Born in Georgia. Appointed from Georgia.
Resigned as Acting Midshipman, U.S. Navy, January 30, 1861.
Midshipman April 17, 1861.
Acting master September 24, 1861.
Lieutenant for the war, February 8, 1862.
Second lieutenant, October 23, 1862, to rank from October 2, 1862.
First lieutenant Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864, to rank from January 6, 1864
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Served on the CSS Sumter 1861-1862. (He probably would have been there when J.T. Hester murdered William Andrews.)
CSS Alabama, 1864
Assisted in the defense of Battery Buchanan in the Union attack of Fort Fisher, December 23-25, 1864; gallant conduct commended.
--Old B-Runner
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