Born Alabama; previous service in the United States Navy, from which he resigned June 27, 1853; appointed midshipman, Confederate States Navy; promoted lieutenant for the war, January 7, 1864, to rank from July 22, 1863; ordered to assume command of the steamer CORNUBIA, at Wilmington, June 10, 1863; captured aboard the CORNUBIA, November 8, 1863; confined at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor; released for exchange, October 1, 1864, and sent south aboard the steamer CIRCASSIAN; arrived at Richmond, from City Point, October 18, 1864; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; ordered, by Secretary Mallory, to report, December 6, 1864, to Wilmington station, for command of the blockade runner STAG (which was run under the direction of the Navy Department); on his return to Wilmington, from Bermuda, after obtaining a cargo of arms, blankets, shoes, etc., captured, as commander of the STAG, January 9 (one source shows date as January 19), 1865, and sent to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, then to Fort Warren, Boston harbor, February 7, 1865; married Flora Levy, of New Orleans, November 27, 1866; died New Orleans, Louisiana; buried Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.
Born Alabama; previous service in the United States Navy, from which he resigned June 27, 1853; appointed midshipman, Confederate States Navy; promoted lieutenant for the war, January 7, 1864, to rank from July 22, 1863; ordered to assume command of the steamer CORNUBIA, at Wilmington, June 10, 1863; captured aboard the CORNUBIA, November 8, 1863; confined at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor; released for exchange, October 1, 1864, and sent south aboard the steamer CIRCASSIAN; arrived at Richmond, from City Point, October 18, 1864; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; ordered, by Secretary Mallory, to report, December 6, 1864, to Wilmington station, for command of the blockade runner STAG (which was run under the direction of the Navy Department); on his return to Wilmington, from Bermuda, after obtaining a cargo of arms, blankets, shoes, etc., captured, as commander of the STAG, January 9 (one source shows date as January 19), 1865, and sent to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, then to Fort Warren, Boston harbor, February 7, 1865; married Flora Levy, of New Orleans, November 27, 1866; died New Orleans, Louisiana; buried Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.
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