MARYLAND OFFICERS [REGULAR], IN U. S. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. 11

NAME.	RANK OR RATING.	DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR SHIPMENT.	DATE OF DISCHARGE.	VESSELS SERVED ON AND REMARKS.
Wm. C. Nicholson	Commodore.	June 18, 1812		Entered the service as Midshipman; promoted Lieu-
				tenant; Commander; Captain; Commodore, July 16,
				1862; continued in service.
James J. Noble	2d Asst. Eng.	Feb. 19, 1861	Mar. 3, 1866	Entered the service as 3d Asst. Engineer; promoted 2d
				Asst. Engineer, May 20, 1863; Retired List, Jan. 5,
				1866; resigned.
James C. Palmer	Surgeon- Gen.	Mar. 26, 1834		Entered the service as Asst. Surgeon, March 26, 1834;
				commissioned as Surgeon; attached to Naval Acad-
				emy, 1861-3; Fleet Surgeon, flagship Hartford, W. G.
				Squadron, 1863-5; battle of Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864;
				continued in service as Surgeon-General, with rela-
				tive rank of Commodore.
Lambert G. Palmer	Lieutenant.	July 20, 1863		Entered the service as Midshipman; continued in
				service, and subsequently promoted Ensign, Master
				and Lieutenant.
Roger Perry	Captain.	July 1, 1828		Appointed July 1, 1828; promoted Passed Midshipman,
				Lieutenant and Commander; commanded store ship
				Fredonia, Pacific Squadron, 1863-4; continued in ser-
				vice, and subsequently commissioned as Captain.
Gustavus A. Pfeltz	3d Asst. Eng.	Aug. 3, 1861	June 25, 1866	Resigned.
Davidson Phenix	Lt.-Comd'r.	Sept. 30, 1841		Entered the service as Midshipman; promoted Passed
				Midshipman; Master; Lieutenant; Lieut.-Com-
				mander, July 16, 1862; died Feb. 20, 1864.
Hugh L. Pilkington	2d Asst. Eng.	June 27, 1862		Entered the service as 3d Asst. Engineer; promoted 2d
				Asst. Engineer, Nov. 21, 1863; continued in service.
Ninian Pinkney	Med. Director.	Mar 26, 1834		Entered the service as Asst. Surgeon; commissioned
				Surgeon; from 1860 to 1862, special duty, Washing-
				ton, D. C. ; Fleet Surgeon, Mississippi Squadron,
				1863-5; continued in service, and subsequently pro-
				moted Medical Director, with relative rank of Com-
				modore.
M. H. Plunkett	2d Asst. Eng.	July 21, 1358	May 9, 1865	Entered the service as 3d Asst. Engineer; promoted 2d
				Asst. Engineer, Sept. 21, 1861; resigned.
Alexander H. Price	2d Asst. Eng.	Oct. 8, 1861		Entered the service as 3d Asst. Engineer; promoted 2d
				Asst. Engineer, Aug. 3, 1863; continued in service.
Arthur J. Pritchard	Pay Director.	Oct. 11, 1861		Entered the service Oct. 11, 1861, as Asst. Paymaster;
				Nov. 9, 1864, promoted Paymaster; serving on the
				Itasca, Wyalusing and Ticonderoga; participating
				in the attacks upon Forts Jackson and St. Philips,
				Vicksburg, Grand Gulf, Maushac Bend, etc.; en-
				gagement with ram Albemarle and capture of Ply-
				mouth, N. C.; severely wounded in the fall of 1862,
				in the attack upon New Orleans, La. ; serving in the
				W. G. Squadron, 1861-3; N. A. Squadron, 1863-5; Eu-
				ropean Squadron, 1865; continued in service, and
				subsequently commissioned as Pay Inspector and
				Pay Director.
Hugh Y. Purviance	Rear Admiral.	Nov. 3, 1818		Appointed Nov. 3, 1818; commissioned Lieutenant,
				Commander and Captain; commanded frigate St.
				Lawrence on the blockade off Charleston and South-
				ern coast, 1861; sunk the Confederate privateer Pe-
				trel, off Charleston; captured several prizes; par-
				ticipated in the fight of the Merrimac, gunboats and
				batteries off Sewell's Point, Hampton Roads; com-
				missioned as Commodore, July 16, 1862; Light-house
				Inspector, 1863-65; received a vote of thanks of
				Maryland Legislature; continued in service, and
				subsequently promoted Rear- Admiral.
Peter A. Rearick	Chief Eng.	Feb. 17, 1860		Appointed 3d Asst. Engineer, Feb. 17, 1860; promoted
				2d Asst. Engineer, July 22, 1862; 1st Asst. Engineer,
				March 1, 1864; steamer Crusader, N. A. Squadron,
				1861; Housatonic, W. G. Squadron, 1862; S. A.
				Squadron, 1863; Britannia, N. A. Station, 1864; iron-
				clad Dictator, N. A. Station, 1865; retained in ser-
				vice, and subsequently promoted Chief Engineer,
				with relative rank of Lieut.-Commander.
James Renshaw	1st Asst. Eng.	Feb. 17, 1860	May 14, 1867	Entered the service as 3d Asst. Engineer; promoted 2d
				Asst. Engineer, Dec. 8, 1862; 1st Asst. Engineer,
				March 1, 1864; resigned.