Reuben Andrew Jackson Horusly
Name: Reuben Andrew Jackson Horusly
Affiliation: Confederate
Unit: C.S.S. VA (Navy)
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Williamsport, Washington County, MD
Enlistment Date: n/a
Notes:
The last survivor of the great naval battle between the VA and the Monitor. He nearly drowned when an explosion blew him into the water. However, he was rescued.
Source(s):
Daniel D. Hartzler, Marylanders in the Confederacy (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1986), 179; Roger Keller, Roster of Civil War Soldiers from Washington County, Maryland (Clearfield Co.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1998).
