USS CONSTITUTION LOG
15 OCTOBER 1866 - 31 MARCH 1867
IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES
[Note: Ship is said to be "...attached to Naval
Academy..." Crew includes 2 Master's Mates, 1 Assistant Surgeon,
1 Captain's Clerk,
63 Seamen, 75 Negro Landsmen "waiters on Midshipman," and 6 "colored
boys" "in some work..."]
| 2-4 Oct 1866 | [Wednesday] "...taking on board hatch houses..." |
| 16 Oct 1866 | Landsmen Benj Z. Scott, Jno E. Walker, and Henry Cartwright; and 1/c Boys Josp Johnson, Jas Johnson, and Jno C. Burtis discharged at Annapolis -- Landsman Wm Smith in double irons for leaving ship with a forged pass. |
| 18 Oct 1866 | Seaman Henry Rodgers AWOL -- Chas Wing in double irons for disobedience -- Landsman Francis Deamer confined for neglect of duty -- Jno O'Niell and Edw McDonald declared deserters. |
| 20 Oct 1866 | Landsman Robt Powers in double irons for AWO Land drunkenness -- Landsman Henry Brown in double irons for skulking. |
| 21 Oct 1866 | Seaman Henry Sharpe received from OHIO – Jno Babbitt on bread and water for AWOL. |
| 22 Oct 1866 | Seaman Jas Pierson died at home on leave -- Landsman Wm A. Cook discharged at Annapolis. |
| 23 Oct 1866 | Henry Brown in double irons for disobedience -- Surgeon's Steward Fredk C. Flagstadt arrested for scandalous conduct – Landsman Elijah Dorsey on 5 days bread and water for disobedience. |
| 24 Oct 1866 | Captain of the Forecastle Thos Archer mentioned. |
| 25 Oct 1866 | Seaman Wm Ogden and Landsman Matthew Carroll discharged at Annapolis. |
| 28 Oct 1866 | Henry Brown in solitary -- Henry Rodgers declared a deserter. |
| 29 Oct 1866 | Courts martial held for 7 Marines – Landsman Jno F. Babbitt discharged at Annapolis. |
| 30 Oct 1866 | Captain of the Forecastle Thos Archer mentioned. |
| 31 Oct 1866 | Courts martial sentences announced: all to get 1-3 months fine and 30 days confinement, some on bread and water (offenses not listed). |
| 1 Nov 1866 | Seaman Chas Keithley rated Coxswain -- Ordinary Seamen Michl Leonard and Jas Dennis rated Seamen -- Landsman Thos Marshall received from MACEDONIAN -- Black Landsman Jas H. Jackson shipped at Annapolis. |
| 3 Nov 1866 | Surgeon's Steward Fredk C. Flagstadt dishonorably discharged for scandalous conduct -- Augustus Prosper appointed Surgeon's Steward. |
| 5 Nov 1866 | Coxswain Thos Royston in single irons for drunkenness. |
| 7 Nov 1866 | 1/c Boy Wm Barry shipped at Annapolis -- Landsman Josp Queen 5 days in double irons on bread and water. |
| 8 Nov 1866 | Ephraim Anderson in double irons 10 days for scandalous conduct. |
| 9 Nov 1866 | Quartermaster Jno Williams mentioned. |
| 12 Nov 1866 | Court martial decision: Seaman Jno McMullen fined 2 months pay and given 15 days solitary confinement on bread and water for AWOL and drunkenness -- Chas Warner (Black) in single irons for overstaying leave. |
| 16 Nov 1866 | Court martial decision: Ordinary Seaman Chas Warner fined 3 months pay and given 30 days in solitary confinement in double irons on bread and water for AWOL. |
| 17 Nov 1866 | Ordinary Seaman Saml Comstock rated Seaman. |
| 19 Nov 1866 | Black Landsmen Jno Stewart and Edw Smothers shipped at Annapolis. |
| 20 Nov 1866 | Geo Hagerman confined for AWOL. |
| 21 Nov 1866 | Black Landsman Taylor Tye shipped at Annapolis -- Black Landsmen Jno H. Caldwell and Workman Johnson received from MACEDONIAN. |
| 23 Nov 1866 | Seaman Jno Hamilton transferred to Naval Asylum Philadelphia -- 1/c Boy Jas Stephens in double irons for fighting. |
| 24 Nov 1866 | Black Landsman Chas Brown shipped at Annapolis -- Seaman Fredk Leegurs mentioned. |
| 26 Nov 1866 | Ordinary Seaman Jno Blackdon in double irons for AWOL. |
| 28 Nov 1866 | Black Landsman Albert Dowel shipped at Annapolis. |
| 30 Nov 1866 | Courts martial decisions: Seaman Geo J. Hagerman fined 2 months pay and given 15 days in solitary confinement in double irons on bread and water; 1/c Chas Stephenny acquitted -- Black Landsmen Fredk Wilson, Josp Johnson, and Jno Henry shipped at Annapolis. |
