day after his death, his father was at the hospital to receive the affects of his deceased son, consisting of two pants, two coats, one vest, one shirt, one pair of shoes and a knapsack. [ORN 2, 1, 277; Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, pages 244-245.]

Thomas Rohman (surname also shown as Rohan), served as quartermaster 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.]

B.F. Rojillo, served as a private in company G, 16th Mississippi 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.]

Aaron Rollins, served as officers' cook 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.]

Abel Rollins, appointed acting 2nd assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, April 12, 1862; 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 341.]

F.H. Rollins, born Maryland; served as clerk on the staff of Secretary Mallory, Confederate States Navy Department, Richmond, Virginia, 1862. [Register1862.]

George Rollins, enlisted by captain Van Benthuysen, at New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 15, 1861, in the Confederate States Marine Corps; served as 3rd sergeant in company B at the Richmond station, and at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 314; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 468.]

J. T. Rollins, served as a 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 667.]

Joseph E. Rollins, Master's Mate, CSS Hampton, October, 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 766.]

Stephen Rollins, Navy Agent, paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 7, 1865. [ORN 1, 27, 235.]

Stephen Rollins, born Virginia; appointed from civil life; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting gunner, February 1, 1861 [1862?]; served on the Naval battery at West Point, on the York River, Virginia, 1861; appointed gunner, February 1, 1862; also served on the screw steamer CSS Torpedo, James River, Virginia, 1862 - 1863; resigned June 24, 1863. [ORN 1, 6, 724 & 2, 1, 307; Register1862; Register1863; Register1864; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OJ - Joint military - Naval operations; Fort Pickens - Miscellaneous, page 43.]

Simon Roman, employed as ship's carpenter at the Naval works, at Richmond, Virginia, in 1862, and was described, by acting master Maxwell T. Clark, as "one of our best ship's carpenters"; was only employed in that position very briefly from May 16, 1862, till June 1, 1862, but, because of ill health, was unable to continue. [Confederate Navy subject file P - Bases, Naval (including Navy Yards and Stations); PL - Labor and civil personnel; Albany - Richmond, page 614.]

Emanuel Romano, Seaman, Captain A.B. Noyes company of Coast Guards, enrolled, October 10, 1861, at St. Marks, Florida (see next entry for Manuel Romero, who may be the same person). [Soldiers of Florida, 52.]

Manuel Romero, served as a landsman aboard the CSS Spray, St. Marks, Florida; paroled at St. Marks, May 12, 1865 (see previous entry for Emanuel Romano, who may be the same person). [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 667.]

Martin Ronan, landsman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 301.]

Pat Ronin, born Ireland; aged 30; landsman, CSS Mobile, 1861-1862. [St. Philip.]

H. Rong, seaman, CSS Florida; captured October 7, 1864 (at Bahia, Brazil); received at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, November 11, 1864; released February 1, 1865. [Fort Warren.]

W. Z. Ronn, served as landsman on the ironclad CSS Richmond, James River squadron, 1865; transferred, permanently, to the gunboat CSS Drewry, James River squadron, on January 4, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 943.]

Charles Rook, Wardroom Cook/seaman, CSS Webb, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 7, 1865. [ORN 1, 22, 170; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 560.]

John Rooke (surname also shown as Rook and Roork), served as private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, and aboard the ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia (also known as the State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram), Savannah, Georgia, in 1863; also served aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Sampson, Savannah, Georgia, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 287 & 304; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 519-523.]

George Rooker, served as landsman aboard the CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863, and aboard the CSS Neuse, North Carolina, in 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 277; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1233.]

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

James Rooney, born Ireland; pre-war occupation as seaman; married; enlisted at Mobile, Alabama, June 25, 1861, as private, company H, 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment; present at the battle of New Market Bridge, and the seige of Yorktown and Williamsburg, in 1862; deserted at Seven Pines, June 1, 1862, and then enlisted in the Confederate States Navy; served as seaman aboard the CSS Selma, and killed in action at Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 306 and 1, 21, 578; ADAH.]

John Rooney, served as a private in company B, Confederate States Marine Corps; served in the Marine Guard aboard the CSS Richmond, James River, 1863 - 1864, and at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 314; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 386 and 387.]

George M. Rootes, Acting Master, James River Squadron, September 13, 1864; CSS Fredericksburg, February, 1865. [ORN 1, 10, 767 and 1, 12, 187.]

Lawrence M. Rootes, born Virginia, 1844; son of Confederate States Navy commander, Thomas (listed below) and Mary O. Rootes; resided as a clerk, in 1860, at the Portsmouth, Virginia, Navy Yard; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting midshipman, 4th class, July 31, 1861; served, as commander's aide, aboard the CSS Virginia; participated in the engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, March, 1862; Richmond station, 1862; later served at the Naval works, Atlanta, 1862 - 1863; also served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile Bay, Alabama, 1863; served aboard the CSS Patrick Henry and the CSS Fredericksburg, James River squadron, 1864; later passed midshipman, Provisional Navy of the Confederate States; attached as 2nd lieutenant to company G, 2nd Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [ORN 1, 7, 48; 1, 10, 766 and 2, 1, 307, 308 & 321; Register1863; Register1864; M1091; 1860 U.S. Census.]

