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Published: November 23, 2006
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- 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. - 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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