OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE CSS ALABAMA ON JUNE 19, 1864
Names in yellow are members of the original Alabama crew. Ranks are those in effect at the time of the battle with the Kearsarge.
Individual battle results shown in parentheses.
Raphael Semmes, Captain
Richard Armstrong, 2nd Lieutenant
Arthur Sinclair, 4th Lieutenant
James Evans, Master's Mate
Max von Meulnier,
Master's Mate
E. Anderson Maffitt, Midshipman
Francis L. Galt, Surgeon/Acting Paymaster
Miles Freeman, Chief Engineer
Matthew O'Brien,
3rd Asst. Engineer
William Robertson, 3rd Ast. Engineer
Benjamin P. McKaskey, Boatswain
William Breedlove Smith, Captain's Clerk
Henry
Allcot, Sailmaker
W. F. Forestall, Quartermaster
James Brosnan, Chief Boatswain's Mate
James Clements, Yeoman
William Wilson, Coxswain
James
Broderick, Coxswain
Charles Seymour, Quarter Gunner
George Addison, Carpenter's Mate
Edward Rawse, Master-at-Arms
Robert Wright, Captain
of the Maintop
Charles Steeson, Captain of the Foretop
James Higgs, Captain of the Hold
Joseph Connor, Captain of the After Guard
Abram
Norhoek, Ship's Corporal
A. G. Bartelli, Captain's Steward
Henry Tucker, Wardroom Cook
Frank Curran, 1st Class Fireman
James Mair, Fireman
Patrick
Bradley, Fireman
Thomas Potter, Fireman
Martin King, Fireman
Thomas Winter, Fireman
Malcom McFarland, Fireman
Christian Pust,Coal Heaver
John
Benson, Coal Heaver
John Riley, Coal Trimmer
James Welsh, Coal Trimmer
George Appleby, Seaman
Michael Mars, Seaman
John Roberts, Seaman
William
Hearn, Seaman
Henry Yates, Seaman
Michael Shields, Seaman
David Thurston, Seaman
Walter Van Ness, Seaman
James Hart, Seaman
Edward Burrell,
Seaman
Jacob Verber, Seaman
George Eggerton, Ordinary Seaman
John Emery, Ordinary Seaman
William Miller, Ordinary Seaman
William Bradford,
Ordinary Seaman
John Russell, Ordinary Seaman
Henry Angel, Ordinary Seaman
Richard Evans, Ordinary Seaman
Andrew, Pfeiffer, Ordinary Seaman
George
Conroy, Ordinary Seaman
Robert Devine, Ordinary Seaman
James King II, Ordinary Seaman
John Jonson, Ordinary Seaman
Henry McCoy, Ordinary
Seaman
George Yeoman, Ordinary Seaman
Charles Olson, Ordinary Seaman
Louis Dupois, Ordinary Seaman
William Jones, Ordinary Seaman
John
Adams, Landsman
Thomas White, Landsman
Nicholas Adams, Landsman
Maurice Bright, Boy
Thomas L. Parker, Boy
John McKintosh Kell, 1st Lieutenant
Joseph D. Wilson, 3rd Lieutenant
Irvine S. Bulloch, Master
George T. Fullam, Master's Mate
Julius
Schroeder, Master's Mate
E. Maffit Anderson, Midshipman
David H. Llewellyn, Asst. Surgeon
William P. Brooks, 2nd Asst. Engineer
John M
Pundt, 3rd Asst. Engineer
Beckett K. Howell, Marine Lieutenant
Thomas C. Cuddy, Gunner
William Robinson, Carpenter
James G. Dent, Quartermaster
Brent
Johnson, Quartermaster
Peter Hughes, Boatswain's Mate
George Freemantle, Captain's Coxswain
William McGinley, Coxswain
William Burns,
Quarter Gunner
William Crawford, Gunner's Mate
Frederick Myers, Carpenter's Mate
William Purdy, Sailing Master's Mate
William Morgan,
Captain of the Foretop
Fred Columbia, Captain of the Hold
Henry Eustachia, Captain of the Head
Charles Godwin, Captain of the After Guard
Frederick
Johns, Paymaster's Steward
Richard Parkinson, Wardroom Steward
Owen Duffy, 1st Class Fireman
Andrew Shilland, Fireman
John Harrigan, Fireman
Pete
Lanerty, Fireman
James Foxton, Fireman
James Mason, Fireman
Peter Duncan, Fireman
