USS Selma (ex-CSS Selma)
The Selma was the former CSS Selma that surrendered to the USS Metacomet on 5 August 1864 during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
She was immediately taken into service as the USS Selma, commanded by LT Arthur Reid Yates.
Deaths
Name | Rate/Rank | Date of Death | Age | |
---|---|---|---|---|
✚ | Wiliam Garrison | Landsman | 14 October 1864 | 28 |
Hiram P. Neely | Landsman | 25 September 1864 | 21 |
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