USS Oneida

The USS Oneida was a screw sloop launched 20 November 1861, commissioned 28 February 1862 and assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron shortly afterwards. She arrived at South West Pass on 26 March 1862 and remained in the squadron until the summer of 1865.

  • USS Oneida on NavSource
  • USS Oneida on Wikipedia

    • Deck Log

  • 28 FEB 1862 - 1 MAR 1863
  • 1 MAR 1863 - 30 SEP 1863
  • 1 OCT 1863 - 30 MAR 1864
  • 1 MAY 1864 - 9 MAY 1865
  • 10 MAY 1865 - 11 AUG 1865

    • Patrols

  • 24 AUG 1862 - 23 OCT 1862 Mobile Blockade (returned to Pensacola for coal, no liberty)
  • 11 NOV 1862 - 28 DEC 1862 Mobile Blockade (returned to Pensacola for coal, no liberty)
  • 30 AUG 1863 - 25 SEP 1863 Mobile Blockade (returned to Pensacola for coal, no liberty)
  • 27 SEP 1863 - 27 OCT 1863 Mobile Blockade (returned to Pensacola for coal, no liberty)
  • 4 NOV 1863 - 30 NOV 1863 Mobile Blockade (returned to New Orleans, liberty granted)
  • 13 FEB 1864 - 17 MAR 1864 Mobile Blockade (returned to Pensacola for coal, no liberty)

    • Actions

  • Battle of Forts Jackson & St. Philip - 24 April 1862
  • Siege of Vicksburg - June & July 1862
  • Battle of Mobile Bay - 5 August 1864

    • Deaths

      Name Rate/Rank Date of Death Age
    ⚔James AganFireman 1st Class5 August 1864
    Joseph AtkinsonCoal Heaver28 October 1864
    ✚ ⋂Haynes AnsburnLandsman17 November 1864
    ⚔Emanuel Boykin (TAD from Bienville)Cabin Steward5 August 1864
    ✚ ⋂John BussickLandsman25 October 1864
    ✚John BroganCoal Heaver7 October 1864
    ⚔Patrick DorrisLandsman5 August 1864
    ✚William EgerCoal Heaver6 August 1864
    ⚔James GibsonPVT, USMC5 August 1864
    ✚ ⋂George HallSeaman17 October 1864
    ⚔John C. JensenSeaman5 August 1864
    ✚ 〰James JohnsonOrdinary Seaman13 October 1862
    🎖 ✚ ⋂John E. JonesQuartermaster19 June 1865
    ⚔Robert LennoxLandsman5 August 1864
    ⚔Frank LeVayOrdinary Seaman5 August 1864
    ✚Charles H. MatthewsLandsman19 December 1864
    ✚James McIntoshSeaman6 November 1864
    Thomas MinnisOrdinary Seaman21 July 1862
    William ParkerGunner30 October 1864
    ✚John PeacockFireman 1st Class6 October 1864
    ⚔Albert PhillipsCaptain of the Forecastle5 August 1864
    ⚔Stephen H. RandallSeaman28 June 1862
    ✚ 〰William H. RobertsonCPL, USMC16 August 1863
    ✚ ⋂Anthony RyanCoal Heaver17 September 1864
    ✚ ⋂Alonzo T. SawyerCoxswain24 October 1864
    ✚George A. Smith1st Class Boy20 February 1864
    Isaac StambroughCooper26 June 1862
    ✚Samuel Van EveryCoal Heaver8 August 1864

    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

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