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First Lieutenant William H. Parker, Confederate States Navy, (1826-1896)(364 total words in this text)(3415 Reads) As the Federal Union broke up in 1861, the Parker brothers followed separate paths. Foxhall remained in the U.S. Navy, while William "went south" to join the Virginia Navy and, in June 1861, the Confederate Navy. He commanded the gunboat Beaufort into 1862, taking part in the Roanoke Island battle on 7-8 February 1862 and the actions in Hampton Roads on 8 March and 9 March 1862. In mid-May, he served at Drewry's Bluff when the batteries there were attacked by Union warships. After several months' shore duty, First Lieutenant Parker was sent to Charleston, S.C., where he was Executive Officer of the ironclad Palmetto State and participated in her attack on Union blockaders in January 1863. In October 1863, he became Superintendent of the Confederate Naval Academy, based on board CSS Patrick Henry in the James River, Virginia. He also commanded the ironclad Richmond. In April 1863, as the Confederate Capital at Richmond, Virginia, was evacuated, he led the Naval Academy's Midshipmen as a guard for their failing Government's archives and treasury. Following the end of the Civil War, William H. Parker was Captain of a Pacific Mail steamship, served as President of the Maryland Agricultural College, and was Minister to Korea. An accomplished author, he also published several works, among them the generally delightful "Recollections of a Naval Officer 1841-1865". He died in Washington, D.C., on 30 December 1896. |
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