Thomas Reade Rootes, born Virginia, 1804; (father of Confederate States Navy midshipman Lawrence M. Rootes, listed above, and Confederate States Navy master Thomas R. Rootes, jr., listed below); previous service in the United States Navy, from March 1, 1827; resided with his wife, Mary O. Rootes and five children, at the Portsmouth, Virginia, Navy Yard, in 1860; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 19, 1861; appointed commander, Confederate States Navy, June 10, 1861; assigned to command of the ironclad CSS Fredericksburg, in May, 1864; died at Bowling Green, Missouri, October, 1885. [ORN 1, 10, 589 & 632; Register1863; 1860 U.S. Census; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861; New York Times dated October 8, 1885; some correspondence of his are in the John Kirkwood Mitchell collection, at the Virginia Historical Society; Daily Richmond Examiner (Virginia) dated May 7, 1864.]

Thomas Reade Rootes, jr., born Virginia, 1841; son of Confederate States Navy commander, Thomas Reade (listed above) and Mary O. Rootes; resided as a clerk at the Portsmouth, Virginia, Navy Yard, in 1860; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as master not in line of promotion, December 22, 1862; special duty, 1862 - 1863; served on the Richmond station, 1862 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 321; Register1863; JCC 4, 121; 1860 U.S. Census.]

James M. Roper, originally served as sergeant, company I, 6th Virginia Infantry; demoted to private; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

Alex. S. Rose, landsman, ironclad ram CSS Palmetto State, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 298.]

Michael Rose see Michael Reid.

Milo Rose, officers' steward, served on stern-wheeled gunboat CSS Isondiga (which operated around Savannah, Georgia and St. Augustine Creek, Florida), sometime between January, 1863 and September, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 289; DANFS.]

Walter Rose, originally 3rd assistant engineer, Confederate States Navy; appointed 2nd assistant engineer on December 16, 1863, aboard the CSS Florida, at Brest, France, took the oath to the Confederate States on December 19, 1863; indicated, in May, 1864, that he intended to leave the CSS Florida, under any circumstances; sent in his resignation on June 27, 1864. [ORN 1, 2, 681 & 1, 3, 612 & 620; Confederate Navy subject file, N - Personnel, NN - Acceptances, applications, appointments, etc., Acceptances - appointments of officers (A-K), page 40; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 990.]

Robert Roselle (name also shown as Roberto Roselle and surname also shown as Rosel), born Payta, Peru, about 1850 (aged 15 in late 1865), served aboard the whaler Hector, which was captured off the Sandwich Islands (present day Hawaii), by the CSS Shenandoah, and burned; shipped aboard the CSS Shenandoah as 3rd class boy, April 6, 1865; completed the final cruise of the vessel, and discharged at Liverpool, November, 1865; later served on a merchant steamer bound for Bombay. [Alabama Claims 1, 996; CSS Shenandoah Deck Log; Whittle 139.]

Peter Rosen, born Sweden, about 1820; served as seaman aboard Launch No. 3, New Orleans station, in 1861, and aboard the St. Philip,1861 - 1862; rated as quartermaster from August 1, 1861. [St. Philip; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 47 and 567.]

John Rosengren, supposedly the last survivor of the CSS Alabama; reported, by Dr. T.C. Sexton, of Fremont, Nebraska, to have died and been buried at Fremont, in 1918; indicated to have been an assistant gunner on the Alabama, during the fight off Cherbourg, France; after the cruiser was sunk, Rosengren was taken to London, where he remained in a hospital for several weeks; lived in Fremont, Nebraska, since 1872. [Confederate Veteran XXVI (1918) page 79.]

J.R. Roser, Confederate States Navy; died September 13, 1864; buried the same day at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia (this may, in fact, be John A. Rosler, listed in the next entry). [Honeycutt; Daily News and Herald (Savannah, Georgia) dated May 19, 1866.]

John A. Rosler (surname also shown as Rossler and Rosser), originally served as a private in company K, 10th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops (1st Regiment North Carolina Artillery), enlisting in Beaufort County, aged 21, on April 22, 1861; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, July 1861, for service aboard the CSS Forest; also served as landsman on the CSS Arctic, and as coxswain on the CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862; sent from Drewry's Bluff to Saffold, Georgia, in November, 1862, for service aboard the CSS Chattahoochee, on which he served as coxswain; appointed acting master's mate, July 17, 1863, and served on the CSS Sampson, Savannah station, Georgia, 1863 - 1864; participated in the expedition to capture the USS Water Witch, June 3, 1864 (see previous entry). [ORN 1, 15, 499; 1, 17, 864; 2, 1, 279, 303 & 309; NCT, 1, 168; Register1864; CSN Register; Confederate Navy subject file, N - Personnel, NN - Acceptances, applications, appointments, etc., Acceptances - appointments of officers (A-K), page 41; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 244.]

Augustus Ross, quartermaster, served aboard the partial ironclad, CSS Huntsville, Mobile Bay, Alabama, during July - December, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 288; DANFS.]

Charles Ross, served as 2nd class boy at the New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862, and aboard the CSS Pamlico from October 28, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 60-61, 120, 259 and 268.]

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

George Ross, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Alabama, 1862-3; deserted September 17, 1863, at Cape Town. [William Marvel.]

