NC Civil War Sailors Project

Joseph Sia, see Joseph Sire.

John A. Sibert, born Louisiana, resided in Baton Rouge; pre-war occupation, laborer; marital status, single; enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana, June 19, 1861, aged 20, as private, company A, 8th Louisiana Infantry; wounded at the battle of second Manassas, August 29, 1862; captured at Frederick, Maryland, September 12, 1862; confined at Fort Delaware, Delaware; exchanged at Aikens Landing, Virginia, November 10, 1862; appointed corporal, February 5, 1863; captured at Fredericksburg, May 3, 1863; sent to Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., then to Fort Delaware, May 7, 1863; exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April, 1864. [Booth 3, 561.]

John E. Sidney (surname also shown as Sydney), born Louisiana; aged 17; served as 2nd class boy aboard the CSS McRae and CSS Jackson, Ne Orleans station, 1861-1862; discharged from Naval service, February 8, 1862, after being admitted to the hospital vessel, CSS St. Philip, January 6, 1862, for intermittent fever. [St. Philip; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 38.]

A. Siebel, see Augustus Seible.

D.D. Sikes, served aboard the CSS Indian Chief; applied for a post war Confederate pension from Sampson County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives.]

Franklin Sikes, Seaman, CSS Albemarle, and Halifax Station, 1864. [ORN 2, 1, 274.]

William Silehammer, appointed second assistant engineer aboard the Confederate States gunboat Warrior, of the Mississippi River Defense fleet, February 23, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 265.]

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

John Silk, First Class Fireman, CSS Tennessee, killed in action, Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864. [ORN 1, 21, 578.]

Joseph Sill, enlisted as landsman in the Confederate States Navy, in 1861; served aboard the CSS Florida (which was later renamed the CSS Selma), and was rated as coal heaver aboard the vessel from January 10, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 420-422 and 433.]

Antonio Silva, seaman, CSS Sea Bird, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 306.]

Emanuel Silva (name also shown as Manuel Sylvia), served as seaman in Captain A.B. Noyes company of Coast Guards, enrolled, October 10, 1861, at St. Marks, Florida; later served as seaman aboard the CSS Spray, St. Marks; paroled at St. Marks, May 12, 1865. [Soldiers of Florida, 52; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 669.]

James Silva, married Josephine Constantine at Franklin County, Florida, 1850; enlisted in Captain Mulrenan's Florida Coast Guards, 1861; later served on the steamer Florida, as pilot; captured by Union forces and sent to Key West, where he was held until the end of the war; may have also served in the Confederate States Navy; post war, was a member of Camp Tom Moore, No. 556, United Confederate Veterans, of Apalachicola, Florida; died at Franklin County, Florida, July 31, 1899; buried at Chestnut Street Cemetery, Apalachicola, Florida. [John E. Ellis; Florida Confederate Pension File No. A00230.]

John Silva, originally served as seaman aboard the Confederate States schooner Dodge, in 1861; served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Baltic, Mobile squadron, from June 4, 1862; discharged by medical survey, August 20, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 378; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 289; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 109.]

Jos. Silva, 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.]

Peter Silva (surname also shown as Silver), born Spain; aged 23 (in 1864); 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 at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864; sent to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, for confinement; released February 1, 1865. [Florida Medical Journal, entry dated March 16, 1864; ORN 1, 3, 256; Fort Warren; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 347.]

Emanuel Silver (name also shown as Emmanuel Sylvia), born Portugal; shipped from the prize bark, Abigail, as private in the Marine Guard aboard the CSS Shenandoah, June 12, 1865. [Alabama Claims 1, 975; CSS Shenandoah Deck Log; ORN 1, 3, 783.]

George Silvester, native of London, England, naturalized citizen of the United States; impressed into service aboard the CSS Shenandoah, October, 1864, as fireman; placed in irons, triced up and gagged for insubordination, November 3, 1864; disrated, November 11, 1864, to coal passer; Whittle notes, of Silvester: "This poor fellow is I really think little better than half idiot, being very deficient. He is something of a knave as well and I made him a steady cook to the fireman's mess."; left the vessel at Melbourne, January, 1865. [Alabama Claims Correspondence 3, 404-406; Whittle 60 & 66.]

