Daniel Carberry, PVT, USMC, USS St Louis ( Baron De Kalb ), 1878-1883 Last Enlistment. 20 + Years Service
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Birth Date: abt 1827
Birth Place: Ireland
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at Death: 61
Burial Date: 21 Jun 1888
Gender: Male
Race: White
Street Address: Grays Ferry Road
Cemetery: Mt Moriah Cemetery
FHL Film Number: 2079236
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Cemetery: MT. Moriah Naval Plot
Cemetery Address: 62nd St & Kingsessing Ave Philadelphia, PA 19142
Buried At: Section 2 Row 21 Site 15
Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Birth Date: 1831
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Age: 57
Military Branch: Marines
Veteran of Which War: U.S. Civil War
Cemetery Name: Mount Moriah Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Delaware
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Dec 1862
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board Of The Uss Housatenic
The first USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, named for the Housatonic River of New England which rises in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and flows southward into Connecticut before emptying into Long Island Sound a little east of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Housatonic was the first ship in history to be sunk by a submarine.
Housatonic was launched on November 20, 1861, by the Boston Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, sponsored by Miss Jane Coffin Colby and Miss Susan Paters Hudson; and commissioned there on August 29, 1862, with Commander William Rogers Taylor in command. Housatonic was one of four sister ships which included USS Adirondack, USS Ossipee, and USS Juniata.
Click Link Below for More Info of USS Housatonic ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Housatonic_%281861%29
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Mar 1864
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board The Paul Jones
USS Paul Jones (1862) was a large 1,210-ton sidewheel, double-ended, steam gunboat of the United States Navy that served during the American Civil War. She carried heavy guns and was assigned to the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America.
During her tour of duty, she captured blockade runners and bombarded Confederate shore installations. Post-war, she served in the Gulf of Mexico for two years before being decommissioned.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Paul_Jones_%281862%29
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Sep 1864
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board U S Ship New Hampshire
USS New Hampshire (1864) was a heavy (2,633 long tons (2,675 t)) ship originally designed to be the 74-gun ship of the line Alabama, but she remained on the stocks for nearly 40 years, well into the age of steam, before being renamed and launched as a storeship and depot ship during the American Civil War. She was later renamed to USS Granite State.
As Alabama, she was one of "nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each" authorized by Congress on 29 April 1816, and was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Maine, in June 1819, the year the State of Alabama was admitted to the Union. Though ready for launch by 1825, she remained on the stocks for preservation; an economical measure that avoided the expense of manning and maintaining a ship of the line.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Jul 1865
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: Marine Barracks Washington
USS Baron de Kalb (1862-1863).
Originally named Saint Louis.
The USS Baron DeKalb, named after General Baron DeKalb of Hüttendorf near Erlangen, in present-day Bavaria, was originally named Saint Louis, and was one of seven City class ironclads built at Carondelet, Missouri and Mound City, Illinois, for the Western Gunboat Flotilla
These ironclads were shallow draft with a center driven paddle wheel. They were partially armored and slow and very hard to steer in the currents of rivers. This ironclad was also vulnerable to plunging fire and also by hits in their un-armored areas. Called "Pook Turtles" for the designer, they did yeoman service through 4 years of war and were present at almost every battle on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
Built in Missouri in 1861
Originally built as the St. Louis, the stern wheel casemate gunboat was built by James B. Eads, at the Union Marine Works at Carondelet, Missouri, for the U.S. War Department. She was launched as St. Louis, Missouri, 12 October 1861 and joined the Western Gunboat Flotilla.
Civil War service
Assigned to Union Army operations
During 1862 St. Louis, under the command of Lieutenant Lieutenant L. Paulding U.S.N., was attached to Rear Admiral Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote's squadron and participated in the Battle of Lucas Bend and the capture of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River (6 February 1862). She served as flagship for the squadron when it assisted the Union Army at the capture of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River (14–16 February 1862). Between April and June 1862, she operated against Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
St. Louis was renamed Baron De Kalb 8 September 1862. This change was apparently in anticipation of the vessel's transfer from the War Department to the Navy Department, there already being a USS St. Louis in commission with the Navy.
