James Herbert Stimpson

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James Herbert Stimpson served in the Union Navy in the Civil War, and ran a plantation in Alabama after the war. James Stimpson served as Acting Master aboard the USS Alabama, on patrol with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. For James see Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of Rebellion, Series 1, vol. 13, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, May 14 1862-April 7 1863, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901, Cornell University Making of America website.

(James Stimpson continued his duties intercepting English blockade runners. As the boarding officer on one occasion he was accused of violent and abusive language. See the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Series 1, vol. 2, “The Operation of the Cruisers, Jan1, 1863-March 31, 1864, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1895, pp.223, 230-1, Cornell University, Making of America website.”

James’ brother Francis was killed at Spotsylvania in 1864.

Just before Christmas 1870, William Stimpson and his father traveled to the vicinity of Mobile, Alabama, where the elder Stimpson owned a plantation run by William’s sibling James.