James Silvey, served as gunner's mate 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 91.]

John Da Silvia, see under the surname Da Silvia.

L.P. Simer, originally served as private, company A, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery; transferred to the Confederate States Navy at an unspecified date. [Civil War Service Records.]

C. Simkins, CSS H.L. Hunley, died February 17, 1864, when that vessel attacked the USS Housatonic, off Charleston, South Carolina. [ORN 1, 15, 337.]

John Simmes, Seaman; born England; CSS Shenandoah, 1865; joined the vessel at Melbourne, Australia. [Alabama Claims 1, 976.]

Charles Simmons, enlisted as seaman in the Confederate States Navy, in 1861; later rated as a quarter gunner; captured at Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864, and exchanged. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 551; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 420-422.]

Charles S. Simmons, appointed as acting master in the Confederate States Navy on September 5, 1861; served aboard the CSS Mobile, New Orleans station, 1861-1862, and at the Jackson station in 1862. [CSN Register; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1031.]

Duke Simmons, Seaman; a Malay; CSS Shenandoah, 1865; joined the vessel at Melbourne, Australia. [Alabama Claims 1, 976; ORN 1, 3, 783.]

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

H. Simmons, Quarter Gunner, CSS Alert, 1861. [ORN 2, 1, 275.]

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

Horace Simmons, served as ship's steward aboard the CSS Alert, Mobile squadron, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XO - Clothing and Food, Clothing and Provisions (January - June, 1862), page 661.]

John F. Simmons (surname also shown as Fitzsimmons), native of Wexford, Ireland; personal description shown as blue eyes, grey hair, dark complexion and 5 feet 10 ½ inches in height; served as ordinary seaman aboard the CSS Selma, Mobile, Alabama, 1862 - 1864; deserted, March 13, 1864; sent, aboard the USS Ossipee, to the provost marshall at New Orleans; released, March, 1864, by order of Union Army general Banks. [ORN 1, 21, 145 and 2, 1, 286 & 306; Scriber.]

W.S. Simmons, shipped, by 2nd lieutenant F. M. Roby, as landsman, in the Confederate States Navy, on April 12, 1864, and sent for duty aboard the CSS Albemarle, at Plymouth Sound, North Carolina. [ORN 2, 1, 274; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 37-38.]

William H. Simmons, born Norfolk, Virginia; resided in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, as a mariner, prior to enlisting there, August 17, 1861, aged 27, 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 9, 1863; served as seaman aboard the CSS North Carolina, mid 1864. [NCT 4, 530; ORN 2, 1, 297.]

Charles C. Simms, Lieutenant, CSS St. Nicholas, June, 1861; reported for duty aboard CSS Florida, October 25, 1862; John Newland Maffitt describes him as a 'most excellent officer.' Commanded CSS Nashville, August, 1864. [ORN 1, 4, 555; 1, 1, 768 and 1, 21, 593.]

Charles Carroll Simms, born Virginia, 1824; original service in the United States Navy, from October 9, 1839; married Elizabeth Nourse, daughter of Charles J. Nourse, at the Highlands, (Washington, D.C.?), on November 18, 1852; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 22, 1861; resided with his wife and children at Washington, D.C., in 1860; entered the Confederate States Navy, June 10, 1861, as 1st lieutenant; commanded the canal boat Empire, at the engagement off Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in 1861, and was able to escape capture by piloting the vessel out of harm's way, and to Norfolk; served on the Richmond station, 1861 - 1862, and aboard the CSS Virginia; participated in the engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, March, 1862; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; in February, 1864, his wife, Bet, was noted to have been quite sick, and uneasy about having her husband ordered to another locality, away from her, and requested, from Admiral Buchanan, to have the application withdrawn; served aboard the CSS Baltic, 1864 (which vessel Simms describes as being "as rotten as punk, and is as fit to go into action as a mud scow"); detached from the CSS Baltic, July 21, 1864, and ordered to take command of the CSS Nashville, also at Mobile; relieved of command of the CSS Nashville, November 26, 1864, and ordered to report for duty, as soon as convenient, to commander Catesby ap R. Jones, at Selma, Alabama; paroled, at the close of the war, aboard the USS Stockdale, off Mobile, Alabama, on May 10, 1865. [ORN 1, 7, 47; 1, 21, 876, 880, 886, 908 & 929 and 2, 1, 308 & 321; Register1863; JCC 4, 121; 1860 U.S. Census; Daily National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C.) dated November 29, 1852; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RL - Paroles, A-W, page 177; Confederate Navy subject file H - Battles and casualties to ships; HA - engagements with enemy war vessels; Miscellaneous, pages 62-66.]