Reassigned to the Union Navy
On 1 October 1862 Baron De Kalb was transferred to the Navy Department. During 21–28 December she took part in the Yazoo Expedition and participated in the action at Drumgould's Bluff (28 December).
During 1863 Baron De Kalb took part in the capture of Arkansas Post (10–11 January); expedition up the White River (12–14 January); Yazoo Pass Expedition (20 February-5 April); action at Fort Pemberton (11–13 March); action at Haines' Bluff (29 April-2 May, 18 May); action at Yazoo City, Mississippi (20–23 May); and the Yazoo River Expedition (24–31 May).
Sunk by mine
On 13 July 1863 Baron De Kalb was sunk by a mine (then called a "torpedo") in the Yazoo River, one mile below Yazoo City, Mississippi.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Birth Date: abt 1827
Birth Place: Ireland
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at Death: 61
Burial Date: 21 Jun 1888
Gender: Male
Race: White
Street Address: Grays Ferry Road
Cemetery: Mt Moriah Cemetery
FHL Film Number: 2079236
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Cemetery: MT. Moriah Naval Plot
Cemetery Address: 62nd St & Kingsessing Ave Philadelphia, PA 19142
Buried At: Section 2 Row 21 Site 15
Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Birth Date: 1831
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Age: 57
Military Branch: Marines
Veteran of Which War: U.S. Civil War
Cemetery Name: Mount Moriah Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Delaware
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Dec 1862
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board Of The Uss Housatenic
The first USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, named for the Housatonic River of New England which rises in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and flows southward into Connecticut before emptying into Long Island Sound a little east of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Housatonic was the first ship in history to be sunk by a submarine.
Housatonic was launched on November 20, 1861, by the Boston Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, sponsored by Miss Jane Coffin Colby and Miss Susan Paters Hudson; and commissioned there on August 29, 1862, with Commander William Rogers Taylor in command. Housatonic was one of four sister ships which included USS Adirondack, USS Ossipee, and USS Juniata.
Click Link Below for More Info of USS Housatonic ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Housatonic_%281861%29
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Mar 1864
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board The Paul Jones
USS Paul Jones (1862) was a large 1,210-ton sidewheel, double-ended, steam gunboat of the United States Navy that served during the American Civil War. She carried heavy guns and was assigned to the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America.
During her tour of duty, she captured blockade runners and bombarded Confederate shore installations. Post-war, she served in the Gulf of Mexico for two years before being decommissioned.
Click Link Below for More USS Paul Jones Info....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Paul_Jones_%281862%29
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Sep 1864
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board U S Ship New Hampshire
USS New Hampshire (1864) was a heavy (2,633 long tons (2,675 t)) ship originally designed to be the 74-gun ship of the line Alabama, but she remained on the stocks for nearly 40 years, well into the age of steam, before being renamed and launched as a storeship and depot ship during the American Civil War. She was later renamed to USS Granite State.
As Alabama, she was one of "nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each" authorized by Congress on 29 April 1816, and was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Maine, in June 1819, the year the State of Alabama was admitted to the Union. Though ready for launch by 1825, she remained on the stocks for preservation; an economical measure that avoided the expense of manning and maintaining a ship of the line.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Jul 1865
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: Marine Barracks Washington
USS Baron de Kalb (1862-1863).
Originally named Saint Louis.
The USS Baron DeKalb, named after General Baron DeKalb of Hüttendorf near Erlangen, in present-day Bavaria, was originally named Saint Louis, and was one of seven City class ironclads built at Carondelet, Missouri and Mound City, Illinois, for the Western Gunboat Flotilla
These ironclads were shallow draft with a center driven paddle wheel. They were partially armored and slow and very hard to steer in the currents of rivers. This ironclad was also vulnerable to plunging fire and also by hits in their un-armored areas. Called "Pook Turtles" for the designer, they did yeoman service through 4 years of war and were present at almost every battle on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
Built in Missouri in 1861
Originally built as the St. Louis, the stern wheel casemate gunboat was built by James B. Eads, at the Union Marine Works at Carondelet, Missouri, for the U.S. War Department. She was launched as St. Louis, Missouri, 12 October 1861 and joined the Western Gunboat Flotilla.
