Last Name

First Name

M I

Rank

Event Date

Event

Src

Note

Abel

Lewis

 

Private

6/3/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred to Navy Yard 26 inst.

Abernathy

William

 

Private

6/23/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Transferred to Navy Yard (date not readable)

Adams

Charles

 

Private

7/8/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Philadelphia 10th inst.  Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred to Navy Yard 26 inst.

Adams

John

 

Private

6/13/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Adams

Samuel

C

Second Lieutenant

2/11/1862

Marine Barracks Washington

(6)

 

Adams

Samuel

C

Second Lieutenant

11/25/1861

Date of Rank

(6)

 

Adams

William

 

Private

6/10/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred to Navy Yard 26 inst.

Alcorn

William

 

Private

6/17/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Allen

William

A

Private

1859-61

USS Constellation in African Squadron

(5)

Transferred to USS Portsmouth.

Allison

Charles

H

Private

7/23/1861

USS Susquehanna

(6)

 

Allison

Charles

W

Private

7/10/1861

Reenlistment

(1)

Deserted from Susquehanna and surrendered 25th inst.

Ander

Henry

 

Private

6/20/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Anderson

Robert

 

Major

12/26/1860

Commander Marine garrison Fort Moultrie

(2)

 

Anderson

Wendelin

 

Private

7/1/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Philadelphia 10th inst.  Transferred to Navy Yard 26 inst.

Anderson

William

 

Private

6/13/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred to Brooklyn 29th inst.

Angus

George

N

Private

8/13/1862

Left Ithaca, NY for Brooklyn to enlist

(6)

 

Applebee

William

 

Drummer

 

USS Minnesota and Brooklyn

(6)

 

Armour

Joseph

 

Private

6/10/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Transferred to Navy Yard 26 inst.

Armstrong

George

 

Private

6/12/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred to Navy Yard.

Armstrong

Thomas

 

Private

6/5/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th  to 23rd inst.

Armstrong

William

 

Private

6/18/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Arnold

Phillip

 

Private

7/10/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Philadelphia 18th inst.

Arth

George

 

Musician

8/1/1857

Reenlistment

(1)

 

Arth

George

 

Private

4/25/1861

Enlistment

(1)

 

Arth

Joseph

A

Boy

11/1/1859

Enlistment

(1)

 

Ashenfeltz

M

R

Private

6/10/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Axe

Samuel

 

Orderly Sergeant

4/23/1862

Commanding Marine Guard USS Clifton

(6)

 

Axe

Samuel

 

Orderly Sergeant

9/2/1863

Prisoner of War from USS Clifton

(6)

Sabine Pass

Bacon

Edwin

F

Private

1859-61

USS Constellation in African Squadron

(5)

Transferred from USS Saratoga.

Baier

Wm

A

Private

3/23/1864

USS St Lawrence

(6)

 

Baird

Robert

G

Orderly Sergeant

1/20/1862

On board the USS R. R. Cuyler

(2)

Patroling the Mobile bar

Baker

 

 

Lieutenant

3/11/1862

Left USS Congress on leave of absence

(6)

Requested transfer to Regular Army

Baker

Adam

N

First Lieutenant

4/20/1861

Resigned his commission

(2)

Received commission in Virginia Marine Corps; Commissioned 1stLt in CS Marines 6/6/1861

Baker

Adam

N

First Lieutenant

4/18/1861

Marine Barracks Norfolk, VA

(2)

 

Baker

Adam

N

First Lieutenant

4/20/1861

Norfolk, VA

(2)

Absented himself to join the Confederacy

Baker

James

 

Private

6/19/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred to Brooklyn 29 inst.

Baker

John

Pope

2nd Lieut

7/31/1861

Muster

(1)

"Present on drill."

Baker

Joseph

F

Second Lieutenant

6/1861

Appointed

(2)

Brother commissioned in Army

Baker

Joseph

F

Second Lieutenant

6/5/1861

Date of Rank

(2)

 

Baker

Joseph

F

Second Lieutenant

7/21/1861

Marine Battalion at Bull Run

(2)

Not originally assigned he was asked by the Commandant to deliver a horse to Maj. Reynolds. After delivering the horse he remained and fought with the battalion. Photo.

