See the report of the Secretary of the Navy in United States Government. Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Vol. 3. 1862. House of Representatives, 37th Congress, 3rd session. Ex. Doc. 1. Washington, DC. 1862. 931pp
for information on specific damage to the ship and injuries.
Augustus, Joseph, Musician
Seriously (slightly [T14]) wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862. [T5][T6][T14]
Bartlett, Julius, Quartermaster Slightly wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862.[T5][T6][T14]
Bennett Seth, Musician
Slightly wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862.
[T5][T6][T14]
Buckley, John
Signed affidavit for pension of Edward Carney in 1891, in Boston.. Born circa 1840..[T100]
Carney, Edward, Coal Heaver
Pension records indicate he was partly deafened on March 9 by a "premature discharge of a gun on the gundeck. He had been looking out the porthole watching the action with the Merrimac, causing partial deafness on one side and total deafness on the other side of the head." Born 1839, Kings County, Ireland. Enlisted in the Navy, Boston,April 11, 1861.Service: USS Ohio April 1-30, 1861; USS Minnesota May 1, 1861-July 26, 1862; USS North Carolina July 27 - August 25, 1862 (discharged). Died July 13, 1899, Bay City, MI.[T100]
Cartter, William H., Marine 1st Lt., 2nd officer Marine Guard[T16] See extracts of letters in Sullivan.
Clark, John, Seaman
Seriously (slightly [T14]) wounded in groin on March 8 or 9, 1862.[T5][T6][T14]
Cotton, Charles Stanhope
Dunlap, Charles, Ordinary Seaman
Mortally wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862.
[T5][T6][T14]
Finn, James H.
Signed affidavit for pension of Edward Carney in 1891, in Boston.. Born circa 1840..[T100]
Goldsborough, L.M., Flag-Officer
Gunn, John, Quartermaster
Seriously wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862
[T5][T6][T14]
Harrington, Dennis, Captain Mizzen Top
Killed on March 8 or 9 while on board the Whitehall.
[T6][T14]
Hiller, Samuel W., Ordinary Seaman
Slightly (seriously[T14]) wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862. [T5][T6][T14]
Horner, Charles W., Gunner
Joyce, Patrick, Ordinary Seaman Slightly wounded (contusion) on March 8 or 9, 1862.[T5][T6][T14]
Kean,. Atwell, Landsman Loss of eye. Listed as "Atwell Keen"[T14] Slightly (seriously[T14]) wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862. [T5][T6][T14]
Leeland, Henry, Quarter Gunner
Seriously wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862
[T5][T6][T14]
Loring, Charles H. Chief Engineer
Letter to Comm. Richard Rush. Nov. 9, 1895. National Archives, RG 45, Subject Files, Subfile HA, "Engagements with Ennemy War Vessels"[T16]
Moore, Joyce, landsman
Colored. Slightly (seriously[T14]) wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862. [T5][T6][T14]
Parris, Eli, Landsman Colored. Slightly (seriously[T14]) wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862. [T5][T6][T14]
Richchurch, Ansel, Seaman
Listed as "Ansel Richards"[T14] Slightly (seriously[T14]) wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862. [T5][T6][T14]
Rowland, William
1847-1924. His grave marker is in the shape of the USS Monitor. (Philadelphia Graveyards and Cemeteries, by Thomas H. Keels, in the Images of America series, Arcadia Publishing, 2003, ISBN: 0-7385-1229-X, p 52) (It isn't confirmed that he was on the Minnesota during the battle, but his grave marker would make it seem so.)
Sewell, Christopher, Coal Heaver
Listed as "Christopher Sewall"[T14]. Mortally wounded on March 8 or 9, 1862.[T5][T6][T14]
Shuttleworth, William L., Marine Captain, Commanding Marine Guard[T16]
Smith, Henry, Coxswain
Killed on March 8 or 9, 1862.[T5][T6][T14]
Unfortunately, I have not yet collected the names of the other crew. Any help would be appreciated. Two other unnamed men were reported killed.
References:
[T5] Wood, Wm. Maxwell, Fleet Surgeon, Report transmitting list of killed and wounded, March 12, 1862. ORN I, v7, p15-17
[T6] Wood, Wm. Maxwell, Fleet Surgeon, Report of killed and wounded on and alongside the Minnesota in the action of the 8th and 9th March, 1862, March 10, 1862. ORN I, v7, p12-13
[T14] United States Government. Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Vol. 3. 1862. House of Representatives, 37th Congress, 3rd session. Ex. Doc. 1. Washington, DC. 1862. 931pp
Report on the Killed and Wounded p96-97.
[T16] Sullivan, David M. The United States Marine Corps in the Civil War -- The Second Year. White Mane Publishing Company, Inc. Shippenburg, PA. 1997.
[T100] Email (1/28/2006) from a great-great-grandaughter M. J. Hardy, referencing US National Archives Pension Records (Navy - WC-13-452).