| 1 Dec 1866 | Landsman Wm Smith and 1/c Boy Chas Stephenny in double irons -- Wardroom Cook Jas A. Brown discharged at Annapolis -- Black Landsman Jas Johnson shipped at Annapolis -- Michl Swetzer mentioned. |
| 2 Dec 1866 | Landsman Lewis Williams rated Wardroom Cook. |
| 3 Dec 1866 | Black Landsmen Thos Junious and Geo A. Thompson shipped at Annapolis. |
| 4 Dec 1866 | Captain of the Forecastle Wm Smith disrated Seaman -- Chas W. Keithley mentioned. |
| 5 Dec 1866 | Thos Royston mentioned. |
| 6 Dec 1866 | Courts martial for 6 Marines. |
| 8 Dec 1866 | Courts martial for 3 sailors. |
| 11 Dec 1866 | Landsman Solomon Barker and Clagot Murrcer shipped at Annapolis. |
| 12 Dec 1866 | Jno Blackdon in double irons for AWOL. |
| 17 Dec 1866 | Julius Wilson in double irons. |
| 18 Dec 1866 | Francis Howard reported -- David Williamson, Chas W. Keithley, and Gregory Stanley in single irons -- Wm H. Spicer transferred to MACEDONIAN -- court martial decision: Landsman Julius C. Wilson fined 2 months pay, given 30 days solitary confinement on bread and water in double irons; transferred to WYANDANK. |
| 19 Dec 1866 | Ordinary Seaman Jno Blackdon in double irons on beard and water 5 days. |
| 25 Dec 1866 | "...stars shining bright..." -- Seaman Michl Leonard mentioned -- Landsman Josp Quinn in double irons. |
| 26 Dec 1866 | Quartermaster Chas W. Keithley disrated Seaman -- Seaman Jas McMullen and Ordinary Seaman Chas Warner in double irons. |
| 27 Dec 1866 | Ship's Corporal Geo Cater mentioned -- Elijah Dorsey and Wm Salmon confined --Seaman Saml B. Comstock rated Coxswain. |
| 29 Dec 1866 | Landsman Jno J. Atkinson transferred to PHLOX-- Seamen Chas W. Keithley and Gregory Stanley in double irons. |
| 30 Dec 1866 | Landsman Josp Queen in double irons for being dirty at muster. |
| 31 Dec 1866 | Landsman Richd Pratt in single irons --Landsmen Henry Matthews, George Washington, and Wesley Williams discharged at Annapolis. |
| 1 Jan 1867 | Landsman Lemuel Nichols shipped at Annapolis -- Seaman Wm Hannigan rated Captain of the Forecastle -- Landsman Chas Hahn rated Seaman-- 1/c Boy Jno Donovan rated Landsman. |
| 3 Jan 1867 | Landsman Geo Como and 1/c Boy Jno H. Lane shipped at Annapolis -- Landsman Henry Harris discharged at Annapolis. |
| 6 Jan 1867 | Court martial decision: Richd Pratt fined 3 months pay and given 30 days in double irons in solitary confinement on bread and water; transferred to WYANDANK. |
| 7 Jan 1867 | Wm Selman confined -- Seaman Robt Edelman mentioned. |
| 9 Jan 1867 | Chas W. Keithley in single irons. |
| 10 Jan 1867 | Landsman Anderson Frazier shipped over at Annapolis -- Landsman Jno H. Boston shipped at Annapolis. |
| 11 Jan 1867 | 1/c Boy Wm H. Kelly confined. |
| 13 Jan 1867 | Ship's corporal Jno Smith rated MAA – Seaman Lewis Weiner rated Ship's Corporal. |
| 14 Jan 1867 | Landsman Thos Marshall discharged at Annapolis. |
| 15 Jan 1867 | Quartermaster Michl Swetzer disrated Seaman -- 1/c Boys Wm Selman and Chas Stewart 5 days bread and water -- Seaman Fredk Seegers rated Quartermaster. |
| 16 Jan 1867 | Landsman Elijah Dorsey discharged at Annapolis -- Landsman Wm McCulley shipped at Annapolis. |
| 18 Jan 1867 | MAA Wm Eldridge discharged at Annapolis --Landsman Geo Clark shipped at Annapolis. |
| 19 Jan 1867 | Landsman Josp Hall shipped at Annapolis. |
| 21 Jan 1867 | Courts martial for 2 sailors – Landsmen Danl A. Murry and Chas C. Ford discharged at Annapolis -- Landsman Thos Lideon shipped at Annapolis. |
| 22 Jan 1867 | Ordinary Seaman Wm Collins discharged at Annapolis -- Landsman Josp Phelps shipped at Annapolis. |
| 23 Jan 1867 | Landsman Chas Stewart shipped over, and Seaman Lloyd Bell and 1/c Boy Wm H. Griffin shipped at Annapolis -- Paymaster's Steward Jno Maley discharged at Annapolis. |
| 27 Jan 1867 | Landsman Thos Cole discharged at Annapolis. |
| 28 Jan 1867 | Landsman Stephen Titus discharged at Annapolis. |
| 30 Jan 1867 | Seaman Washington Williams shipped at Annapolis. |
| 31 Jan 1867 | 1/c Boy Chas Johnson mentioned -- Jas Johnson in double irons on bread and water. |
| 1 Feb 1867 | Seaman Michl Swetzer rated Coxswain. |
