Anthony Dunn

Anthony Dunn was born c1837 in Buffalo, New York and enlisted in New York as a 2nd Class Fireman on 26 January 1864 for a one year term. The enlistment return notes he had sixteen months of previous Naval service. ^[1] Per his rendezvous index card, Dunn was attached to the USS Brooklyn on 25 April 1864. ^[2]

Dunn was aboard the Brooklyn during the 5 August 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, in which action he was killed after being struck by a shell.^[3].

Anthony Dunn was 27 years old and had been in the Navy for nearly two years across both enlistments.

Both the casualty report and his tombstone lists Dunn as a 1st Class Fireman, however the Brooklyn's muster roll lists him as a 2nd Class Fireman. He also evidently acquired some body art during his first enlistment, the physical description on his second enlistment lists his tattoos "star on breast, eagle + name on right arm, coat of arms on left arm". It is unknown whether Anthony Dunn was related to John Dunn.

Interment

Section 2, Grave 288, Mobile National Cemetery

Anthony Dunn and the rest of the Brooklyn KIAs from the Battle of Mobile Bay were originally buried at Fort Powell. The graves were later removed by the Army Quartermaster Department to Mobile National Cemetery.

Dependents

Awards and Memorials

References

^[1] Return of the United States Naval Rendezvous, 14th State Street NY for the week ending January 30, 1864

^[2] NARA T1099. An index to rendezvous reports during the Civil War, 1861-1865.

^[3] "Report of Casualties on the USS Brooklyn" NARA "Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy From Commanding Officers of Squadrons, 1841-1886".

^[4] Muster Rolls of U.S.S. Brooklyn 1864-1865

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