In the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Joseph E Cole
Enlistment Date: 25 Apr 1862
Enlistment Place: Tampa, Florida
Enlistment Rank: Sergeant
Muster Date: 25 Apr 1862
Muster Place: Florida
Muster Company: K
Muster Regiment: 7th Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Muster Out Date: 8 Aug 1862
Muster Out Information: Transferred
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War?: Yes
Death Date: 12 Mar 1889
Death Place: Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Additional Notes: Married Georgianna Bowyer on 07/20/1861
Additional Notes 2: Muster 2 Date: 08 Aug 1862; Muster 2 Regiment: Navy; Muster 2 Information: Transferred;
Title: Soldiers of Florida in the ...Civil War...; Biographical Rosters of Florida's Soldiers 1861-1865
(Contributor: KW Jeanne #46886069)
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He was light house keeper in Key West in 1860. He was married in 1861 in July to Georgiana in Key West. In addition to his service in the 7th Florida Infantry he served in the Confederate States Navy. He is reported as present on all company rolls with the 7th Florida until an undated roll for the period April 30, 1862, to November 14, 1862. This roll documents his transfer to the C.S. Navy on August 8, 1862, and assignment to the CSS Chattahoochee as quartermaster. The C.S.S. Chattahoochee was a new gunboat completed in Dec of 1862 at Saffold Naval Ship yard in Early County, Georgia. The ship was launched in Jan of 1863 and commissioned in Feb of 1863. The ship and crew were on patrol on the Chattahoochee, Apalachicola, and Flint River system. In May of 1863 the ship steamed down the Apalachicola River from the Arsenal Wharf at Chattahoochee, Florida. The ship could not get past the bar near Blountstown and anchored there. On the 27th of May when steam was ordered an explosion occurred of the boilers. This caused the death of 16 men and injured many others. The explosion had happened during a hurricane and some men drowned. The vessel sank to the decks. The crew salvaged the guns to on shore. After the boiler explosion on 27 May 1863 the officers and crew as well as those that had died or wounded were taken to the Arsenal Wharf at Chattahoochee, Florida. The dead were buried there at Chattahoochee. the ship was raised and towed to Columbus, Georgia for repairs later. The wounded were taken on to Columbus, Georgia via steamer
William H. Young. Newspaper reported that the steamer Munerlyn went down the river to the scene of the disaster.
May 27, 1863. Joseph was listed among the injured. He was on the casualty list submitted by the Executive Officer, Lt George W. Gift to the Columbus, Georgia newspapers.
C.S.S. Chattahoochee
Newspaper account from 2 June 1863,
Weekly Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84024802/1863-06-02/ed-1/seq-2/
Newspaper account from 9 June 1863,
Weekly Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84024802/1863-06-09/ed-1/seq-1/
This included a list of those killed and those wounded in the boiler explosion on the Chattahoochee. The ship was later towed to Chattahoochee and then to Saffold and Columbus, Georgia for repairs. He is not on the muster roll for 1864 for the ship.
His widow's Florida Confederate Pension Application documents that he remained in the C.S. Navy until the end of the war.
After the war Joseph returned to Key West and was living with his wife there in 1870. He was a Seaman.
