Prison Diary of Frederic Augustus James

"I was captured at Fort Sumter on the night of Sept. 8th 1863, having landed there as one of a storming party from the U.S. Blockading Fleet off Charleston. Said expedition was unsuccessful, only less than one-fifth of the force effecting a landing."

U.S.S. Housatonic
Off Charleston, Sept.9 1863

Sir:
Agreeable to order per telegraph, I herewith enclose a list of Officers and men missing from this ship who were Volunteers in the Expedition against Fort Sumter last night.

I am very respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant
C.W. Pickering
Captain

Rear Admiral
J.A. Dahlgren
Comdg. S.A.B. Squadron

List of Officers & men in the expedition against Fort Sumter Sept. 8 1863, missing Sept. 9, 1863

Edwin T. Brower
J.H. Harmony
Thos. McCarthy
F.A. James
V.A. Bartlett
Wm. Beeby
R.L. Tinker
M. Bannon
Thos. Simpson
John A. Hyde
J. M. Dillingham
John Keefe
Jos. Connaton
T.D. Crawford
H.B. Southerd
Timothy Daly
John Foley

Lieutenant
3rd Asst.Engineer
Coxwain
Carpenter's Mate
Sailmaker
Off's Steward
Nurse
Private - Marines
Seaman
Ord. Seaman
         "
         "
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Landsman
        "
        "
        "

Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
John S. Woolson
Asst. Paymaster

Approved & forwarded
C. W. Pickering
Captain

With this report began the imprisonment and death of Frederic Augustus James - husband, father, sailor, war combatant, prisoner - and, after reading his diary, perhaps a hero.

The Andersonville Diary

of

Frederic Augustus James

United States Navy

Personal Journal of Prison Experiences
1863-1864

The Andersonville Diary

of

Frederic Augustus James

United States Navy

Personal Journal of Prison Experiences 1863-1864

Personal Journal of Prison Experiences
1863-1864