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History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 2
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MARYLAND OFFICERS [REGULAR], IN U. S. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. 15

NAME.

RANK OR RATING.

DATE OF
ENLISTMENT OR
SHIPMENT.

DATE OF
DISCHARGE.

VESSELS SERVED ON AND REMARKS.

Harrison Spear

2d Asst. Eng.

April 21, 1863

 

Appointed 3d Asst. Engineer; promoted 2d Asst. Engi-

       

neer, July 25, 1866; continued in service.

James E. Speights

3d Asst. Eng.

Aug. 12, 1862

 

Continued in service.

Tecumseh Steece

Lieutenant.

Sept. 26, 1857

 

Acting Midshipman; promoted Midshipman, June 1,

       

1861; Lieutenant, July 16, 1862; died July 15, 1864.

Roger N. Stemble

Rear Admiral.

Mar. 27, 1832

 

Entered the service as Midshipman; promoted Passed

       

Midshipman; Lieutenant; Commander, July 1, 1861;

       

Captain, July 25, 1866; continued in service, and sub-

       

sequently promoted Commodore and Rear- Admiral.

Yates Sterling

Captain.

Sept. 27, 1860

 

Appointed Sept. 27, 1860; promoted to Ensign, May 28,

       

1863; attached to steam sloop Shenandoah, N. A.

       

Blockading Squadron, 1863-65; both attacks on Fort

       

Fisher; steamer Mohongo, Pacific Squadron; pro-

       

moted Master, Nov. 10, 1865; continued in service, and

       

subsequently commissioned as Lieutenant, Lieut.-

       

Commander, Commander and Captain.

John K. Stevenson

3d Asst. Eng.

May 20, 1863

 

Continued in service.

Mark T. Sunstrom

2d Asst. Eng.

Feb. 1, 1862

Nov. 10, 1865

Appointed and commissioned as 3d Asst. Engineer,

       

Feb. 1, 1862; promoted 2d Asst. Engineer, Oct. 15,

       

1863; U. S. ironclad Monitor, in engagement with the

       

Merrimac; on board Monitor, when she foundered

       

at sea, Dec. 30, 1862; U. S. S. Unadillo, Pontoosuc,

       

Ashuelot, N. A. Squadron; resigned Nov. 10, 1865, on

       

account of disability incurred in service.

Thomas L. Swann

Commander.

Dec. 8, 1856

 

Appointed Dec. 8, 1856; attached to steam frigate

       

Niagara; blockade duty off Charleston, S. C., thence

       

as flagship of Gulf Squadron, 1861-62; present at the

       

engagements between Forts McCrea, Barancas, Pen-

       

sacola Navy Yard and Fort Pickens, assisted by

       

Niagara and Richmond, in 1861; with boat expedi-

       

tion, June, 1861, which cut out steamer Ariel from

       

under the guns of Fort Morgan; promoted to Mas-

       

ter, Sept. 19, 1861; attached to Naval Academy,

       

Newport, from June 14, 1862, to Nov., 1863; commis-

       

sioned as Lieutenant, July 16, 1862; attached to steam

       

sloop Brooklyn, W. G. Blockading Squadron, 1864;

       

taking part in the battle of Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864;

       

bombardment of Fort Morgan, Aug. 22, 1864; the

       

Brooklyn was sent north for repairs, returning the

       

following month, and joined the fleet in Hampton

       

Roads; Executive of Brooklyn in both attacks on

       

Fort Fisher; detached from Brooklyn, Feb., 1865;

       

continued in service, and subsequently commis-

       

sioned Lieut.-Commander and Commander.

Henry T. Tappan

3d Asst. Eng.

Aug. 3, 1863

Sept. 13, 1864

Dismissed.

Robert D. Taylor

P. A. Eng.

April 21, 1863

 

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

       

Engineer, July 25, 1866; attached to Minnesota, N.

       

A. Squadron, 1863-5; Winooski, N. A. Squadron, 1865;

       

retained in service, and subsequently promoted 1st

       

Asst. Engineer, with relative rank of Lieutenant.

Charles Thomas

Captain.

Feb. 2, 1829

 

Appointed Feb. 2, 1829; promoted to Passed Midship-

       

man; commissioned as Lieutenant; special duty,

       

Philadelphia, Pa., 1863-64; continued in service, and

       

subsequently commissioned Captain.

McLane Tilton

Lieut.-Col.

Mar. 2, 1861

 

Commissioned 2d Lieutenant Marine Corps, March 2,

       

1861; 1st Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1861; Captain, June 10,

       

1864; steam frigate Colorado, W. G. Blockading

       

Squadron, 1861; Marine Barracks, Pensacola, Fla.,

       

1862-3; Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C., 1864-5;

       

continued in service, and subsequently promoted

       

Lieutenant-Colonel.

W. F. Torbett

Paymaster.

May 11, 1864

 

Entered the Volunteer Service as Acting Asst. Pay-

       

master; promoted Paymaster, Regular Service, July

       

22, 1866; continued in service.

Joseph Trilley

Chief Eng.

Aug. 11, 1860

 

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

       

Asst. Engineer, July 30, 1862; 1st Asst. Engineer,

       

July 20, 1864; continued in service, and subsequently

       

promoted Chief Engineer.

 

 

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