From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Manigault Morris
Charles Manigault Morris
crew were ashore when his ship was boarded in the mid-
dle of the night while at anchor in neutral waters.
During the remainder of the American Civil War, he
served abroad as an agent of the Confederate States gov-
ernment.
Following the war, Morris and his family settled in
England. In 1880 he returned to the United States and
lived the rest of his life in Baltimore, Maryland.
He was a distant cousin of Confederate General
Arthur Middleton Manigault, a great nephew of Arthur
Middleton.
See also
References
• "Charles Manigault Morris". Find a Grave.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/
fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63439846. Retrieved
First Lieutenant Charles Manigault Morris, CSN 2010-29-12.
First Lieutenant Charles Manigault Morris, CSN at the
Charles Manigault Morris (7 May 1820 – 22 March U.S. Naval Historical Center
1895) was an officer in the United States Navy and later Persondata
in the Confederate States Navy. He was a son of Colonel
Name Morris, Charles Manigault
Lewis V. Morris of New York and his wife Elizabeth Mani-
gault of South Carolina. He a great grandson of both Alternative
Lewis Morris and Ralph Izard. names
Short descrip- United States and Confederate Navy
Biography tion officer
Date of birth 7 May 1820
Morris was born in South Carolina and entered the Unit-
Place of birth South Carolina
ed States Navy as a midshipman in December 1837. He
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1851, but re- Date of death 22 March 1895
signed his commission in January 1861 following South Place of death Baltimore, Maryland
Carolina’s secession. In March, he was appointed a First
Lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy.
Morris served on the Savannah, Georgia Station in
1861 to 63 and commanded CSS Florida from January 1864
until her illegal capture in a Brazilian harbor by the
Union Navy the following October. Morris and most of his
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