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NHC, USN Foxhall A. Parker |
USS CONSTITUTION LOG
22 JUNE 1842 -16 FEBRUARY 1843
IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
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NHC, USN Foxhall A. Parker |
| 22 Jun 1842 | Placed in commission while lying off Gosport,Virginia -- officers present for duty: First Lieutenant Charles W. Chauncey, Lieutenants Bushrod W. Hunter, William T. Muse, and Robert B. Pegram; Acting Master John S.Neville; Surgeon George Blacknall; Purser D. McC. F. Thornton; Midshipmen Eben D. Denny, William H. Murdaugh, Thomas R. Young, James H. Somerville, Alexander R. Abercrombie, William H. Weaver, William L. Powell, Allen McLane, and Hunter Davidson; Boatswain Amos Colston; Sailmaker William Bennett; Carpenter Tesoe C. Morrisson; Master's Mates George M. Decker and Charles B. Oliver. |
| 24 Jun 1842 | "...2nd gig..." |
| 26 Jun 1842 | Midshipman Purcell joined, as did Gunner Henry Welton. |
| 27 Jun 1842 | Midshipman Alexander Depree joined. |
| 28 Jun 1842 | Lieutenant Charles Thomas and Midshipmen Archibald Waring and Wingate Pillsbury joined. |
| 30 Jun 1842 | "...quarter boats..." |
| 2 Jul 1842 | Midshipman John S. Maury joined. |
| 5 Jul 1842 | "...3rd cutter..." |
| 7 Jul 1842 | with 4 noncoms and 35 privates --"...launch..." |
| 11 Jul 1842 | Holystoned the gun deck. |
| 14 Jul 1842 | "...received Paixhans guns from the schooner Martin Smith..." |
| 15 Jul 1842 | "Capt. Foxhall A. Parker came on board and assumed command..." -- John Howard was flogged for desertion; Peter Golding and George McKay given 9 each for attempted desertion. |
| 16 Jul 1842 | Took on 40 rounds for the Paixhans guns. |
| 19 Jul 1842 | Midshipman John Stuart joined. |
| 20 Jul 1842 | Midshipman William H. Weaver sent to hospital. |
| 22 Jul 1842 | Captain's Clerk Thomsgood S. Stith joined. |
| 23 Jul 1842 | "...painting cabin..." |
| 25 Jul 1842 | "Carpenters employed in taking down poop Deck..." |
| 26 Jul 1842 | Passed Midshipman Thomas N. Crossan joined; Neville detached. |
| 1 Aug 1842 | John Brown, Marine Drummer. |
| 2 Aug 1842 | Private John Lynch given 12 lashes for mutinous conduct. |
| 3 Aug 1842 | Received 200 cutlasses, 60 muskets, 120pistols, 48 battle lanterns, 6 elevating screws -- 2330 Ordinary Seamen George Wass and Eugene Cochran jumped overboard and swam ashore. |
| 4 Aug 1842 | "...fitting the hammock rails..." |
| 5 Aug 1842 | "...shifted the two quarterdeck carronades to the after ports..." -- "...5th cutter..." |
| 6 Aug 1842 | Landsman John Hayward given 12 lashes for drunkenness and insolence. |
| 8 Aug 1842 | "...extending the hammock netting..." |
| 10 Aug 1842 | "...unshipped accommodation ladder..." -- shifted anchorage nearer Norfolk -- Midshipman James Heron joined. |
| 11 Aug 1842 | "...starboard chain..." |
| 12 Aug 1842 | "...both chains and cables..." |
| 19 Aug 1842 | "...fixing sights on Paixhans guns..." |
| 22 Aug 1842 | Projectileman Joseph T. Huston joined. |
| 26 Aug 1842 | Antonio Albert and George McCafferty each given 9 lashes for fighting. |
| 27 Aug 1842 | Henry Simpson and Anthony H. Brammerman each given 10 lashes for fighting. |
| 30 Aug 1842 | Painting outside. |
| 3 Sep 1842 | Lieutenant George Mason Hove joined. |
| 5 Sep 1842 | Sailmaker George Parker joined. |
| 6 Sep 1842 | William S. Hart and Peter Brown each given 9 lashes for smuggling liquor -- Mark Lewis given 12 for drunkenness and insolence. |
| 8 Sep 1842 | Samuel McCormick punished with boys' cat for desertion -- William Smith (8th) deserted. |
