CSN Arledge, George Henry - Commander

George Henry Arledge

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Born: July 6, 1836

Birthplace: Knoxville, Crawford County, Georgia

Father: Captain Cullen Earp Arledge 1794 – 1845

Mother: Mary Judith Breaker 1811 – 1893

Wife: Caroline Littlepage 1843 – 1937
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Children:

Mary Emily Arledge Snyder 1873 – 1937​
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​
Mellye Arledge Butts 1874 – 1907​
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​
Hardin Burnley Arledge Sr. 1882 – 1953​
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Master's Mate in the Confederate States Navy​
1862: Served in the Battle of Roanoke Island​
1862 – 1864: Acting Master in the Confederate States Navy​
1862 – 1863: Served at the Richmond, Virginia, Naval Station​
1863: Captured while serving on C.S.S. Atlanta​
1863 – 1864: Prisoner of War, held at Fort Warren, Union Prison​
1864: Exchanged in the Prisoner of War Exchange in October​
1864: 2nd Lt. In the Confederate States Navy​
1864 – 1865: 1st Lt. In the Confederate States Navy​
1864: Executive Officer of Battery Buchanan, near Fort Fisher, North Carolina
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1865: Commander of the C.S.S. Beaufort​
1865: Commander of the C.S.S. Fredericksburg​
1865: Paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, in May, Semmes Naval Brigade​

Occupation after War:

1868 – 1870: Farmer in King William County, Virginia​
1874 – 1896: Cotton Broker in Galveston, Texas​

Died: March 16, 1898

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Age at time of Death: 61 years old

Burial Place: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
 
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