William Hicks was a Midshipman at the Naval Academy with the class of 1861 which enrolled in 1857. He resigned March 7, 1861, just shy a couple of months of graduation.
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Jackson, Miss.
10 Sept. 1862
I certify that Lieut. W. A. Hicks, C. S. Navy,
died at Yazoo City Miss, on the 29th of April, 1862,
while attached to the Gunboat "Arkansas."
A. D.Wharton
Lieut. C. S. Navy
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Hicks, William A.
Born in______ Appointed from __________, Resigned as acting Midshipman, U. S. Navy, March 7, 1861. Midshipman,
April 22, 1861. Acting master, September 24, 1861.
Lieutenant for the war, February 8, 1862.
Served on C. S. S. Sumter, 1861. In charge of prize Joseph
Maxwell, July 27, 1861. Captured while in command of
schooner Ezilda, September 30, 1861. Jackson station, 1862
M1091: Subject File of the Confederate States Navy, 1861-1865
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Mentioned:
http://civilwardailygazette.com/2011/10/04/bagging-rebel-blockade-runners-the-chicamacomico-races/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_runners_of_the_American_Civil_War
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During the Civil War, the Confederate navy’s ironclad vessel bearing the state’s name was the ram CSS Arkansas. It was in use only twenty-three days, yet earned the rage of the Union and the respect of the Confederacy.
The Confederate navy’s task to defend rivers from its better-equipped adversary’s attacks and blockades required the building of vessels capable of meeting the challenge. To this end, on August 24, 1861, the navy ordered two ironclads from Memphis, Tennessee, shipbuilder John T. Shirley; one was christened the CSS Arkansas. The CSS Arkansas’s keel was laid in October 1861, with work continuing through the winter. While the vessel was under construction, news arrived that Union naval forces were en route to capture Memphis. Evading the enemy, on April 26, 1862, the CSS Arkansas was towed under the command of Lieutenant Charles H. McBlair to a site below Memphis and above Vicksburg, Mississippi, into the Yazoo River, and then to Greenwood, Mississippi. Its sister ship, not yet seafaring, was burned in the shipyard to avoid capture by the enemy.
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2854
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U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 about William Anderson Hicks
Name: William Anderson Hicks
Residence: Mississippi
Enlistment Date: 17 Apr 1861
Rank at enlistment: Midshipman
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in. Promoted to Full Act Master on 24 Sep 1861.Mustered out on 07 Mar 1861.Commissioned an officer in the Confederate States Navy on 17 Apr 1861. Mustered out on 30 Apr 1862.Promoted to Full Lieutenant on 08 Feb 1862.
Sources: Register of Officers of the Confederate States Navy 1861-1865
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A record of the demerits he received during the Academic Year, 1857/8 can be accessed through Ancestry.com. It covers the period October 5, 1857 till June 11, 1858. This would have been his Plebe year [1st/Freshman year civilian equivalent]
U.S. Military and Naval Academies, Cadet Records and Applications, 1805-1908 about William A Hicks
Name: William A Hicks
Year: 1858
Volume: Volume 350; 1857-1858
Record Set: U.S. Naval Academy Registers of Delinquencies, 1846-1850 and 1853-1882
Location: Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland
Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; U.S. Naval Academy Registers of Delinquencies, 1846-1850 and 1853-1882; Microfilm Serial: M991; Microfilm Roll: 2.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S. Military and Naval Academies, Cadet Records and Applications, 1805-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008..
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