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officer sent to take control of operation, however following discussions with Magruder who was not willing to relinquish controls of the cottonclads, Barney conceded the appointment, and in a letter to Confederate naval secretary Stephen Mallory recommended that the navy relinquish control. Barney
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later explained that he made his recommendation since he considered that the presence of two separate marine forces with independent commanders would lead to discord and confusion.
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A Texas soldier & marine during the Civil War, 1861-65: A short biography of Captain James R. Marmion's service in the Confederate States Army and the Texas Marine Department
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Register of the commissioned and warrant officers of the Navy of the Confederate States of America to January 1 1863
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Day, James M. (1965) "Leon Smith: Confederate Mariner," East Texas Historical Journal: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 7.
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Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the Confederate States, January 1, 1864
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in 1861. It operated under the control of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
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Commander William W. Hunter: from 1861 until December 1862. Hunter was a regular
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The ships in the Marine Department mainly consisted of small vessels, improvised
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Captain Henry S. Lubbock: August 1864 - end of war. Not commissioned in
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Marine Department of Military District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona
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Hall, Andrew W. (2012). "Chapter 5: The Texas Marine Department".
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The Galveston-Houston packet : steamboats on Buffalo Bayou
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on January 1, 1863. It was disbanded at the end of the war.
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The Department was instrumental in the liberation of
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Charleston, SC: History Press. 241:, stern-wheel steamer - transport 205:, stern-wheel steamer - transport 280:, steamer - cottonclad transport 235:, side-wheel steamer - transport 164:, steamer - transport and tender 115:, side-wheel steamer - transport 98:, captain probably due to being 1383:1865 disestablishments in Texas 289:, steamer - cottonclad gunboat 124:, steamer - cottonclad gunboat 1: 1226:"Roebuck (side-wheel seamer)" 363:. Melbourne, Australia: n.a. 27:) was formed in the State of 1378:1861 establishments in Texas 454:The Galveston-Houston packet 439:The Galveston-Houston packet 424:The Galveston-Houston packet 409:The Galveston-Houston packet 376:Bullard, Thomas R. 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Index

Texas
Union Navy
cottonclad warships
Galveston
Battle of Galveston
Confederate States Navy
Leon Smith
John B. Magruder
Joseph Nicholson Barney
Confederate States Navy
Confederate States Navy
ship's captain
CS Bayou City
CSS Clifton
CSS Diana
Era No. 3
CSS Fanny Morgan
CS Neptune
Sachem
CSS Uncle Ben
Battle of Galveston
USRC Harriet Lane (1857)
List of ships of the Confederate States Navy
Confederate States Army
American Civil War
ISBN
9781609495916
OCLC
812531247
OCLC

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