| 10 Sep 1842 | Robert Hutchinson given 12 lashes for desertion -- Privates William Rooney and David Ford given 10 and 6, respectively, for fighting on post. |
| 11 Sep 1842 | "...got up the Hammock Girtlines..." |
| 19 Sep 1842 | William Stitz punished with the boys' cat for desertion. |
| 21 Sep 1842 | Charles L. Gillis and William C. Bass each given 12 lashes for desertion. |
| 22 Sep 1842 | Acting Midshipman Debree [Depree?] detached. |
| 3 Oct 1842 | "...a small fire Engine & a dinghy with sails and awning..." |
| 4 Oct 1842 | Surgeon's Mate Edwin Conway joined. |
| 8 Oct 1842 | William Despair given 12 lashes for desertion; Private A. D. Peirce, 12 for sleeping on post; and Seaman John Howard, 12 for smuggling liquor -- Commodore Kennedy visited ship; 13-gun salute. |
| 14 Oct 1842 | Exercised at general quarters. |
| 18 Oct 1842 | Punished four, including John Smith (15th) --exercised at general quarters. |
| 19 Oct 1842 | Commodore Warrington visited ship; 13-gun salute. |
| 20 Oct 1842 | Exercised at general quarters. |
| 22 Oct 1842 | Exercised at general quarters -- in the evening, deranged Private Hicky jumped overboard and drowned. |
| 27 Oct 1842 | Exercised at general quarters -- "...received 11 Paixhans shell boxes..." |
| 29 Oct 1842 | Punished two -- 1400 Sailed in tow of steamer PATRICK HENRY -- 1845 anchored in Hampton Roads. |
| 30 Oct 1842 | "...starboard & larboard chains..." |
| 31 Oct 1842 | Filled 50 Paixhans shells. |
| 1 Nov 1842 | Exercised at general quarters. |
| 2 Nov 1842 | Punished four -- sail drill. |
| 3 Nov 1842 | Exercised at general quarters. |
| 4 Nov 1842 | Sold deserters' clothing at auction -- sail drill. |
| 5 Nov 1842 | Exercised at general quarters. |
| 9 Nov 1842 | "...caulking in the airports..." |
| 10 Nov 1842 | Draft: 21'1" fwd; 22' aft -- sail drill. |
| 14 Nov 1842 | "...set the Main Spencer..." -- "...and fore Spencer..." |
| 17 Nov 1842 | Punished one for striking a superior --42,353 gallons of water aboard -- 22 sick. |
| 19 Nov 1842 | 2315 Ordinary Seaman Robert Hayslett died -- "...ship making 11" water per hour..." |
| 20 Nov 1842 | 1310 Hayslett buried -- "...turned out reefs of the Spencers..." |
| 25 Nov 1842 | Exercised at general quarters -- firing at two barrels. |
| 26 Nov 1842 | Exercised at general quarters. |
| 27 Nov 1842 | gales -- "...ship making 13" per hour..." |
| 2 Dec 1842 | 1050 Arrived in Hampton Roads. |
| 6 Dec 1842 | "...rigged out the Ring Tail boom..." exercised at general quarters -- "...the barge..." |
| 16 Dec 1842 | Exercised at general quarters. |
| 19 Dec 1842 | "...the 5th Division of Great Guns..." |
| 23 Dec 1842 | Punished one boy. |
| 28 Dec 1842 | Punished five. |
| 29 Dec 1842 | Hail during midwatch. |
| 31 Dec 1842 | Shifted berth near Navy Yard. |
| 3 Jan 1843 | Landed sails -- Captain Parker on leave. |
| 21 Jan 1843 | Shifted alongside BRANDYWINE; transferred CONSTITUTION's lower and topsail yards to her-- moved back to moorings. |
| 27 Jan 1843 | Punished three. |
| 1 Feb 1843 | Light snow. |
| 3 Feb 1843 | Assistant Surgeon Richard W. Jeffrey joined. |
| 6 Feb 1843 | Punished three. |
| 7 Feb 1843 | Midshipman McLaughlin joined. |
| 8 Feb 1843 | "...striped [sic] the main deck battery of their guns..." |
| 9 Feb 1843 | Transferred stores to BRANDYWINE. |
| 10 Feb 1843 | Shifted alongside BRANDYWINE; moving stores. |
| 13 Feb 1843 | Midshipman Thomas Young joined. |
| 14 Feb 1843 | Chaplain Jones returned -- Lieutenant Hunter detached. |
| 15 Feb 1843 | Lieutenant John B. Marchand joined. |
| 16 Feb 1843 | 0900 "...put this ship out of commission..." -- Parker and crew transferred to BRANDYWINE. |
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