Roderick Prentiss, a son of Judge William S. Prentiss, at the age of fourteen years received an appointment through the aid of Judge Chamberlain to the Naval School at Annapolis, where he received a thorough education, and subsequently accepted service in the U. S. Navy, and while gallantly serving as executive officer of the sloop of war Monongahela in an engagement during the war of the rebellion, August 5, 1864, he was terribly wounded by both legs being shot to pieces, and died the following day. His remains rest near Pensacola, where a stone, erected by his brother officers, marks his grave. thus upon the threshold of a brilliant career, at the age of twenty four years, a brave officer and a noble gentleman was ruthlessly slain in a ruthless war.
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This is a Cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
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This is a Cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
Roderick Prentiss, a son of Judge William S. Prentiss, at the age of fourteen years received an appointment through the aid of Judge Chamberlain to the Naval School at Annapolis, where he received a thorough education, and subsequently accepted service in the U. S. Navy, and while gallantly serving as executive officer of the sloop of war Monongahela in an engagement during the war of the rebellion, August 5, 1864, he was terribly wounded by both legs being shot to pieces, and died the following day. His remains rest near Pensacola, where a stone, erected by his brother officers, marks his grave. thus upon the threshold of a brilliant career, at the age of twenty four years, a brave officer and a noble gentleman was ruthlessly slain in a ruthless war.
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This is a Cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
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This is a Cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
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