Baker

Joseph

F

Second Lieutenant

7/21/1861

Wounded in Action

(2)

 

Baker

Joseph

F

Second Lieutenant

6/5/1861

Appointed

(2)

 

Baker

Joseph

F

Second Lieutenant

3/8/1862

Commanding Marine Guard USS Congress

(6)

At Hampton Roads

Baker

Joseph

F

Second Lieutenant

3/8/1862

USS Congress

(6)

Ship sunk by CSS Virginia. Photo.

Baker

Joseph

F

First Lieutenant

9/1/1861

Date of Rank

(6)

 

Baker

Sam’l

P

Private

7/24/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Joined from Philad 30 inst.

Baker

William

 

Sergeant

4/22/1861

Deserted to accept commission in 14th Mass.

(2)

One of nine Marines of Irish heritage to desert the Corps to join a unit of the “Irish Brigade”.

 

Bannon

Martin

 

Private

9/13/1861

Wounded in Action

(2)

Boarding the privateer Judah at Pensacola

Bannon

Patrick

 

Private

3/16/1862

Unaccounted for after sinking of USS Mississippi

(6)

 

Barber

Martin

 

Private

7/30/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Joined from Philad 30 inst.

Barclay

Francis

 

Drummer

10/14/1864

Marine Barracks, Washington DC

(6)

Transfer to Marine Barracks,  U. S. Naval Academy

Barnard

Courtland

 

Boy

6/3/1861

Enlistment

(1)

“Deserted 20th inst.”

Barnes

James

 

Private

1862-65

Aboard USS Constellation

(5)

 

Barnett

William

 

Private

6/13/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Barr

Jacob

 

Orderly Sergeant

4/23/1862

Commanding Marine Guard USS Westfield

(6)

 

Barrett

John

 

Private

6/19/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Missing since battle.

Barrett

John

 

Private

7/23/1861

Missing

(2)

 

Barrett

William

 

Private

7/21/1861

Marine Battalion at Bull Run

(2)

Various letters.

Bartlett

Henry

A

Second Lieutenant

9/19/1861

On duty, Marine Barracks, Washington

(2)

Living at Easby’s House signed letter asking Commandant asking to be quartered somewhere else

Bartlett

Henry

A

Second Lieutenant

9/19/1861

Serving in Marine Battalion

(2)

Marine Battalion established for incursion into Port Royal, SC for South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Bartlett

Henry

A

Second Lieutenant

11/3/1861

On board the transport Governor

(2)

Commended in Weidman Report of sinking.

Bartlett

Henry

A

Second Lieutenant

2/21/1862

Marine Battalion with South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

(6)

 

Bartlett

Henry

A

First Lieutenant

11/26/1861

Date of Rank

(6)

 

Bates?

Richard

C.

 

5/30/1860

Enlistment

(1)

 

Bates?

Richard

C.

Corp'l.

7/31/1860

Muster

(1)

"Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Promoted Corp'l 24th.  Transferred to Navy Yard 25th"

Batts

Wm

H

Private

3/23/1864

USS St Lawrence

(6)

 

Baxter

John

 

Drummer

 

Hatteras Inlet, Port Royal, Hampton Roads, Sewell’s Point, Charleston and Morrris Island

(6)

Brother to Fifer Richard and son of Marine Veteran Woolsey Baxter Sr.

Baxter

John

Thomas Woolsey

Musician

5/11/1862

USS Susquehanna

(6)

Drummer. Off Norfolk. Accompanied President Lincoln into Norfolk. Photo.

Baxter

Richard

 

Fifer

 

Hatteras Inlet, Port Royal, Hampton Roads, Sewell’s Point, Charleston and Morris Island

(6)

Brother to Drummer John and son of Marine Veteran Woolsey Baxter Sr.

Baxter

Richard

J

Fifer

3/8/1862

USS Cumberland

(6)

Ship sunk by CSS Virginia. Photo.

