USS Virginia
The Virginia was a former blockade runner captured as a prize off the Yucatan. She was commissioned as the USS Virginia 12 June 1863 and assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron where she remained until 17 July 1865.
Deaths
Name | Rate/Rank | Date of Death | Age | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Edward C. Bowman | Acting Assistant Paymaster | October 1864 | ||
✚ ⋂ | John G. Bowman | Quartermaster | 17 October 1864 | 28 |
✚ ⋂ | Samuel S. Glass | Acting 2nd Assistant Engineer | 14 October 1864 | 28 |
James Grundy | Seaman | 6 July 1864 | 28 | |
✚ 〰 | John Hollingham | Landsman | 13 April 1864 | 26 |
⋂ | Charles H. Mason | Acting Assistant Surgeon | 13 October 1864 | 29 |
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