Bruner, Elias D - Civil War Veteran - Navy
Acting Master, 25 July, 1861
Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, 29 March 1864
Honorably Discharged, 25 January, 1866
Acting Master, 15 August, 1866
Resigned, 26 April, 1869
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WIKIPEDIA
A natural inland waterway connects Choctawhatchee Bay to Pensacola Bay, making it possible for keelboats and later steamboats to navigate between Pensacola, Florida and Geneva, Alabama, and as far upstream as Newton. The Bloomer, a 130-ton side-wheeler with high-pressure engines, navigated the route between Geneva and Pensacola in 1857.
In 1862, the Bloomer became the subject of a raid by twenty-five soldiers of the 91st New York State Volunteers stationed at Fort Pickens near Pensacola. This attack was led by Lt. James H. Stewart, assisted by Acting Master Elias D. Bruner, of the USS Charlotte (1862), along with Acting Ensign Edward Crissey. This force managed to seize the steamboat in Geneva and sail it back down the Choctawhatchee without firing a shot.
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Elias living with his daughter, Katie C. Russell, in Carroll County, Iowa in 1880. 46 years of age, no occupation and suffering from paralysis.
Bruner, Elias D - Civil War Veteran - Navy
Acting Master, 25 July, 1861
Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, 29 March 1864
Honorably Discharged, 25 January, 1866
Acting Master, 15 August, 1866
Resigned, 26 April, 1869
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WIKIPEDIA
A natural inland waterway connects Choctawhatchee Bay to Pensacola Bay, making it possible for keelboats and later steamboats to navigate between Pensacola, Florida and Geneva, Alabama, and as far upstream as Newton. The Bloomer, a 130-ton side-wheeler with high-pressure engines, navigated the route between Geneva and Pensacola in 1857.
In 1862, the Bloomer became the subject of a raid by twenty-five soldiers of the 91st New York State Volunteers stationed at Fort Pickens near Pensacola. This attack was led by Lt. James H. Stewart, assisted by Acting Master Elias D. Bruner, of the USS Charlotte (1862), along with Acting Ensign Edward Crissey. This force managed to seize the steamboat in Geneva and sail it back down the Choctawhatchee without firing a shot.
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Elias living with his daughter, Katie C. Russell, in Carroll County, Iowa in 1880. 46 years of age, no occupation and suffering from paralysis.
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