Daniel B. Conrad, a native of Virginia, entered the U.S. Navy as an Assistant Surgeon in September 1854. Promoted to Passed Assistant Surgeon in 1860, he left the service in May 1861 and soon became a Surgeon in the Confederate States Navy. Over the next three years, he served on the Richmond, New Orleans and Jackson Stations and as Fleet Surgeon of the Mobile Squadron. He participated in the capture and destruction of the gunboat USS Underwriter off New Bern, North Carolina, on 2 February 1864. On 5 August of that year, Surgeon Conrad served in the ironclad CSS Tennessee during the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama. Captured at the conclusion of that action, he was released in October, but was not exchanged until May 1865, when the Civil War was at an end.
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16 September 2000