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History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-6, Volume 2
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16 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.

Nisbit Turnbull

Midshipman.

Sept. 29, 1864

Mar. 26, 1868

Resigned.

Carleton A. Uber

3d Asst. Eng.

Mar. 17, 1863

 

Continued in service.

Philip R. Voorhees

1st Asst. Eng.

Feb. 19, 1861

 

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

       

neer, Jan. 16, 1863; 1st Asst. Engineer, Dec. 1, 1864;

       

continued in service.

Philip S. Wales

Med. Director.

Aug. 7, 1856

 

Entered the service as Asst. Surgeon; attached to

       

steamer Water Witch, 1861; commissioned as Passed

       

Asst. Surgeon, March 25, 1861; Surgeon, Oct. 12, 1861;

       

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, 1863; steamer Fort Jack-

       

son, N. A. Blockading Squadron, 1864; steamer Fort

       

Jackson, W. G. Blockading Squadron, 1865; continued

       

in service, and subsequently commissioned as Med-

       

ical Inspector and Medical Director.

Lewis B. Wakeman

Sailmaker.

Oct. 31, 1855

June 12, 1865

Resigned.

James Walker

Boatswain.

Feb. 11, 1851

 

Continued in service.

John Walker

Boatswain.

Feb. 6, 1862

 

Continued in service.

William M. Walker

Captain.

Nov. 1, 1827

 

Appointed Midshipman; Passed Midshipman, June 10,

       

1833; Lieutenant, Dec. 8, 1838; Commander, Sept. 11,

       

1855; Captain, July 16, 1862; died Nov. 19, 1866.

John P. Wallis

Lieutenant.

July 26, 1864

 

Appointed Midshipman, July 26, 1864; continued in

       

service, and subsequently promoted Ensign, Master

       

and Lieutenant.

Jesse F. Walton

3d Asst. Eng.

Aug. 25, 1862

Mar. 31, 1865

Resigned.

Robert L. Wamaling

3d Asst. Eng.

July 8, 1862

Nov. 17, 1865

Resigned.

William Wallace

Captain.

June 14, 1862

 

Commissioned as 2d Lieutenant Marine Corps, June

       

14, 1862; 1st Lieutenant, June 10, 1864; wounded in

       

action; brevet Captain for gallantry; Marine Bar-

       

racks, Washington, D. C., 1862-4; Susquehanna, N.

       

A. Blockading Squadron, 1864-5; two attacks on

       

Fort Fisher and land assault on same; steam sloop

       

Susquehanna, Brazil Squadron, 1865-6; remained in

       

service, and subsequently promoted Captain.

George R. Watkins

Paymaster.

Dec. 31, 1863

 

Appointed Acting Asst. Paymaster, Dec. 31, 1863; com-

       

missioned a Passed Asst. Paymaster in regular ser-

       

vice; R. S. Alleghany, 1863-4; retained in service,

       

and subsequently commissioned as Paymaster, U. S.

       

Navy, with relative rank of Lieut. -Commander.

T. Bascom Watkins

Gunner.

Oct. 5, 1861

 

Continued in service.

Wm. N. Watmaugh

Paymaster.

Nov. 7, 1862

 

Entered the Volunteer Service as Acting Asst. Pay-

       

master; transferred to Regular Service as Asst. Pay-

       

master, June 30, 1864; promoted Paymaster, May 4,

       

1866; continued in service.

Edward D. Weems

2d Asst. Eng.

Mar. 25, 1862

Sept. 6, 1867

Appointed 3d Asst. Engineer, March 25, 1862; promoted

       

2d Asst. Engineer, Nov. 1, 1863; resigned.

B. B. H. Wharton

Chief Eng.

Nov. 21, 1857

 

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

       

Asst. Engineer; 1st Asst. Engineer, Oct. 16, 1861;

       

Chief Engineer, Nov. 10, 1863; steam gunboat Ma-

       

haska, N. A. Blockading Squadron, 1862; ironclad

       

Patapsco, S. A. Blockading Squadron, 1863; steam

       

gunboat Chicopee, N. A. Blockading Squadron,

       

1863-4; steam sloop Lancaster, flagship Pacific

       

Squadron, 1865; continued in service, with relative

       

rank of Lieut.-Commander.

Madison Wheedon

Sailmaker.

Aug. 19, 1834

 

Retired List, Feb. 27, 1862.

Lewis J. Williams

Med. Director.

Jan. 25, 1842

 

Entered the service as Asst. Surgeon; commissioned

       

Surgeon; attached to Navy Yard, New York, 1861-

       

63; steam sloop Richmond, W. G. Squadron, 1863-65;

       

battle Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864; continued in service,

       

and subsequently promoted Medical Inspector and

       

Medical Director, with relative rank of Captain.

John Wilson

2d Asst. Eng.

Feb. 21, 1861

May 19, 1866

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

       

neer; resigned.

William A. Windsor

Chief Eng.

Sept. 16, 1862

 

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

       

Asst. Engineer, March 1, 1864; continued in service,

       

and subsequently promoted 1st Asst. Engineer,

       

Passed Asst. Engineer and Chief Engineer.

Fred. M. Wise

Commander.

Sept. 23, 1862

 

Entered the service as Midshipman; continued in ser-

       

vice, and subsequently promoted Ensign, Master,

       

Lieutenant, Lieut.-Commander and Commander.

 

 

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