From "Register of Officers in Confederate States Navy 1861-1865."
SINCLAIR, WILLIAM B.
Born in Virginia. Appointed from Virginia. Formerly surgeon U.S. Navy.
Surgeon, June 10, 1861.
Surgeon, October 23, 1862, to rank from March 26, 1861.
Died in Baltimore, September 27, 1895.
Served from the C.S.R.S. United States, 1861. (C.S.R.S. probably stands for Confederate States Receiving Ship.)
Naval rendezvous, Richmond, 1861-1864. (A rendezvous is where men would enlist in the navy.)
Paroled at Dover Mines, Virginia, May 3, 1865.
--Old B-Runner
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