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

J. Ross, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Tuscaloosa, August, 1863. [ORN 1, 2, 713.]

J.E. Ross, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy, aboard the CSS Seabird, about December, 1861, receiving a bonus of $20; served as seaman aboard the CSS Beaufort, 1861; vessel operated in North Carolina and Virginia waters. [ORN 2, 1, 281; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 732; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 777.]

James Ross, Seaman; born Canada; CSS Shenandoah, 1865; joined the vessel at Melbourne. [Alabama Claims 1, 976.]

James Ross, born Russia, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, sailor; marital status, single; enlisted at New Orleans, July 18, 1861, aged 32, as private, company D, 15th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, February, 1862. [Booth3, 391.]

James Ross, born Norfolk County, Virginia; pre-war occupation, caulker; enlisted at Wilson County, North Carolina, June 26, 1861, aged 27, as private, company G, 5th Regiment North Carolina State Troops; promoted to corporal, January or February, 1862; wounded in action, and captured at Williamsburg, Virginia, May 5, 1862; hospitalized at Baltimore, Maryland; exchanged at Aiken's Landing, James River, Virginia, August 5, 1862, and rejoined his company some months later; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, February 2, 1863. [NCT 4, 218.]

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

John Ross, served as quartermaster aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, 1863; also served aboard the tender, Lapwing, 1863; returned to Liverpool, England, where he was paid off, about September, 1863; re-shipped aboard the cruiser, once again, in 1864, and served in the master's division of the vessel. [ORN 1, 2, 661; Alabama Claims Correspondence 2, 656-657; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 384.]

John Ross, 2nd class boy, ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia (also known as the State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram), Savannah, Georgia, 1864; transferred, in 1864, to the Wilmington station; also shown to have served on the Charleston station at an unspecified date. [ORN 2, 1, 286; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 235 and 563; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 1005.]

John Ross, served as ordinary seaman 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.]

R.M. Ross, served as acting 3rd assistant engineer aboard the CSS Nansemond, May, 1864; later appointed 2nd assistant engineer in the Provisional Navy of the Confederate States, October 26, 1864, and served aboard the CSS Tallahassee; temporary duty at Wilmington, North Carolina, October, 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 672 and 766; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 346.]

Thomas E. Ross, served on the CSS Virginia and the CSS Wasp; resided in Los Angeles, California, after the war; died March 27, 1952, aged 101. [Hoar 88.]

Lawrence Rosseau (surname also shown as Rousseau), born in, and appointed from Louisiana; previously served in the United States Navy, entering that service on January 16, 1809; resigned, February 11, 1861 and entered the Confederate States Navy, March 26, 1861; appointed captain, October 23, 1862, to rank from March 26, 1861; involved in the construction and equipment of vessels at New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1861; also on the Jackson station, 1862; served at Selma, Alabama, 1862-1863; later served on the Mobile Stations, 1864 - 1865; surrendered May 4, 1865, at Mobile, Alabama, and paroled May 10, 1865, at Nunna Hubba Bluff, Alabama; died at New Orleans, Louisiana, September 4, 1866, aged 76. [Booth 3, 393; Porter's Naval History, 785; Register1863; ORN 1, 7, 790 and 2, 1, 318, 319, 320 & 471; Boston Daily Advertiser dated Wednesday, September 5, 1866.]

Robert Rossell, see Robert Rosel.

Andrew Rossmorsson, Quartermaster, CSS Tennessee, wounded in action, Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864. [ORN 1, 21, 578.]

John Rotchford, originally served as private, company C, 22nd battalion, Georgia Heavy Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date, and served as seaman on the Savannah squadron in 1863. [Civil War Service Records; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 529-530.]

M. S. Rouchelle, 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.]

Edward Roundtree, appointed pilot in the Confederate States Navy on November 3, 1863; served aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Resolute, Savannah river area, Georgia, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 303; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 639.]

Oliver Roup, appointed acting 2nd assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, January 22, 1862, and ordered to report for duty aboard the Confederate States gunboat Trent, 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 332.]

John Rourke (surname also shown as Rooke), private, Confederate States Marine Corps; captured aboard the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863; muster roll of the CSS Georgia, indicates that he also served aboard that vessel. [ORN 1, 14, 268 & 2, 1, 286-287.]

C. P. Rouse, enlisted for three years as ordinary seaman in the Confederate States Navy, at Charleston, South Carolina, on August 27, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 176.]

G.W. Rouse, Coal Heaver, CSS Webb, April, 1865. [ORN 1, 22, 170.]

Robert Rouse, born England; aged 25; seaman, CSS Pickens. 1861-1862. [St. Philip.]

William Rouse, captain of afterguard, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1865; surrendered and paroled at Nanna Hubba Bluff, Tombigbee River, Alabama, on May 10, 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 292; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 1216 - 1218.]

Lawrence Rousseau, see Lawrence Rosseau.

James E. Routh, Third Assistant Engineer, James River Squadron, October 5, 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 767.]

John A. Routh, indicated to have served in the Confederate States Marine Corps; paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 8, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 651.]

