USS Vincennes
The USS Vincennes was a sloop of war that was ordered to Gulf Blockading Squadron on 29 June 1861 and arrived off Fort Pickens on 3 September 1861. She spent the majority of the war stationed off Ship Island, MS.
Deaths
Name | Rate/Rank | Date of Death | |
---|---|---|---|
✚ | Frederick August | Ordinary Seaman | 23 September 1863 |
✚ | John Calvo | Captain of the Forecastle | 10 July 1862 |
✚ | Thomas Ford | Captain of the Forecastle | 10 January 1864 |
✚ ⋂ | Thomas King | Private, USMC | 25 September 1864 |
✚ ⋂ | Samuel Marcy | Lieutenant, Commanding | 29 January 1862 |
✚ | John McCarthy | Ordinary Seaman | 9 July 1862 |
✚ | James W. Mundell | Private, USMC | 21 September 1863 |
✚ | John Webster | Ordinary Seaman | 17 March 1862 |
〰 | James Woods | Seaman | 27 December 1864 |
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