Vicksburg Campaign
Mississippi Flotilla
Mississippi Flotilla
Rear Admiral David D. Porter
First Captain, Naval Station, Cairo
Commander A. M. Pennock
Gunboats
Lieut. Commander S. L. Phelps
Lieut. Commander W. Gwin
(Yazoo River, December 1862)
Lieut. Commander J. A. Greer
(Vicksburg, Grand Gulf, 16 guns)
Commander W. D. Porter
Commander C. H. B. Caldwell
(Port Hudson)
Commander R. Townsend
(5 guns, 1 howitzer, July 1862)
(7 guns, 1 howitzer, June 1863)
(8 guns, 2 howitzers, August 1863)
Eads Iron-Clads
USS St. Louis (Baron De Kalb)
Lieut. W. McGunnegle
(St. Charles)
Lieut. Commander J. G. Walker
(Yazoo Pass, Haynes's Bluff, Yazoo City)
(13 guns, reduced to 7, May 1863)
Lieut. Commander T. O. Selfridge
(13 guns, 1 howitzer)
Commander Henry Walke
(action with CSS Arkansas, July 1862)
Lieut. J. M. Murphy
(Steele's Bayou, Vicksburg, and Grand Gulf, 13 guns, 1 howitzer May 1863)
Lieut. Commander B. Wilson
(Vicksburg, July 1862)
Lieut. George M. Bache
(Arkansas Post, Steele's Bayou, Vicksburg
May 1863: 13 guns, 1 howitzer)
Commander B. M. Dove
(Vicksburg, July 1862)
Lieut. Commander E. K. Owen
(Arkansas Post, Steele's Bayou, Vicksburg, and Grand Gulf, 13 guns, 1 howitzer)
Commander A. H. Kilty
(St. Charles)
Lieut. Commander W. Gwin
(Yazoo River Raid, August 1862)
Lieut. B. Wilson
(Steele's Bayou, Vicksburg, and Grand Gulf, Warrenton, 13 guns, 1 howitzer, May 1863, 11 guns, July 1863, 13 guns)
Acting Vice Lieut. W. R. Hoel
(13 guns, September 1862, 12 guns, 1 howitzer; May 1863, 13 guns; December 1863, 14 guns)
Later Iron-Clads
USS Choctaw (turret)
Lieut. Commander F. M. Ramsay
(Haynes's Bluff, Yazoo River, Yazoo City, Milliken's Bend) (April 1863, 4 guns; May 1863, 4 guns, 2 howitzers; June 1863, 6 guns, 2 howitzers)
Capt. H. Walke
(Vicksburg, Grand Gulf) (6 guns, 4 howitzers)
USS Chillicothe
Lieut. Commander J. P. Foster
Yazoo Pass (2 guns)
USS Indianola
Lieut. Commander George Brown
(4 guns)
Lieut. Commander J. W. Shirk
(Vicksburg, Grand Gulf; 5 guns)
Rodgers Gunboats
Lieut. G. W. Blodgett
(St. Charles)
Lieut. Commander T. S. Selfridge
(4 guns, 1 howitzer)
Lieut. James W. Shirk
(St.Charles, Yazoo River, December 1862, Arkansas Post)
Lieut. Commander Le Roy Fitch
(Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers)
Lieut. G. M. Bache
(White River; 6 guns; September 1862; 7 guns, 1 howitzer)
Lieut. William Gwin
(action with CSS Arkansas, July 1862)
Lieut. Commander J. M. Prichett
(Yazoo River, December 1862, Helena; 7 guns; September 1862, 9 guns 1 howitzer)
Ellet Rams
Lieut. Commander A. W. Ellet
Col. C. R. Ellet
(Originally emplyed without armament; subsequently howitzers or other light guns wee mounted from time to time. Frequent changes were also made in commanding officers. Those engaged in important actions are mentioned below.
The vessels the Fulton, Horner, Lancaster, Lieut. Col. J. A. Ellet (passage of Vicksburg, March 25th, 1863); Lioness, Master T. O'Reilly (Yazoo River, December 1862); Mingo, Monarch, Sergt. E. W. Davis (Yazoo River raid, August 1862) , Col. C. R. Ellet (Ark. Post); Queen of the West, Lieut. J. M. Hunter (action of July 15th, 1862, Lieut. Col. A. W. Ellet (July 22nd, 1862), Capt. E. W. Sutherland (Yazoo River, December 1862) Col. C. R. Ellet (Red River Cruise); Sampson, Switzerland, Lieut. Col. A. W. Ellet (Yazoo River raid, August 1862) Col. C. R. Ellet (passage of Vicksburg, March 25th, 1863).