Beans

Henry

 

Private

7/23/1861

Missing

(2)

 

Bechtel

Napoleon

B

Private

6/27/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Navy Yard 14 inst.  Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Becker

John

 

Private

1859-61

USS Constellation in African Squadron

(5)

 

Bell

William

 

Private

 

 

(6)

Photo

Bennett

William

 

Private

7/19/1862

Marine Barracks, Norfolk

(6)

 

Berger

William

Wesley

Music Boy

7/5/1861

Enlisted

(6)

“Discharged as worthless.”

Berger

Wm.

Wesley

Boy

7/5/1861

Enlistment

(1)

 

Bigler

Phillip

 

Musician

1/17/1860

Reenlistment

(1)

 

Bigley

Bernard

 

Private

6/17/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred to Navy Yard 25 inst.

Binder

Richard

 

 

1/1/1840

Born

(3)

Philadelphia, PA

Binder

Richard

 

Sergeant

12/25/1864

Medal of Honor

(3)

On board Ticonderoga during attacks on Fort Fisher; 24-25 Dec 1864 and 13-15 Jan 1865

Binder

Richard

 

Private

7/11/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Philadelphia 18th inst.

Binder

Richard

 

Private

7/23/1861

Marine Battalion at Bull Run

(2)

Photo

Bishop

Henry

 

Private

6/5/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred to Navy Yard 26 inst.

Bishop

Henry

J

Second Lieutenant

11/25/1861

Date of Rank

(6)

 

Bishop

Peter

 

Private

1859-61

USS Constellation in African Squadron

(5)

Transferred to USS San Jacinto.

Black

James

 

Private

6/5/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Black

Matthew

 

Private

6/14/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred to Brooklyn 29 inst.

Blaney

James

A

Private

6/28/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Boll

Paul

 

Musician

1/25/1859

Reenlistment

(1)

 

Bond

Henry

 

Private

6/24/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Navy Yard 14 inst.  Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Missing since battle.

Bond

Richard

 

Private

6/17/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Boner

Michael

 

Private

7/5/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Philadelphia 10 inst.  Transferred to Navy Yard 26 inst.

Bonini

John

 

Musician

8/29/1857

Reenlistment

(1)

 

Bowe

Thomas

 

Orderly Sergeant

4/12/1861

Commanding Marine guard on USS St Louis

(2)

24 enlisted Marines

Bowers

George

 

Private

6/25/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Navy Yard 14 inst.  Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Wounded in battle and missing.  “Died 16 July…(?)…of Typhoid Fever.”

Bowers

George

 

Private

7/23/1861

Wounded in Action

(2)

Contracted typhoid fever while hospitalized and died 8/16/1861

Boyd

David

 

Private

10/28/1857

Reenlistment

(1)

 

Boyd

William

S

Captain

1862

Washington DC

(6)

 

Boyd

William

Stokes

Captain

10/15/1861

Commanding Marine Guard, USS Sabine; off Georgetown, SC

(2)

1 Orderly Sergeant, 2 Sergeants, 4 Corporals, 1 Drummer, 1 Fifer, 40 Privates; Directed rescue efforts in the sinking of the Governor, damaging his lungs and forcing him to return North for treatment.

Boyd

William

Stokes

Captain

7/26/1861

Date of Rank

(6)

 

Boyd

Wm

Stokes

First Lieutenant

12/13/1857

Date of Rank

(2)

 

Boyer

Daniel

 

Private

4/19/1861

Washington Navy Yard

(2)

Letter to sister

Boyer

Daniel

L

Private

1/16/1861

On duty, Marine Barracks, Washington

(2)

 

Boyer

Daniel

L

Corporal

3/8/1862

USS St Lawrence

(6)

At Hampton Roads

Boyer

Daniel

L

Private

1/13/1861

Marine Barracks, Washington

(6)

Letter to Family

Boyer

Daniel

L

Corporal

5/2/1862

USS St Lawrence

(6)

Letter

Boyle

Patrick

 

Private

6/12/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Boyle

Patrick

C

Private

6/11/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred (?)

Boyle

Thomas

 

Private

11/22/1860

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Navy Yard 16 inst.  Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Braden

John

 

Private

7/9/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Philadelphia 10 inst.  Drummed out of the service 30 inst.

