Boatswain Charles H. Hasker; Gunner C. B. Oliver; Carpenter Hugh Lindsey; Arthur Sinclair, Jr., captain's clerk; Lieut. Douglass Forrest, C. S. A. , volunteer aide; Captain Kevil, commanding Norfolk United Artillery detachment; Sergeant Tabb, signal officer.
Flag-Officer Buchanan's command included the Patrick Henry, Jamestown, Teaser (the James river squadron), Beaufort and Raleigh.
The officers of the Patrick Henry were : Capt. John R. Tucker; First Lieut. James H. Rochelle; Lieuts. William Sharp, F. L. Hoge; Surg. John T. Mason; Paymaster Thomas R. Ware; Passed Asst.-Surg. Fred Garrettson; Acting Master Lewis. P^aJTish ; Lieut, of Marines R. H. Henderson; Midshipmen John Tyler Walker, A. M. Mason, M. P. Goodwyn.
The officers of the Jamestown were : Capt. J. N. Barney; Lieuts. Samuel Barron, Bradford, Benthall; Surg. Randolph Mason; Chief Engineer Manning ; Asst. Engineers Ahern and Gill; Lieut, of Marines J. R. T. Fendall; Midshipmen D. M. Lee, Daniel Trigg, Neal Sterling; Frank B. Dornin, captain's clerk.
Officers of the Teaser: Capt. William A. Webb, Lieut. J. H. Rochelle. (The further names are not obtainable.)
Officers of the Beaufort: Lieut. Comdg. William H. Parker; Midshipmen Charles Mallory, Virginius Newton,
Ivy Foreman (volunteer aide) ; Chief Engineer Hanks; Pilots Gray and Hopkins (volunteer); Bain, captain's clerk.
Officers of the Raleigh: Lieut. Comdg. J. W. Alexander; Lieutenant Tayloe (volunteer); Midshipmen J. Gardner and Hutter.
The rapidity with which the Merrimac was converted into an ironclad reflects great credit upon Mr. Mallory, secretary of the navy; Commander John M. Brooke, her designer; J. L. Porter, the constructor; W. P. Williamson, engineer-in-chief; Commodore F. Forrest, commanding the Norfolk navy yard, and upon the Tredegar iron
