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Son of Thomas and Jane Daniel Evans. William never married.
"William graduated high in his class at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis; as a midshipman in the Navy he visited Japan soon after its ports were opened to the world, and visited many of the ports and capitals of Europe.
He was commissioned Master in the United States Navy a short time prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, but upon the secession of his native State, he resigned his commission February 2, 1861, and was commissioned in the Navy of the newly-formed Confederate States, March 26, 1861, as 1st Lieut., and assigned to duty on C. S. Cruiser Sumter. He sailed with Admiral Raphael Semmes, on the memorable cruse that wrought the first great havoc in the Federal commerce. He was ordered to embark with Admiral Semmes on the C. S. Cruiser Alabama, but was detained in England by a severe illness until she had cleared port; subsequently he shipped as 1st Lieut. on the C. S. Cruiser Georgia, and in 1864 was elevated to the rank of commander of that vessel. Upon her sale by the Confederate Government, Captain Evans, was given one of the fleet little craft which did such valuable service as blockade runners of Southern ports and made many cruises, successfully eluding the watchful squadrons of the United States. His last voyage was through the blockade of Wilmington harbor, NC, which port he succeeded in reaching during a heavy gale by running between the Federal cruisers lying almost abreast within the harbor, evading the consequences of his daring by the fact that in firing upon him his enemies would have sunk their sister ships. *After the close of the war, Capt. Evans went to Charleston and later to St. Louis, MO, where he was engaged in business, but suffering a severe injury, which caused concussion of the brain, he returned to South Carolina much impaired in health.
*The following account, written by his distinguished friend and commander, giving some idea of Capt. Evans' attractive personality, is taken from "Service Afloat," by Admiral Raphael Semmes, C. S. N., 125:
"Lieut. William E. Evans, the fourth and Junior Lieutenant of the ship (Sumter), is not more than twenty-four years of age, slim in person, of medium height, and rather delicate looking, though not from ill health. His complexion is dark, and he has black hair and eyes. He has a very agreeable, riante expression about his face, and is somewhat given to casuistry, being fond of an argument, when occasion presents itself. He is but recently out of the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, and like all new graduates, feels the freshness of academic honors. He is a native of South Carolina, and a brother of Gen. Evans, of that State, who so distinguished himself, afterwards, at the battle of Manassas, and on other bloody fields." - The History of Nathaniel Evans of Catfish Creek and His Descendants, by James Daniel Evans, pgs. 71-72).
Son of Thomas and Jane Daniel Evans. William never married.
"William graduated high in his class at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis; as a midshipman in the Navy he visited Japan soon after its ports were opened to the world, and visited many of the ports and capitals of Europe.
He was commissioned Master in the United States Navy a short time prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, but upon the secession of his native State, he resigned his commission February 2, 1861, and was commissioned in the Navy of the newly-formed Confederate States, March 26, 1861, as 1st Lieut., and assigned to duty on C. S. Cruiser Sumter. He sailed with Admiral Raphael Semmes, on the memorable cruse that wrought the first great havoc in the Federal commerce. He was ordered to embark with Admiral Semmes on the C. S. Cruiser Alabama, but was detained in England by a severe illness until she had cleared port; subsequently he shipped as 1st Lieut. on the C. S. Cruiser Georgia, and in 1864 was elevated to the rank of commander of that vessel. Upon her sale by the Confederate Government, Captain Evans, was given one of the fleet little craft which did such valuable service as blockade runners of Southern ports and made many cruises, successfully eluding the watchful squadrons of the United States. His last voyage was through the blockade of Wilmington harbor, NC, which port he succeeded in reaching during a heavy gale by running between the Federal cruisers lying almost abreast within the harbor, evading the consequences of his daring by the fact that in firing upon him his enemies would have sunk their sister ships. *After the close of the war, Capt. Evans went to Charleston and later to St. Louis, MO, where he was engaged in business, but suffering a severe injury, which caused concussion of the brain, he returned to South Carolina much impaired in health.
*The following account, written by his distinguished friend and commander, giving some idea of Capt. Evans' attractive personality, is taken from "Service Afloat," by Admiral Raphael Semmes, C. S. N., 125:
"Lieut. William E. Evans, the fourth and Junior Lieutenant of the ship (Sumter), is not more than twenty-four years of age, slim in person, of medium height, and rather delicate looking, though not from ill health. His complexion is dark, and he has black hair and eyes. He has a very agreeable, riante expression about his face, and is somewhat given to casuistry, being fond of an argument, when occasion presents itself. He is but recently out of the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, and like all new graduates, feels the freshness of academic honors. He is a native of South Carolina, and a brother of Gen. Evans, of that State, who so distinguished himself, afterwards, at the battle of Manassas, and on other bloody fields." - The History of Nathaniel Evans of Catfish Creek and His Descendants, by James Daniel Evans, pgs. 71-72).
