The Crew of the Monitor U.S.S. Tecumseh
Officers
Name
At Mobile Bay?
ENS Frederick Stephen Barlow, 2nd Assistant Engineer
YES
John Collins, Pilot
YES
Acting Master Gardner Cottrell
YES
CDR Tunis Augustus Craven, Commanding Officer
YES
Acting ENS Frederick H. D'Estimauville
NO
Dr. Henry A. Danker, Assistant Surgeon
YES
Adelbert Dobson, Acting 3rd Assistant Engineer
NO
CDR John Faron, Chief Engineer
YES
Benjamin W. Fowler, Acting 2nd Assistant Engineer
NO
Acting ENS Joseph P. Gallagher
NO
Henry B. Green, Acting 2nd Assistant Engineer
NO
ENS Elisha Harsen, 2nd Assistant Engineer
YES
William D. Kay, Acting 3rd Assistant Engineer
NO
LT John W. Kelley, Executive Officer
YES
ENS Webster Lane, 2nd Assistant Engineer
NO
Acting Master Charles F. Langley
YES
ENS Henry Shaw Leonard, 2nd Assistant Engineer
YES
LT William L. Pennell, Acting 1st Assistant Engineer
NO
Charles W. Pennington, Acting 1st Assistant Engineer
NO
Acting ENS Robert Price
NO
Henry S. Ritter, Acting 3rd Assistant Engineer
YES
Frederick Scott, Acting 3rd Assistant Engineer
YES
Henry W. Smith, Acting 3rd Assistant Engineer
NO
Acting ENS Walter Lawrence Titcomb
YES
Acting Master Thomas Ustick, Acting 2nd Assistant Engineer
YES
George Work, Acting Assistant Paymaster
YES
Acting ENS John J. P. Zettick
YES
"...I observed the ill-fated Tecumseh, which was then about three hundred yards ahead of us, and on our starboard bow, careen violently over, and sink almost instantaneously. Sunk by a torpedo! Assassination in its worst form! A glorious though terrible end for our noble friends, the intrepid pioneers of that death-strewed path! Immortal fame is theirs! Peace to their names!..."
Enlisted
Name
At Mobile Bay?
Landsman Garrett Adams
YES
Ordinary Seaman Samuel M. Allison
NO
Master-at-Arms Thomas C. Barray
NO
Landsman Ambrose Barry
YES
Landsman Henry L. Bartholomew
NO
Fireman 1st Class John Bell
NO
Fireman 2nd Class John Berry
YES
Fireman 1st Class James Blades
YES
Fireman 1st Class John Blogher
YES
Fireman 2nd Class William Brady
YES
Landsman John S. Brown
YES
Paymaster's Steward Thomas Brown alias Thomas Bruges
YES
Fireman 1st Class Robert Burnett
YES
Landsman Edward C. Burns
UKNOWN
Fireman 1st Class Jacob Burns
YES
Ordinary Seaman James Burns
YES
Landsman Patrick E. Callahan
YES
Seaman James Callen
YES
Seaman Barney Campbell
YES
Coal Heaver Charles Carson
YES
Fireman 1st Class George Thomas Chapman
YES
Coal Heaver James Christie
YES
Fireman 1st Class William J. Churchill
YES
Fireman 2nd Class Richard Collins
YES
Ordinary Seaman Richard T. Collins
YES
Captain's Clerk Josiah Conley, Jr.
