Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Some More on Charles K. Mallory

From Register of Officers in the Confederate States Navy 1861-1865.

CHARLES K. MALLORY,  jr.

Born in Virginia.  Appointed from Virginia.

Acting midshipman, June 12, 1861.  Died June 1, 1863,  from the effect of a boiler explosion.  (CSS Chattahoochee)

Served on the C.S.R.S. United States, 1861.  CSS Beaufort, 1861-1862; participated in the Battle of Roanoke Island, February 7-8, 1862, and the Battle of Hampton Roads, Va., March 8-9, 1862; commended for gallant conduct.  (He was still a member of the crew of the CSS Beaufort at this battle.)

CSS Chattahoochee 1862-1863.

--Old B-R'er


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