CSA
Son of Thomas and Jane Daniel Evans. William never married.
"William graduated high in his class at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis; as a midshipman in the Navy he visited Japan soon after its ports were opened to the world, and visited many of the ports and capitals of Europe.
He was commissioned Master in the United States Navy a short time prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, but upon the secession of his native State, he resigned his commission February 2, 1861, and was commissioned in the Navy of the newly-formed Confederate States, March 26, 1861, as 1st Lieut., and assigned to duty on C. S. Cruiser Sumter. He sailed with Admiral Raphael Semmes, on the memorable cruse that wrought the first great havoc in the Federal commerce. He was ordered to embark with Admiral Semmes on the C. S. Cruiser Alabama, but was detained in England by a severe illness until she had cleared port; subsequently he shipped as 1st Lieut. on the C. S. Cruiser Georgia, and in 1864 was elevated to the rank of commander of that vessel. Upon her sale by the Confederate Government, Captain Evans, was given one of the fleet little craft which did such valuable service as blockade runners of Southern ports and made many cruises, successfully eluding the watchful squadrons of the United States. His last voyage was through the blockade of Wilmington harbor, NC, which port he succeeded in reaching during a heavy gale by running between the Federal cruisers lying almost abreast within the harbor, evading the consequences of his daring by the fact that in firing upon him his enemies would have sunk their sister ships. *After the close of the war, Capt. Evans went to Charleston and later to St. Louis, MO, where he was engaged in business, but suffering a severe injury, which caused concussion of the brain, he returned to South Carolina much impaired in health.
*The following account, written by his distinguished friend and commander, giving some idea of Capt. Evans' attractive personality, is taken from "Service Afloat," by Admiral Raphael Semmes, C. S. N., 125:
"Lieut. William E. Evans, the fourth and Junior Lieutenant of the ship (Sumter), is not more than twenty-four years of age, slim in person, of medium height, and rather delicate looking, though not from ill health. His complexion is dark, and he has black hair and eyes. He has a very agreeable, riante expression about his face, and is somewhat given to casuistry, being fond of an argument, when occasion presents itself. He is but recently out of the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, and like all new graduates, feels the freshness of academic honors. He is a native of South Carolina, and a brother of Gen. Evans, of that State, who so distinguished himself, afterwards, at the battle of Manassas, and on other bloody fields." - The History of Nathaniel Evans of Catfish Creek and His Descendants, by James Daniel Evans, pgs. 71-72).
Son of Thomas and Jane Daniel Evans. William never married.
"William graduated high in his class at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis; as a midshipman in the Navy he visited Japan soon after its ports were opened to the world, and visited many of the ports and capitals of Europe.
He was commissioned Master in the United States Navy a short time prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, but upon the secession of his native State, he resigned his commission February 2, 1861, and was commissioned in the Navy of the newly-formed Confederate States, March 26, 1861, as 1st Lieut., and assigned to duty on C. S. Cruiser Sumter. He sailed with Admiral Raphael Semmes, on the memorable cruse that wrought the first great havoc in the Federal commerce. He was ordered to embark with Admiral Semmes on the C. S. Cruiser Alabama, but was detained in England by a severe illness until she had cleared port; subsequently he shipped as 1st Lieut. on the C. S. Cruiser Georgia, and in 1864 was elevated to the rank of commander of that vessel. Upon her sale by the Confederate Government, Captain Evans, was given one of the fleet little craft which did such valuable service as blockade runners of Southern ports and made many cruises, successfully eluding the watchful squadrons of the United States. His last voyage was through the blockade of Wilmington harbor, NC, which port he succeeded in reaching during a heavy gale by running between the Federal cruisers lying almost abreast within the harbor, evading the consequences of his daring by the fact that in firing upon him his enemies would have sunk their sister ships. *After the close of the war, Capt. Evans went to Charleston and later to St. Louis, MO, where he was engaged in business, but suffering a severe injury, which caused concussion of the brain, he returned to South Carolina much impaired in health.
*The following account, written by his distinguished friend and commander, giving some idea of Capt. Evans' attractive personality, is taken from "Service Afloat," by Admiral Raphael Semmes, C. S. N., 125:
"Lieut. William E. Evans, the fourth and Junior Lieutenant of the ship (Sumter), is not more than twenty-four years of age, slim in person, of medium height, and rather delicate looking, though not from ill health. His complexion is dark, and he has black hair and eyes. He has a very agreeable, riante expression about his face, and is somewhat given to casuistry, being fond of an argument, when occasion presents itself. He is but recently out of the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, and like all new graduates, feels the freshness of academic honors. He is a native of South Carolina, and a brother of Gen. Evans, of that State, who so distinguished himself, afterwards, at the battle of Manassas, and on other bloody fields." - The History of Nathaniel Evans of Catfish Creek and His Descendants, by James Daniel Evans, pgs. 71-72).
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