William Routt, born Northumberland County, Virginia, October 1, 1824; enlisted by lieutenant Venable, at Richmond, Virginia, as a private, company C, Confederate States Marine Corps, about March, 1864; married Roxie Virginia, February 20, 1867 in Bedford County, Virginia; died Roanoke County, Virginia, February 28, 1900; buried Fairview Cemetery, located between Roanoke and Salem, Virginia. [Confederate Burials, 70; ORN 2, 1, 315; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NV - Miscellaneous; Marine Corps - Miscellaneous, page 297.]

C.W. Rouzee, see C.W. Rowzer.

John H. Rover, recruited at Mobile, Alabama, by captain George P. Turner, into the Confederate States Marine Corps, May 9, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1047.]

Charles F. Row, citizen who served as a clerk aboard the Confederate States steamer Charm; paroled at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 5, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 667.]

Joseph Rowan, served as a 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 667.]

A.V. Rowe, served as 3rd assistant engineer aboard the CSS Capitol, in 1862, and aboard the CSS Nansemond, in 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 766 and 1, 23, 698; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1224.]

G. T. Rowe, served as 1st assistant engineer aboard the CSS Capitol, Jackson station, 1862; paroled at Albany, Georgia, May 7, 1865. [CSN Register; ORN 1, 23, 698; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 667.]

Louis Rowe, born France; captured from aboard the bark Alina, October 30, 1864, by the CSS Shenandoah; shipped same day; rated captain of main top, November 9, 1864; triced up and gagged, December 11, 1864, for insolence; possibly disrated to ship's cook, for this misconduct, as he was later re-rated captain of main top, March 1 or 2, 1865, in place of George Flood, who was rated captain of the hold; service expired, April 29, 1865; reshipped, June 13, 1865, for the cruise. [Alabama Claims 1, 975; CSS Shenandoah Deck Log; Whittle 65, 119, 145, 162 & 231; ORN 1, 3, 783.]

William J. Rowe, resident of Washington County, North Carolina; enlisted November 4, 1864, as private in company A, Confederate States Marine Corps; served in the marine guard aboard the CSS Columbia, Charleston station; died aged about 47; buried Furlough Farm, near Creswell, North Carolina. [Confederate Burials, 70; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 266.]

William R. Rowe, Master's Mate, CSS Beaufort, May, 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 632.]

William Riley Rowell, born South Carolina, April, 1826 (one source shows year of birth as 1823); served in company B (?), Ladies gunboat (ironclad battery CSS Georgia, at Savannah, Georgia); shown as landsman, and also as having deserted from the vessel about June, 1863, but had obviously returned, as he later served aboard the CSS Columbia, Charleston station, 1864-1865; transferred to the Richmond station on January 22, 1865; attached as private to company H, 2nd Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; resided as a farmer, in 1880, with his wife, Margarett, and daughter Frances Young (born 1845) at Buck Head, Fulton County, Georgia; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Fulton County, Georgia. [GA Pension Index 826; ORN 2, 1, 287; M1091; 1880 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 270 - 271, 510 and 608.]

Jackson Rowland, served as landsman aboard the receiving vessel, CSS Indian Chief, about 1864 [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 765-766.]

C. W. Rowzer (surname also shown as Rouzee), served as surgeon's steward aboard the CSS Albemarle, Halifax Station, and also aboard the CSS Arctic, 1864; sent to Battery Buchanan on December 7, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 274; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 117.]

John Roy, CSS Beaufort, March, 1863. [See article "Drowning Case" in Richmond, Virginia Daily Examiner, Thursday, March 19, 1863.]

John Roy, Superintendent Ordnance, at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1863-1865; served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Missouri; paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 7, 1865. [ORN 1, 27, 235 and 2, 1, 291; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XF - Fuel and Water, Coal and Wood for ships, page 344.]

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

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

John Roycraft (surname also shown as Rozcraft and Roycroft), enlisted as a landsman in the Confederate States Navy, in 1861; later rated as ordinary seaman and served aboard the side-wheeled gunboat CSS Florida (later re-named CSS Selma); Mobile station, 1862 - 1864; arrested as a deserter at Mobile, Alabama, by Mobile police, and turned over to the Naval authorities on February 12, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 286 & 306; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 420-422 and 1200; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 427.]

I. H. Royster, served as landsman on the ironclad CSS Richmond, James River squadron, 1865; transferred, permanently, to the gunboat CSS Drewry, James River squadron, on January 4, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 943.]

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

Alexander Rudd, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy in 1861, and served as boy aboard the CSS General Polk, 1861-1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 476, 479-480 and 495.]

James Rudd, born about 1833; resident of Chesterfield County, Virginia; originally served in the Confederate Army; wounded slightly at the battle of 1st Manassas, Virginia, July, 1861; enlisted February 1, 1862, in the Confederate States Navy; served as 2nd class fireman, on the Confederate receiving ship United States and on the CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862; also served aboard the CSS Fredericksburg; surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, April, 1865; post war occupation, bricklayer; admitted to the Robert E. Lee, Camp 1, Confederate Veterans' Home, Richmond, Virginia, on April 16, 1903, but discharged, at his own request, on May 4, 1903, because he "desired to earn his own living"; re-entered the Home, October, 1903; died September 29, 1908; buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. [LVa; ORN 2, 1, 309.]

