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Ens George W Corner

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Ens George W Corner Veteran

Birth
Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine, USA
Death
6 Dec 1896 (aged 57)
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot
R83/110
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George W. Corner, Acting Ensign, USN, Civil War

Pension Records show service on board USS Mystic, USS Yankee, USS Vanderbilt, USS Wachusett and USS Maratanza.

Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900about George W. (See Conner) Corner
Name: George W. (See Conner) Corner
Rank Information: Mate, Acting Ensign, Dismissed
Service Dates: 15 Apr 1862, 21 May 1863
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)

U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910about George W Corner
Name: George W Corner
Publication: M1274
Pension Approval: Disapproved
File Number: 22184
Certification Number: 16633
Fiche Number: 4497

Death Notice:

Corner. Departed this life December 6, 1896 in New York City, George W. Corner, husband of Sarah E.M. Corner. Interment Congressional Cemetery.

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USS Maratanza (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

Double-ender, wooden steamer Maratanza, built at Boston Navy Yard in 1861, was launched 26 November and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, 12 April 1862, Comdr. G. H. Scott in command.

Supporting the Peninsular Campaign of General McClellan

Immediately after commissioning, Maratanza saw service in support of General George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, operating on the York and James rivers from April to September 1862. After participating in the capture of Yorktown 3 May, Maratanza shelled various points, including Wormley's Creek, Murrell's Inlet, and Fort Darling (Drewry's Bluff). En route to scouting Turkey Bend, 4 July, she engaged and captured the CSS Teaser at Haxall's.
Blockade duty off the Carolina coast

After the collapse of the Peninsula Campaign, Maratanza departed Hampton Roads, Virginia, 15 September for blockade and cruising duty off Wilmington, North Carolina, firing on Fort Casswell the 25th. She remained there on patrol duty through much of the conflict, joining Chocura in capturing sloop Express off the South Carolina coast 4 May and capturing sloop Ceres on Western Bar, Smith's Island, North Carolina, 7 December.
Participating in the bombardment of Fort Fisher

As Union forces assembled to move against Wilmington, Maratanza participated in the bombardment of Fort Fisher 24 and 25 December 1864 and 13 through 15 January 1865 when Admiral David Dixon Porter noted that the Union had enough forces there to hold against the whole Southern Confederacy. Maratanza captured steamers Stag and Charlotte 20 January. She participated in the bombardment and capture of Fort Anderson 19 February, opening the way to Wilmington. In March, General William Tecumseh Sherman was at Fayetteville, North Carolina, where boat crews from Maratanza, two other gunboats, and Eolus rendezvoused with him, opening communications between Sherman's position and the coast.
End-of-war decommissioning, sale and civilian career

After the end of the conflict, Maratanza was detached from her station on Cape Fear River in June and was ordered north, arriving at the Portsmouth Navy Yard (Maine) the 18th and decommissioning the 21st of June 1865. She remained in ordinary at Portsmouth until sold to A. B. & C. W. Lewis in August 1868. She subsequently served as a Haitian gunboat under the names Salnave and Union.

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George W. Corner, Acting Ensign, USN, Civil War

Pension Records show service on board USS Mystic, USS Yankee, USS Vanderbilt, USS Wachusett and USS Maratanza.

Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900about George W. (See Conner) Corner
Name: George W. (See Conner) Corner
Rank Information: Mate, Acting Ensign, Dismissed
Service Dates: 15 Apr 1862, 21 May 1863
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)

U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910about George W Corner
Name: George W Corner
Publication: M1274
Pension Approval: Disapproved
File Number: 22184
Certification Number: 16633
Fiche Number: 4497

Death Notice:

Corner. Departed this life December 6, 1896 in New York City, George W. Corner, husband of Sarah E.M. Corner. Interment Congressional Cemetery.

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USS Maratanza (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.

Double-ender, wooden steamer Maratanza, built at Boston Navy Yard in 1861, was launched 26 November and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, 12 April 1862, Comdr. G. H. Scott in command.

Supporting the Peninsular Campaign of General McClellan

Immediately after commissioning, Maratanza saw service in support of General George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, operating on the York and James rivers from April to September 1862. After participating in the capture of Yorktown 3 May, Maratanza shelled various points, including Wormley's Creek, Murrell's Inlet, and Fort Darling (Drewry's Bluff). En route to scouting Turkey Bend, 4 July, she engaged and captured the CSS Teaser at Haxall's.
Blockade duty off the Carolina coast

After the collapse of the Peninsula Campaign, Maratanza departed Hampton Roads, Virginia, 15 September for blockade and cruising duty off Wilmington, North Carolina, firing on Fort Casswell the 25th. She remained there on patrol duty through much of the conflict, joining Chocura in capturing sloop Express off the South Carolina coast 4 May and capturing sloop Ceres on Western Bar, Smith's Island, North Carolina, 7 December.
Participating in the bombardment of Fort Fisher

As Union forces assembled to move against Wilmington, Maratanza participated in the bombardment of Fort Fisher 24 and 25 December 1864 and 13 through 15 January 1865 when Admiral David Dixon Porter noted that the Union had enough forces there to hold against the whole Southern Confederacy. Maratanza captured steamers Stag and Charlotte 20 January. She participated in the bombardment and capture of Fort Anderson 19 February, opening the way to Wilmington. In March, General William Tecumseh Sherman was at Fayetteville, North Carolina, where boat crews from Maratanza, two other gunboats, and Eolus rendezvoused with him, opening communications between Sherman's position and the coast.
End-of-war decommissioning, sale and civilian career

After the end of the conflict, Maratanza was detached from her station on Cape Fear River in June and was ordered north, arriving at the Portsmouth Navy Yard (Maine) the 18th and decommissioning the 21st of June 1865. She remained in ordinary at Portsmouth until sold to A. B. & C. W. Lewis in August 1868. She subsequently served as a Haitian gunboat under the names Salnave and Union.

Click link below to see all US Navy Officers: 1798-1900 I've Found:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=vcsr&GSvcid=261793

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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