Resources
African American Vermonters in the Navy
Blair, Robert M., biography (MOH)
Blanchard, Lucien J., obituary
Blodgett, George M., biography
Blodgett, George, "On the Tennessee and Cumberland with Grant"
Charles E. Clark, "A Ring Tail Snorter For Fighting"
Clark, Charles E. of the "Oregon"
Colvocoresses, George Musalas; biography
Colvocoresses, George P., biography
Colvocorresses, George, "The Commander Was His Own Intelligen
Converse, George A., biography
Dewey, George, "Full Speed Ahead!"
Dunn, Elisha, "What Does A Paymaster Do?"
Greene, Theodore P., biography
Holabird, William H.; biography
Johnson, Mortimer L., biography
Lull, Edward, "Commanding the CSS Tennessee"
Morton, George, "Gunboat Master"
Prindle, Franklin C., biography
Researching and Writing about Civil War Sailors
Robert Blair, "Medal of Honor"
Temple, William, "Amphibious Assaults"
The Few, The Proud, The Marines
Vermonters on the USS Wachusett
Webster, Henry S., biography (MOH)
Woodward, Edwin T., "Assaulted Fort Fisher"
The Ultimate Navy Resource
"Records relating to enlisted personnel are also now in this record group (Record Group 24). Series of records that are helpful in tracing the service of enlisted men are weekly returns of enlistments at naval rendezvous, 1855-91, and on board receiving ships, 1855-1902, keys to enlistment returns (an index to the preceding series), 1846-1902, muster rolls, and logbooks. These and other personnel records were indexed on cards; a copy of the index, on microfilm, is in the National Archives. This index actually abstracts information from the records and presents it in chronological order. Correspondence concerning enlisted men who applied for pensions, filed claims, asked for discharge documents or service records, etc., is in jackets filed alphabetically by name. This conveniently arranged file, 1842-85, contains many jackets for men with Civil War service. There are also extensive lists of recruits who enlisted as substitutes and volunteers, Feb. 1864-June 1865, and returns for similar recruits enlisted at Boston, June-Dec. 1864. Shipping articles set forth the conditions of enlistment and contain signatures of sureties for bounties paid and wages advanced and signatures of witnesses and parents of minors. Besides noting the conduct and proficiency of enlisted personnel, conduct books contain information on the enlistment, physical description, and personal history of each man; but since they are arranged alphabetically by name of vessel they are difficult to use. Discharge papers date from Jan. 1, 1864 (the earlier ones, for which there is an index, are missing), and contain copies of discharges, discharge certificates, descriptive lists of men, and correspondence. discharge orders dating from Feb. 4, 1864, contain the names of men to be discharged. The types of personnel employed on receiving ships can be ascertained from the index to personnel on the "Ohio," 1861-65, and from a register of personnel received on board ships at Baltimore. Other pertinent records include continuous service certificates, correspondence relating to medals of honor, 1863-65, and returns of deserters." Extracted from Kenneth W. Munden and Henry Putney Beers, "The Union: A Guide To Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War," National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., 1998), pp. 458-459.
