Ship: USS Colorado (1856)

Allegiance

US Navy

Description

a three-masted steam screw frigate, launched by the Norfolk Navy Yard

Service

1856-1885

Builder

John Luke Porter

Shipyard

VA, Portsmouth, Norfolk Navy Yard

Organization

US Navy Department

At Launch

Nannie Seddon Dornin (Sponsor);

Events

Conflict	Battle/Event	Date
US Civil War	First Battle of Fort Fisher	DEC 1864
US Civil War	Second Battle of Fort Fisher	JAN 1865

Field	Comparison	And/Or
Place	SH, , USS Colorado (1856)	AND

Total: 96

Name	Dates	Role	Role Date	Birthplace	Deathplace
Howard E. Ames	1850-1918	Asst Surgeon	1883-1884	MD	DC, Washington
Sullivan Dorr Ames	1840-1880	Lieutenant	1865-1866	RI, Providence Co, Providence	RI, Providence Co, Providence
Charles Nelson Atwater	1857-1919		1881	NY	MA, Suffolk Co, Charlestown
Hosea John Babin	1842-1907	Asst Surgeon	1875-1876	Canada, Quebec	NY, Kings Co, Brooklyn
Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey	1805-1877	Commander	1861	NY, Franklin Co, Chateaugay	DC, Washington
Charles Henry Baldwin	1822-1888	commander	1871-1873	NY, New York Co, New York City	NY
Richard Thomson Mason Ball	1857-1913	Asst Paymaster	1880-1881	VA, Loudoun Co
Richard Milne Bartleman	1833-1884	Chief Engineer	1863-1864	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia
Fletcher Stewart Bassett	1847-1893	Ensign	1871	KY, Lewis Co	IL, Cook Co, Chicago
Henry Gustav Beyer	1850-1918	Passed Asst Surgeon	1879-1880	Germany, Sachsen	DC, Washington
Luther Guiteau Billings	1842-1920	Paymaster	1878	NY	CA, Los Angeles Co, Los Angeles
John Van Benthuysen Bleecker	1847-1922	Lieutenant	1873-1874	NY, Nassau Co, Glen Cove	LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans
George Rawson Brush	1836-1894	Surgeon	1879-1881	NY, Suffolk Co, Commack	CO, El Paso Co, Colorado Springs
Alfred Bruce Canaga	1850-1906	Asst Engineer	1875-1875	OH, Harrison Co	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
Robert Emmet Carmody	1845-1896	Lieutenant	1882-1883	NY, Herkimer Co, Mohawk	DC, Washington
Silas Casey	1841-1913	Executive Officer	1870-1873	RI, Kent Co, East Greenwich	VA, Bath Co, Warm Springs
Greenleaf Cilley	1829-1899	Lt Commander	1864	ME, Knox Co, Thomaston
Charles Ansyl Clarke	1848-1924	Ensign	1871-1872	IA, Jefferson Co	CA, San Diego Co, San Diego
Samuel Floyd Clarkson	1845-1883	Lieutenant	1879	NY, New York Co, New York City
Albert Gallatin Clary	1814-1902	Lieutenant	1861	MA, Hampden Co, Springfield	MA, Hampden Co, Springfield
George Goodhue Clay	1846-1925	Lieutenant	1876	MA, Franklin Co, Deerfield	MI, Kent Co, Grand Rapids
Dewitt Clinton Coffman	1854-1932	Ensign	1881-1882	VA, Shenandoah Co	RI, Newport Co, Jamestown
Joseph Bullock Coghlan	1844-1908	Lt Commander	1877	KY, Franklin Co, Frankfort	NY, Westchester Co, New Rochelle
John Woolston Coles	1838-1895	Passed Asst Surgeon	1871	NJ, Camden Co, Colestown	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia
George Albert Converse	1844-1909	Lieutenant	1872-1873	VT, Windsor Co, Norwich	DC, Washington
Augustus Paul Cooke	1836-1896	Midshipman	1858	NY, Otsego Co, Cooperstown	France, Ile-de-France, Paris
Vincendon Lazarus Cottman	1852-1917	Master	1880-1881	LA, Ascension Parish	DC, Washington
Vincendon Lazarus Cottman	1852-1917	Ensign	1875-1876	LA, Ascension Parish	DC, Washington
