In the last post, I wrote that Nelson Tift had involvement with the construction of the CSS Atlanta and noticed that the Confederate officer above him on the list had been captured on that ship.
From Register of Officers of the Confederate Navy 1861-1865.
JAMES THURSTON
Born in South Carolina. Appointed from South Carolina. Second lieutenant Confederate Marine Corps, September 20, 1861. First lieutenant Marine Corps, July 4, 1862.
Served in C.S. Army, 1861. Charleston Station, 1861. Savannah Station, 1861-1863.
C.S.S. Atlanta; captured by the U.S.S. Weehawken, June 17, 1863; escaped August 19, 1863, from Fort Warren; recaptured; paroled September 28, 1864; exchanged at Cox Wharf, Virginia, October 18, 1864.
Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 1864.
--Old B-Runner
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