This is not the coal heaver who served on USS Chippewa.
The first of the three seaman to be buried on Seahorse Key was Ordinary Seaman Patrick Doran. Doran first enlisted in the Navy at Philadelphia, PA, on 20 November 1861. He served aboard the USS St. Louis, USS Princeton, USS Keystone State, USS North Carolina, and USS Fort Henry. At the age of 24, he was killed in action on 20 July 1863.
The following is the report filed 20 July 1863 by Lt. Comdr. McCauley, U.S. Navy regarding the engagement in the Waccasassa River which cost Doran his life.
"On the 20th ultimo, at early daylight, the launch was fitted out with ten days rations and ordered 'to proceed off Bayport [Hernando County], to keep out of sight during daylight behind an island there, and at nighttime to endeavor to intercept the blockade runners. Two of my officers being sick, another away in charge of a prize, and needing the services of a fourth for other duty, I was obliged to put the launch in charge of the Chief Boatswain Mate. I forbade the ascent of Crystal River little imagining a necessity of the kind in respect to the Waccasassa."
"In passing the latter a large amount of loose cotton floating downstream attracted attention, and the probability of making a good cotton capture induced Boatswain's Mate Gillespie to pull up the river. Coming to a narrow part, they were fired into from both banks by about 50 or 60 rifles. Doran and Bishop sprang to the gun. Doran received a rifle ball through the neck, severing the carotid artery, and expired instantly; Bishop was shot through the body, and lived about half an hour. The launch being protected by her spars in cranes, none of the rest of the crew was materially hurt. On receiving a return fire, the rebels decamped, and in a few minutes the launch pulled out of range and returned alongside at midnight."
"On the afternoon of the 21st the deceased were buried in the cemetery on Sea Horse Key with customary ceremonies."
--https://cedarkeynews.com/Archives/OLDSITE/Features/291-330.html
The second grave is that of Ordinary Seaman Ephraim Hearn.
The third grave is that of Landsman William M. Robinson.
The first of the three seaman to be buried on Seahorse Key was Ordinary Seaman Patrick Doran. Doran first enlisted in the Navy at Philadelphia, PA, on 20 November 1861. He served aboard the USS St. Louis, USS Princeton, USS Keystone State, USS North Carolina, and USS Fort Henry. At the age of 24, he was killed in action on 20 July 1863.
The following is the report filed 20 July 1863 by Lt. Comdr. McCauley, U.S. Navy regarding the engagement in the Waccasassa River which cost Doran his life.
"On the 20th ultimo, at early daylight, the launch was fitted out with ten days rations and ordered 'to proceed off Bayport [Hernando County], to keep out of sight during daylight behind an island there, and at nighttime to endeavor to intercept the blockade runners. Two of my officers being sick, another away in charge of a prize, and needing the services of a fourth for other duty, I was obliged to put the launch in charge of the Chief Boatswain Mate. I forbade the ascent of Crystal River little imagining a necessity of the kind in respect to the Waccasassa."
"In passing the latter a large amount of loose cotton floating downstream attracted attention, and the probability of making a good cotton capture induced Boatswain's Mate Gillespie to pull up the river. Coming to a narrow part, they were fired into from both banks by about 50 or 60 rifles. Doran and Bishop sprang to the gun. Doran received a rifle ball through the neck, severing the carotid artery, and expired instantly; Bishop was shot through the body, and lived about half an hour. The launch being protected by her spars in cranes, none of the rest of the crew was materially hurt. On receiving a return fire, the rebels decamped, and in a few minutes the launch pulled out of range and returned alongside at midnight."
"On the afternoon of the 21st the deceased were buried in the cemetery on Sea Horse Key with customary ceremonies."
--https://cedarkeynews.com/Archives/OLDSITE/Features/291-330.html
The second grave is that of Ordinary Seaman Ephraim Hearn.
The third grave is that of Landsman William M. Robinson.
