JOHN SKINNER MALLORY Born 1 November 1857, Hampton, Virginia Died:  2 Feb 1932, Lexington, Virginia Buried:  Saint Johns Cemetery, Hampton, Va. Brigadier General, U.S. Army ***************************** FRANCIS STEVENSON MALLORY Born:  1859 Died:  1932 (aged 72-73) Buried:  Saint Johns Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia --Old B-Runner ..read more

From Find-a-Grave. These people were buried at Saint John's Church Cemetery in Hampton, Virginia, unless otherwise noted.  Charles King Mallory Jr. was the oldest child. Born: 21 Nov 1844 Died: 1 June 1863 ***************************** EDMUND SKINNER MALLORY Born: 22 Sep 1846, Hampton, Va. Died: 1903 (aged 56-57), Jackson, Tn Buried:  Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, Tn. ***************************** ENS STEVENSON BLOUNT MALLORY Birth: 15 June 1856 Died 14 Nov 1878 (aged 22) Buried:  Frederiksted, Santa Cruz, West Indies U.S. Navy and USNA graduate. --Old B-R'er ..read more

From Find-A-Grave. JOHN SKINNER MALLORY BORN: 1 November 1857, Hampton City, Virginia DIED:  2 February 1932, aged 74, Lexington, Virginia BURIED:  Saint Johns  Church Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.  Brigadier  General, U.S. Army. --Old Secesh ..read more

I have already written about Charles K. Mallory dying in the boiler explosion of the CSS Chattahoochee and of his brother Stephenson Blount Mallory dying of yellow fever while in the service of the U.S. Navy in 1878. There was yet another brother, Francis Mallory, born April 22, 1850, who attended William and Mary College, and, being of a roving disposition went to sea and as a mate on the brig Chattanooga, of Baltimore, lost his life in a hurricane bear St. Thomas, West Indies, April 4th, 1874, while attempting to get from the shore to his ship. He died unmarried. --Old B-Runner ..read more

Captain Parker of the Confederate States Navy also had this to say about young midshipman Mallory:  "After serving with me in three engagements, he was ordered to the gunboat Chattahoochee, at Columbus, Georgia, and lost his life by the explosion of her boiler. "He was from Hampton and was an honor to his birthplace.  Had he lived and had the opportunity he would have become a great naval officer." After the explosion, young Mallory, although badly  injured, swam ashore, but died after in the Ladies' Hospital, Columbus, June 2d, 1863, at age of eighteen and a half.   H ..read more

From the Virginia Historical Magazine "Funeral of Charles K. Mallory"  the father of Charles K. Mallory who died in the boiler explosion of the CSS Chattahoochee. Born November 21, 1844.  At the outbreak of the Civil War he was appointed a midshipman in the Confederate States Navy and served as such until his death. He participated  in the naval engagements at Hampton Roads, serving on the  gunboat  CSS Beaufort.  When the USS Congress hoisted the white flag of surrender, he, with Midshipman Foreman and a boat crew, were sent to take charge of her. He brought back ..read more

A letter to the William and Mary College Quarterly from John S. Mallory, brother of Charles K. Mallory, written in 1925. Stephen Blount Mallory was born at Hampton, Virginia, June 15, 1856.  In 1872, as a result of a competitive examination he was appointed a Cadet Midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy after taking a short preparatory course at William and Mary College. Upon graduation in 1876 from the Academy, he was appointed midshipman in the U.S. Navy and served as such until his untimely death of yellow fever in 1878, contracted while his ship, the USS Plymouth, lay in the harbor of F ..read more

From "Navy Gray:  Engineering in the Confederate Navy on the Chattahoochee River and Apalachicola Rivers" by Maxine T. Turner. A picture of him is on page 89 with caption: "Midshipman Charles King Mallory.  "Young Mallory" was a great favorite among the Chattahoochee's officers and men.  The first to board the USS Congress after the CSS Virginia had defeated her, he was transferred with Catesby ap  R. Jones to the CSS Chattahoochee. The account of his death following the boiler explosion on May 27, 1863, combined bravery and pathos. His family had his remains sent home ..read more

From Register of Officers in the Confederate States Navy 1861-1865. CHARLES K. MALLORY,  jr. Born in Virginia.  Appointed from Virginia. Acting midshipman, June 12, 1861.  Died June 1, 1863,  from the effect of a boiler explosion.  (CSS Chattahoochee) Served on the C.S.R.S. United States, 1861.  CSS Beaufort, 1861-1862; participated in the Battle of Roanoke Island, February 7-8, 1862, and the Battle of Hampton Roads, Va., March 8-9, 1862; commended for gallant conduct.  (He was still a member of the crew of the CSS Beaufort at this battle.) CSS Chattahoo ..read more

From the April 9, 2024, NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. In the interest of safety and security, the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources announced today that the Fort Fisher Historic Site will temporarily close to the public beginning Tuesday, April 16 as workers relocate exhibits, artifacts and staff offices to the site' new 20,000 square foot visitors center. In addition, work will begin on the restoration of parts of the fort  which were demolished when the fort was used as an anti-aircraft training facility during World War II This temporary closure refers ..read more