I was looking up information about the Confederacy's CSS New Orleans, a ironclad floating battery in the Mississippi River that both John Julius Guidry and John Julius Guidry served on in 1862. While doing that, I came across this information on the CSNavy site.
Of course, when I saw this man had been at the Wilmington Station, that meant Fort Fisher and environs, so my attention and interest was naturally piqued.
LT. CLARENCE L. STANTON
Buried at the huge Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. This is where Union Generals Joseph Hooker and Godfrey Weitzel are buried. Weitzel was at The First Battle of Fort Fisher.
Garden Lane, Section 45, Lot1, Grave 33.
Born 12 June, 1841, Mayesville, Kentucky. Died 6 January 1917.
Appointed from Kentucky.
Acting Master: April 28, 1863
First Lieutenant, Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864, to rank from January 6, 1864.
Served on the CSS Chicora, Charleston, South Carolina, 1863-1864.
CSS Chicamauga, 1864.
Wilmington Station, 1864.
Captured April 6, 1865, Sailors Creek, Virginia.
Released on Oath, May 15, 1865, Johnsons Island.
--Old B-Runner
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