USS Sachem

The USS Sachem was a screw steamer purchased by the Navy on 20 September 1861 and send to the Gulf on 17 March 1862. She was captured by Confederates at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass on 8 September 1863 with her surviving crew taken prisoner.

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    • Deaths

      Name Rate/Rank Date of Death
    ⚔Peter BaxterRefugee6 December 1862
    ★Charles BrownSeaman1 June 1864
    ★ ⋂John CaryLandsman13 July 1864
    ⚔Benjamin F. CowenLandsman6 December 1862
    ✚ ⋂Phillip DuffyLandsman11 January 1863
    ⚔John FraserActing 2nd Assistant Engineer8 September 1863
    ⚔ ⋂John FurbushLandsman7 August 1864
    ⚔James GlennFireman8 September 1863
    ✚William GlennLandsman8 September 1863
    ⚔Peter Lee-8 September 1863
    ★ ⋂Thomas MolanSeaman5 November 1864
    ★John Munroe3rd Assistant Engineer9 September 1863
    ⚔William NicholsonLandsman6 December 1862
    ⚔William RobinsonFireman8 September 1863
    ⚔Thomas RyanFireman8 September 1863
    ⚔John SullivanFireman 2nd Class8 September 1863
    ★William SutterSeaman25 November 1864
    ★John ThompsonSeaman14 March 1864
    ⚔Richard TurnerFireman8 September 1863
    ⚔Calvin WilliamsFireman8 September 1863
    ⚔John WilliamsSeaman8 September 1863

    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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