Thomas B. Huger, born in South Carolina, joined the United States Navy as a Midshipman in March 1835. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in February 1848 and continued in the service until his native state seceeded from the Union. Resigning his commission in January 1861, Huger became a First Lieutenant in the Confederate Navy the following March. He commanded a battery on Morris Island, S.C., in 1861 and was appointed as Commanding Officer of the gunboat CSS McRae later in that year. Huger's ship operated in defense of New Orleans and the lower Mississippi. On 24 April 1862, while battling Federal Navy ships near Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, McRae was badly damaged and Lieutenant Huger was mortally wounded. He died the next day .
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21 May 2000