Charles C. Dorris - Landsman
Charles C. Dorris was born circa 1833 in Philadelphia, PA and re-enlisted on 18 September 1863 at the New York, NY Naval Rendezvous as a landsman for a 1 year enlistment[1].
Dorris was attached to the Tecumseh in April 1864 [2]. He was reported lost with her during the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864 as reported in Navy casualty lists.[3], [4].
He was approximately 31 years old and had been in the Navy for nearly seven years.
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References and Sources
[1] Return of the United States Naval Rendezvous, New York, NY for the week ending September 19, 1863[2]"List of men transfered to the U.S.S. Tecumseh from the receiving ship North Carolina, April, 1864" Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion: Series I, Volume 21 West Gulf Blockading Squadron from January 1 to December 31, 1864 (1906)
[3] "Navy Gazette: List of Deaths in the Navy of the United States, reported to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, during the week ending December 3d, 1864." Army and Navy Journal, 10 Dec. 1864, p. 253.
[4] Officers and Enlisted Men who Died in the Active Service of the U.S. Navy 1776-1885