Prizes
Alfred Robb
Act. V. Lieut. J. Goudy
Acting Ensign W. C. Hanford
(4 howitzers)
Eastport
Lieut. Commander S. L. Phelps
(8 guns, 2 howitzers)
Fair Play
Lieut. Commander Le Roy Fitch
Acting Master George J. Groves
(September 1862, 4 howitzers, May 1863, 1 gun, 6 howitzers)
General Bragg
Lieut. Joshua Bishop
(September 1862, 2 guns, 1 howitzer)
General Pillow
Acting Ensign J. Moyer
(September 1862, 2 howitzers)
General Price
Commander S. E. Woodworth
(Vicksburg, April-July 1863, 4 guns)
Little Rebel
Acting V. Lieut. T. B. Gregory
(September 1862, 3 howitzers; March 1863 4 howitzers)
Sumter
Lieut. Henry Erben
(Vicksburg, July 1862, 4 guns, 1 howitzer)
Tin-Clads
USS Brilliant
Acting V. Lieut. C. G. Perkins
(September 1862, 4 howitzers; September 1862, 4 howitzers, February 1863, 6 howitzers)
USS Cricket
Acting V. Lieut. A. R. Langthorne
(6 howitzers)
USS Forest Rose
Acting V. Lieut. George W. Brown
(December 1862, 2 guns, 4 howitzers; August 1863, 4 guns, 4 howitzers)
Acting Lieut. S. E. Woodworth
(Arkansas Post)
USS Juliet
Acting V. Lieut. Ed. Shaw
(6 howitzers)
USS Linden
Acting V. Lieut. T. E. Smith
Acting Master T. M. Farrell
(6 howitzers)
USS Marmora
Acting V. Lieut. Robert Getty
(September 1862, 4 howitzers; December 1862, 8 howitzers)
USS Petrel
Acting Master T. McElroy
Acting V. Lieut. John Pearce
Lieut. Commander Watson Smith
(Arkansas Post, Yazoo Pass)
Acting Master W. E. H. Fentress
(8 howitzers)
USS Romeo
Acting Ensign R. B. Smith
(Yazoo River, December 1862)
Acting Master T. Baldwin
(6 howitzers)
USS Signal
Acting V. Lieut. John Scott
Acting V. Lieut. C. Dominy
(September 1862, 4 howitzers; May 1863, 6 howitzers; November 1863, 2 guns, 6 howitzers)
Various Vessels
USS Alexandria
Acting Master D. P. Rosenmiller
(2 howitzers)
USS Argosy
Acting Ensign J. C. Morong
(7 howitzers)
USS Black Hawk
Lieut. Commander K. R. Breese
(Arkansas Post and Vicksburg, 9 guns, 2 howitzers)
USS Champion
Acting Master Alfred Phelps
(2 guns, 2 howitzers)
USS Covington
Acting V. Lieut. J. S. Hurd
Acting V. Lieut. George P. Lord
(4 guns, 4 howitzers)
USS Curlew
Acting Ensign H. B. O'Neill
(8 howitzers)
USS Exchange
Acting V. Lieut. J. S. Hurd
(2 guns, 5 howitzers)
USS Fort Hindman
Acting V. Lieut. John Pearce
(6 guns)
USS Hastings
Acting V. Lieut. A. R. Langthorne
(4 guns, 4 howitzers)
USS Kenwood
Acting Master John Swaney
(May 1863, 2 guns, 4 howitzers)
USS Key West
Acting V. Lieut. E. M. King
(May 1863, 6 howitzers)
USS Moose
Lieut. Commander LeRoy Fitch
(6 howitzers)
Various Vessels (con't)
USS Naumkeag
Acting Master John Rogers
(2 guns, 4 howitzers)
USS New Era
Acting Master F. W. Flanner
Acting Master J. C. Bunner
(6 howitzers)
USS Pawpaw
Acting Master A. F. Thompson
(2 guns, 6 howitzers)
USS Peosia
Acting V. Lieut. T. E. Smith
(6 guns, 8 howitzers)
USS Prairie Bird
Acting V. Lieut. E. E. Brennand
(6 howitzers)
USS Queen City
Acting V. Lieut. J. Goudy
Acting C. Lieut. G. W. Brown
(April 1863, 4 guns, 4 howitzers)
USS Reindeer
Acting V. Lieut. H. A. Glassford
(6 howitzers)
USS St. Clair
Acting V. Lieut. J. S. Hurd
Acting V. Lieut. T. B. Gregory
(September 1862, 4 howitzers; February 1863, 6 howitzers)
USS Silver Cloud
Acting V. Lieut. A. F. O'Neill
(6 howitzers)
USS Silver Lake
Acting Master J. C. Coyle
(6 howitzers)
USS Springfield
Acting Master J. Watson
(6 howitzers)
USS Tawah
Acting V. Lieut. J. Goudy
(2 guns, 6 howitzers)
USS Victory
Acting Master F. Read
(6 howitzers)
Mortar Boats
Gunner Eugene Mack
Ensign MIller
Auxillary
USS Abraham
Acting Ensign W. Wagner
(Inspection Boat)
USS Clara Dolsen
Lieut. Commander T.Pattison
(Receiving shop at Cairo)
USS General Lyon
Pilot R. E. Birch
(dispatch boat)
USS Grampus
Acting Master E. Sells
(Receiving ship)
USS Great Western
Acting V. Lieut. W. F. Hamilton
(ordnance boat)
USS Judge Torrence
Acting V. Lieut. J. F. Richardson
(ordnance boat)
USS New National
Acting Master A. M. Grant
(receiving ship)
USS Red River
Acting Master W. R. Wells
(hospital steamer)
USS Sovereign
Acting Master T. Baldwin
(storeship, no battery)
USS William H. Brown
Acting V. Lieut. J. A. French
(dispatch steamer)
West Gulf Squadron
Passage of Port Hudson, March 14-15, 1863
Rear Admiral D. G. Farragutt, commanding
Capt. Thornton A. Jenkins
Fleet Captain
USS Hartford (flagship)
Capt. James S. Palmer
USS Mississippi
Capt. Melaneton Smith
USS Monongahela
Capt. J. P. McKinstry
USS Richmond
Commander James Alden
USS Genesse
Commander W. H. Macomb
Lieut. Commander John E. Hart
USS Kineo
Lieut. Commander John Watters
Cooperating vessels of West Gulf Squadron in Red River, May 1863
Lieut. Commander John E. Hart
USS Estrella
Lieut. Commander A. P. Cooke
USS Arizona
Acting V. Lieut. Daniel P Upton