Men Who Gave Their Lives Aboard USS Tecumseh August 5, 1864

Men Who Gave Their Lives Aboard USS Tecumseh August 5, 1864

More than 90 men died aboard the USS Tecumseh defending Mobile Bay in 1864

By Craig Myers

Read the article about the USS Tecumseh and crew.

Michael Bailey, cultural resource coordinator at Fort Morgan, said an exact list of USS Tecumseh crew members who died in the Battle of Mobile Bay has been difficult to officially compile. Many accounts give a total of 93 crew members.

Angela Dunnagan, who once lived on Fort Morgan road and now calls Illinios home, and her father, Richard Pugh of Gulf Shores, compiled this list of 91 USS Tecumseh crew members from several historical sources:

Samuel M. Allison, ordinary seaman

Frederick S. Barlow, second assistant engineer

Ambrose M. Barry, landsman

Thomas C. Barry, seaman

H.L. Bartholomew, landsman

John Bell, first class fireman

John Berry, second class fireman

James Blades, first class fireman

John Blagher, first class fireman

William Brady, second class fireman

John L. Brown, landsman

Thomas Bruges, paymaster's steward

Robert Burnett, first class fireman

Edward Burns, landsman

Jacob Burns, first class fireman

Pat. E. Callahan, landsman

Barney Campbell, seaman

George Chapman, first class fireman

James Christie, coal heaver; 

William J. Churchill, first class fireman

Richard Collins, second class fireman

Rich T. Collins, ordinary seaman

Josiah Conly, captain's clerk.

Peter Conolly, second class fireman

Edward Cousins, second class fireman

Robert Cowan, second class fireman

Tunis A.M. Craven, commander; appointed midshipman in the United States Navy

James Cullen, seaman

James L. Dalton, landsman

Henry A. Danker, acting assistant surgeon

Thomas Davis, seaman

William Davis, landsman

Robert Deans, first class fireman

Nat. B. Delano, landsman

Charles C. Derris, landsman

James Duval, ordinary seaman

Charles Evans, second class fireman

John Farron, chief engineer

James Finn, first class fireman

Henry Fletcher, first class fireman

Fred Foster, ordinary seaman

Charles Francis, coal heaver

John J. Grady, landsman

William Hamilton, seaman

Charles Hannible, landsman

Elisha Harsen, second assistant engineer

Robert H. Harwood, seaman

Charles A. Hatch, ordinary seaman

Benjamin Haverty, second class fireman

Joseph Heisler, first class fireman

Pat Hogan, second class fireman

Alfred Holland, first class fireman

William Horan, second class fireman

Jeremiah Hurley, seaman

John Jay, landsman

William Johnson, second class fireman

James Kane, second class fireman

James Kearn, landsman

John W. Kelly (surname also shown as Kelley), lieutenant

James Kennedy, seaman

James Kindler, seaman

John Kostix, seaman

James Lawless, first class fireman

Henry S. Leonard, second assistant engineer

Thomas Lesk, seaman

Gilbert A. Lyman, seaman

George Matts, coal heaver

James McAllister, landsman

James McCue, coal heaver

Michael McEllery, coal heaver

Nicholas McGuire, landsman

James Mulloy, ordinary seaman

William O'Brien, seaman

James C. Owston, seaman

Charles J. Pemberton, seaman

Walter Powers, seaman

Robert Price, acting ensign

James Rayner, coal heaver 

James Smith, second class fireman

Walter L. Titcomb, appointed acting ensign

Thomas Ustick, acting second assistant engineer

Jacob Vreeland, yeoman

Edward Walker, seaman

Thomas H. Walker, landsman

David Williams, seaman

John Williams, seaman

John Wilson, landsman

George A. Wooley, ordinary seaman

George Work, acting assistant paymaster

Jacob H. Worth, first class fireman

John Wrenn, coal heaver