Duke Simms, see Duke Simmons.

John D. Simms, born Virginia; previous service in the United States Marine Corps, from October 7, 1841; original entry into Confederate States Marine Corps, as captain, July 15, 1861; commanded the Marine battalion at Charleston, South Carolina, in April, 1863; served at Drewry's Bluff, James River squadron, 1864. [Register1864; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XF - Fuel and Water, Coal and Wood for ships, page 210.]

Richard Simms, previously served as Private in Company A, 11th Battalion, Georgia Infantry; transferred to Company A, 47th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, May 12, 1862; detailed on gunboat service, December, 1862, and served aboard the CSS Isondiga, Savannah squadron, in 1863; deserted May 10, 1863, but apparently returned, as he is shown as being in hospital in October, 1863. [Georgia Rosters, 5, 11; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 775; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 748.]

Postlin Simon, enlisted as seaman aboard the CSS Baltic, Mobile Squadron, July 22, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 108.]

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

James Simpkins, appointed acting master's mate in the Confederate States Navy on August 22, 1861, and as acting master on September 17, 1861; ordered to serve as pilot on the Lake; served on the CSS Pamlico, New Orleans station, 1861-1862, and at the Jackson station in 1862; discharged from Naval service, under a general order issued by the Secretary of the Navy, on May 21, 1862. [CSN Register; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 1054; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 391.]

Charles Simpson, served as ordinary seaman at the New Orleans station in 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 91.]

G. B. Simpson, appointed acting 3rd assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, on February 26, 1862, and ordered to report aboard the CSS Carondelet, for duty. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 397.]

Isaac Simpson (surname incorrectly shown, in one source, as Sinsent), born in, and resided at Pasquotank County, North Carolina; pre-war occupation, farmer;; enlisted at Pasquotank County, April 23, 1861, aged 22, as private, company A, 17th Regiment North Carolina Troops (1st Organization); supposed to have been transferred to company E, 8th Regiment North Carolina State Troops, sometime between September, 1861 and February, 1862, but there is no indication in the roster of that unit that he served there; enlisted at Camden County, North Carolina, April 2, 1862, as private, company C, 56th Regiment North Carolina Troops; detailed as bridge guard at Goldsboro on May 27, 1863, after he was disabled, the circumstances of which are not stated; rejoined his company in July or August, 1863; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 12, 1864 (a Naval document shows that he was shipped, by 2nd lieutenant F. M. Roby, as landsman, in the Confederate States Navy, on April 10, 1864, and sent for duty aboard the CSS Albemarle, at Plymouth Sound, North Carolina); also served as quartermaster aboard the CSS Neuse, in 1864. [NCT 6, 126 & 13, 623; ORN 2, 1, 274; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 37-38 and 1231.]

Johnston Simpson, Seaman, Florida Volunteer Coast Guards, mustered in January 25, 1862. [Soldiers of Florida, 49.]

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

Smith L. Simpson, born Virginia; resident of Petersburg in 1863; appointed as acting master's mate in the Confederate States Navy on December 14, 1863; at the time of his appointment he was aged only fifteen years; served on the James River Squadron, 1864; CSS Roanoke, February, 1865. [ORN 1, 10, 767 and 1, 12, 187; Confederate Navy subject file, N - Personnel, NN - Acceptances, applications, appointments, etc., Acceptances - appointments of officers (A-K), page 43.]