R.W. Rudd, shipped as a recruit in the Confederate States Marine Corps, by lieutenant Venable, at Richmond, Virginia, on August 16, 1864, and served as a private in company B; served at the Richmond station, and at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 314; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 472; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NR - Recruiting and Enlistments, shipping articles; Miscellaneous, page 443.]

Alexander M. Rue, enlisted in Beaufort County, North Carolina, June 26, 1861, aged 27, as private, company G, 2nd Regiment North Carolina Cavalry; promoted corporal; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, February 1, 1862; served as seaman aboard CSS Raleigh, 1862 - 1864. [NCT 2, 155; Civil War Service Records; ORN 2, 1, 301.]

John G. Rue, born North Carolina, 1830; enlisted in Beaufort County, North Carolina, July 10, 1861, aged 30, as private, company G, 2nd Regiment North Carolina Cavalry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, February 1, 1862; served aboard the CSS Roanoke, and also as quartermaster aboard the CSS Olustee, Wilmington station, 1864, and on the CSS Columbia, Charleston station, 1865; transferred to the Richmond station on January 22, 1865; married about 1876; resided as a sailor, in 1880, with his wife Lilia, at Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina; later employed as a house painter. [NCT 2, 155; 1880 U.S. Census; 1900 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 270 - 271; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 542 and 850.]

E. Forsyth Ruffin, resident of Georgia; appointed acting master in the Confederate States Navy, at Richmond, Virginia, on March 12, 1862, and ordered to proceed to Savannah, Georgia, and report to flag officer Tattnall for duty; served on the Savannah station; transferred, as lieutenant, to the Signal Corps of the Confederate States Army, Monday, October 6, 1862. [CSNRegister; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 12, 1862; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 351.]

Edward Seymour Ruggles, born Texas (another source shows place of birth as Detroit, Michigan; also shown as Virginia), July 10, 1843; son of Daniel (later to become a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army) and Richard Etta Hooe; brother of Confederate Navy officer Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles, listed below; resident of Fredericksburg, Virginia; previous service as midshipman, United States Navy, from which he resigned March 18, 1861; arrested by United States authorities, at New York, June, 1861 (one source shows date of arrest as July 20, 1861); imprisoned at Fort Lafayette, New York harbor, for treason; transferred to Fort Warren, Boston harbor, October, 1861; released, January, 1862; appointed acting midshipman, Confederate States Navy, November 15, 1862; served on CSS Huntsville, and at the Mobile Station, 1862 - 1863; resigned from Naval service, July 8, 1863, to accept an appointment as Signal Officer in the Confederate States Army; never married; resided, in 1880, as a farmer, at Potomac, King George County, Virginia; died after 1910. [ORN 2, 1, 287; 1880 US Census; 1910 U.S. Census; ORA 2, 2, 102, 154, 230 & 358 - 368; Register1863; JCC 3, Friday January 8, 1863, 530; see also the Family Data Collection - Births at the Ancestry.com web site; New York Times dated May 9, 1902; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330.]

Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles, born Virginia, 1845; son of Confederate States Army general Daniel Ruggles, and his wife Richard Etta Hooe; brother of Confederate Navy officer, Edward Seymour Ruggles, listed above; appointed as a cadet at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, at the age of 16, but ran away; served as an aide de camp on the staff of his father, at the outbreak of war; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as midshipman, 3rd class, July 17, 1861; served on the Jackson station, 1862; on Army duty, 1862 - 1863; later served on the side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863; resigned from the Confederate States Navy, April 27, 1863; assisted John Wilkes Booth, in his escape, after the assassination of President Lincoln; arrested and sent to Capital Prison, Washington, D.C.; released under the general amnesty declared by President Johnson; moved to New York City in 1865 and worked as a dry goods clerk; resided as a store clerk, in 1880, with his wife Mary, and son Mortimer at New York City; suffered from dropsy; died at St. Luke's Hospital, New York, May 8, 1902, after an operation. [ORN 2, 1, 292 & 318; Register1863; 1880 U.S. Census; New York Times dated May 9, 1902; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330.]

Edgar Ruhl, served as 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.]

Eugene Ruhl, Quartermaster, CSS Sumter, 1861; ordered, by his commander, Raphael Semmes, in July, 1861, to take charge of prize schooner, Abby Bradford, and proceed, with her, to New Orleans, and then to report to Commodore Rousseau for further orders. [CSS Sumter Muster Roll; ORN 1, 1, 624.]

Henry Runj, served as seaman aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, 1864, and was rated as quartermaster from January 2, 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 359-360 and 390.]

John Runnells, resided in, and enlisted at Washington County, North Carolina, June 25, 1861, aged 26, as private, company G, 1st Regiment North Carolina State Troops; discharged from his regiment, February 3, 1862, on being transferred to the Confederate States Navy; served as seaman on the CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [NCT 3, 219; ORN 2, 1, 309.]

William Bell Runyan, born Florida, 1836; enlisted as a private in company K, 1st Florida Infantry, and rose to the rank of lieutenant; badly wounded in the retreat from Lookout Mountain; was involved in most of the battle fought by the Army of Tennessee; although his pension papers do not indicate his service in the Confederate States Navy, he was appointed as paymaster in the Naval Service, 1864; resided at Geneva County, Alabama, 1871 to 1880; married Clarine H. Golay at the Pensacola Navy Yard, Escambia County, Florida, May 19, 1869; died at Escambia County, Florida, July 5, 1894. [Florida Confederate Pension File No. A00836; Florida Confederate Card File; 1880 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 67.]