Civil War service
Assigned to Union Army operations
During 1862 St. Louis, under the command of Lieutenant Lieutenant L. Paulding U.S.N., was attached to Rear Admiral Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote's squadron and participated in the Battle of Lucas Bend and the capture of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River (6 February 1862). She served as flagship for the squadron when it assisted the Union Army at the capture of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River (14–16 February 1862). Between April and June 1862, she operated against Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
St. Louis was renamed Baron De Kalb 8 September 1862. This change was apparently in anticipation of the vessel's transfer from the War Department to the Navy Department, there already being a USS St. Louis in commission with the Navy.
Reassigned to the Union Navy
On 1 October 1862 Baron De Kalb was transferred to the Navy Department. During 21–28 December she took part in the Yazoo Expedition and participated in the action at Drumgould's Bluff (28 December).
During 1863 Baron De Kalb took part in the capture of Arkansas Post (10–11 January); expedition up the White River (12–14 January); Yazoo Pass Expedition (20 February-5 April); action at Fort Pemberton (11–13 March); action at Haines' Bluff (29 April-2 May, 18 May); action at Yazoo City, Mississippi (20–23 May); and the Yazoo River Expedition (24–31 May).
Sunk by mine
On 13 July 1863 Baron De Kalb was sunk by a mine (then called a "torpedo") in the Yazoo River, one mile below Yazoo City, Mississippi.
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Daniel Carberry, PVT, USMC, USS St Louis ( Baron De Kalb ), 1878-1883 Last Enlistment. 20 + Years Service
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Birth Date: abt 1827
Birth Place: Ireland
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at Death: 61
Burial Date: 21 Jun 1888
Gender: Male
Race: White
Street Address: Grays Ferry Road
Cemetery: Mt Moriah Cemetery
FHL Film Number: 2079236
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Cemetery: MT. Moriah Naval Plot
Cemetery Address: 62nd St & Kingsessing Ave Philadelphia, PA 19142
Buried At: Section 2 Row 21 Site 15
Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Birth Date: 1831
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Age: 57
Military Branch: Marines
Veteran of Which War: U.S. Civil War
Cemetery Name: Mount Moriah Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Delaware
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Dec 1862
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board Of The Uss Housatenic
The first USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, named for the Housatonic River of New England which rises in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and flows southward into Connecticut before emptying into Long Island Sound a little east of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Housatonic was the first ship in history to be sunk by a submarine.
Housatonic was launched on November 20, 1861, by the Boston Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, sponsored by Miss Jane Coffin Colby and Miss Susan Paters Hudson; and commissioned there on August 29, 1862, with Commander William Rogers Taylor in command. Housatonic was one of four sister ships which included USS Adirondack, USS Ossipee, and USS Juniata.
Click Link Below for More Info of USS Housatonic ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Housatonic_%281861%29
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Mar 1864
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board The Paul Jones
USS Paul Jones (1862) was a large 1,210-ton sidewheel, double-ended, steam gunboat of the United States Navy that served during the American Civil War. She carried heavy guns and was assigned to the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America.
During her tour of duty, she captured blockade runners and bombarded Confederate shore installations. Post-war, she served in the Gulf of Mexico for two years before being decommissioned.
Click Link Below for More USS Paul Jones Info....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Paul_Jones_%281862%29
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Sep 1864
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board U S Ship New Hampshire
USS New Hampshire (1864) was a heavy (2,633 long tons (2,675 t)) ship originally designed to be the 74-gun ship of the line Alabama, but she remained on the stocks for nearly 40 years, well into the age of steam, before being renamed and launched as a storeship and depot ship during the American Civil War. She was later renamed to USS Granite State.