Thomas G. Simpson, born Virginia; appointed 3rd assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, April 22, 1862; served on the CSS Hampton, James River squadron, 1862, and on the CSS Baltic at the Mobile squadron, 1862 - 1863; resigned September 8, 1863. [CSN Register; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 330.]

Thomas G. Simpson, served in the Confederate States Navy, 1863; deserted the service on March 15, 1863, leaving uncollected salary of $228.32, in his favor. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NZ - Desertions and straggling, Miscellaneous, page 320.]

William Simpson (surname also shown as Simson), Seaman (also shown as sailmaker); born England or Ireland; previous service CSS Alabama; captured off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864, and paroled; later served on the CSS Shenandoah, 1864-1865; rated coxswain at an unknown date; expiration of service, April 8, 1865; reshipped, June 27, 1865, as seaman. [Alabama Claims, 1, 976; Alabama Claims Correspondence 3, 401-402; CSS Shenandoah Deck Log; ORN 1, 3, 783; Whittle 139.]

Arthur Sinclair, sr., born in, and appointed from Virginia; father of Confederate Naval officer, Arthur Sinclair, jr., and George Terry Sinclair, both listed below previous service in the United States Navy, from March 4, 1823; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 18, 1861; entered the Confederate States Navy, as commander, June 10, 1861; ordered to report to New Orleans, in March, 1862, for command of a gunboat at that station; arrived at New Orleans, April 3, 1862, and assumed command of the CSS Mississippi; left New Orleans, April 25, 1862; commanded CSS Atlanta, 1863; served as assistant to bureau, Office of Orders and Detail, Confederate Navy Department, 1863; drowned in the foundering of the blockade runner, Lelia (which was named after his wife), January 14, 1865, just out of Liverpool, England; uncle of lieutenant William Conway Whittle, jr., of the Confederate States Navy; married, with children, at the time of his death. [Register1863; Whittle 160 & 237; ORN 1, 14, 692; 1, 18, 836 and 2, 1, 486 - 487; ORA 1, 6, chapter 16; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861; Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.) dated November 7, 1906, page 4.]

Arthur Sinclair, jr., born Norfolk, Virginia, May 5, 1837 (one source shows place of birth as Georgia, and appointed from Virginia); son of Arthur (listed above) and Lelia Sinclair, and brother of George Terry Sinclair, listed below; entered the United States Navy, 1850; left the Naval service prior to 1860, when he was listed as a merchant at Norfolk; entered the Confederate States Navy, May, 1861, as master's mate; served aboard the Winslow in North Carolina waters; after the fall of Fort Hatteras, in August, 1861, sent to the Gosport Navy Yard, where he served aboard the receiving vessel, United States; then sent aboard the CSS Virginia, as captain's clerk on February 1, 1862; participated in the engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia, in March, 1862; appointed master not in line of promotion, April 1, 1862; later sent to New Orleans and served aboard the CSS Mississippi, but escaped after the fall of the city, then sent to Richmond, Virginia; later served aboard the cruiser, CSS Alabama, 1862 - 1864; appointed 5th lieutenant, August 24, 1862, and acting 2nd lieutenant, June 22, 1863; in action off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864, against the USS Kearsarge; remained abroad after the sinking of the vessel; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; may have also served on the CSS Rappahannock, at Calais, France, 1864-1865; married Drusilla Willett, of Baltimore, 1867; wrote his account of service aboard the CSS Alabama, titiled "Two Years on the Alabama," which was published in 1895; employed as a merchant in Baltimore, in later years; moved to Fairfax County, Virginia; admitted to the Robert E. Lee, Camp 1, Confederate Veterans' Home, Richmond, Virginia, January 4, 1904; discharged at his own request, January 9, 1907; later returned to Baltimore, where he died, November 15, 1925. [Sinclair xi-xv; 1880 U.S. Census; LVa; ORN 1, 2, 751; 1, 7, 48 and 2, 1, 308; Register1863; JCC 4, 122; Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.) dated November 7, 1906, page 4; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, pages 401 and 820.]

