James H. Tomb's Grave-- Part 2: Served in Brazilian Navy

James Hamilton Tomb (surname also known as Tombs) , born Florida, 1839

Declined appointment  as engineer in the U.S. Navy, April 23, 1861

Appointed 3rd Assistant Engineer, CSN

Captured on the Mississippi River, April 1862

Confined Fort Warren, Boston Harbor

1st Assistant Engineer commanding CSS David (described as a cigar torpedo steamer), 1864

Appointed Chief Engineer, Provisional Navy , January 7, 1864,  to rank from October 5, 1863

Attempted unsuccessfully, to destroy the USS Memphis, off Charleston, South Carolina, March 5, 1864

Served in the Brazilian Navy, 1866-1867

Also served, postwar, on the Norfolk and Western Railroad.

Died 1929, buried Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida.

Impressive List Here.  --Old B-Runner