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

John Russel, Seaman, CSS Florida; captured at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864. [ORN 1, 3, 256.]

B. R. Russell, buried at Bellevue Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina [source notes that he was an Assistant Chief Engineer in the Confederate States Navy, but no one of this name is listed in the CSN Officers' Register] (see next entry). [Wayne Carver.]

B.R. Russell, 2nd class fireman, CSS Arctic, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1863 (see previous entry). [ORN 2, 1, 278.]

C.L. Russell, recruited at Savannah, Georgia, on September 1, 1863, as a private in company E of the Confederate States Marine Corps; later captured and sent as a prisoner of war to Point Lookout, where he died, at an unknown date; buried at the National Cemetery, Point Lookout, Maryland. [Tom Brooks; Point Lookout; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 693.]

Charles Russell, enlisted as seaman aboard the CSS Baltic, Mobile Squadron, June 10, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 280; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 108.]

Charles Russell, appointed acting master's mate in the Confederate States Navy, at Petersburg, Virginia, on July 23, 1863, and ordered to report to flag officer French Forrest, commanding the James River squadron, for duty; served on the Richmond station, 1863 - 1864; involved in the expedition to capture the USS Satellite and the USS Reliance, off Windmill Point, Rappahannock River, on August 23, 1863; also served aboard the CSS Roanoke, and the CSS Olustee, Wilmington station, 1864. [ORN 1, 10, 632 and 2, 1, 322; Register1864; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XZ - Prizes, prize money, etc., Distribution of prize money - Miscellaneous, pages 30-32; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 848; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 355.]

Charles Russell, seaman, CSS Florida; captured October 7, 1864 (at Bahia, Brazil); received at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, November 11, 1864; released February 1, 1865. [Fort Warren.]

E.W. Russell, ordinary seaman, ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 312.]

Eugene Russell, served as 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.]

George Russell, 2nd class fireman, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 310.]

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

J. T. Russell, appointed 1st assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, February 21, 1862; resigned November 24, 1862. [CSN Register; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330.]

James E. Russell, appointed pilot aboard the Confederate States gunboat General Bragg, of the Mississippi River Defense fleet, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 264.]

John Russell, Seaman, Florida Volunteer Coast Guards, mustered in January 1, 1862. [Soldiers of Florida, 49.]

John Russell, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Alabama, 1863-4; captured by USS Kearsarge, June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France. [William Marvel.]

John Russell (first name also shown as George), second class pilot, CSS Macon, 1865; deserted at Augusta, Georgia, on January 8, 1865, but was re-captured while attempting to make his way, with other Confederate Navy deserters, into the enemy lines at Savannah; held in custody until a court martial could be convened. [CSS Macon Rolls; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 544.]

John Russell, enlisted in the Confederate States Navy on April 9, 1864; served as ordinary seaman aboard the ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia, 1864; transferred to the CSS Macon on October 6, 1864; also stated to have served aboard the CSS Chattahoochee at an unspecified date. [ORN 2, 1, 287; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 590 and 674.]

Moses Russell, served as seaman aboard the floating battery, CSS Georgia, Savannah squadron, in 1863; indicated to have deserted from the vessel on July 15, 1863; his clothing and other effects were auctioned off to the rest of the crew on November 23, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 510 and 528; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 471.]

Patrick Russell, 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.]

R.W. Russell, served as seaman aboard the CSS Arctic, North Carolina, 1863 and as ordinary seaman aboard the steam gunboat CSS Yadkin, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1864; paroled at Charlotte, North Carolina, May 29, 1865; his widow, Sarah Russell, later applied for a post war Confederate pension from Rowan County, North Carolina. [ORN 2, 1, 276 & 313; NC State Archives; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 667.]

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

Stephen E. Russell, enlisted in Cumberland County, North Carolina, April 17, 1861, aged 21, as private, company H, 1st Regiment North Carolina Infantry (6 months, 1861); mustered out, November 12-13, 1861; enlisted again, in Cumberland County, April 29, 1862, as private, company I, 51st Regiment North Carolina Troops; transferred, September 24, 1863, to 3rd company B, 2nd Regiment North Carolina Artillery; transferred, November 4, 1863, to company B, 13th Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, May 16, 1864, and served as landsman aboard the CSS Neuse, North Carolina, in 1864. [NCT 1, 206 & 565; 3, 44; 12, 378; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1232.]

T.S. Russell, served as 1st assistant engineer, aboard the CSS Gaines, Mobile squadron, 1862. [Register1862; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XN- Naval stores afloat, Stores for ships (April, 1862 - December, 1863), page 240.]

John T. Rustic, born District of Columbia, 1826; resident of Portsmouth, Virginia; previous service in the United States Navy, as carpenter, from December 8, 1849; dropped April 20, 1861; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as carpenter, June 11, 1861; served on the Richmond station, and on the side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, 1861 - 1862; made an allotment of part of his pay, in 1861, to Margaret Rustic; later served on the Naval works, Selma, Alabama, 1862 - 1864; resided as a ship's carpenter, in 1880, with his wife, Martha (Margaret?) W. Rustic, and son, John T. Rustic, jr. (born Virginia, 1850) at Portsmouth, Norfolk County, Virginia. [ORN 2, 1, 299 & 322; Register1862; Register1863; Register1864; Callahan; 1880 U.S. Census; Norfolk County Record 221; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OL - Mobilization and demobilization; Norfolk - Miscellaneous, page 186.]

