USS Calhoun
The Calhoun was a side-wheel steamer captured as a prize and commissioned at some point after 23 January 1862.
She served on the West Gulf Blockading Squadron between 19 March 1862 and 6 May 1864.
Deaths
Name | Rate/Rank | Date of Death | Age | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Bien | Ordinary Seaman | 5 November 1862 | ||
William Brown | Acting 2nd Assistant Engineer | 17 October 1863 | ||
⚔ ⋂ | Thomas McKean Buchanan | Lieutenant Commander, Commanding | 14 January 1863 | |
William Cameron | - | 5 November 1862 | ||
⚔ | Charles DaVigh | Ordinary Seaman | 14 January 1863 | |
William Hislop | - | 5 November 1862 | ||
✚ | John Lewis | Seaman | 13 February 1863 | |
〰 | Thomas McCormick | - | 23 February 1863 | |
⚔ | William Nielson | Landsman | 14 January 1863 | 38 |
Key
⚔ killed in action
★ prisoner of war
✚ died of disease or injury
◼died of yellow fever
ø died due to vessel loss
✹ died in ordnance accident
⋂ buried on land in marked grave
〰 buried/lost at sea
🎖 Medal of Honor recipient
✎ transcribed letters of sailor/marine posted