Saturday, August 13, 2022

William E. Hudgins, CSN

Same source as Albert Gallatin Hudgins.

Here is one of the men the person from the previous post was asking questions about.  Was he related to Albert Hudgins?  I don't know.  Both were from Virginia, though.

WILLIAM E. HUDGINS

Born and apointed from Virginia.  Formerly U.S. Revenue Service.  Captain in Virginia  revenue service.

Original entry into Confederate Navy  May 26, 1863.  Lieutenant for the war January 7, 1864, to rank from May 26, 1863.  First lieutenant  Provisional Navy, June 2,  1864, to rank from January 6, 1864.

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Served on Yorktown  Naval Battery, 1861.

CSS Savannah, Savannah Squadron 1863-1864.

Wounded, captured January 15, 1865, Fort Fisher; paroled April 26, 1865.

And, He Was At Fort Fisher. And That Really Piques My Interest.  --Old B-Runner


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