John Grover, Private, USMC, Civil War

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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006about John Grover
Name: John Grover
Service Info.: US MARINE CORPS
Death Date: 19 Jan 1872
Cemetery: Congressional Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1801 E. Street, SE Washingtond, DC 20003
Buried At: Section 1148 Row 148 Site 237

U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958about John Grover
Name: John Grover
Muster Date: Jun 1839
Enlistment Date: 11 Oct 1838
Rank: Private
Station: On Board The Us Ship MacEdonian

The second USS Macedonian, was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sailing frigate bearing 36-guns of the US Navy and was rebuilt from the keel of the first Macedonian at Gosport (later Norfolk) Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, beginning in 1832; and was launched and placed in service in 1836, Capt. Thomas ap Catesby Jones in command.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macedonian_%281836%29

U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958about John Grover
Name: John Grover
Muster Date: Nov 1859
Enlistment Date: 11 Aug 1859
Rank: Private
Station: Brooklyn NY

U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958about John Grover
Name: John Grover
Muster Date: Jun 1860
Enlistment Date: 11 Aug 1859
Rank: Private
Station: U S Steamer Iraquais

The first USS Iroquois was a sloop of war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

Iroquois was launched by the New York Navy Yard on 12 April 1859 and commissioned 24 November 1859, Commander J. S. Palmer in command.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iroquois_%281859%29

U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958about John Grover
Name: John Grover
Muster Date: Aug 1864
Enlistment Date: 22 Jul 1862
Rank: Private
Station: Board U S Str Florida

The second USS Florida was a sidewheel steamer in the United States Navy.

Florida was purchased and commissioned on 5 October 1861, with Lieutenant J. R. Goldsborough in command.

Florida stood out of New York Harbor on 19 October 1861 to join the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in patrolling the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. She helped capture a ship and a schooner who were running the blockade. Returning to New York during November 1862, she was decommissioned for repairs, and was recommissioned 7 March 1863 for service with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. She was particularly successful in this assignment, capturing a steamer and a schooner off Wilmington, North Carolina, in June 1863, and aiding the destruction of a number of British steamers used as blockade runners in February 1864, including PS Fanny and Jennie.

Again out of commission for repairs between 12 December 1864 and 26 February 1865, Florida sailed 10 March with supplies for ships on station along the Atlantic coast. She proceeded through the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans where she embarked Confederate prisoners from the ram CSS Webb, transporting them to New York. Florida weighed anchor again to cruise the Gulf of Mexico until the end of 1865.

On her final voyage, Florida sailed in the West Indies from 4 January 1866 to 8 April 1867. She was placed out of commission for the last time on 26 April 1867 and subsequently sold.

U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958about John Grover
Name: John Grover
Muster Date: Jan 1868
Enlistment Date: 27 Sep 1864
Rank: Private
Station: On Board Usrs Constellation

USS Constellation constructed in 1854 is a sloop-of-war and the second United States Navy ship to carry this famous name. According to the US Naval Registry the original frigate was disassembled on 25 June 1853 in Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, and the sloop-of-war was constructed in the same yard, possibly with a few recycled materials from the old frigate. USS Constellation is the last sail-only warship designed and built by the U.S. Navy. Despite being a single-gundeck "sloop", she is actually larger than her frigate namesake, and more powerfully armed with fewer but much more potent shell-firing guns.

The sloop was launched on 26 August 1854 and commissioned on 28 July 1855 with Captain Charles H. Bell in command

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_%281854%29

U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958about John Grover
Name: John Grover
Muster Date: Oct 1870
Enlistment Date: 6 Jun 1870
Rank: Private
Station: Pensacola Navy Yard, Fla

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