Samuel Williams, Fireman
James Maguire, Coal Heaver
Joseph
Pearson, Coal Trimmer
William Levins, Coal Trimmer
R. B. Hobbs, Seaman
Thomas McMillan, Seaman
John Caren, Seaman
Samuel Henry, Seaman
John
Neil, Seaman
William Robinson, Seaman
William Clark, Seaman
David Leggett, Seaman
Henry Fisher, Seaman
John Williams, Seaman
Juan Ochoa,
Seaman
Ralph Masters, Ordinary Seaman
Edgar Fripp, Ordinary Seaman
Frank Townshend, Ordinary Seaman
David Williams, Ordinary Seaman
Philip
Wharton, Ordinary Seaman
John Smith, Ordinary Seaman
John Mehan, Ordinary Seaman
John Welham, Ordinary Seaman
Thomas Kehoe, Ordinary Seaman
Thomas
Watson, Ordinary Seaman
Karl Pajorva, Ordinary Seaman
Charles Colson, Ordinary Seaman
John Buckley, Ordinary Seaman
Richard Longshaw,
Ordinary Seaman
Martin Midich, Ordinary Seaman
Henry Godson, Ordinary Seaman
William McClellan, Ordinary Seaman
George Percy, Ordinary
Seaman
Thomas Brandon, Landsman
Henry Higgins, Landsman
David H. White, Wardroom Boy
John Wilson, Boy
Officers on hand, June 19, 1864
Crew members on hand, June 19, 1864
Total in battle with Kearsarge
25
120
145
OTHERS WHO SERVED ON THE ALABAMA
These crew members served on the Alabama but were not present at the time of the battle with the Kearsarge. Names in yellow are
members of the original crew. Ranks are those in effect at the time of their departure from the Alabama. The reasons for
their departures are detailed in Fire on the Water, Appendix B.
John Low, 4th Lieutenant
William Sinclair, Midshipman
William King, Quartermaster
Thomas Weir, Quartermaster
James Williams, Captain of
the Foretop
Clarence Yonge, Paymaster
John Jack, Fireman
James McFadden, Fireman
John Allen, Seaman
Sam Brown, Seaman
John Doyle, Seaman
George
Forrest, Seaman
Edwin Jones, Seaman
James Martin, Seaman
James Raleigh, Seaman
Robert Williams, Seaman
James Adams, Ordinary Seaman
Edward
Fitzmaurice, Ordinary Seaman
Albert Gilman, Ordinary Seaman
Richard Hambly, Ordinary Seaman
Albert Hyer, Ordinary Seaman
Thomas James,
Ordinary Seaman
Frank Mahany, Ordinary Seaman
Valentine Mesner, Ordinary Seaman
Martin Molk, Ordinary Seaman
Joseph Neal, Ordinary Seaman
Robert
Owens, Ordinary Seaman
Richard Ray, Ordinary Seaman
Henry Saunders,Ordinary Seaman
George Thomas, Ordinary Seaman
John Vial, Ordinary
Seaman
Thomas Walsh, Ordinary Seaman
Robert Egan, Boy
Henry Cosgrove, Boy
Simeon Cummings, 3rd Asst. Engineer
James W. S. King, Quartermaster
Adolphus Marmelstein, Quartermaster
George Horwood, Chief Boatswain's
Mate
James Smith, Captain of the Foretop
Michael Kinshlea, Fireman
John Latham, Fireman
David Roach (Roche), Fireman
Samuel Brewer, Seaman
Charles
Coles, Seaman
John Duggan, Seaman
John Hughes, Seaman
Henry Legris, Seaman
Joseph Minor, Seaman
William Rinton, Seaman
Thomas Williams,
Ordinary Seaman
Thomas Allman, Ordinary Seaman
George Getzinger, Ordinary Seaman
William Halford, Ordinary Seaman
Peter Henney, Ordinary
Seaman
Peter Jackson, Ordinary Seaman
John McAlee, Ordinary Seaman
Nicholas Maling, Ordinary Seaman
John Miller, Ordinary Seaman
Alfred
Morris, Ordinary Seaman
William Nordstrom, Ordinary Seaman
William Price, Ordinary Seaman
George Ross, Ordinary Seaman
Gustave Schwalbe,
Ordinary Seaman
Samuel Valens, Ordinary Seaman
James Wallace, Ordinary Seaman
John Williams, Ordinary Seaman
John Grady, Boy
James Wilson,
Boy
Total who served on the Alabama for any length of time = 213