(Contributor: John Simmons #48868113)
Name: Joseph E Cole
Enlistment Date: 25 Apr 1862
Enlistment Place: Tampa, Florida
Enlistment Rank: Sergeant
Muster Date: 25 Apr 1862
Muster Place: Florida
Muster Company: K
Muster Regiment: 7th Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Muster Out Date: 8 Aug 1862
Muster Out Information: Transferred
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War?: Yes
Death Date: 12 Mar 1889
Death Place: Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Additional Notes: Married Georgianna Bowyer on 07/20/1861
Additional Notes 2: Muster 2 Date: 08 Aug 1862; Muster 2 Regiment: Navy; Muster 2 Information: Transferred;
Title: Soldiers of Florida in the ...Civil War...; Biographical Rosters of Florida's Soldiers 1861-1865
(Contributor: KW Jeanne #46886069)
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He was light house keeper in Key West in 1860. He was married in 1861 in July to Georgiana in Key West. In addition to his service in the 7th Florida Infantry he served in the Confederate States Navy. He is reported as present on all company rolls with the 7th Florida until an undated roll for the period April 30, 1862, to November 14, 1862. This roll documents his transfer to the C.S. Navy on August 8, 1862, and assignment to the CSS Chattahoochee as quartermaster. The C.S.S. Chattahoochee was a new gunboat completed in Dec of 1862 at Saffold Naval Ship yard in Early County, Georgia. The ship was launched in Jan of 1863 and commissioned in Feb of 1863. The ship and crew were on patrol on the Chattahoochee, Apalachicola, and Flint River system. In May of 1863 the ship steamed down the Apalachicola River from the Arsenal Wharf at Chattahoochee, Florida. The ship could not get past the bar near Blountstown and anchored there. On the 27th of May when steam was ordered an explosion occurred of the boilers. This caused the death of 16 men and injured many others. The explosion had happened during a hurricane and some men drowned. The vessel sank to the decks. The crew salvaged the guns to on shore. After the boiler explosion on 27 May 1863 the officers and crew as well as those that had died or wounded were taken to the Arsenal Wharf at Chattahoochee, Florida. The dead were buried there at Chattahoochee. the ship was raised and towed to Columbus, Georgia for repairs later. The wounded were taken on to Columbus, Georgia via steamer
William H. Young. Newspaper reported that the steamer Munerlyn went down the river to the scene of the disaster.
May 27, 1863. Joseph was listed among the injured. He was on the casualty list submitted by the Executive Officer, Lt George W. Gift to the Columbus, Georgia newspapers.
C.S.S. Chattahoochee
Newspaper account from 2 June 1863,
Weekly Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84024802/1863-06-02/ed-1/seq-2/
Newspaper account from 9 June 1863,
Weekly Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84024802/1863-06-09/ed-1/seq-1/
This included a list of those killed and those wounded in the boiler explosion on the Chattahoochee. The ship was later towed to Chattahoochee and then to Saffold and Columbus, Georgia for repairs. He is not on the muster roll for 1864 for the ship.
His widow's Florida Confederate Pension Application documents that he remained in the C.S. Navy until the end of the war.
After the war Joseph returned to Key West and was living with his wife there in 1870. He was a Seaman.
(Contributor: John Simmons #48868113)
In the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Joseph E Cole
Enlistment Date: 25 Apr 1862
Enlistment Place: Tampa, Florida
Enlistment Rank: Sergeant
Muster Date: 25 Apr 1862
Muster Place: Florida
Muster Company: K
Muster Regiment: 7th Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Muster Out Date: 8 Aug 1862
Muster Out Information: Transferred
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War?: Yes
Death Date: 12 Mar 1889
Death Place: Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Additional Notes: Married Georgianna Bowyer on 07/20/1861
Additional Notes 2: Muster 2 Date: 08 Aug 1862; Muster 2 Regiment: Navy; Muster 2 Information: Transferred;
Title: Soldiers of Florida in the ...Civil War...; Biographical Rosters of Florida's Soldiers 1861-1865
(Contributor: KW Jeanne #46886069)
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He was light house keeper in Key West in 1860. He was married in 1861 in July to Georgiana in Key West. In addition to his service in the 7th Florida Infantry he served in the Confederate States Navy. He is reported as present on all company rolls with the 7th Florida until an undated roll for the period April 30, 1862, to November 14, 1862. This roll documents his transfer to the C.S. Navy on August 8, 1862, and assignment to the CSS Chattahoochee as quartermaster. The C.S.S. Chattahoochee was a new gunboat completed in Dec of 1862 at Saffold Naval Ship yard in Early County, Georgia. The ship was launched in Jan of 1863 and commissioned in Feb of 1863. The ship and crew were on patrol on the Chattahoochee, Apalachicola, and Flint River system. In May of 1863 the ship steamed down the Apalachicola River from the Arsenal Wharf at Chattahoochee, Florida. The ship could not get past the bar near Blountstown and anchored there. On the 27th of May when steam was ordered an explosion occurred of the boilers. This caused the death of 16 men and injured many others. The explosion had happened during a hurricane and some men drowned. The vessel sank to the decks. The crew salvaged the guns to on shore. After the boiler explosion on 27 May 1863 the officers and crew as well as those that had died or wounded were taken to the Arsenal Wharf at Chattahoochee, Florida. The dead were buried there at Chattahoochee. the ship was raised and towed to Columbus, Georgia for repairs later. The wounded were taken on to Columbus, Georgia via steamer
William H. Young. Newspaper reported that the steamer Munerlyn went down the river to the scene of the disaster.