George T. Sinclair, born Virginia; original service in the United States Navy from April 23, 1831; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, April 16, 1861; appointed captain, Virginia State Navy, April 19, 1861; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, April 20, 1861, as 1st lieutenant; service abroad, 1862. [ORN 1, 4, 399; Register1863; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861.]

George Terry Sinclair, born Norfolk, Virginia; son of Arthur Sinclair, senior, listed above, and his wife, Lelia; brother of Arthur Sinclair, jr., listed above; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting midshipman, 4th class, July 17, 1861; served at Savannah, Georgia, and later aboard the cruiser, CSS Florida, 1862 - 1863; captured at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864; sent to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received November 26, 1864; post war occupation as merchant in New York City; member of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York; also wrote articles for magazines; died at his home, in Baltimore, Maryland, February 4, 1930, aged 87. [ORN 1, 1, 770, 1, 3, 256 and 1, 2, 673; Fort Warren; CSN-Museum; Register1863; Confederate Veteran Camp of New York; Register1862; Register1864; New York Times dated Thursday, February 6, 1930; Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.) dated November 7, 1906, page 4.]

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

William B. Sinclair, born Virginia, 1818; father of Confederate States Navy midshipman, William B. Sinclair, jr., listed below; resident of Norfolk, Virginia; previous service in the United States Navy, from June 20, 1838; name stricken from the rolls of the United States Navy, May 10, 1861; original entry into Confederate States Navy service, as surgeon, June 10, 1861; served on the Richmond station, 1861 - 1864; paroled, at the close of the war, at Dover Mines, Virginia, May 3, 1865; resided as a physician (widowed), in 1880, at Baltimore, Maryland. [ORN 2, 1, 321; Register1863; 1880 U.S. Census; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated May 31, 1861; Daily Examiner (Richmond, Virginia) dated Saturday, November 26, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RL - Paroles, A-W, page 178.]

William Beverley Sinclair, jr., born Virginia, 1845; son of Confederate States Navy surgeon William B. Sinclair, listed above; resident of Norfolk, Virginia; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as acting midshipman, 3rd class, December 1, 1861; on acceptance of the appointment, Sinclair was ordered to proceed to Savannah, and report to lieutenant George T. Sinclair for duty, and to accompany him to England, aboard the steamer Fingal; served aboard the CSS Nashville, 1861; served on the Richmond station, and aboard the steamer, CSS Richmond, 1862 - 1863; later served aboard the cruiser, CSS Florida, 1864; drowned in the swamping of the second cutter of the CSS Florida, off the Delaware Capes, July 10, 1864. [ORN 1, 1, 752; 1, 2, 681; 1, 3, 622 and 2, 1, 321; Register1863; Register1864. Alabama Claims 2 (appendix 2), 133; Daily Examiner (Richmond, Virginia) dated Saturday, November 26, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, pages 403 and 404.]

William H. Sinclair, born Virginia; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as midshipman, 4th class, August 8, 1861; served aboard the CSS Alabama, 1862 - 1863; transferred to the tender CSS Tuscaloosa, June 21, 1863, as master; later aboard the side wheeled steamer CSS Patrick Henry, James River, Virginia, 1864. [ORN 1, 2, 713 and 2, 1, 300; Register1863; Register1864.]
Richard Sinnott, served in the Louisiana Guards, and then in the Confederate States Navy; post war resident of New Orleans; died about February, 1888. [Daily Picayune (New Orleans) dated Wednesday, February 22, 1888.]

Isaac Sinsent, see Isaac Simpson.

Peter Sipart, born Jersey (United Kingdom); aged 38; seaman, CSS Morgan, 1862. [St. Philip.]

J.H. Sircy, served as seaman, Confederate States Navy; attached as private to company B, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [M1091.]

Joseph Sire (surname also shown as Sia), seaman; resident of Apalachicola; wounded in the boiler explosion aboard the CSS Chattahoochee, Apalachicola River, Florida, May 27, 1863; later served as captain of afterguard, 1864, aboard the re-floated CSS Chattahoochee; captured below Apalachicola, Florida, May 12, 1864, and sent to the Navy Yard at Philadelphia, aboard the Bermuda. [ORN 1, 17, 697, 699 & 869; CSS Chattahoochee Muster Roll.]