James E. Ruth, Third Assistant Engineer, CSS Fredericksburg, February, 1865. [ORN 1, 11, 691.]

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

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

John B. Rutherford, originally served as private, company D, 12th Mississippi Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date (see next entry, which may be the same person). [Civil War Service Records.]

John B. Rutherford, born Mississippi, 1834; resident of Hinds County, Mississippi; enlisted at Corinth, Mississippi, May 28, 1861, as a private in company D of the 12th Mississippi Infantry; detailed for extra duties in the Medical Department, Richmond, Virginia, from July 1, 1861 to June 30, 1862; employed as nurse at the General Hospital Camp Winder, Richmond, from December 31, 1862; sent on a 30 day furlough from September 22, 1863; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as assistant surgeon for the war, January 7, 1864; served at the Naval hospital, Savannah station, 1864; appointed assistant surgeon, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864; paroled at the close of the war, at Jackson, Mississippi, May 30, 1865; resided as a physician, in 1880, with his wife, Tina M. Rutherford and three children (eldest child born 1867) at Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas (see previous entry, which may be the same person). [ORN 2, 1, 322; JCC 4, 123; Register1864; 1880 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RL - Paroles, A-W, page 171; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 667; Compiled Military Service Records for private John B. Rutherford, company D, 12th Mississippi Infantry.]

William Miller Rutherford, born Monroe County, Alabama, December 24, 1822; indicated to have served as pilot in the Confederate States Navy, though there is no official record of this; served on blockade running duties between Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana, and on the Tombigbee and Black Warrior Rivers, in Alabama; he escaped capture at Demopolis, Alabama, by jumping overboard and swimming ashore under cover of darkness. [ADAH - information provided by his son, E.G. Rutherford, of Birmingham, Alabama, in December, 1924.]

J.J. Rutledge, landsman, ironclad steam sloop CSS Virginia II, James River, Virginia, 1864 - 1865. [ORN 2, 1, 312.]

John Rutledge, born South Carolina; original service in the United States Navy, from April 9, 1835; entered the Confederate States Navy, March 26, 1861, as 1st lieutenant; commanded the CSS Lady Davis, in defense of Port Royal, South Carolina, November, 1861; served on the Savannah station, 1862; later commanded the ironclad ram CSS Palmetto State, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, 1862 - 1864; appointed 1st lieutenant in the Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; resided in South Carolina after the war, and was still a resident there, in 1893, though in feeble health. [ORN 1, 12, 295 and 2, 1, 298 & 322; Register1863; JCC 4, 121; New York Times dated July 9, 1893.]

John J. Rutledge, originally served as private, company F, 12th Mississippi Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

Peter Ryall (surname also shown as Rial), recruited as 2nd class fireman aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862, and received a bounty of $50; also served as fireman aboard the CSS Indian Chief, Charleston, South Carolina. [ORN 2, 1, 309; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 765-766; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 878.]

Joseph M. Ryals, born Georgia, 1833; resident of Montgomery County, Georgia; originally served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Georgia (also known as the State of Georgia, and the Ladies' Gunboat); transferred to the CSS Atlanta, as ordinary seaman; captured aboard the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863; also shown as having served in company B, 20th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry; resided as a farmer, in 1880, with his wife Sallie D. Ryals, and seven children (eldest child born 1861) at District 275, Montgomery County, Georgia; filed for a post war Confederate pension from Montgomery County, Georgia. [ORN 1, 14, 268; GA Pension Index 831; 1880 U.S. Census; Daily Morning News (Savannah, Georgia) dated June 27, 1863.]

Wilson R. Ryals, ordinary seaman, ironclad floating battery CSS Georgia (also known as the State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram), Savannah, Georgia, in 1863; died sometime between 1876 and 1880; his widow, Sarah E. Ryals, resided, in 1880, with her six children (eldest child born 1864) at District 394, Montgomery County, Georgia; she later resided at Sumter County, Georgia, from where she applied for a Confederate widow's pension. [ORN 2, 1, 287; 1880 U.S. Census; GA Pension Index 831; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 519-523.]

C. J. Ryan, served as private in the Confederate States Marine Corps, aboard the CSS Raleigh, in 1864; deserted sometime in 1864. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 348.]

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

James Ryan, Ordinary Seaman, CSS Arctic, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 276.]

James Ryan, ordinary seaman and seaman, ironclad sloop CSS North Carolina, Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 294 - 296; DANFS.]

James Ryan, ship's carpenter, served aboard the ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 309.]

James Waters Ryan, born Waterford, Ireland, September 25, 1836; previously served as Private, Company I, 2nd Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, June 28, 1861; transferred to Regimental Band, July 25, 1861, then to Confederate States Navy, September 17, 1864; served at Wilmington, North Carolina, 1863-64. [Georgia Rosters, 1, 428.]

Jerry Ryan, landsman, side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 301; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 489.]

