William Augustus Morgan
William Augustus Morgan was born on August 10, 1836, in Newport, Wales. He eventually immigrated to America, and in 1850, he became an apprentice to a shipmaster in Maine. According to an early biographer, he “continued in that employ in the European and general freighting business until 1856. He spent the next few years working as a sailor.
 
He joined the United States Navy as an acting ensign on June 2, 1863. He spent the next two years serving with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. He was promoted to acting master in October 1864, and he was discharged on January 14, 1866.
 
He rejoined the navy soon afterward. He was promoted to master in December 1868 and then to lieutenant in March 1870. From 1871 until 1878, he divided his time between the Boston Navy Yard and the North Atlantic Squadron, serving aboard several vessels. He was promoted to lieutenant commander in July 1884 and finally to commander on July 4, 1893. He retired on September 29, 1894. He died of Bright’s disease in San Francisco, California, on October 28, 1895.
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(4164)Morgan, William Augustus1836-08-101895-10-28
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Sailor
  • Rank in: Acting Ensign
  • Rank out: Acting Master
  • Rank highest: Acting Master
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (11565) [writer] ~ William A. Morgan to George P. Hunt, 20 November 1876

Places - Records: 2

  • (3808) [birth] ~ Newport, Wales
  • (468) [death] ~ San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

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Regiments - Records: 6

  • (266) [enlisted] ~ Union Navy
  • (1323) [enlisted] ~ USS Tulip
  • (1324) [enlisted] ~ USS Hope
  • (1325) [enlisted] ~ USS John Adams
  • (1326) [enlisted] ~ USS Vermont
  • (1327) [enlisted] ~ USS New Hampshire
SOURCES

Lewis Randolph Hamersly, The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps (Philadelphia, PA: L. R. Hamersley & Co., 1894); San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, 29 October 1895