Monitor U.S.S. Tecumseh

James Smith was born circa 1840 in England and enlisted on 13 January 1864 at the New York, NY Naval Rendezvous as a Fireman 2nd Class for a 1 year enlistment^[1].

Smith was attached to the Tecumseh on 20 April 1864 ^[2]. He was reported lost with her during the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864 as reported in Navy casualty lists.^{[3], [4]}.

He was approximately 24 years old and had been in the Navy for nearly eight months.

Interment

U.S.S. Tecumseh, Mobile Bay, Baldwin County, Alabama off Fort Morgan

Dependents

None. Mother claimed his pension

Awards & Memorials

 

Alternate Spellings of Name

 

References and Sources

^[1] Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans ("Navy Widows' Certificates"), 1861-1910

^[2] NARA T1099. An index to rendezvous reports during the Civil War, 1861-1865.

^[3] "Navy Gazette: List of Deaths in the Navy of the United States, reported to the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, during the week ending December 3d, 1864." Army and Navy Journal, 10 Dec. 1864, p. 253.

^[4] Officers and Enlisted Men who Died in the Active Service of the U.S. Navy 1776-1885