Sardine Stone - Confederate Navy

Mike Serpa

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Lieutenant Sardine Graham Stone. If your name is Sardine you might want to join the Navy.
Article about him.
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http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/5180/rec/741
 
Sardine Graham Stone, Jr., born Alabama, about 1842; original service in the United States Navy, as acting midshipman, from September 29, 1857; resigned, January 14, 1861; entered the Confederate States Navy, April 13, 1861, as midshipman; served aboard the steam sloop CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861; promoted 2nd lieutenant, February 8, 1862; later served aboard the CSS Polk, and on the Jackson station, 1862, and aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, 1862 - 1863; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; captured at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864; sent to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received November 26, 1864; released January 26, 1865, upon the express condition that he was to leave the United States within ten days; post war occupation as county treasurer at Mobile, Alabama; died Mobile, January 18, 1900; buried at the Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile. [1860 U.S. Census; ORN 1, 2, 673; 1, 3, 256 and 2, 1, 290 & 318; Register1863; JCC 4, 121; Fort Warren; Sheppard - Atlanta Constitution dated January 19, 1900; 36th Congress Report 25; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 490.]

From the Confedetate Navy Sailors website:
http://rblong.net/sailor/sm.html
 
Sardine Graham Stone, Jr., born Alabama, about 1842; original service in the United States Navy, as acting midshipman, from September 29, 1857; resigned, January 14, 1861; entered the Confederate States Navy, April 13, 1861, as midshipman; served aboard the steam sloop CSS McRae, New Orleans station, 1861; promoted 2nd lieutenant, February 8, 1862; later served aboard the CSS Polk, and on the Jackson station, 1862, and aboard the cruiser CSS Florida, 1862 - 1863; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; captured at Bahia, Brazil, October 7, 1864; sent to Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, where he was received November 26, 1864; released January 26, 1865, upon the express condition that he was to leave the United States within ten days; post war occupation as county treasurer at Mobile, Alabama; died Mobile, January 18, 1900; buried at the Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile. [1860 U.S. Census; ORN 1, 2, 673; 1, 3, 256 and 2, 1, 290 & 318; Register1863; JCC 4, 121; Fort Warren; Sheppard - Atlanta Constitution dated January 19, 1900; 36th Congress Report 25; Confederate Navy subject file N - Personnel; NA - Complements, rolls, lists of persons, etc.; CSS Alabama - CSS Neuse, page 490.]

From the Confedetate Navy Sailors website:
http://rblong.net/sailor/sm.html
Stone also served briefly aboard the Manassas, was present at head of passes. He was the midshipman who dropped the flare down the hatch into the ram and caused a temporary panic when some of the crew thought it was a shell! The reason for the oopsy was that he held onto the stick attached to the flare rocket and it scorched his hand and he dropped it. Stone recovered his composure and got off two more flare-rockets as a signal to Hollins' squadron above the anchorage, initiating the fire ship operation. Later in his career, Stone showed initiative in salvaging two of the heavy guns emplaced at Fort Randolph below Fort Pillow.
 
With a name like States Rights Gist, I would say you would have to be for states rights. If he wasn't that would be bad. Sardine is a pretty bad name for a person, but it could have been Herring or Flying Fish. Some people just have no consideration for their kids, and name them whatever. Better to give the kids a choice of their own name. The CSA naval uniform looks really nice, a sharp uniform with nice clean lines. Thanks for the thread and all of the information.
 
Great Image. As they say you can't pick your parents or grandparents:D
 
With a name like States Rights Gist, I would say you would have to be for states rights. If he wasn't that would be bad. Sardine is a pretty bad name for a person, but it could have been Herring or Flying Fish. Some people just have no consideration for their kids, and name them whatever. Better to give the kids a choice of their own name. The CSA naval uniform looks really nice, a sharp uniform with nice clean lines. Thanks for the thread and all of the information.
There is/was a Coffin Family serving several generations in the US Army. Lt Colonel Pine coffin served on Eisenhowers staff for D Day and went ashore with the guys.
I have to agree about the CSN officers uniforms, it seems especially to suit the blue- grey colour.
 
With a name like States Rights Gist, I would say you would have to be for states rights. If he wasn't that would be bad. Sardine is a pretty bad name for a person, but it could have been Herring or Flying Fish. Some people just have no consideration for their kids, and name them whatever. Better to give the kids a choice of their own name.

I was at a party this weekend and chatted with a woman who introduced herself as Ceir. Intriguing name, was wondering if it was Celtic or something similar, but it turns out her family name is Rice and her father insisted on giving all the children names which were anagrams of Rice - son Eric, daughter Rice Rice with an accent on the 'e' so it's pronounced Ree-kay. Her mother named the cat Icer to preempt giving that to one of the kids.

Just remember, these are the people who'll be choosing your nursing home...... :wink:
 
There's something fishy about this thread! :geek: Salmon P Chase runs a close second with our Sardine Stone. Nobody's going to beat that guy...well, maybe the Pilchard brothers...but they were cavalry.

By the way, the Coffin family was a major whaling family from Nantucket, like the Starbucks, the Folgers, the Macys - made a good few dollars, whaling! (Yes, those are the same family names in the coffee business and the department store.)
 
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