John Ryan, born Pennsylvania, resided at New Orleans, Louisiana; pre-war occupation, sailor; marital status, single; enlisted at New Orleans, July 18, 1861, aged 32, as private, companies B and D, 15th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, February, 1862; served as seaman on the CSS Virginia, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862. [Booth 3, 425; ORN 2, 1, 309.]

John Ryan, CSS McRae; wounded in the arm, April 24-25, 1862, and sent to the Marine Hospital at New Orleans. [Daily Picayune, Tuesday, April 29, 1862.]

John Ryan, private, Confederate States Marine Corps, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 293.]

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

Mathew Ryan, served as a private in the Confederate States Marine Corps; served on the Georgia and South Carolina stations, 1861, and aboard the CSS Sampson, Savannah squadron, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 317; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 573.]

Michael Ryan, served as private in Captain Read's Company, 1st (Olmstead's) Regiment Georgia Infantry, July 25, 1861; transferred to Captain Gordon's Company, then to company C, 13th Battalion Georgia Infantry, and to company B, 63rd Regiment Georgia Infantry, December, 1862; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, June 9, 1864; captured near Nashville, Tennessee, December 22, 1864, and sent to Camp Chase Prison, Ohio; took the Oath of Allegiance, January, 1865; paroled, May 13, 1865. [Georgia Rosters 6, 403.]

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

Michael Ryan, 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.]

P. Ryan, served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Tuscaloosa, Mobile station, 1863; deserted about December, 1863. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 303.]

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

Pierce Ryan (first name also shown as Pearce), served as boy aboard the CSS Olustee, Wilmington station, 1864, and 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; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 849.]

Raney Ryan, seaman, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 293.]

Thomas Ryan, previously served as Private in Company E, 12th Louisiana Battalion Artillery; transferred to Confederate States Navy at Mobile, Alabama, March 9, 1864. [Information supplied by Arthur Bergeron, Louisiana.]

Thomas Ryan, private, Confederate States Marine Corps, side wheeled gunboat CSS Morgan, Mobile Squadron, Alabama, 1863 - 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 293.]

W. Ryan, 1st, 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.]

William Ryan, originally a resident of Newburg, New York; pre-war employment aboard the steamer Nebraska, running between St. Louis and New Orleans; enlisted as a private, Confederate States Marine Corps, May 8 or 9, 1861, at New Orleans, and quartered on the receiving ship, Star of the West; served aboard the CSS Sumter; deserted, in company with Bernard Conway, at Cadiz, January, 1862, by jumping overboard and swimming ashore; after his desertion, he returned to the United States aboard the vessel Piscataqua, arriving in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about May, 1862, from where Ryan walked to Boston, and then was supplied with funds to return home to Newburg. [CSS Sumter Muster Roll; much additional information also included in an article, titled "The Pirate Sumter", in the New York Daily Tribune, dated Tuesday, May 27, 1862.]

William Ryan, born Georgia; aged 14 (in 1863); boy; captured aboard the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863. [Atlanta Medical Journal, see entry for Saturday, May 9, 1863; ORN 1, 14, 268.]

William Ryan, served as seaman aboard the CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861 - 1862; severely wounded in action, April 24-25, 1862, below New Orleans. [Daily Picayune, Tuesday, April 29, 1862; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 85.]

William Ryan, enlisted as a seaman in the Confederate States Navy, in 1861, and later served aboard the side-wheeled gunboat CSS Florida (later re-named CSS Selma); rated coxswain aboard the vessel on September 18, 1861; operated in the Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana and Mobile Bay, Alabama area, 1862; arrested as a deserted at Mobile, Alabama, by Mobile police, and turned over to the Naval authorities on February 12, 1862. [ORN 2, 1, 286 & 306; DANFS; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 420-422 and 427; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 427.]

William Ryan, landsman, served aboard the CSS Savannah, and the CSS Sampson, Savannah Squadron, Georgia, 1863. [ORN 2, 1, 305; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 630.]

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

William T. Ryan, born Louisiana, resided in New Orleans; pre-war occupation, printer; marital status, single; enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, June 4, 1861, aged 21, as private (later promoted corporal), company C, 5th Louisiana Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, by order of the Secretary of War, March 23, 1863. [Booth 3, 429.]

Charles Ryas, see Charles Rios.

William E. Ryburn (Reyborn), born North Carolina, June 22, 1832; enlisted as private, company A, Confederate States Marine Corps, October 6, 1864; served in the marine guard aboard the CSS Columbia, Charleston station; resided as landlord of a hotel, in 1880, with his wife, Ann, and son Robert, at Shelby, North Carolina; died June 20, 1893; buried Sunset Cemetery, Shelby. [Confederate Burials, 70; 1880 U.S. Census; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 266.]

Charles Edward Ryckeley, served in company C, Georgia Naval Battalion (also shown as company C, 7th Navy Battalion); filed for a post war Confederate pension from Muscogee County, Georgia; his widow, Texas A. Ryckeley also filed for a pension from the same county. [GA Pension Index 831.]

John Ryder, 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.]

Pleasant A. Rymer, resident of Rowan County, North Carolina; served as a seaman in the Confederate States Navy (indicated to have served on the Confederate States steamer "P.D."?); paroled at Salisbury, North Carolina, May 19 or July 8, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 667.]

Charles Ryos, see Charles Rios.