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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: May 10, 2011
Caption:
Memory Hill Cemetery, James W. Herty | Additional Description: (August 14, 1838-December 20,
1876 - gravestone is incorrect) After graduation
from the University of New York, James
Herty joined the United States Navy as an assistant
surgeon. He was assigned to the USS
San Jacinto patrolling off the African coast.
Returning from African waters, the San Jacinto
intercepted the British ship HMS Trent carrying
Confederate diplomats to England. After
returning to port in Boston in November 1861,
Herty resigned from the US Navy and stated
his desire to join the Confederacy. He was
exchanged for a U.S. physician held by the
Confederacy. Herty was assigned to the CSS
Richmond and then the Rappahannock. He is
the only veteran in Memory Hill who honorably
served both the Confederacy and the United
States during the Civil War. (Memory Hill Cemetery tour)
Submitted: May 20, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p153866
File Size: 0.283 Megabytes
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