OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE USS KEARSARGE ON JUNE 19, 1864
Names in yellow are members of the original Kearsarge crew. Ranks are those in effect at the time of the battle with the Alabama.
Individual battle results shown in parentheses.
Published Books
John Winslow, Captain
David H. Sumner, Acting Master
James R. Wheeler, Acting Master
Charles Danforth, Acting Master's Mate
John M. Browne,
Surgeon
William Badlam, 2nd Asst. Engineer
Frederick L. Miller, 3rd Asst. Engineer
James C. Walton, Boatswain
Franklin A. Graham, Gunner
Joseph
Adams Smith, Asst. Paymaster
Charles Butts, Quartermaster
James Saunders, Quartermaster
William Bond, Boatswain's Mate
John Hayes, Coxswain
Charles
A. Read, Coxswain
George Russell, Armorer
Andrew Rowley, Quarter Gunner
Jason N. Watrus, Master-at-Arms
Mark Ham, Carpenter's Mate
James
H. Lee, Captain of the Top
James Haley, Captain of the Forecastle
Henry Cook, Captainof the After Guard
Michael Ahern, Paymaster's
Steward
George A. Tittle, Surgeon's Steward
George Williams, Captain's Cook
Timothy Hurley, Ship's Cook
Charles T. Young, Orderly Sergeant,
USMC
Austin Quinby, Corporal, USMC
John Batchelder, Private, USMC
James Kerrigan, Private, USMC
George Raymond, Private, USMC
James Tucker,
Private, USMC
William Donnelly, 1st Class Fireman
John Dwyer, 1st Class Fireman
True Priest,1st Class Fireman
Joel L. Sanborn, 1st Class
Fireman
Jere Young, 1st Class Fireman
Thomas Salmon, 2nd Class Fireman
John Stackpole, 2nd Class Fireman
George Smart, 2nd Class Fireman
Clement
Antoine, Coal Heaver
Jean Briset, Coal Heaver
John F. Dugan, Coal Heaver
Adoniram K. Littlefield, Coal Heaver
Thomas Marsh, Coal Heaver
John
Pope, Coal Heaver
John W. Sanborn, Coal Heaver
John W. Young, Coal Heaver
James Bradley, Seaman
Michael Conroy,Seaman
George English,
Seaman
George Harrison, Seaman
Augustus Johnson, Seaman
Peter Ludy, Seaman
Charles Moore, Seaman
Joachim Pease, Seaman
George E. Read, Seaman
William
Turner, Seaman
Philip Weeks, Seaman
George Andrew, Ordinary Seaman
John Boyle, Ordinary Seaman
Thomas Buckley, Ordinary Seaman
Lawrence
Crowley, Ordinary Seaman
George Kinne, Ordinary Seaman
Charles Mattison, Ordinary Seaman
Zaran Phillips, Ordinary Seaman
George A. Whipple,
Ordinary Seaman
George Bailey, Landsman
William Barnes, Landsman
William Bastine, Landsman
William Chappel, Landsman
Jose Dabney, Landsman
James
Devine, Landsman
Vanburn Francois, Landsman
James Henson, Landsman
Martin Hoyt, Landsman
John H. McCarthy, Landsman
Patrick McKeever, Landsman
William
H. Smith, Landsman
James O. Stone, 1st Class Boy
James S. Thornton, Lt. Commander
Eben Stoddard, Acting Master
Ezra Bartlett, Acting Master's Mate
Edward E. Preble, Lieutenant
William
Cushman, Chief Engineer
Sidney L. Smith, 2nd Asst. Engineer
Henry McConnell, 3rd Asst. Engineer
Seth Hartwell, Captain's Clerk
Carsten
DeWit, Yeoman
William Gurney, Quartermaster
William Smith, Quartermaster
William Poole, Quartermaster
Thomas Perry, Boatswain's Mate
William
Morgan, Coxswain
James Wilson, Coxswain
John Dempsey, Quarter Gunner
Hugh McPherson, Gunner's Mate
Joshua Carey, Sailmaker's Mate
John
Bickford, Captain of the Top
Robert Strahan, Captain of the Maintop
William Ellis, Captain of the Hold
Francis Viannah, Captain of the
After Guard
Edward Williams, Captain's Steward
William Y. Evans, Nurse
Charles B. Fisher, Officers' Cook
Daniel B. Sargent, Paymaster's
Clerk
Henry Hobson, Corporal, USMC
Patrick Flood, Private, USMC
Roscoe D. Dolley, Private, USMC
John McAllen, Private, USMC
Isaac Thornton,
Private, USMC
Benjamin Blaisdell, 1st Class Fireman
Joseph Dugan, 1st Class Fireman
Henry Jamison, 1st Class Fireman
George Remick, 1st
Class Fireman
William Smith, 1st Class Fireman
Patrick O'Connor, 2nd Class Fireman
James W. Sheffield, 2nd Class Fireman
William Stanley,
2nd Class Fireman
Stephen Smith, 2nd Class Fireman
Sylvanus Brackett, Coal Heaver
Benjamin Buttons, Coal Heaver
Lyman H. Hartford, Coal
Heaver
Timothy Lynch, Coal Heaver
Charles Poole, Coal Heaver
Lyman P. Spinney, Coal Heaver
