From the Richmond, Va., Times-Dispatch, June 30, 1907.
THE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY.
It Was Not Strong, But It Made a Very Good Record –
Partial List of Survivors – Names of the Men Who
Served Faithfully on the Briny Deep.
Many people are living to-day who do not know that the Confederate Government had a navy, and yet there were men who served gallantly on the water and suffered as many hardships as did the brave men who fought on land. Below will be found a partial and perhaps a very inaccurate list of the survivors of the Confederate Navy.
Richard F. Armstrong, Halifax, N. S. – Born in Georgia; midshipman, U. S. N.; lieutenant C. S. N.; served on cruiser Sumter, Alabama, Battery Buchanan and Fort Fisher.
M. Bynes, private Marine Corps, Corinth, Miss.; served at Drewry's Bluff.
Mortimer M. Benton, Louisville, Ky. – Born in Kentucky; midshipman U. S. N.; lieutenant C. S. N.; served Kentucky State Guard; steamer Gaines, Harriet Lane, Webb; commanded steamer Roanoke; served on the steamer Tallahassee at Drewry's Bluff; captured at battle of Sailor's Creek.
F. L. Blume, Nashville, Tenn. – Midshipman C. S. N.; served on Patrick Henry.
Richard H. Bacot, Clarkesdale, Mo. – Born in South Carolina; midshipman U. S. N.; second lieutenant C. S. N.; served on ram Arkansas Chicora; at capture of U. S. S. S. Underwriter at Newbern, N. C.; served on steamer Neuse.
George D. Bryan, Charleston, S. C. – Born in Virginia; midshipman U. S. N.; master C. S. N.; served on cruiser Florida and abroad.
Clifton R. Breckinridge, Pine Bluff, Ark. – Midshipman C. S. N.; served on steamer Patrick Henry and staff of General Breckinridge.
Eugene H. Brown, Baltimore, Md. – Second assistant engineer