Charles Henderson Craven	1843-1898	Ensign	1865-1867	ME, Cumberland Co, Fort Preble	DC, Washington
James Cephas Cresap	1849-1901	Master	1881-1882	OH
Francis Cadwallader Dade	1829-1902	First Asst Engineer	1858	VA	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia
William Starr Dana	1843-1890	Lt Commander	1875-1877	NY, New York Co, New York City	France, Ile-de-France, Paris
Charles Henry Davis	1845-1921		1865-1867	MA, Middlesex Co, Cambridge
John Lee Davis	1825-1889	Executive Officer	1861	IN, Sullivan Co, Carlisle	DC, Washington
Benjamin Franklin Day	1841-1933	Lieutenant	1863-1864	OH, Brown Co	VA, Buena Vista
Daniel Delehanty	1844-1918	Lieutenant	1875	NY
Ezra Zacharias Derr	1851-1935	Passed Asst Surgeon	1879	MD
George Dewey	1837-1917	Executive Officer	1867-1868	VT, Washington Co, Montpelier	DC, Washington
Francis William Dickins	1845-1910	Midshipman	1866	NY	NY, New York Co, Manhattan
Edward John Dorn	1854-1937		1879-1880	WI, Grant Co, Potosi	DC, Washington
Franklin Jeremiah Drake	1845-1929	Master	1870-1871	NY, Orleans Co, Yates	DC, Washington
William Hale Driggs	1847-1908	Lieutenant	1876-1877	MI, Wayne Co, Detroit	DC, Washington
William Colgate Eaton	1851-1936	Asst Engineer	1875-1875	NY, Madison Co, Hamilton	NY, Madison Co, Hamilton
Horace Elmer	1846-1898	Lt Commander	1873	NJ
James McQueen Forsyth	1842-1915	Lt Commander	1881-1881	Bahamas	PA, Northumberland Co, Shamokin
Rear Adm. Bancroft Gherardi	1832-1903	Captain	1877-1880	LA, East Feliciana Parish, Jackson	CT, Fairfield Co, Stratford
John R. Goldsborough	1809-1877	Commander	1863	DC, Washington	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia
Rear Adm. Caspar Frederick Goodrich	1847-1925		1865-1867	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia	NJ, Mercer Co, Princeton
David Butts Harmony	1832-1917	Captain	1881-1883	PA, Northampton Co, Easton	DC, Washington
Louis Cass Heilner	1849-1912	Master	1877-1878	PA	NY
Cumberland George Herndon	1850-1911	Assistant Surgeon	1877-1878	VA, Culpeper Co
Oscar Frederick Heyerman	1844-1895	Lt Commander	1870-1873	Germany	At Sea
Oscar Frederick Heyerman	1844-1895	Midshipman	1865-1866	Germany	At Sea
Francis John Higginson	1843-1931	Midshipman	1861-1862	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston	NY, Ulster Co, Kingston
William Stetson Hogg	1856-1921	Ensign	1881	DC, Washington	DC, Washington
Gustavus Richard Brown Horner	1804-1892	Fleet Surgeon	1861-1862	VA, Fauquier Co, Warrenton	VA, Fauquier Co, Warrenton
Philip J. Inch	1836-1898	Chief Engineer	1875-1876	DC, Washington	NY, Saratoga Co
Theodore Felinghuysen Jewell	1844-1932	Service	1865-1866	DC, Washington	DC, Washington
Mortimer Lawrence Johnson	1842-1913	Lieutenant	1864	MA, Essex Co, Nahant	NH, Rockingham Co, Portsmouth
David Xavier Junkin	1808-1880	Chaplain	1864	PA
Albert Kautz	1839-1907	Midshipman	1858-1860	OH, Brown Co, Georgetown	Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Stephen Dandridge Kennedy	1834-1914	Assistant Surgeon	1861	VA	VA, Fauquier Co
Edward M. Kershner	1839-1916	Surgeon	1883-1885	MD, Washington Co	MD, Washington Co, Hagerstown
Benjamin Harrison Kidder	1836-1909		1865	MA, Dukes Co, Edgartown	MA, Dukes Co, Edgartown
Lewis Ashfield Kimberly	1830-1902	Lt Commander	1865-1866	NY, Rensselaer Co, Troy	MA, Middlesex Co, Newton