William Wainwright, Coal Heaver
Thomas Alloway,
Seaman
Timothy Canty, Seaman
Benedict Drury, Seaman
William Giles, Seaman
Jeremiah Horrigan, Seaman
Charles Jones, Seaman
James Magee, Seaman
Levi
W. Nye, Seaman
William O'Halloran, Seaman
John Shields, Seaman
Edward Wallace, Seaman
Edward Wilt, Seaman
John Barrows, Ordinary Seaman
John
E. Bradley, Ordinary Seaman
Joshua Collins, Ordinary Seaman
William Gowin, Ordinary Seaman
James McBeth, Ordinary Seaman
James Morey,
Ordinary Seaman
John C. Woodbury, Ordinary Seaman
William Alsdorf, Landsman
George Baker, Landsman
Jacob Barth, Landsman
Jonathan
Brier, Landsman
Daniel Charles, Landsman
Benjamin Davis, Landsman
William Fisher, Landsman
James Hayes, Landsman
Charles Hill, Landsman
Nathan
Ives, Landsman
Dennis McCarty, Landsman
Charles Redding, Landsman
John Sonius, 1st Class Boy
Manuel Jose Gallardo, 2nd Class Boy
Officers on hand, June 19, 1864
Crew members on hand, June 19, 1864
Total in battle with Alabama
18
145
163
OTHERS WHO SERVED ON THE KEARSARGE
These crew members served on the Kearsarge but were not present at the time of the battle with the Alabama. Names in yellow are
members of the original crew. Ranks are those in effect at the time of their departure from the Kearsarge. The reasons
for their departures are detailed in Fire on the Water, Appendix C.
Charles Pickering, Commander
James Whitaker, 1st Asst. Engineer
Christian Smith, Quartermaster
Sabine DeSanto, Officers' Steward
Robert
T. Scott, Wardroom Steward
Peter Mulhall, Corporal, USMC
Norman Kelly, Captain of the Top
John Lambert, 2nd Class Fireman
Richard Vincent,
Coal Heaver
James Carroll, Seaman
Thomas Burns, Seaman
John Murphy Seaman
William Bell, Ordinary Seaman
William Cameron, Ordinary Seaman
Thomas
Igo, Ordinary Seaman
Thomas Jones, Ordinary Seaman
Daniel Lahie, Ordinary Seaman
Antonio Rousserz, Ordinary Seaman
James Taylor, Ordinary
Seaman
Edward (Tibbetts) Sampson, Ordinary Seaman
William Clark, Landsman
Mark Emery, Landsman
Thomas Melvin, Landsman
Martin Roach, Landsman
John
Wood, Ordinary Seaman
Robert Jones, Supernumerary
Thomas Turner, Supernumerary
Richard Benson, Rank Unknown
Charles Blees, Rank Unknown
Daniel
Clark, Rank Unknown
W. Langton, Rank Unknown
William Locke, Rank Unknown
James Mellus,Rank Unknown
Jacob Pike, Rank Unknown
Charles
Roney, Rank Unknown
David M. Smith, Rank Unknown
Thomas Sullivan, Rank Unknown
Francis Trude, Rank Unknown
Charles White, Rank Unknown
Thomas C. Harris, Lieutenant
William H. Yeaton, Acting Master's Mate
Henry Adams, Officers' Steward
Archibald McClaymont, Officers' Steward
Charles
Muzzey, Captain's Clerk
James Golden, Captain's Clerk
John Chase, 1st Class Fireman
Clement Boener, Coal Heaver
Henrich Meinsen, Coal
Heaver
Andrew Tupic,Seaman
Edward Gilson, Seaman
Frank Wilson, Seaman
James Burns, Ordinary Seaman
William Cummings, Ordinary Seaman
Jose
Iguacio, Ordinary Seaman
Alexander Joseph, Ordinary Seaman
Matthew McNally, Ordinary Seaman
William Spencer, Ordinary Seaman
John Thompson,
Ordinary Seaman
Fred Antoine, Landsman
John Coalter, Landsman
John Kelly, Landsman
John Netto, Landsman
Edward Roland, Landsman
Charles
Borwn, Supernumerary
Hugh Murphy, Supernumerary
Henry Wards, Supernumerary
Thomas Blake, Rank Unknown
William Brown, Rank Unknown
J. W.
Griffin, Rank Unknown
Manuel Lewis, Rank Unknown
Charles Maguire, Rank Unknown
Robert Motley, Rank Unknown
G. T. Quanstrom, Rank Unknown
Martin
T. Simpson, Rank Unknown
P. E. Stevens, Rank Unknown
Charles Tirnan, Rank Unknown
H. H. Van Dyke, Rank Unknown
John Wilson, Rank Unknown
Total who served on the Kearsarge for any length lf time = 241
(NOTE: this number does not include the Queenstown Stowaways.
Information on the Queenstown Stowaways can be found in Chapters 13 and 14 of Fire on the Water. One of them stayed on
board the Kearsarge and would be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the battle with the Alabama.)
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Crew of the Alabama
Ships captured by the Alabama
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