Thomas Williams

Seaman, USS Brooklyn

Thomas Williams was born c1842 in England and enlisted in New York as a Seaman on 21 April 1864 for a two year term. ^{[1], [4]} Per his rendezvous index card, Williams was attached to the USS Brooklyn on 27 April 1864. ^[2]

Williams 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].

Thomas Williams was 22 and had been in the Navy for less than five months.

Interment

Section 2, Grave 460, Mobile National Cemetery

Thomas Williams 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, New York for the week ending April 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