As Alabama, she was one of "nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each" authorized by Congress on 29 April 1816, and was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Maine, in June 1819, the year the State of Alabama was admitted to the Union. Though ready for launch by 1825, she remained on the stocks for preservation; an economical measure that avoided the expense of manning and maintaining a ship of the line.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Jul 1865
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: Marine Barracks Washington
USS Baron de Kalb (1862-1863).
Originally named Saint Louis.
The USS Baron DeKalb, named after General Baron DeKalb of Hüttendorf near Erlangen, in present-day Bavaria, was originally named Saint Louis, and was one of seven City class ironclads built at Carondelet, Missouri and Mound City, Illinois, for the Western Gunboat Flotilla
These ironclads were shallow draft with a center driven paddle wheel. They were partially armored and slow and very hard to steer in the currents of rivers. This ironclad was also vulnerable to plunging fire and also by hits in their un-armored areas. Called "Pook Turtles" for the designer, they did yeoman service through 4 years of war and were present at almost every battle on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
Built in Missouri in 1861
Originally built as the St. Louis, the stern wheel casemate gunboat was built by James B. Eads, at the Union Marine Works at Carondelet, Missouri, for the U.S. War Department. She was launched as St. Louis, Missouri, 12 October 1861 and joined the Western Gunboat Flotilla.
Civil War service
Assigned to Union Army operations
During 1862 St. Louis, under the command of Lieutenant Lieutenant L. Paulding U.S.N., was attached to Rear Admiral Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote's squadron and participated in the Battle of Lucas Bend and the capture of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River (6 February 1862). She served as flagship for the squadron when it assisted the Union Army at the capture of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River (14–16 February 1862). Between April and June 1862, she operated against Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
St. Louis was renamed Baron De Kalb 8 September 1862. This change was apparently in anticipation of the vessel's transfer from the War Department to the Navy Department, there already being a USS St. Louis in commission with the Navy.
Reassigned to the Union Navy
On 1 October 1862 Baron De Kalb was transferred to the Navy Department. During 21–28 December she took part in the Yazoo Expedition and participated in the action at Drumgould's Bluff (28 December).
During 1863 Baron De Kalb took part in the capture of Arkansas Post (10–11 January); expedition up the White River (12–14 January); Yazoo Pass Expedition (20 February-5 April); action at Fort Pemberton (11–13 March); action at Haines' Bluff (29 April-2 May, 18 May); action at Yazoo City, Mississippi (20–23 May); and the Yazoo River Expedition (24–31 May).
Sunk by mine
On 13 July 1863 Baron De Kalb was sunk by a mine (then called a "torpedo") in the Yazoo River, one mile below Yazoo City, Mississippi.
Click Link to see all The Lost Sailors I've Found
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=vcsr&GSvcid=266131
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Birth Date: abt 1827
Birth Place: Ireland
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at Death: 61
Burial Date: 21 Jun 1888
Gender: Male
Race: White
Street Address: Grays Ferry Road
Cemetery: Mt Moriah Cemetery
FHL Film Number: 2079236
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Cemetery: MT. Moriah Naval Plot
Cemetery Address: 62nd St & Kingsessing Ave Philadelphia, PA 19142
Buried At: Section 2 Row 21 Site 15
Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Birth Date: 1831
Death Date: 20 Jun 1888
Age: 57
Military Branch: Marines
Veteran of Which War: U.S. Civil War
Cemetery Name: Mount Moriah Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Delaware
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Dec 1862
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board Of The Uss Housatenic
The first USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, named for the Housatonic River of New England which rises in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and flows southward into Connecticut before emptying into Long Island Sound a little east of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Housatonic was the first ship in history to be sunk by a submarine.
Housatonic was launched on November 20, 1861, by the Boston Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, sponsored by Miss Jane Coffin Colby and Miss Susan Paters Hudson; and commissioned there on August 29, 1862, with Commander William Rogers Taylor in command. Housatonic was one of four sister ships which included USS Adirondack, USS Ossipee, and USS Juniata.
