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Commander George U. Morris, USN, (1830-1875)
George Upham Morris was born in Massachusetts on 12 June 1830.
He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1846 and graduated
with the Class of 1852. Over the next several years, he served
in the brig Dolphin and sloop Decatur, receiving
promotion to the rank of Lieutenant in 1855 while on board the
latter. From 1858 into 1860, Morris had ordnance duty at the Washington
Navy Yard, D.C., and further sea service on board the sloop of
war Cyane.
Lieutenant Morris was assigned to USS Cumberland during 1861-62, and was her acting commanding officer when
she was lost in a heroically-fought action with
CSS
Virginia on 8 March 1862. Promoted to Lieutenant Commander
in July 1862, Morris was Commanding Officer of the gunboats Port Royal and
Shawmut during the next three years. He was Executive Officer
of USS Brooklyn in 1865-66 and achieved the rank of Commander
in July of the latter year. His remaining active service was limited
to duty at the Pensacola Navy Yard, Florida, in 1869-72, and he
retired in 1874. Commander George U. Morris died at Jordan Alum
Springs, Virginia, on 15 August 1875.
This page features all our views of Commander George U. Morris,
USN.
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Photo #: NH 66690
Lieutenant George Upham Morris, USN
Photographed by the Brady studio, circa 1861-62.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 47785
Lieutenant George U. Morris, USN
Engraving by Stenozeli, published by Williams and A. Martien,
Philadelphia, during the Civil War. It is reproduced on a carte
de visite.
Lieutenant Morris was acting commander of USS Cumberland
during her 8 March 1862 action with CSS Virginia.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 58861
Lieutenant George U. Morris, USN
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862.
Lieutenant Morris distinguished himself as acting commander of
USS Cumberland when she was sunk by CSS Virginia
on 8 March 1862.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 47783
Lieutenant Commander George U. Morris, USN
Photographed circa mid-1862 or in 1863.
Courtesy of Mrs. Charles R. Fox, Widow of Rear Admiral Charles
E. Fox, USN, 1926.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 47784
Lieutenant Commander George U. Morris, USN
Photographed circa 1864-66.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 79237
Commander George U. Morris, USN
Halftone reproduction of a post-Civil War photograph, copied
from the 1892 book "Officers of the Army and Navy who served
in the Civil War".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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