Confederate States Navy Organization By CivilWarTalk Published: November 23, 2006 PrintEmail
Secretary of the Navy
Stephen R. Mallory, February 28, 1861--May 2, 1865 Mallory's administrative subordinates included two chief clerks, three more clerks, and a messenger.
Ranking Officer of the Confederate States Navy
Franklin Buchanan, August 21, 1862--May 17, 1865
Naval Aide to the President
John Taylor Wood, 1863--May 1865
Register of the Navy Est. April 4, 1863.
James S. Jones
Engineer in Chief Est. April 21, 1862.
William P. Williamson, April 21, 1862--April 1865
Chief Constructor Est. April 30, 1863.
John L. Porter, April 30, 1863--April 1865
Office of the Special Service Responsible for construction of wooden gunboats.
Matthew F. Maury, January 1862
Thomas T. Rootes
John H. Parker
Bureau of Orders and Detail Responsible for duties related to personnel, such as assigning crews and officers to ships, recruitment, and promotions. The bureau also procurred and distributed coal for the navy.
Samuel Barron, June 11, 1861--July 20, 1861
Lawrence L. Rousseau, August 1, 1861--August 23, 1861
William F. Lynch, August 23, 1861--September 4, 1861
Frankin Buchanan, September 24, 1861--February 24, 1862
French Forrest, March 27, 1862--March 16, 1863
John K. Mitchell, March 16, 1863--May 6, 1864
Sidney S. Lee, May 6, 1864--April 1865
Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography Responsible for procurement and department-wide distribution of naval ordnance and munitions; doch and shipboard maintenance; navigational charts and equipment.
Duncan N. Ingraham, June 10, 1861--November 16, 1861
George B. Minor, December 1861--March 1863
John M. Brooke, March 1863--April 1865
Torpedo Bureau
Matthew F Maury, 1861--
Gabriel J. Rains, June 1862-- (Provisional Army of the Confederate States)
Hunter Davidson, September 1862--
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing Included paymasters. Responsible for the supply of food and clothing to navy ships.
John DeBree, June 1861--April 1864
James A. Semple, August 1864--April 1865
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Administered naval medical facilities in several Southern ports, including a Richmond hospital.
William A. W. Spotswood, June 10, 1861--April 1865
Naval School Established May 15, 1862. Located at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia; James River; C.S.S. Patrick Henry. Shoolship scuttled April 2, 1865.
William H. Parker, May 15, 1862--April 2, 1865
Confederate States Marine Corps Established March 16, 1861.
Lloyd J. Beall, commandant May 23, 1861--April 1865
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