Bradford

Charles

 

Second Lieutenant

12/25/1861

With Marine Battalion at Bay Point SC

(2)

So bored that he wrote home to his father asking for some French language books to pass the time

Bradford

Charles

H

First Lieutenant

5/12/1862

Marine Barracks Washington DC

(6)

Testified at Reynolds Court Martial

Bradford

Charles

H

First Lieutenant

5/2/1862

Date of Rank

(6)

 

Bradford

William

 

Private

7/23/1861

Missing

(2)

Prisoner in Richmond, Tuscaloosa and Salisbury, NC

Bradley

Charles

 

Orderly Sergeant

10/15/1861

Commanding Marine Guard, USS Bienville

(2)

2 Corporals, 12 Privates

Brandt

Henry

 

Private

1859-61

USS Constellation in African Squadron

(5)

 

 

Branford

William

 

Private

5/22/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Wounded at Battle of Bull Run and missing.

Brett

Jeremiah

 

 

10/8/1857

Enlistment

(1)

 

Brett

Jeremiah

 

Sergeant

7/31/1861

Muster

(1)

"Joined from Philad 16th inst.  "Attached to Army from 16th to 21 inst.  Promoted Sergeant 26 inst."

Brett

Jeremiah

 

Sergeant

7/19/1862

Marine Barracks, Norfolk

(6)

 

Brevoort

Abraham

 

Captain

8/3/1861

Selected for Retirement

(2)

Chapter XLII, 37th Congress, Session 1, “An Act providing for the better Organization of the Military Establishment.”

Brevoort

Abraham

N

Captain

11/2/1860

Commanding Marine Barracks, Brooklyn

(2)

 

Brevoort

Abraham

N

Captain

4/20/1861

Marine Barracks, New York

(2)

Age 72. Oldest serving officer.

Brevoort

Abraham

N

Captain

3/6/1838

Date of Rank

(2)

 

Brogan

John

 

Private

4/24/1862

Wounded in Action aboard USS Pensacola

(6)

New Orleans

Brogan

Michael

 

Private

7/9/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Philadelphia 10 inst.  Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Brogan

Michael

 

Private

7/19/1862

Marine Barracks, Norfolk

(6)

 

Brogcow

John

 

Private

6/17/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  “Sick”

Brooks

William

I

Private

6/27/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Broome

John

 

First Lieutenant

8/3/1861

Selected for Retirement due to mental instability

(2)

Chapter XLII, 37th Congress, Session 1, “An Act providing for the better Organization of the Military Establishment.”

Broome

John

L

First Lieutenant

4/4/1861

Commanded Marine guard USS Powhatan

(2)

 

 

Broome

John

L

First Lieutenant

9/28/1857

Date of Rank

(2)

 

Broome

John

L

First Lieutenant

11/7/1861

Found fit for duty and not retired

(2)

Chapter XLII, 37th Congress, Session 1, “An Act providing for the better Organization of the Military Establishment.”

Broome

John

L

Captain

3/1/1862

Senior Marine Officer West Gulf Blockading Squadron

(6)

 

Broome

John

L

Captain

4/23/1862

Commanding Marine Guard USS Hartford

(6)

 

Broome

John

L

Captain

4/24/1862

USS Hartford

(6)

With a small Marine Guard accepted surrender of Rebel Barracks at Quarantine Station south of New Orleans. Photo.

Broome

John

L

Captain

6/26/1862

USS Hartford

(6)

Wounded in Action

Broome

John

L

Captain

7/15/1862

Wounded in Action aboard USS Hartford

(6)

Relinquished command 7/18/1862 under Surgeon’s orders.

Broome

John

L

Captain

7/26/1861

Date of Rank

(6)

 

Brother

Charles

 

Private

4/3/1864

USS Hartford

(6)

Letter. Photo.

Brother

Charles

 

Private

4/6/1864

Marine Barracks, Washington, DC

(6)

 

Brown

Frederico

I

Private

6/10/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred to Brooklyn 29 inst.

Brown

John

 

Private

3/19/1862

Wounded in Action aboard USS Hartford

(6)

Grand Gulf, Mississippi

Brown

Mavis

 

Private

5/3/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Transferred to Navy Yard 26th inst.