Click Link Below for More Info of USS Housatonic ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Housatonic_%281861%29
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Mar 1864
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board The Paul Jones
USS Paul Jones (1862) was a large 1,210-ton sidewheel, double-ended, steam gunboat of the United States Navy that served during the American Civil War. She carried heavy guns and was assigned to the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of America.
During her tour of duty, she captured blockade runners and bombarded Confederate shore installations. Post-war, she served in the Gulf of Mexico for two years before being decommissioned.
Click Link Below for More USS Paul Jones Info....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Paul_Jones_%281862%29
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Sep 1864
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: On Board U S Ship New Hampshire
USS New Hampshire (1864) was a heavy (2,633 long tons (2,675 t)) ship originally designed to be the 74-gun ship of the line Alabama, but she remained on the stocks for nearly 40 years, well into the age of steam, before being renamed and launched as a storeship and depot ship during the American Civil War. She was later renamed to USS Granite State.
As Alabama, she was one of "nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each" authorized by Congress on 29 April 1816, and was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Maine, in June 1819, the year the State of Alabama was admitted to the Union. Though ready for launch by 1825, she remained on the stocks for preservation; an economical measure that avoided the expense of manning and maintaining a ship of the line.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Daniel Carberry
Name: Daniel Carberry
Muster Date: Jul 1865
Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1861
Rank: Private
Station: Marine Barracks Washington
USS Baron de Kalb (1862-1863).
Originally named Saint Louis.
The USS Baron DeKalb, named after General Baron DeKalb of Hüttendorf near Erlangen, in present-day Bavaria, was originally named Saint Louis, and was one of seven City class ironclads built at Carondelet, Missouri and Mound City, Illinois, for the Western Gunboat Flotilla
These ironclads were shallow draft with a center driven paddle wheel. They were partially armored and slow and very hard to steer in the currents of rivers. This ironclad was also vulnerable to plunging fire and also by hits in their un-armored areas. Called "Pook Turtles" for the designer, they did yeoman service through 4 years of war and were present at almost every battle on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.
Built in Missouri in 1861
Originally built as the St. Louis, the stern wheel casemate gunboat was built by James B. Eads, at the Union Marine Works at Carondelet, Missouri, for the U.S. War Department. She was launched as St. Louis, Missouri, 12 October 1861 and joined the Western Gunboat Flotilla.
Civil War service
Assigned to Union Army operations
During 1862 St. Louis, under the command of Lieutenant Lieutenant L. Paulding U.S.N., was attached to Rear Admiral Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote's squadron and participated in the Battle of Lucas Bend and the capture of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River (6 February 1862). She served as flagship for the squadron when it assisted the Union Army at the capture of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River (14–16 February 1862). Between April and June 1862, she operated against Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
St. Louis was renamed Baron De Kalb 8 September 1862. This change was apparently in anticipation of the vessel's transfer from the War Department to the Navy Department, there already being a USS St. Louis in commission with the Navy.
Reassigned to the Union Navy
On 1 October 1862 Baron De Kalb was transferred to the Navy Department. During 21–28 December she took part in the Yazoo Expedition and participated in the action at Drumgould's Bluff (28 December).
During 1863 Baron De Kalb took part in the capture of Arkansas Post (10–11 January); expedition up the White River (12–14 January); Yazoo Pass Expedition (20 February-5 April); action at Fort Pemberton (11–13 March); action at Haines' Bluff (29 April-2 May, 18 May); action at Yazoo City, Mississippi (20–23 May); and the Yazoo River Expedition (24–31 May).
Sunk by mine
On 13 July 1863 Baron De Kalb was sunk by a mine (then called a "torpedo") in the Yazoo River, one mile below Yazoo City, Mississippi.
Click Link to see all The Lost Sailors I've Found
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=vcsr&GSvcid=266131
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