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1861-1865 NAVY CIVIL WAR CAMPAIGN MEDAL
Officer’s Steward
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The Civil War had raged for nearly a year & a half when Edward heard the patriotic call & enlisted as a Landsman in the Navy, aboard the U.S.S. Sabine for 12 months of service on August 12th 1862, in New London, Connecticut. |
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The U.S.S. Sabine was a Sailing Frigate & among the first ships to see action in the Civil War, she was actively employed along the east coast searching for Confederate raiders. Landsman Law served on the U.S.S. Sabine until February 28th 1863.
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Landsman Law was transferred on February 28th, to the receiving ship, the U.S.S. North Carolina, a 74-gun ship of the line in the United States Navy. He served on the U.S.S. North Carolina in the New York Navy Yard until he was transferred on June 12th 1963. |
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On June 14th, Landsman Law was promoted to Officer's Steward & posted to the newly commissioned USS Virginia, a heavy 581-ton blockade-running steamer that had been captured & put to use by the Union Navy, USS Virginia was attached to Rear Admiral David G. Farragut's West Gulf Blockading Squadron. During the Blockade Farragut's vessels bombarded the Confederate bastion in support of the army's operations to capture Port Hudson. When the garrison surrendered on July 9, the entire Mississippi River was under Union control. O.S. Law served on the U.S.S. Virginia until he was discharged from service on September 11th 1863. |
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Officer's Steward Law was was awarded & signed for Navy Civil War Badge #1012 on December 11th 1911, nearly 46 years after the conclusion of his Naval service in the Civil War. |
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The 1870 U.S. Census Records show Edward working as a farmer in Connecticut.
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The 1880's U.S. Census Records show Edward working as a Station Master for a Railroad Company
in Connecticut.
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United States Navy Civil War Officer's Steward Edward P. Law passed away October 17th 1914, at 78 years old. He is buried at the Milford Center Cemetery, Milford, Connecticut.
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