The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-01

ture of the steamer Governor Morton; In the |
engagement with the batteries on Morris Island
and with the Rebel ram ChicOra, while driving
the enemy from the wreck of the Keokuk; and
in the night assault on Fort Sumter, where he
was captured and kept in imprisonment for an
entire year.
In 1854 &C he was on duty at Boston; was
commissioned as q Commander July 25, 1885;
was on ordnance duty at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard in 1867; on similar duty at Boston in 1868;
and in 1869 was appointed 10 the chief command
of the ill-starred Oneida.
The Other Oncers.
Below we give some particulars concerning
the other officers who were on duty on the
Oneida at the last advices:-
Lieutenant-C Commander William F. Stewart
was born In Pennsylvania June 80, 1910, and
was appointed to the navy from that State, Sep
tember 90, 1857. During the late war he was
attached to the sloop st. Louis, which was de-
tailed on special service. From that vessel he
was transferred to the steamer Iroquois. He was
promoted to Lieutenant Commander July 25,
1866.
Lieutenant Commander Alonzo w. Muldaur
was born in New York, and was appointed to
the navy as Acting Master, April 90, 1867. His
promotion to his present rank was quite recent,
though he had been attached to the Oneida
since 1867.
Surgeon James Suddards the son of the Rev.
William Suddards, d. D., Rector of Grace
Church, in this city, was born in England
but was appointed to the navy from Penn
sylvania May IL 1S49, entering the
service as an Assistant Surgeon. He was
attached to the soop John Adams, on the coasl
of Africa, in 1S49-50; to the storeship Lexing-
ton, of the Pacific Squadron, in 1852 So; to the
Coast Survey in 1S54-55; to the receiving ship
at Boston in 1857; to the Ceast Survey, again,
| in 1850; was commissioned as Surgeon April
| "a, 1861 was attached to the steam-sloop Canaan
| daigua, of the South Atlantic Blockading
| Squadron in 1S62-64; to the receiving ship Yer
! mont, at Brooklyn, in 1885, on special duty in
this city in 1867; and in 1868 was ordered to the
! Oneida.
Assistant Surgeon Edward rockingham was
born in New York, and received his commission
in January, 1865
Passed Assistant Paymaster Thomas L. Tul-
lock- Jr., the son Of Hon. Thomas l.. Tullock,
a well-known New Hampshire politician, who is
now Collector of Customs ut Washington, was
| born in New York, but was appointed from New
| Hampshire. He entered the service May IL,
1868, and his present commission dated from
| July 23 1866.
Master Walter Sargent was a native of Maine,
and was appointed Acting Master, August Is,
| 1866.
Master John R. Phelan was born in Pennsyl-
| vania and graduated from the Annapolis Naval
Academy June IL, 1866 He received COM
mission as Midshipman, and was attached to the
| Iroquos on the Asiatic station, and was subse-
quently transferred to the Oneida.
Master Isaac /. Yates originally entered the
! service September 81. 1861, and graduated at
| Annapolis June IL, 1866. He was first commits
stoned as Mldshipman, and afterwards as Mas
ter. He was native of New York.
Master Charles L. Arnold native of Massa-
nl, inta Na,I
the service October H. 1862, and graduated at
| Annapolis June 12, 1856. Since his graeuation
Master Arnold was on the Asiatic squadron.
Ensign James w. Cowie was Scotchman by
! birth. His appointment was from Iowa, in
1868. He graduated at Annapolis, June 6, 1867
and made a cruise as Midshipman in the On
| ward ......-.-.. .. r.
Napoleon B. Littig, the engineer in charge,
was native of Maryland, and entered the SER
vice in 1857.
Engineer Haviland Barstow was born in Mas
sachusetts, entered the service in 1861
Engineer Charles w. G. Senter was also born
in Massachusetts, entered the service in 1863
Carpenter Josiah d. Pinner was Vlrginian
by birth, and entered the service in 1860.
The captains clerk, w. w. Crowningshield,
was appointed to the navy from Massachusetts,
as acting Volunteer Lieutenant, in 1865. r.
The Oneida and Her Career.
The OAeida was built at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard in 1861, her engines being constructed by
Murphy IL Co., of New York. On the Goth of
November of the same year she was launched,
and early in March, 1862, she was put in COM
mission. She was rated third-class in the navy,
and although built for ten guns carried but
eight. In all respects she was thoroughly con-
structed and equipped. Her propeller had four
haDges instead of two and her engines were of
100 horse power. Ia length she was 22S feet in
breadth 80 feet and in depth Is feet. Her rig
was that of three-masted schooner. Her
armament consisted of two 11-inch guns, four
thirty-two Founders, and two heavy Dahlgren
rifed guns.
On the sth of March, 1862 the Oneida sailed
from the Brooklyn Navy Yard under the COM
mand of Captain 3. p. Lee. She accompanied
Admiral Farragut's feet in the famous expedi-
ton against New Orleans, and on the gath of
April passed Forts Jackson and st. Philip, with
the other steamers under heavy fire. No
sooner had the fleet run past the forts than the
Confederate gunboats attacked them, and,
discovering one crossing her bows, the
Oneida ran into her with full head of steam,
and, cutting her down, left her. Imme-
diately after she aided in the destruction of
the Governor Moore On the day following
this engagement the Oneida participated in the
attack on the Confederate batteries at Chal-
| mette, reducing them. On the 9th of April
she destroyed the distractions in the Mississippi
river, above Carrollton, Miss, and on the 18th
of May came in sight of Vicksburg, demand
for the surrender of which was made by her
commander. On the 2Sth of June, when Far
| ragut attacked and ran the batteries, the Oneida
accompanied him. She also participated in the
engagement which took place on July Is of the
same year, when the Confederate ram Arkan-
sas surprised and successfully passed the fleets
of Farragut and Davis above Vicksburg. Late
| in the year she was on duty blockading Mobile
when the privateer Oreto afterwards known as
the Florida, ran into the bay. Throughout the
war the Oneida was attached to the West Gull
| squadron, and although she was not conspicu.