Lt. Charles William Morris, USN

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Lt. Charles William Morris, USN

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Birthplace: Dorchester Center, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: November 1846 (31)
Tabasco, Mexico (KIA)
Place of Burial: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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Son of Commodore Charles Morris and Harriet Morris
Husband of Caroline Morris
Father of Brig. Gen. Charles Morris, USA
Brother of Harriet Bowen Coolidge; Louise Amory Corcoran; Elizabeth Amory Fox; Helen Maria Morris; Bvt. Lt. Col. Robert Murray Morris, USA and 4 others

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About Lt. Charles William Morris, USN

A memorial stands at this site, his body was entombed at the Granary in Boston.

He was killed during the war with Mexico in an operation against Tobasco. When in the Tobasco River, and in a boat under a flag of truce, going to the aid of a brother officer he was shot in the neck. He died on the flagship, the USS Cumberland, and his body was returned to Boston for burial.

Ironically, the Cumberland was under the command of his brother, George Upham Morris, when it was sunk by the Merrimac after a courageous battle in Hampton Roads in 1862.

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Lt. Charles William Morris, USN's Timeline

1815
September 15, 1815
Birth of Lt. Charles William Morris, USN
Dorchester Center, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1844
May 3, 1844
Birth of Brig. Gen. Charles Morris, USA
Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1846
November 1846
Age 31
Death of Lt. Charles William Morris, USN
Tabasco, Mexico
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Burial of Lt. Charles William Morris, USN
Mount Auburn, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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