William Alexander Kirkland	1836-1898	Captain	1883-1884	NC, Orange Co, Hillsborough	CA, Solano Co, Vallejo
Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck Lillie	1845-1905	Lieutenant	1883-1884	NY, Ulster Co, Kingston	NY, New York Co, Manhattan
George Barclay Livingston	1833-1890	Lieutenant	1874	NY, New York Co, New York City
William Franklin Low	1849-1921	Lieutenant	1879-1881	NH, Merrimack Co	DC, Washington
Edward Phelps Lull	1836-1887	Master	1858	VT, Windsor Co, Windsor	FL, Escambia Co, Pensacola
Joseph Marthon	1834-1891	Executive Officer	1875	MA, Middlesex Co, Cambridge	China, Shanghai
Bloomfield McIlvaine	1846-1884	Master	1869-1873	PA, Philadelphia Co	PA, Philadelphia Co
William W. Mead	1845-1930	Lieutenant	1870-1873	KY, Boone Co	Jamaica
Edwin King Moore	1847-1931	Master	1870	OH
William Carpenter Pendleton Muir	1859-1915	Midshipman	1882	KY, Shelby Co, Shelbyville	KY, Shelby Co, Shelbyville
Horace Edward Mullan	1837-1903	Lt Commander	1874	MD	MD, Anne Arundel Co, Annapolis
York Noel	1854-1908	Lieutenant	1883-1883	PA, Cumberland Co, Shepherdstown	NY, Kings Co, Brooklyn
York Noel	1854-1908		1874-1876	PA, Cumberland Co, Shepherdstown	NY, Kings Co, Brooklyn
Harry Forry Picking	1840-1899	Lt Commander	1870-1873	PA, Somerset Co	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
John Elliott Pillsbury	1846-1919	Master	1870-1872	MA, Middlesex Co, Lowell	DC, Washington
Ebenezer Scudder Prime	1847-1912	Lieutenant	1876	NY	NY, Suffolk Co, Huntington
Peter Anton Rearick	1838-1901	First Asst Engineer	1873-1874	Germany, Hessen	DC, Washington
Allen Visscher Reed	1838-1917	Lieutenant	1861	NY, New York Co, New York City
Henry Bellows Robeson	1842-1914	Master	1865-1867	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven	NH, Cheshire Co, Walpole
Henry Bellows Robeson	1842-1914	Master	1864-1865	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven	NH, Cheshire Co, Walpole
Karl Rohrer	1847-1913	Master	1873-1874	Germany, Baden	DC, Washington
Alexander Wilson Russell	1824-1908	Paymaster	1862	MD, Frederick Co, Frederick	PA, Philadelphia Co, Philadelphia
John Henry Russell	1827-1897	Lieutenant	1861	MD, Frederick Co, Frederick	DC, Washington
Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson	1840-1902	Lieutenant	1865-1867	NY, Wayne Co, Palmyra	DC, Washington
James Russell Selfridge	1849-1905	Ensign	1870-1872	MA, Norfolk Co, Roxbury	MA, Suffolk Co, Boston
Manly Hale Simons	1849-1922	Surgeon	1877-1878	NY	CA
Thomas Holdup Stevens	1819-1896	Lieutenant	1858-1860	CT, Middlesex Co, Middletown	MD, Montgomery Co, Rockville
George Watson Sumner	1841-1924		1861	MI, St. Joseph Co	NY, Suffolk Co, Patchogue
Bushrod Bust Taylor	1832-1883	Lieutenant	1861	IN, Jefferson Co	DC, Washington
Chauncey Thomas	1850-1919	Ensign	1873-1875	NY, Sullivan Co, Barryville	CA, Monterey Co, Pacific Grove
Charles Jackson Train	1845-1906		1866-1867	MA, Middlesex Co, Framingham	China
George Whittelsey Tyler	1847-1896	Lieutenant	1877-1878	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven	DC, Washington
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright	1849-1926	Master	1870-1872	DC, Washington	DC, Washington
Rear Admiral John Crittenden Watson	1842-1923	Lieutenant	1865-1867	KY, Franklin Co, Frankfort	DC, Washington
William Winder	1851-1922	Ensign	1877-1878	NH	NH, Rockingham Co, Portsmouth