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History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 2
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14 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.

Edward R. Seager

Professor.

May 21, 1864

 

Continued in service.

Henry D. Sellman

2d Asst. Eng.

July 19, 1861

 

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

       

Asst. Engineer, Dec. 18, 1862; continued in service.

Alex. A. Semmes

Commodore.

Oct. 22, 1841

 

Appointed Oct. 22, 1841; promoted Passed Midship-

       

man; commissioned Lieutenant; Lieut.-Commander,

       

July 16, 1862; steamer Rhode Island, Atlantic Coast,

       

1861; commanding steamer Wamsutta, S, A. Block-

       

ading Squadron, 1862-3; in skirmish with rebels in

       

Newport river, Ga., April, 1862; commanding steam

       

gunboat Tahoma, E. G. Blockading Squadron,

       

1863-4; attacked the batteries of Tampa, Fla., in

       

April and Oct., 1863; a demonstration on Bayport,

       

Fla., Sept., 1863; destroying English blockade-run-

       

ning steamer and warehouse containing her cargo;

       

commanding ironclad Lehigh, S. A. Blockading

       

Squadron, 1864-5; bombarding of Fort Pringle, July

       

7-10, 1864; picket duty in the harbor of 'Charleston,

       

1864-5; commanding Lehigh and senior officer of six

       

vessels, Feb., 1865; continued in service, and subse-

       

quently commissioned Commander, Captain and

       

Commodore.

George W. Sensner

Chief Eng.

Oct. 22, 1860

 

Appointed 3d Asst. Engineer, 1860; promoted 2d Asst.

       

Engineer, Feb. 19, 1862; 1st Asst. Engineer, Aug. 24,

       

1864; frigate Minnesota, N. A. Squadron, 1861; gun-

       

boat Port Royal, N. A. Squadron, 1862; Minnesota,

       

N. A. Station, 1862-4; special duty, Baltimore, 1865;

       

East India Squadron, 1865; remained in service, and

       

subsequently promoted Chief Engineer, with rela-

       

tive rank of Lieut.-Commander.

George Sewell

Chief Eng.

Mar. 13, 1847

 

Appointed Acting 2d Asst. Engineer; promoted 1st

       

Asst. Engineer in Regular Service; promoted Chief

       

Engineer; continued in service.

Solomon Sharp

Surgeon.

Sept. 15, 1829

 

Appointed Asst. Surgeon; promoted Surgeon, Feb. 20,

       

1838; retired Aug. 16, 1865; died Jan. 7, 1870.

Washington O.

       

Sharrar

Lieutenant.

Sept. 27, 1864

 

Entered the service as Acting Midshipman; continued

       

in service, and subsequently promoted Master and

       

Lieutenant.

Thomas A. Shock

Chief Eng.

Feb. 6, 1851

 

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

       

Asst. Engineer, May 21, 1853; 1st Asst. Engineer,

       

June 25, 1856; Chief Engineer, Dec. 6, 1860; continued

       

in service.

William H. Shock

Eng. -in-Chief

Jan. 18, 1845

 

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

       

Asst. Engineer, 1st Asst. Engineer and Chief Engi-

       

neer, U. S. Navy; attached to steam frigate Pow-

       

hatan, E. I. Squadron; 1860-2, President of Examin-

       

ing Board of Engineers; 1862-3, superintending con-

       

struction of river monitors; 1863-5, Fleet Engineer,

       

W. G. Squadron, participating in the capture of

       

Forts Gaines and Morgan, Spanish Fort and city of

       

Mobine; continued in service, and subsequently ap-

       

pointed Engineer-in-Chief of U. S. Navy, with rela-

       

tive rank of Commodore.

Augustus W. Smith

Professor.

Sept. 22, 1860

 

Died March 21, 1866.

Henry A. Smith

2d Asst. Eng.

Sept. 16, 1862

July 28, 1866

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

       

Asst. Engineer, March 1, 1864; resigned July 28, 1866.

John A. B. Smith

Chief Eng.

April 21, 1863

 

Appointed 3d Asst. Engineer, 1863; promoted 2d Asst.

       

Engineer, Sept. 28, 1864; attached to Housatonic, S.

       

A. Squadron, 1863-4; Mohongo, 1864; continued in

       

service, and subsequently promoted 1st Asst. Engi-

       

neer and Chief Engineer.

William S. Smith

Chief Eng.

Feb. 19, 1861

 

Appointed 3d Asst. Engineer, 1861; promoted 2d Asst.

       

Engineer, July 16, 1863; 1st Asst. Engineer, Dec. 1,

       

1864; attached to Colorado, N. A. Station, 1861; spe-

       

cial duty on New Ironsides, 1862-3; Powhatan, W. I.

       

Squadron, 1864-5; continued in service, and subse-

       

quently promoted to Chief Engineer, with relative

       

rank of Lieut.-Commander.

 

 

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