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Photo # NH 66690:  Lieutenant George U. Morris, circa 1861-62

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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.

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Photo #: NH 66690

Lieutenant George Upham Morris, USN


Photographed by the Brady studio, circa 1861-62.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Photo #: NH 47784

Lieutenant Commander George U. Morris, USN


Photographed circa 1864-66.

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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".

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