USS Pensacola

The USS Pensacola was a screw steamer assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in January of 1862 and remained on station until April 1864 when she sailed North to be overhauled.

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    • Deaths

      Name Rate/Rank Date of Death
    ✹William BellGunner's Mate15 August 1862
    ✚Frederick BethCaptain of the Hold29 March 1862
    Charles BradyFireman 1st Class22 March 1862
    ✚Adolphus BrownOrdinary Seaman10 October 1863
    George BrownSeaman13 May 1862
    ✚James BrownSeaman8 September 1863
    Martin ConleyLandsman29 October 1861
    ✚Nicolas T. ConnorCoxswain1 April 1862
    ⚔Nelson DowningLandsman24 April 1862
    ✚Charles Earnest1st Clerk5 October 1863
    ✚Allan FergusonSeaman8 March 1863
    Frederick J. ForsythSeaman27 April 1862
    ✚Thomas GraceFireman 1st Class10 October 1863
    ⚔Thomas Griffins (alias Gunning)Landsman25 April 1862
    ✚John C. Huntly3rd Assistant Engineer20 October 1863
    Enoch JacksonLandsman30 September 1863
    John JenkinsLandsman4 May 1862
    ✚Joseph KentActing Master's Mate5 December 1863
    ✚Joseph T. LisleActing Assistant Paymaster25 September 1863
    ✚ ⋂Peter LocadeLandsman31 August 1863
    〰Michael McClusky1863
    ✚James McGregor3rd Assistant Engineer23 September 1863
    ⚔Theodore MeyersSeaman24 April 1862
    ✚John Moore-28 October 1863
    ⚔James MurrayOrdinary Seaman24 April 1862
    ⋂Phillip O'DonnellOrdinary Seaman26 August 1862
    ✚Daniel O'MalleyLandsman23 June 1863
    ✚ ✎Peter N. Parsells (alias Charles Anderson)Gunner's Mate25 October 1862
    John H. RarickGunner's Mate1 June 1862
    ✚John RyanQuartermaster8 May 1862

    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

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