USS John Griffith
The USS John P. Jackson was a side-wheel steamship that was purchased by the Navy on 6 November 1861, outfitted as a warship and commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard 14 February 1862, Lieutenant Selim E. Woodworth commanding.
The John P. Jackson was attached to the West Gulf Squadron, arriving at Ship Island 30 March 1862. She participated in the Battles of Forts Jackson & St. Phillip, the capture of New Orleans and the Vicksburg campaign. Later she was assigned to the Mississippi Sound where she remained for much of the war. John P. Jackson was decommissioned in New Orleans 5 September 1865 and sold 27 September.
Deaths
| Name | Rate/Rank | Date of Death | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⋂ | James Driscoll | Landsman | 22 February 1865 | 28 |
| ⋂ | Michael Harrington | Seaman | 24 July 1862 | |
| ⋂ | James Gillan (alias John Morgan) | 1 February 1863 | ||
| ⋂ | James Platt | Seaman | 26 November 1862 | |
| ✚ | William Robertson | Seaman | 6 September 1862 | |
| John Sheppard | Ordinary Seaman | 24 January 1865 | 21 | |
| Judson Skinner | Landsman | 22 July 1865 | 21 | |
| ⋂ ✚ | Peter Viel | Coal Heaver | 12 May 1865 | 24 |
| >✚ | Eli Washington | 3rd Class Boy | 25 October 1863 |
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