USS Chickasaw
The Chickasaw was a ironclad Milwaukee-class river monitor built for the Navy and was commissioned on 14 May 1864.
Chickasaw was assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron on 9 July 1864. She was a participant in the Battle of Mobile Bay as that "damned black hulk" that took out the rebel admiral Buchanan and brought the feared ram Tennessee to heel.
She served in and around Mobile Bay until 3 July 1865 when she left for New Orleans to be decommissioned.
Deaths
| Name | Rate/Rank | Date of Death | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Brookings | Ordinary Seaman | 28 July 1864 | 21 | |
| ✹ ⋂ | Alden S. Carr | Ordinary Seaman | 26 May 1865 | 18 |
| John F. Coleman | Landsman | 17 October 1864 | 31 | |
| ✚ ⋂ | Thomas Hawke | Seaman | 25 April 1865 | |
| ✚ ⋂ | Samuel C. Jolly | Quarter Gunner | 26 October 1864 | 34 |
| George W. Pillsbury | Ordinary Seaman | 26 September 1864 | 28 | |
| William Smith | - | 5 September 1864 | ||
| ✚ ⋂ ✎ | William T. Sturgis | Landsman | 1 May 1865 |
Key
⚔ killed in action
★ prisoner of war
✚ died of disease or injury
◼died of yellow fever
ø died due to vessel loss
✹ died in ordnance accident
⋂ buried on land in marked grave
〰 buried/lost at sea
🎖 Medal of Honor recipient
✎ transcribed letters of sailor/marine posted