May 27, 1863. Joseph was listed among the injured. He was on the casualty list submitted by the Executive Officer, Lt George W. Gift to the Columbus, Georgia newspapers.
C.S.S. Chattahoochee
Newspaper account from 2 June 1863,
Weekly Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84024802/1863-06-02/ed-1/seq-2/
Newspaper account from 9 June 1863,
Weekly Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84024802/1863-06-09/ed-1/seq-1/
This included a list of those killed and those wounded in the boiler explosion on the Chattahoochee. The ship was later towed to Chattahoochee and then to Saffold and Columbus, Georgia for repairs. He is not on the muster roll for 1864 for the ship.
His widow's Florida Confederate Pension Application documents that he remained in the C.S. Navy until the end of the war.
After the war Joseph returned to Key West and was living with his wife there in 1870. He was a Seaman.
(Contributor: John Simmons #48868113)
Name: Joseph E Cole
Enlistment Date: 25 Apr 1862
Enlistment Place: Tampa, Florida
Enlistment Rank: Sergeant
Muster Date: 25 Apr 1862
Muster Place: Florida
Muster Company: K
Muster Regiment: 7th Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Muster Out Date: 8 Aug 1862
Muster Out Information: Transferred
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War?: Yes
Death Date: 12 Mar 1889
Death Place: Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Additional Notes: Married Georgianna Bowyer on 07/20/1861
Additional Notes 2: Muster 2 Date: 08 Aug 1862; Muster 2 Regiment: Navy; Muster 2 Information: Transferred;
Title: Soldiers of Florida in the ...Civil War...; Biographical Rosters of Florida's Soldiers 1861-1865
(Contributor: KW Jeanne #46886069)
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He was light house keeper in Key West in 1860. He was married in 1861 in July to Georgiana in Key West. In addition to his service in the 7th Florida Infantry he served in the Confederate States Navy. He is reported as present on all company rolls with the 7th Florida until an undated roll for the period April 30, 1862, to November 14, 1862. This roll documents his transfer to the C.S. Navy on August 8, 1862, and assignment to the CSS Chattahoochee as quartermaster. The C.S.S. Chattahoochee was a new gunboat completed in Dec of 1862 at Saffold Naval Ship yard in Early County, Georgia. The ship was launched in Jan of 1863 and commissioned in Feb of 1863. The ship and crew were on patrol on the Chattahoochee, Apalachicola, and Flint River system. In May of 1863 the ship steamed down the Apalachicola River from the Arsenal Wharf at Chattahoochee, Florida. The ship could not get past the bar near Blountstown and anchored there. On the 27th of May when steam was ordered an explosion occurred of the boilers. This caused the death of 16 men and injured many others. The explosion had happened during a hurricane and some men drowned. The vessel sank to the decks. The crew salvaged the guns to on shore. After the boiler explosion on 27 May 1863 the officers and crew as well as those that had died or wounded were taken to the Arsenal Wharf at Chattahoochee, Florida. The dead were buried there at Chattahoochee. the ship was raised and towed to Columbus, Georgia for repairs later. The wounded were taken on to Columbus, Georgia via steamer
William H. Young. Newspaper reported that the steamer Munerlyn went down the river to the scene of the disaster.
May 27, 1863. Joseph was listed among the injured. He was on the casualty list submitted by the Executive Officer, Lt George W. Gift to the Columbus, Georgia newspapers.
C.S.S. Chattahoochee
Newspaper account from 2 June 1863,
Weekly Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84024802/1863-06-02/ed-1/seq-2/
Newspaper account from 9 June 1863,
Weekly Columbus Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84024802/1863-06-09/ed-1/seq-1/
This included a list of those killed and those wounded in the boiler explosion on the Chattahoochee. The ship was later towed to Chattahoochee and then to Saffold and Columbus, Georgia for repairs. He is not on the muster roll for 1864 for the ship.
His widow's Florida Confederate Pension Application documents that he remained in the C.S. Navy until the end of the war.
After the war Joseph returned to Key West and was living with his wife there in 1870. He was a Seaman.
(Contributor: John Simmons #48868113)
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