CSN Fauntleroy, Charles Magill - Commander

Charles Magill Fauntleroy​

Born: August 21, 1822

Birthplace: Warrenton, Virginia

Father: Thomas Turner Fauntleroy 1796 – 1883

Mother: Ann Magdalene Thurston 1798 – 1862

1st​ Wife: Janet Patterson Knox 1822 – 1849

(Buried: Leesburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)​

2nd​ Wife: Sarah Alexander "Sally" Souter 1837 – 1865

3rd​ Wife: Mary Eliza Chambers 1842 – 1894

Children:

Frances Fauntleroy 1847 –​

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Janet Knox Fauntleroy 1849 – 1922​

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Frances Fauntleroy 1869 – 1941​

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Alice Janney Fauntleroy 1872 – 1953​

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Laura Fauntleroy Burguieres 1874 – 1908​

Education:

Attended Warrenton Academy​

Occupation before War:

1838 – 1861: Served as officer in United States Navy​

Civil War Career:

1861: Lt. In Virginia State Navy​

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1861: Lt. In Confederate States Navy​

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1861: Commander of Battery​

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1861: Captain and Assistant Adjutant General to General Johnston​

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1861 – 1862: 1st​ Lieutenant CSS Nashville​

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1862: Colonel with Temporary Rank on September 30, 1862

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1862 – 1863: Assistant Adjutant, & Inspector General to Johnston​

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1863: Served in Naval Station, Trans Mississippi Department​

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1864 – 1865: Commander of CSS Rappahannock in Europe​

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1864 – 1865: Lived in France​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1889: Lived in Leesburg, Virginia​

Died: July 28, 1889

Place of Death: Loudon County, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Leesburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia

 

[Pollaco]

He was actually on Johnston's staff twice , once in 1861 then again from September 1862 to January1863.

 

[Pollaco]

After serving at Harper's Ferry he was commissioned a Colonel in the Army in 1863. He acted as Inspector General of the South and West until ordered to New Orleans to supervise the construction of ironclads in New Orleans and Shreveport. Also probably in 1863 he commanded the blockade runner "Economist" and was sent to England by General Kirby Smith on a secret mission". While in Europe he was given command of the Confederate steamer Rappahannock by Commissioners Mason and Slidell. The Rappahannock was in Calais, France undergoing repairs.

 

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Obit:

 

[Pollaco]

Dismissed from the U.S. Navy on May 13, 1861

 

[Pollaco]

Executive officer on the Confederate commerce raider Nashville until being detailed to the Naval Station at Richmond.