Monitor U.S.S. Tecumseh

Thomas C. Barray was born circa 1826 in Ireland and enlisted on 22 September 1862 at the Erie Naval Rendezvous as a Seaman with a remark on the rendezvous return noting him as "intended for Petty Officers." ^[1] and was discharged at a later date.

Barray re-enlisted at the same Naval Rendezvous on 16 April 1864 for a two year enlistment [2] and was attached to the U.S.S. Tecumseh on 22 April 1864 as a petty officer with the rating of master-at-arms. ^[3]. Records for Naval Hospital Pensacola show he was admitted 1 August 1864 with "adynamia". He was among the patients who were moved to Naval Hospital New Orleans to make room for wounded from the Battle of Mobile Bay. ^{[4], [5]}

Barray was at some point discharged from Naval Hospital New Orleans to the U.S.S. Antona and later admitted to Naval Hospital Philadelphia on 9 December 1864 due to "rheumatismus chronica" [4]. From there he was given a med sep from the Navy on 22 April 1865.

Barray was not aboard the Tecumseh for the Battle of Mobile Bay due to being hospitalized ashore in Pensacola.

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T. C. Barray

References and Sources

^[1] Return of the United States Naval Rendezvous, Erie, Pennsylvania, for the week ending September 24, 1862

^[2] Return of the United States Naval Rendezvous, Erie, Pennsylvania, for the week ending April 16, 1864

^[3] NARA T1099. An index to rendezvous reports during the Civil War, 1861-1865.

^[4] Hospital Tickets and Case Papers, compiled 1825-1889. ARC ID: 2694723. Department of the Navy, Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Record Group 52. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

^[5] "Various Naval Matters" Army and Navy Journal, 27 Aug. 1864, p. 13.