| 2 Feb 1866 | Seaman Frank Deamer and 1/c Boy R. E. Johnson discharged at Annapolis. |
| 4 Feb 1867 | Summary courts martial for 3 Marines. |
| 6 Feb 1867 | Wardroom Steward Wm F. Thomas discharged at Annapolis. |
| 7 Feb 1867 | Landsman Josp Quinn discharged at Annapolis -- Landsman Josp Walker rated Wardroom Steward -- Ordinary Seaman Robt Hanson shipped at Annapolis. |
| 9 Feb 1867 | Captain of the Forecastle Wm Hennegan disrated Seaman -- Landsman Henry Blake discharged at Annapolis. |
| 10 Feb 1867 | Seaman Wm Smith rated Captain of the Forecastle -- Seaman Wm Henegan and Landsman Geo Como AWOL. |
| 12 Feb 1867 | Landsmen J. B. Anderson, J. W. Calhoun, Moses Herod, Wateman Johnson, London Pinkney, and Wm Smith #3 discharged at Annapolis. |
| 13 Feb 1867 | Landsman Albert Henderson discharged at Annapolis -- Landsmen Wm Willey and Chas Brown in double irons. |
| 14 Feb 1867 | Landsman Claget Murray and 1/c Boy Chas Stephens in double irons -- Landsman Josp Mares transferred to MARION. |
| 15 Feb 1867 | Coxswain Thos Royston discharged at Annapolis-- Landsman Stephen Titus shipped over at Annapolis. |
| 16 Feb 1867 | Court martial decision: Landsman Wm Willey fined 1 months pay and given 30 days in solitary confinement in double irons on bread and water. |
| 18 Feb 1867 | Carpenter's Mate Job Townsend discharged at Annapolis -- Ordinary Seaman Thos Cole and Landsman Henry Smith shipped at Annapolis -- Landsman Chas W. Wings in double irons 5 days on bread and water for disobedience -- Landsman Jas Johnson in single irons for disobedience. |
| 19 Feb 1867 | Quartermaster Jno Williams and 1/c Fireman Jeremiah Burke discharged at Annapolis. |
| 20 Feb 1867 | 1/c Boy Jno H. Lane in double irons for fighting -- Seamen Robt W. Anderson and Andrew Anderson discharged at Annapolis --Seaman Wm Henegan and Landsman Geo Como declared deserters. |
| 22 Feb 1867 | Seaman Michl Leonard discharged at Annapolis. |
| 23 Feb 1867 | Deserter Geo Como returned; delivered to civil authorities on charge of theft --Landsman Jno Freeman in single irons. |
| 25 Feb 1867 | Landsman Ephraim Anderson discharged at Annapolis. |
| 28 Feb 1867 | Landsmen Jno Boston and Moses Ross shipped over at Annapolis -- Seaman Wm T. Lawton and Landsman Stephen Maley discharged at Annapolis -- Landsman Jas Smith transferred to SAVANNAH. |
| 1 Mar 1867 | Landsman Robt Powers discharged at Annapolis -- Coxswain Saml B. Comstock rated Quartermaster -- Landsman Chas W. Wings rated Ordinary Seaman -- Lloyd Bell rated Cabin Steward -- Cabin Steward Jas Fleming disrated Landsman -- Landsman Richd Johnson shipped at Annapolis. |
| 2 Mar 1867 | Landsman Jacob Berryman confined -- Landsman Saml Hamer given 5 days on bread and water. |
| 4 Mar 1867 | Landsman Jas Fleming in single irons -- Ordinary Seaman Robt Hanson in single irons for AWOL. |
| 5 Mar 1867 | Poop, quarterdeck, and main deck awnings condemned -- Landsman Edw Coggins discharged at Annapolis -- Landsman Lewis Bush in double irons on bread and water 5 days. |
| 8 Mar 1867 | Seaman Jas Rice discharged at Annapolis. |
| 10 Mar 1867 | Jno Calswell on bread and water for disobedience -- Julius C. Wilson in single irons. |
| 13 Mar 1867 | Wm Sharp in single irons. |
| 14 Mar 1867 | Landsman Jas Johnson in double irons on bread and water. |
| 16 Mar 1867 | Court martial decision: Landsman Julius C. Wilson given 30 days in solitary confinement in double irons on bread and water. |
| 18 Mar 1867 | Landsmen Fredk Crane and Alex Parks received from VERMONT. |
| 19 Mar 1867 | Seaman Geo Hagerman discharged at Annapolis. |
| 22 Mar 1867 | Mate Fredk Miller joined. |
| 23 Mar 1867 | Midshipmen and crew held fire drill; ready in 2 1/2 minutes -- Landsman Edw Piper shipped at Annapolis. |
| 27 Mar 1867 | 1/c Boy Wm Barry in solitary confinement on bread and water for 5 days. |
| 30 Mar 1867 | Another fire drill; ready time not noted. |
| 31 Mar 1867 | Landsman Jas Johnson 5 days bread and water for lying to Executive Officer. |
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