USS Portsmouth
The USS Portsmouth was a sloop-of-war ordered to the Gulf Blockading Squadron in December 1861, arriving off Ship Island 18 January 1862, and after the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Phillip, spent the remainder of the war anchored in New Orleans as a receiving ship.
Deck Log
Patrols
Actions
Deaths
| Name | Rate/Rank | Date of Death | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Campbell | Cook to Commander in Chief | 9 January 1865 | |
| ✚ | William Childers | Landsman | 19 June 1864 |
| Rudolph Dennis | - | 6 November 1863 | |
| ✚ ⋂ | Francis T. Despont | Private, USMC | 28 November 1864 |
| Martin Flaherty | Ordinary Seaman | 15 September 1863 | |
| ✚ ⋂ | Charles A. Freel (alias Field) | Acting Gunner | 7 November 1863 |
| ⚔ | John Hancock | Seaman | 26 April 1862 |
| ✚ ⋂ | Levi P. Hill | Ordinary Seaman | 11 April 1864 |
| Jacob Lou | - | 1 December 1864 | |
| ✚ | Gannimore Lowrie | Wardroom Cook | 23 February 1864 |
| William D. McMichael | Acting Master's Mate | 15 December 1864 | |
| ✚ ⋂ | Augustus Miller | Seaman | 15 August 1864 |
| ✚ ⋂ | Richard Parker | Landsman | 24 November 1864 |
| ✚ | Augustus Smith | Landsman | 14 September 1863 |
| John Smith | Seaman | 26 April 1864 | |
| 〰 | Elbridge N. Stevens | Ordinary Seaman | 2 May 1863 |
| James Travis | Quartermaster | 4 December 1862 | |
| ✚ | Winthrop Upham | Landsman | 25 August 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