John A. Rosler
John was born about 1840 as evidenced by his enlistment in April of 1861 in Beaufort County, North Carolina as a Private in Company K of the 10th North Carolina Troops ( 1st Regiment of North Carolina Artillery)
He was probably born in North Carolina. Beaufort County was a coastal county on Pamlico Sound.
He was mustered into service of North Carolina 22 April 1861 and joined for duty at Pasquotank, North Carolina. He is on roll dated 23 July 1861 at Ft. Ocracoke, North Carolina. He joined the Confederate Navy on the C.S.S. Forrest.
John was transferred to the C.S. Navy in July of 1861.
He served on the Forrest and the Arctic per North Carolina Sailors project.
He was sent to the CSS Virginia and served on the ironclad at the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862. After he was sent to Drewry's Bluff. He was among a group of men that volunteered for service on the CSS Chattahoochee. That ship was under construction at Saffold, Georgia on the Chattahoochee River. He was sent there in November of 1862. He served as Coxswain on the ship. The ship steamed down river in May of 1863 and was at anchor at Blountstown, Florida on the 26th. The ship could not pass the bar due to low water level in the river. The next day when steam was ordered the boilers exploded killing 16 members of the crew and injuring many others.
The ship sank to the decks and was left there after the men were able to rescue the guns to shore and the wounded and survivors were transported by steamer to Chattahoochee, Florida. The dead were buried there and the other officers and crew were transported to Columbus, Georgia Naval station.
Rosler was sent then to Savannah to join the crew of the CSS Sampson. He was later part of the naval battalion that assaulted and captured the USS Water Witch.
In June 1864, while anchored in the placid waters south of Savannah, the Water Witch was surprised in the early morning hours by a Confederate raiding party comprising 11 or 12 officers and 115 men from the crews of the Georgia, Savannah, and Sampson.
"United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73K6-YF3Z : Mon Mar 11 02:20:36 UTC 2024), Entry for John A Rosler, from 1861 to 1865.
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Savannah, Georgia, U.S., Cemetery and Burial Record page 152 of 542:
listed as J.R. Rosler , Lot Sec 9, died 13th, buried 14th, no age, died of Pulmonary disease, at Naval Hospital
Listed just before him is L.W. Risley died on 12th and buried on 13th, of a fever
listed in City of Savannah, Dept of Cemeteries as:
J. Rosler Laurel Grove North 0 0 856 X325 YES (Veteran) died 09/13/1864 burial 09/14/1864
It is possible that he may have been married in Savannah while he was there in 1864.
1870 Chatham Co, GA
Lina Roesler 38, Denmark, seamtress
John Roesler 6, SC
John A. Rosler
John was born about 1840 as evidenced by his enlistment in April of 1861 in Beaufort County, North Carolina as a Private in Company K of the 10th North Carolina Troops ( 1st Regiment of North Carolina Artillery)
He was probably born in North Carolina. Beaufort County was a coastal county on Pamlico Sound.
He was mustered into service of North Carolina 22 April 1861 and joined for duty at Pasquotank, North Carolina. He is on roll dated 23 July 1861 at Ft. Ocracoke, North Carolina. He joined the Confederate Navy on the C.S.S. Forrest.
John was transferred to the C.S. Navy in July of 1861.
He served on the Forrest and the Arctic per North Carolina Sailors project.
He was sent to the CSS Virginia and served on the ironclad at the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862. After he was sent to Drewry's Bluff. He was among a group of men that volunteered for service on the CSS Chattahoochee. That ship was under construction at Saffold, Georgia on the Chattahoochee River. He was sent there in November of 1862. He served as Coxswain on the ship. The ship steamed down river in May of 1863 and was at anchor at Blountstown, Florida on the 26th. The ship could not pass the bar due to low water level in the river. The next day when steam was ordered the boilers exploded killing 16 members of the crew and injuring many others.
The ship sank to the decks and was left there after the men were able to rescue the guns to shore and the wounded and survivors were transported by steamer to Chattahoochee, Florida. The dead were buried there and the other officers and crew were transported to Columbus, Georgia Naval station.
Rosler was sent then to Savannah to join the crew of the CSS Sampson. He was later part of the naval battalion that assaulted and captured the USS Water Witch.
In June 1864, while anchored in the placid waters south of Savannah, the Water Witch was surprised in the early morning hours by a Confederate raiding party comprising 11 or 12 officers and 115 men from the crews of the Georgia, Savannah, and Sampson.
"United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73K6-YF3Z : Mon Mar 11 02:20:36 UTC 2024), Entry for John A Rosler, from 1861 to 1865.
https://www.fold3.com/image/280468932/lists-and-registers-page-227-us-confederate-navy-subject-file-1861-1865?terms=rosler
https://www.fold3.com/image/280471838/css-alabama-css-neuse-page-244-us-confederate-navy-subject-file-1861-1865?terms=rosler
https://www.fold3.com/image/286981303/css-new-orleans-yorktown-page-576-us-confederate-navy-subject-file-1861-1865?terms=rosler
Savannah, Georgia, U.S., Cemetery and Burial Record page 152 of 542:
listed as J.R. Rosler , Lot Sec 9, died 13th, buried 14th, no age, died of Pulmonary disease, at Naval Hospital
Listed just before him is L.W. Risley died on 12th and buried on 13th, of a fever
listed in City of Savannah, Dept of Cemeteries as:
J. Rosler Laurel Grove North 0 0 856 X325 YES (Veteran) died 09/13/1864 burial 09/14/1864
It is possible that he may have been married in Savannah while he was there in 1864.
1870 Chatham Co, GA
Lina Roesler 38, Denmark, seamtress
John Roesler 6, SC
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