VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI

(Naval Bombardment)

25-28 June 1862

OR-Series I, Volume XV, Chapter XXVII, Pg 8

 

 

U. S. Naval Forces

Naval History of the Civil War - Admiral D. D. Porter, pg 246-264

ADMIRAL DAIVD GLASGOW FARRAGUT

            Staff

Fleet Captain - Captain H. H. Bell

Pilot - John J. Lane

Admiral’s Secretary - E. C. Gabaudan

            Ships of the Line

U.S.S. HARTFORD (Flag-ship) - Commander Richard Wainwright

U.S.S. BROOKLYN - Captain T. T. Craven

U.S.S. IROQUOIS - Commander J. S. Palmer

U.S.S. RICHMOND - Commander James Alden

U.S.S. ONEIDA - Commander S. P. Lee

U.S.S. WISSAHICKON - Commander James DeCamp

U.S.S. WINONA - Lieutenant Commander E. T. Nichols

U.S.S. PINOLA - Lieutenant Commander Pierce Crosby

U.S.S. SCIOTA - Lieutenant Edward Donaldson

Mortar Division - Commnder David Dix Porter

U.S.S. HARRIETT LANE --- Lieutenant J. M. Wainwright

U.S.S. OWASCO --- Lieutenant John Guest

U.S.S. CLIFTON --- Lieutenant C. H. Baldwin

U.S.S. JOHN P. JACKSON --- Lieutenant Selim E. Woodworth

U.S.S. WESTFIELD --- Commander W. B. Renshaw

U.S.S. MIAMI --- Lieutenant A. D. Harrell

1st Division, Schooners - Lieutenant Watson Smith

U.S.S. OLIVER H. SMITH --- Acting Master Washington Godfrey

U.S.S. PARA --- Acting Master Edward G. Furber

U.S.S. C. P. WILLIAMS --- Acting Master Amos R. Langthorne

U.S.S. ARLETTA --- Acting Master Thomas E. Smith

U.S.S. WILLIAM BACON ---- Acting Master William P. Rogers

U.S.S. SOPHRONIA --- Acting Master Lymn Bartholomew

2nd Division, Schooners - Lieutenant W. W. Queen

U.S.S. MARIA J. CARLTON --- Acting Master Charles E. Jack

U.S.S. T. A. WARD --- Lieutenant W. W. Queen

U.S.S. MATTHEW VASSAR --- Acting Master Hugh H. Savage

U.S.S. GEORGE MANGHAM --- Acting Master John Collins

U.S.S. ORVETTA --- Acting Master Francis E. Blanchard

U.S.S. SIDNEY C. JONES --- Acting Master J. D. Graham

3rd Division, Schooners - Lieutenant K. Randall Breese

U.S.S. JOHN GRIFFITH --- Acting Master Henry Brown

U.S.S. SARAH BRUEN --- Acting Master Abraham Christian

U.S.S. RACER --- Acting Master Alvin Phinney

U.S.S. HENRY JANES --- Acting Master Lewis W. Pennington

U.S.S. DAN SMITH --- Acting Master George W. Brown

CASUALTIES= Killed - 7, Wounded - 30

C. P. Williams Sunk

Orvetta Sunk

Partial Casualty List

Seaman Edward E. Jennings - Killed

Seaman George Allstrum - Killed

Seaman Thomas Flarity - Killed

Seaman Stephen H. Randall - Killed

Gunner William H. Thomas - Killed

Landsman Thomas Graham - Killed

Seaman Augustine Ellsworth - Killed

Seaman Charles Allen - Wounded

Landsman Alexander Capron - Wounded

Seaman Lawrence Fay - Wounded

Seaman Philip Roberts - Wounded

Coaler Patrick Roach - Wounded

Landsman Sylvester Becket - Wounded

Landsman Alfred Stone - Wounded

Quarter Master John H. Knowles - Wounded

Landsman John Hardgan - Wounded

Seaman Joseph _______ - Wounded

Seaman Nathan Salter - Wounded

Captain John L. Broome USMC - Wounded

Admiral David G. Farragut - Wounded

Master Mate Howard Moffat - Wounded

Seaman James Noonan - Wounded

Private Thomas Nolan USMC - Wounded

Private George W. Harris USMC - Wounded

Seaman James Ready - Wounded

Landsman James Monegan - Wounded

Seaman George Millard - Wounded

Landsman William Nicholas - Wounded

Seaman Charles Howard - Wounded

Assitant Engineer Richard M. Hodgson - Wounded

Seaman William Cowell - Wounded

Boatswain Mate Henry Clark - Wounded

Seaman John H. Brown - Wounded

Landsman William H. Shucks - Wounded

Seaman Edward Hathaway - Wounded

Landsman William orne - Wounded

Steward Clarence Miller - Wounded

 

 

Confederate Forces

BRIGADIER GENERAL MARTIN LUTHER SMITH

Cavalry Escort --- Lieutenant Bradley

1 Company Sappers & Miners --- Captain Winter

1st Louisiana Infantry Battalion --- Major Clinch

4th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Allen

8th Louisiana Infantry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel W. E. Pinkney

17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Richards

26th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Clouet

27th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Marks

28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Thomas

Battalion of Zouaves --- Major Dupeire

3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment --- Colonel Mellon

6th Mississippi Infantry Battalion --- Lieutenant Colonel Balfour

28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Starke

Company I, 29th Mississippi Infantry --- Captain Randel

1st Mississippi Light Artillery --- Colonel Withers

Jackson’s Heavy Artillery Regiment --- Colonel Jackson

 

 

                       

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