This is not the coal heaver who served on USS Chippewa.
The first of the three seaman to be buried on Seahorse Key was Ordinary Seaman Patrick Doran. Doran first enlisted in the Navy at Philadelphia, PA, on 20 November 1861. He served aboard the USS St. Louis, USS Princeton, USS Keystone State, USS North Carolina, and USS Fort Henry. At the age of 24, he was killed in action on 20 July 1863.
The following is the report filed 20 July 1863 by Lt. Comdr. McCauley, U.S. Navy regarding the engagement in the Waccasassa River which cost Doran his life.
"On the 20th ultimo, at early daylight, the launch was fitted out with ten days rations and ordered 'to proceed off Bayport [Hernando County], to keep out of sight during daylight behind an island there, and at nighttime to endeavor to intercept the blockade runners. Two of my officers being sick, another away in charge of a prize, and needing the services of a fourth for other duty, I was obliged to put the launch in charge of the Chief Boatswain Mate. I forbade the ascent of Crystal River little imagining a necessity of the kind in respect to the Waccasassa."
"In passing the latter a large amount of loose cotton floating downstream attracted attention, and the probability of making a good cotton capture induced Boatswain's Mate Gillespie to pull up the river. Coming to a narrow part, they were fired into from both banks by about 50 or 60 rifles. Doran and Bishop sprang to the gun. Doran received a rifle ball through the neck, severing the carotid artery, and expired instantly; Bishop was shot through the body, and lived about half an hour. The launch being protected by her spars in cranes, none of the rest of the crew was materially hurt. On receiving a return fire, the rebels decamped, and in a few minutes the launch pulled out of range and returned alongside at midnight."
"On the afternoon of the 21st the deceased were buried in the cemetery on Sea Horse Key with customary ceremonies."
--https://cedarkeynews.com/Archives/OLDSITE/Features/291-330.html
The second grave is that of Ordinary Seaman Ephraim Hearn.
The third grave is that of Landsman William M. Robinson.
The first of the three seaman to be buried on Seahorse Key was Ordinary Seaman Patrick Doran. Doran first enlisted in the Navy at Philadelphia, PA, on 20 November 1861. He served aboard the USS St. Louis, USS Princeton, USS Keystone State, USS North Carolina, and USS Fort Henry. At the age of 24, he was killed in action on 20 July 1863.
The following is the report filed 20 July 1863 by Lt. Comdr. McCauley, U.S. Navy regarding the engagement in the Waccasassa River which cost Doran his life.
"On the 20th ultimo, at early daylight, the launch was fitted out with ten days rations and ordered 'to proceed off Bayport [Hernando County], to keep out of sight during daylight behind an island there, and at nighttime to endeavor to intercept the blockade runners. Two of my officers being sick, another away in charge of a prize, and needing the services of a fourth for other duty, I was obliged to put the launch in charge of the Chief Boatswain Mate. I forbade the ascent of Crystal River little imagining a necessity of the kind in respect to the Waccasassa."
"In passing the latter a large amount of loose cotton floating downstream attracted attention, and the probability of making a good cotton capture induced Boatswain's Mate Gillespie to pull up the river. Coming to a narrow part, they were fired into from both banks by about 50 or 60 rifles. Doran and Bishop sprang to the gun. Doran received a rifle ball through the neck, severing the carotid artery, and expired instantly; Bishop was shot through the body, and lived about half an hour. The launch being protected by her spars in cranes, none of the rest of the crew was materially hurt. On receiving a return fire, the rebels decamped, and in a few minutes the launch pulled out of range and returned alongside at midnight."
"On the afternoon of the 21st the deceased were buried in the cemetery on Sea Horse Key with customary ceremonies."
--https://cedarkeynews.com/Archives/OLDSITE/Features/291-330.html
The second grave is that of Ordinary Seaman Ephraim Hearn.
The third grave is that of Landsman William M. Robinson.
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