John Dunn
Coal Heaver, USS Brooklyn
John Dunn was born c1839 in Brooklyn, New York and enlisted in New York as a Coal Heaver on 21 January 1864 for a one year term. [1] Per his rendezvous index card, Dunn was attached to the USS Brooklyn on 20 April 1864. [2]
Dunn was aboard the Brooklyn during the 5 August 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, in which action he was injured. He was transported by the USS Metacomet to Naval Hospital Pensacola, where he died the following day from his injuries (6 August 1865).[3], [5].
John Dunn was 25-26 years old and had been in the Navy for just over five months.
It is unknown whether John Dunn was related to Anthony Dunn.
Interment
Unknown, but most likely is buried in an "unknown soldier" grave in Barrancas National Cemetery. Graves then were typically given wooden headboards unless their shipmates took up a collection to pay for a stone marker that would survive Pensacola's humid subtropical climate.
Dependents
Awards and Memorials
References
[1] Return of the United States Naval Rendezvous, New York for the week ending January 23, 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
[5] Hospital Tickets and Case Papers, compiled 1825-1889. ARC ID: 2694723. Department of the Navy, Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Record Group 52. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.