David D. Sirmond, appointed acting master in the Confederate States Navy on December 13, 1861, and ordered to report to flag officer Lynch for duty; subsequently ordered, by Lynch, to report temporarily to lieutenant commanding Alexander for passage by first conveyance to Roanoke Island, where Sirmond was to report aboard the CSS Curlew for duty; also served aboard the CSS Cora, Norfolk, Virginia, 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XN- Naval stores afloat, Accounts for expenditures, page 952; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 406.]

Charles Fleetwood Sise, brought up in the South (United States), near the estate of Confederate president Jefferson Davis; indicated to have been sent to England by Jefferson Davis, as a special messenger with funds for the construction of the CSS Alabama; served aboard the CSS Alabama, and was taken prisoner after the sinking of the cruiser, off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864; post war served as president of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada; died at his home, in Montreal, Canada, April 9, 1918, from pneumonia. [New York Times dated April 10, 1918.]

Henry Sissen, appointed chief engineer (also shown as second assistant engineer) 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.]

Lemuel N. Sisson, appointed acting 3rd assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, February 15, 1862, and ordered to report aboard the CSS Maurepas for duty. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 408.]

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

B.C. Skelton (surname also shown as Shelton), born Georgia, 1831 or 1833; resided as a merchant, in 1860, with his wife, E.M. Skelton, at Hartwell district, Hart County, Georgia; served as ordinary seaman, Confederate States Navy; wounded in the knee, and captured aboard the CSS Atlanta, at Wassaw Sound, June 17, 1863; sent to Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, then transferred to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, September 6, 1863; exchanged October 1, 1864; released and sent to Richmond from City Point, Virginia, October 18, 1864, after being exchanged; muster roll of the CSS Georgia, indicates that he also served aboard that vessel; served aboard the CSS Columbia, Charleston station, 1864-1865; transferred to the Richmond station on January 22, 1865; attached, as private, company K, 2nd Regiment, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; resided as a farmer (widowed), in 1880, at Beat 2, Newton County, Mississippi. [ORN 1, 14, 268 & 2, 1, 286-287; Fort Warren; M1091; 1860 U.S. Census; 1880 U.S. Census; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated October 20, 1864; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RB - Prisoner of War rolls.., Mississippi Squadron-Miscellaneous, page 612; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, pages 270 - 271 and 608.]

James Skerritt, enlisted at Richmond, Virginia, July 29, 1861, as private, company I, 1st South Carolina (Gregg's) Volunteer Infantry; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, January 17, 1862; served as landsman, CSS Virginia, 1862. [SC1st; ORN 2, 1, 309.]

Andrew J. Skinner, enlisted, in 1863, at the age of 18, at Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, in the Confederate States Navy; served as moulder in the Confederate States Naval Ordnance Department, at Selma; captured, April 2, 1865, at Selma, by Wilson's raiders; held as prisoner of war at Selma, and paroled; resided with his wife, Ella D. Skinner, and son, Andrew J. Skinner, jr., at 1501, Alabama Avenue, Selma, Alabama, in 1924. [ADAH.]

Charles W. Skinner, served as 3rd class boy at the Richmond station, 1861, and later as landsman aboard the ironclad CSS Richmond, James River squadron, 1865; volunteered for temporary special duty, under lieutenant A. D. Wharton, on January 13, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 944; ORN 1, 11, 795; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, pages 484 - 487.]

E. W. Skinner, appointed acting master's mate in the Confederate States Navy, at Savannah, Georgia, on August 25, 1863, and ordered to report for duty aboard the CSS Isondiga. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, pages 410 and 411.]

Edwin C. Skinner, appointed as acting master's mate in the Confederate States Navy; also served as pilot, CSS Drewry, James River Squadron, in 1864-1865, and aboard the CSS Virginia II, January, 1865; temporary duty at Drewry's Bluff, James River, February, 1865; indicated to have been "a brave and cool man". [ORN 1, 10, 190 & 633; and 1, 11, 678, 693 & 812; Confederate Navy subject file, N - Personnel, NN - Acceptances, applications, appointments, etc., Acceptances - appointments of officers (A-K), page 44; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 308.]

