Civil War CSS Mystery??

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[Unidentified Navy officer in Confederate uniform with dog] / Mage Frères, Rue de Siam, 107, Brest.

1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 106 x 64 mm (carte de visite format)

www.loc.gov

Shows a CS Officer in Brest France


he was apparently a member of the CSS Florida


3 other pictures were taken of officers of these crew at same time

Midshipman George Terry Sinclair https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.77575/

Bell Erwin wiley "Embattled Confederates" has pictures of two other Florida officers: [p.154]
Chief Engineer Charles W Quinn
Midshipman James H Dyke

Prehasps the way of trying to find out who this was -is to see who it was not[*]

css,fla,log

www.csnavy.org

Abstract from log of C. S. gunboat Florida, August 17, 1862, to January 15, 1863.
List of officers.--J. N. Maffitt, commanding;[*]
J. M. Stribling, lieutenant; [*]https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37178408/john-maxwell-stribling
O. Bradford, acting lieutenant;
R. S. Floyd, acting master; [*]
J. Spidell, acting first assistant engineer;
J. L. Read, acting assistant paymaster;
C. W. Quinn, acting second assistant engineer; [*]
Dr. Barrett, acting assistant surgeon;
G. D. Bryan, midshipman;
G. T Sinclair, midshipman; [*]
L. Vogel, captain's clerk;
A. Vesterling, paymaster's clerk

also not Charles M Morris https://www.history.navy.mil/conten.../nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-66000/NH-66689.html
also Not Thomas K Porter https://www.history.navy.mil/conten.../nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-47000/NH-47208.html
also not Sardine Graham Stone https://www.history.navy.mil/conten.../nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-44000/NH-44207.html

Nor any of the following:

https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-47000/NH-47091.html

NH 47091 CSS FLORIDA (1862-1864)

Montage of views of the ship and her officers, presented to "Oakleigh" Mobile (Alabama) Historic Preservation Society, by Mrs. Clara Stone Fields, circa 1963. Montage is now (7/1999) in Peery Southern Maritime Collection at South Carolina. Officers shown: Charles W. Quinn, Chief Engineer; Thomas T. Hunter, Jr.; S. Graham Stone, Jr.; R.S. Floyd; George T. Sinclair, Jr.; Samuel W. Averett; John C. Lake; Joseph N. Barney; W.D. Hough; James L. Hook; Paymaster Richard Taylor; George D. Bryan; James H. Dyke; Frederic Garrettson; and Lionel Vogel.
Description: Courtesy of Mrs. Clara Stone Fields, Mobile, Alabama.

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

[Unidentified Navy officer in Confederate uniform with dog] / Mage Frères, Rue de Siam, 107, Brest.

1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; mount 106 x 64 mm (carte de visite format)

www.loc.gov

Shows a CS Officer in Brest France


he was apparently a member of the CSS Florida


3 other pictures were taken of officers of these crew at same timeView attachment 547665
Midshipman George Terry Sinclair https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.77575/

Bell Erwin wiley "Embattled Confederates" has pictures of two other Florida officers: [p.154]
Chief Engineer Charles W Quinn
Midshipman James H Dyke

Prehasps the way of trying to find out who this was -is to see who it was not[*]

css,fla,log

www.csnavy.org

Abstract from log of C. S. gunboat Florida, August 17, 1862, to January 15, 1863.
List of officers.--J. N. Maffitt, commanding;[*]
J. M. Stribling, lieutenant; [*]https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37178408/john-maxwell-stribling
O. Bradford, acting lieutenant;
R. S. Floyd, acting master; [*]
J. Spidell, acting first assistant engineer;
J. L. Read, acting assistant paymaster;
C. W. Quinn, acting second assistant engineer; [*]
Dr. Barrett, acting assistant surgeon;
G. D. Bryan, midshipman;
G. T Sinclair, midshipman; [*]
L. Vogel, captain's clerk;
A. Vesterling, paymaster's clerk

also not Charles M Morris https://www.history.navy.mil/conten.../nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-66000/NH-66689.html
also Not Thomas K Porter https://www.history.navy.mil/conten.../nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-47000/NH-47208.html
also not Sardine Graham Stone https://www.history.navy.mil/conten.../nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-44000/NH-44207.html

Nor any of the following:

https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-47000/NH-47091.html

NH 47091 CSS FLORIDA (1862-1864)

Montage of views of the ship and her officers, presented to "Oakleigh" Mobile (Alabama) Historic Preservation Society, by Mrs. Clara Stone Fields, circa 1963. Montage is now (7/1999) in Peery Southern Maritime Collection at South Carolina. Officers shown: Charles W. Quinn, Chief Engineer; Thomas T. Hunter, Jr.; S. Graham Stone, Jr.; R.S. Floyd; George T. Sinclair, Jr.; Samuel W. Averett; John C. Lake; Joseph N. Barney; W.D. Hough; James L. Hook; Paymaster Richard Taylor; George D. Bryan; James H. Dyke; Frederic Garrettson; and Lionel Vogel.
Description: Courtesy of Mrs. Clara Stone Fields, Mobile, Alabama.
View attachment 547667

Great photos!

 

[Nathan Stuart]

The written last names shown at the top on the back of the picture are 'Hough - or Bryan?'.

Thought this writing is suggestive of the officers who might have served on the CSS Florida at the relevant time and is the subject in the picture. They might be either,

'W. D. Hough' (Captain's Clerk),

Register of Officers of the Confederate States Navy, 1861--1865 - Page 92 - The Portal to Texas History

The following 'Find-a-Grave' listing for 'William David Haugh' might be him.

William David Haugh (1828-1922) - Find a Grave...

Find a Grave memorial for William David Haugh born 1 Mar 1828 and died 1 Jun 1922. Buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, United States of America, North America

www.findagrave.com

or 'George Dwight Bryan' (Midshipman/Master),

Register of Officers of the Confederate States Navy, 1861--1865 - Page 24 - The Portal to Texas History

His Find-a-Grave listing is at:-

Lieut George Dwight Bryan (1845-1919) - Find a...

From The Men of the Times by J. C. Carlington, 1902. Son of Honorable George S. and Rebecca L. Bryan. Born September 26, 1845, at Charleston, South Carolina. Was prepared to enter the sophomore class in the Charleston College, in 1860, but entered the United States Naval Academy. Resigned in...

www.findagrave.com

The photo was likely taken in the period between Aug. 23, '63 and Feb. 12, '64, while the Florida lay in the French naval dock at Brest. (Seems Hough served on the Florida in '64; Bryan from '62 to '64).

 

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Nor is it Lt James Hoole https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30386776/james-lingard-hoole