NO
Fireman 2nd Class Peter Connelly
YES
Seaman Francis (Frank) Cousins
YES
Fireman 2nd Class Robert Cowan
YES
Fireman 2nd Class Edward Cozens
YES
Landsman James L. Dalton
YES
Captain of the Hold Thomas Davis
NO
Landsman William Davis
YES
Quartermaster Chauncey P. Dean
YES
Fireman 1st Class Robert Deans
NO
Landsman Nathaniel B. Delano
YES
Landsman Charles C. Dorris
YES
Ordinary Seaman James Duvaul
NO
Fireman 2nd Class Charles Evans
YES
YES
Fireman 1st Class James Finn
NO
Fireman 1st Class Henry Fletcher
YES
Ordinary Seaman Frederick Forster
YES
Coal Heaver Charles Francis
YES
Coal Heaver Edward Freeman
YES
Quarter Gunner John Gould
YES
Landsman John J. Grady
YES
Coal Heaver James Hamilton
YES
Seaman William Hamilton
YES
Landsman Charles Hanable
YES
Seaman Robert H. Harwood
YES
Ordinary Seaman Charles A. Hatch
YES
Fireman 2nd Class Benjamin Haverty
YES
Fireman 1st Class Joseph Heisler
YES
Ordinary Seaman James Henan
NO
Landsman Michael Hoban
YES
Fireman 2nd Class Patrick Hogan
YES
Fireman 1st Class Alfred George Holland
NO
Ordinary Seaman Peter Holland
NO
Fireman 2nd Class William Horan
YES
Seaman Jeremiah Hurley
NO
Landsman John Jay
YES
Coal Heaver Arthur Johnson
NO
Fireman 2nd Class William Johnson
YES
Fireman 2nd Class James Kane
YES
Landsman James Keehan
YES
Seaman James Kennedy
YES
Seaman James Kindler
YES
Landsman John J. Kirk
YES
Seaman John Kostis
YES
Ordinary Seaman James Lands
YES
Fireman 1st Class James Lawless
YES
Coal Heaver Henry Leonard
YES
Seaman Thomas Lesk
YES
Ordinary Seaman John Loughrey
YES
Seaman Rockwell Loveland
ALLEGED
Carpenter's Mate Gilbert A. Lyman
NO
Coal Heaver Edward Magrath
YES
Seaman George Major
YES
Landsman W. J. Mansfield
YES
Coal Heaver George Matts
NO
Landsman James McAllister
YES
Coal Heaver James McCue
NO
Seaman James McDonald
YES
Coal Heaver Michael McElleney
YES
Landsman Peter McGinnis
YES
Landsman Nicholas McGuire
YES
Ordinary Seaman Peter Patrick McNalley
YES
1st Class Boy William McNalley
YES
Ordinary Seaman James Mullany
YES
Seaman William O'Brien
YES
Seaman James C. Owston
YES
Ordinary Seaman Charles Albert Packard
YES
Landsman Peter C. Parker
YES
Seaman Charles I. Pemberton
YES
Seaman Walter Powers
YES
Coal Heaver James Raynor
YES
Coal Heaver Thomas Riley
YES
Quartermaster William Roberts
YES
Gunner's Mate Samuel S. Shinn
YES
Fireman 2nd Class James Smith
YES
Coal Heaver William Smith
ALLEGED
1st Class Boy Charles Spales
YES
Coal Heaver Daniel Gardner Taber
YES
Landsman Wilkins (William) Tedder
YES
Coal Heaver David W. Terhune
YES
Ordinary Seaman James Thorn
YES
Landsman Ephraim W. Tucker
YES
Yeoman Jacob Vreeland
YES
Quartermaster Edward Walker
NO
Steward Thomas H. Walker
YES
Coal Heaver William C. West
YES
Seaman David Williams
YES
Seaman John Williams
NO
Landsman John Wilson
UNKNOWN
Landsman William A. Wilson
NO
Ordinary Seaman George A. Wooley
NO
Fireman 1st Class Jacob H. Worth
YES
Coal Heaver John Wren
YES
"...Great results in war are seldom obtained without great risks, and it was not expected that the possession of the harbor of Mobile would be secured without disaster. The loss of the gallant Craven and his brave companions, with the Tecumseh, by a concealed torpedo, was a casualty against which no human foresight could guard. While the nation awards cheerful honors to the living, she will ever hold in grateful remembrance the memory of the gallant and lamented dead, who periled their lives for their country and died in her cause..."