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

Sion P. Skinner, resident of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; appointed acting midshipman in the Confederate States Navy on November 17, 1864, and ordered to report to lieutenant William H. Parker aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, James River squadron, for duty; surrendered, and paroled, at the close of the war, at Richmond, Virginia, April 15, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RL - Paroles, A-W, page 180; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 413.]

Theodore C. Skinner, served as yeoman aboard the CSS Patrick Henry, Richmond Station, 1861 - 1862. [Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XN- Naval stores afloat, Accounts for expenditures, page 922; Confederate Navy subject file O - Operations of Naval ships and fleet units; OO - Operations of large groups of vessels; Charleston - Miscellaneous, page 83.]

Thomas L. Skinner, born in Virginia; resident of Richmond, in 1863; appointed as lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy, for the war, on October 22, 1863; assigned to temporary command of the CSS Nansemond, October 12, 1864; served aboard the CSS Fredericksburg, 1865; ordered to report for temporary duty aboard the CSS Virginia II, February, 1865. [ORN 1, 10, 765 & 783; and 1, 12, 182 & 187; Confederate Navy subject file, N - Personnel, NN - Acceptances, applications, appointments, etc., Acceptances - appointments of officers (A-K), page 46.]

Thomas S. Skinner, born Virginia, 1805; resided at Richmond, in 1850, as a seaman; later appointed acting master, Confederate States Navy; served on the steamer CSS St. Nicholas, and on the Richmond station, 1861 - 1862; attached to the CSS Jamestown, Gosport Navy Yard, 1862; on the recommendation of the surgeon of the vessel, Skinner was granted leave for the benefit of his health, and died at his residence on Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, Thursday, March 20, 1862; funeral held at the Trinity Methodist Church, Saturday, March 22, 1862. [ORN 1, 4, 555 and 2, 1, 321; 1850 U.S. Census; Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) dated March 21, and March 22, 1862; Confederate Navy subject file M - Medical; MN - Discharges from medical custody and deaths; Deaths - discharges, page 246.]

W.E. Skinner, enlisted in company D, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry, April 21, 1862; transferred to the "Georgia Hussars," company A, 5th Georgia Cavalry, January 20, 1863; transferred to the Confederate States Navy, September 1, 1863. ["Roll and Legend of the Georgia Hussars," by Alexander McC. Duncan, published 1906; see also web site, "The Outline History of the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment, 1863-1865," at URL: http://pollette.com/5thcavalry/5thcav/companya.htm]

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

William W. Skinner, served as landsman, CSS North Carolina; applied for a post war Confederate pension from New Hanover County, North Carolina (see also next entry, which may be the same person). [NC State Archives; ORN 2, 1, 297.]

William W. Skinner, acting master's mate and 2nd class pilot, Confederate States Navy, 1863 - 1864; served aboard the CSS Richmond and the CSS Hampton, James River squadron 1864; wounded in action, James River, January 24, 1865 (see also, previous entry) ; attached to Semmes' Naval Brigade, for special service, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [ORN 1, 10, 644 and 766; and 1, 11, 689; Register1864; M1091.]

Peter Skipper, born North Carolina, 1828; served as landsman, CSS Arctic; resided as a house carpenter, in 1880, with his wife, Mary and four children (eldest child born 1857), at Carvers Creek, Bladen County, North Carolina; his widow, Mary Skipper, later applied for a post war Confederate pension from Bladen County, North Carolina. [NC State Archives; ORN 2, 1, 277; 1880 U.S. Census.]

John Hancock Slack, qualified, on June 9, 1864, to serve in 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.]

Frederick B. Sladden, appointed acting master, Confederate States Navy, September 13, 1861; commanded Launch No. 1, New Orleans station, 1861-1862; later served on the Jackson station, 1862. [CSN Register; Confederate Navy subject file, X - Supplies, XN- Naval stores afloat, Accounts for expenditures, page 622.]

William H. Slade, previously served as 2nd Sergeant in Company I, 1st Regiment Georgia Regulars, February, 1861; transferred to Navy Department, May 2, 1864. [Georgia Rosters, 1, 353.]

