A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
He was in the Union Navy during the Civil War. He served as a seaman and later Boatswain's Mate aboard USS Maria Denning, USS Clara Dolsen and USS Chillicothe. He received a pension as a Navy Invalid.
USS Maria Denning (1858) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the US Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy for various tasks, including carrying supplies, prisoners of war, and acting as a receiving ship for newly-enlisted sailors or for sailors whose ship was sunk. Sidewheel steamer Maria Denning, built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1858, was purchased by the Navy in 1861 for service as a transport, Comdr. Benjamin H. Dove in command. Destined to carry provisions and stores, Maria Denning arrived at Cairo, Illinois, from Saint Louis, Missouri, 26 November 1861, having dispersed two to four hundred Confederate cavalry at Price’s Landing en route. She was used as receiving ship at Cairo from 3 November 1861 to 1 April 1862, and protected Fort Holt from night attack by Confederate gunboats early in December 1861. In November 1862, Maria Denning took prisoners on board at Helena, Arkansas, before departing for Vicksburg, Mississippi. She was transferred to the Union Army in December 1862 and served as an Army transport 15 December 1862 to 6 April 1863.
USS Clara Dolsen (1862) was a large steamer captured by the Union Navy during the US Civil War. She served the Union Navy in river operations and as an "receiving ship" auxiliary. Clara Dolsen, a side-wheel steamer, was captured 14 June 1862 by the gunboat Mound City and the tug Spitfire on the White River during the St. Charles expedition. After taking part in the joint Army-Navy expedition to recapture Henderson, Kentucky, (19-24 July 1862), she served as a receiving ship at Cairo, Illinois, until April 1864. Since she had not been libeled as a prize, her owners brought suit for her return. The final adjudication restored Clara Dolsen to her owners, and she was turned over to the U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Illinois in May 1864, for delivery to her owners.
USS Chillicothe was an iron-clad river gunboat of the United States Navy. She was named for the city that was the capital of Ohio from 1803 to 1810. Chillicothe was laid down at Cincinnati, Ohio. She was commissioned on 5 September 1862 at Jeffersonville, Indiana, with Acting Lieutenant J. P. Sanford in command. Necessary alterations and repairs and lack of sufficient water to pass over the falls detained her in the Ohio River until early January 1863. From 8 January 1863, when she sailed from Cairo, Illinois, until the end of the American Civil War, Chillicothe was constantly employed in the Mississippi River and its tributaries. She joined in the expeditions to the White River in Arkansas in January 1863 and contributed to the capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas. She then joined the Yazoo Pass Expedition, from 20 February to 10 April. Coming under enemy's fire with Baron DeKalb in the Yazoo expedition, Chillicothe was heavily damaged and lost several men. She was sent to Mound City, Illinois, for repairs and returned to duty on the Mississippi River on 6 September 1863. On 24 February 1864 she entered the Red River for the expedition of 7 March to 15 May in which her commanding officer, Lieutenant Joseph P. Couthouy, was mortally wounded by rifle fire on 3 April. From 22 May 1864 until 26 May 1865 she lay off Fort Adams, Mississippi, on 8 June 1864 assisting in the capture of a Confederate battery at Simmesport, Louisiana. Chillicothe arrived at Cairo, Illinois, on 13 July 1865, and on 29 November 1865 was sold at auction at Mound City, Illinois. As a civilian-owned ship, she was destroyed by fire in September 1872.
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