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History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 2
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8 MARYLAND OFFICERS [REGULAR], IN U. S. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.

NAME.

RANK OR RATING.

DATE OF
ENLISTMENT OR
SHIPMENT.

DATE OF
DISCHARGE.

VESSELS SERVED ON AND REMARKS.

John Haynes

Mate.

Nov. 22, 1862

 

Deserted Aug. 15, 1863.

Andrew H.

       

Henderson

3d Asst. Eng.

Sept. 8, 1863

April 17, 1866

Dismissed.

Edward M. Hensley

Mate.

July 8, 1863

June 8, 1865

Resigned.

James Herold

Boatswain.

Jan. 21, 1862

 

Continued in service.

Richard T. Herrich

Mate.

Aug. 3, 1863

Mar. 13, 1865

Resigned.

James M. Hogg

Gunner.

May 14, 1862

 

Entered the service as Mate; promoted Gunner, July

       

10, 1862; continued in service.

Phineas J. Horwitz

Med. Director.

Nov. 8, 1847

 

Entered the service as Asst. Surgeon; promoted Sur-

       

geon, April 19, 1861; continued in service, and sub-

       

sequently promoted Medical Inspector and Medical

       

Director.

Edward Hughes

Boatswain.

Aug. 11, 1864

 

Continued in service.

George Cookman

       

Ireland

2d Asst. Eng.

Sept. 16, 1862

Nov. 10, 1865

Entered the service as 3d Asst. Engineer; promoted 2d

     

i

Asst. Engineer, March 1, 1864; resigned.

Thomas Irving

Mate.

Nov. 17, 1863

Jan. 6, 1865

Promoted for gallantry at Fort Moultrie.

Washington Irving

Purser.

June 1, 1861

 

Continued in service.

Charles W. Jarboe

Lieutenant.

Sept. 20, 1864

 

Entered the service as Midshipman; continued in ser-

       

vice, and subsequently promoted Passed Midship-

       

man, Ensign, Master and Lieutenant.

John Joins

Sailmaker.

Sept. 26, 1837

May 26, 1865

Retired.

Truman M. Jones

1st Asst. Eng.

Oct. 8, 1861

 

Entered the service as 3d Asst. Engineer; promoted 2d

       

Asst. Engineer, Aug. 3, 1863; continued in service,

       

and subsequently promoted 1st Asst. Engineer.

William T. Kemp

Asst. Surgeon.

May 8, 1863

 

Entered the Volunteer Service as Acting Asst. Sur-

       

geon; promoted Asst. Surgeon; Regular Service,

       

Sept. 5, 1863; died March 31, 1864.

Stephen D. Kennedy

Medical Insp.

May 9, 1861

 

Entered the service as Asst. Surgeon; continued in

       

service, and subsequently promoted Surgeon and

       

Medical Inspector.

Edward Kershner

Medical Insp.

Jan. 24, 1862

 

Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Jan. 24, 1862; attached to

       

New Ironsides, S. A. Blockading Squadron, 1862-64;

       

Mississippi Squadron, 1864-65; remained in service,

       

and subsequently commissioned Surgeon and Med-

       

ical Inspector.

Andrew J. Kiersted

Chief Eng.

June 26, 1856

 

Entered the service as 3d Asst. Engineer; promoted

       

1st Asst. Engineer; Chief Engineer, Nov. 12, 1861,

       

with relative rank of Commander; attached to the

       

steam sloop Mohican, 1860-1; steam sloop Tusca-

       

rora, N. A. Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; continued

       

in service.

Augustus H. Kilty

Rear Admiral.

July 24, 1821

 

Appointed July 24, 1821; promoted to Passed Midship-

       

man; commissioned as Lieutenant; commissioned as

       

Commander; ordered to St. Louis, 1861, to aid in

       

organizing naval flotilla; took command of gun-

       

boat Mound City, and was engaged at Island No. 10

       

and Fort Pillow, the vessel being sunk in the latter

       

engagement; she was raised and repaired, rejoining

       

the flotilla; in June, 1862, commanded an expedition

       

to White river, Arkansas; on the 17th attacked Fort

       

St. Charles, and with the aid of the military force

       

took it, but near the close of the action a shot en-

       

tered the steam drum of the Mound City, and the

       

escape of steam caused the death of more than a

       

hundred officers and men; the commanding officer

       

received a severe scald, causing the loss of his left

       

arm; commissioned as Captain, July 6, 1862; com-

       

manded ironclad frigate Roanoke, N. A. Squadron,

       

and receiving ship Vermont; continued in service,

       

and subsequently commissioned as Commodore and

       

Rear-Admiral.

James W. King

Eng. -in-Chief

Sept. 2, 1844

 

Entered the service as 3d Asst. Engineer; promoted 2d

       

Asst. Engineer, 1st Asst. Engineer, Chief Engineer,

       

continued in service, and subsequently appointed

       

Engineer-in-Chief.

 

 

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