Brown

Thomas

 

Private

6/19/1861

Enlistment

(1)

“Discharged” written over Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Brown

Thomas

S

Private

6/25/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Brown

W.

Rawle

Second Lieutenant

9/19/1861

On duty, Marine Barracks, Washington

(2)

Living at Easby’s House signed letter asking Commandant asking to be quartered somewhere else

Brown

William

 

Private

1/5/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Arrived from Minnesota 1st inst.  Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.

Brown

William

R

Second Lieutenant

11/1861

Appointed

(2)

Recommended by Mary Todd Lincoln. Photo.

Brown

William

R

Second Lieutenant

5/17/1862

Marine Barracks Washington DC

(6)

 

Brown

William

R

Second Lieutenant

11/25/1861

Date of Rank

(6)

 

Brownell

Francis

E

Corporal

5/24/1861

Pawnee at Alexandria

(2)

First direct combat of the war.

Brumfield

Francis

 

Private

1859-61

USS Constellation in African Squadron

(5)

Transferred from USS San Jacinto.

Buck

Nicholas

 

Sergeant

1859-61

USS Constellation in African Squadron

(5)

Transferred to USS San Jacinto, Aug, 1861

Buckley

Thomas

 

Boy

6/3/1861

Enlistment

(1)

 

Buckley

Thomas

 

Private

2/5/1861

Enlistment

(1)

“Died 22 inst.”

Buckley

Thomas

A

Sergeant

7/16/1861

Marine Battalion at Bull Run

(2)

Only NCO with combat experience in Battalion

Buckley

Thomas

A.

Sergeant

7/31/1861

Muster

(1)

"Sick.  Attached to army from 16th to 22nd."

Buckley

Thomas

A.

 

6/25/62

Re-enlistment

(1)

 

Buckley

William

 

Orderly Sergeant

4/23/1862

Commanding Marine Guard USS Varuna

(6)

 

Buckner

James

 

Orderly Sergeant

7/18/1862

USS Mahaska

(6)

Harrison’s Landing, VA. Photo.

Buckner

James

 

Music Boy

7/20/1837

Marine Barracks, Washington, DC

(6)

Nine years old

Buckner

James

 

Sergeant

8/1861

USS Congress

(6)

 

Bunker

Charles

H

Private

3/8/1862

Killed in Action aboard USS Cumberland

(6)

Ship sunk by CSS Virginia

Burke

Nicholas

 

Private

7/27/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Joined from Philad 30 inst.

Burke

Nicholas

 

Orderly Sergeant

11/8/1861

On board USS San Jacinto

(2)

When Captain Wilkes boarded the British steamer and demanded the surrender of the Confederate envoys to Britain and France on board the Trent.

Burnwood

Lewis

 

Private

6/1/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Attached to Army from 16th to 23rd inst.  Transferred to Navy Yard 26 inst.

Burrough

Jehu

A

Second Lieutenant

6/1861

Appointed

(2)

Widowed mother ran boarding house. Gained support of PA Senator Charles Ten Eyck. Photo

Burrough

Jehu

A

Second Lieutenant

6/5/1861

Date of Rank

(2)

 

Burrough

Jehu

A

Second Lieutenant

6/5/1861

Appointed

(2)

 

Burrough

Jehu

A

First Lieutenant

9/1/1861

Date of Rank

(6)

 

Burrough

John

A.

2nd Lieut

7/31/1861

Muster

(1)

"Present on drill."

Burton

Amos

 

Private

5/11/1862

USS Susquehanna

(6)

Elizabeth River

Burton

Amos

 

Private

7/1/1862

Recorded demise of “spirit ration”

(6)

Journal entry

Burton

Amos

 

Private

6/1861

USS Susquehanna

(6)

Letter

Butler

George

 

Second Lieutenant

2/11/1859

Date of Rank

(2)

 

Butler

George

 

First Lieutenant

9/1/1861

Date of Rank

(6)

 

Butler

Joseph

 

Private

6/18/1861

Enlistment

(1)

Discharged on the 11th inst.

Butler

Thomas

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