J. F. Slambias, served as a landsman in the Confederate States Navy; paroled at Tallahassee, Florida, May 13, 1865. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 669.]

James J. Slater, born Mississippi, November, 1836; originally served in company G, 15th Confederate Cavalry; later served as seaman aboard the CSS Nashville, and the CSS Baltic, Confederate States Navy; on duty at Mobile, Alabama, February 24, 1864; married about 1865; resided as a toolmaker, with his wife, Martha, and two children, in 1900, at Mobile county, Alabama; his widow applied for a Confederate pension from Mobile county, Alabama (file number 38777, witnessed by John Rhowick and J.W. Dickler). [ADAH; 1900 U.S. Census.]

John Slaughter, served as landsman at the Naval battery, Gloucester Point, Virginia, 1861. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS New Orleans - Yorktown, page 398.]

Richard C. Slaughter, born Arkansas; original entry into Confederate States Navy, as midshipman, February 21, 1863; served on the CSS Richmond, and the CSS Nansemond, James River squadron, 1864; later, on the evacuation of Richmond, Virginia, served in the Naval Brigade; guarded the Confederate archives and treasure on its trip from Richmond to Augusta, Georgia; final discharge from Confederate service at Abbeville, South Carolina, May 2, 1865; left Abbeville for home on May 7, 1865; paroled at Charlotte, North Carolina, May 12, 1865. [ORN 1, 10, 671 and 727; Register1864; Washington Times (Washington, D.C.) dated June 12, 1904, page 6; Confederate Navy subject file, R - Prisoners and Prisons, RL - Paroles, A-W, page 181.]

S.R. Sledge, ordinary seaman, CSS Savannah; died November 14, 1864; buried, November 15, 1864, at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. [ORN 2, 1, 304; Daily News and Herald (Savannah, Georgia) dated May 19, 1866; Honeycutt.]

George Sloan, appointed acting 2nd assistant engineer in the Confederate States Navy, at New Orleans, on February 14, 1862, and ordered to report aboard the CSS Bienville for duty. [Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NN- Acceptances......Revoked commissions; Acceptances - Appointments of officers (L - Z) - Revoked commissions, page 415.]

J.S. Sloan, served as coal heaver, Confederate States Navy; attached as private to company B, Semmes' Naval Brigade, April, 1865; surrendered and paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, April 26, 1865. [M1091.]

Mathew Sloan, born on June 25, 1848; enlisted as landsman aboard the CSS Baltic, Mobile Squadron, June 13, 1862; died on October 8, 1901; buried at the Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama. A person of the same name is also listed as having served in the Confederate States Marine Corps, and it is unknown if they are one and the same. [John E. Ellis; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; Lists and Registers, page 110.]

Albert L. Slocum, previous service in Company B, 26th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, as Private, August 5, 1861; mustered out, May 10, 1862, then enlisted as a Private in Company C, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry (Clinch's), May 21, 1862; transferred to Clinch's Battery Georgia Light Artillery on December 1, 1863; transferred to the Confederate States Navy on April 12, 1864; appointed Third Assistant Engineer and ordered to CSS Sampson, September 9, 1864. [Georgia Rosters 3, 198.]

Frederick Slocum, served aboard the CSS Beaufort, James River Squadron, 1863; fell off the deck of that vessel, Tuesday, May ?, 1863, and was drowned in the James River; body was found lodged against a vessel, the West Point, and retrieved on March 18, 1863. [Richmond Daily Dispatch dated March 19, 1863.]

James K.P. Slocum, born Mobile, Alabama, March 4, 1845; enlisted at Mobile, 1862, in the Confederate States Navy; paroled at Mobile, at the close of the war; address, in 1921, shown as Barnwell, Alabama. [ADAH.]

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

Andrew Sloven (or Slaven), previously served as Private, Company M, 1st Regiment Georgia Regulars, February 19, 1861; wounded in action at 2nd Bull Run, Virginia, August 30, 1862; transferred to Confederate States Navy, May 2, 1864. [Georgia Rosters, 1, 372.]