Charles Manigault Morris

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Charles Manigault Morris (7 May 1820 – 22 March 1895) was an officer in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate States Navy. He was a descendant of Lewis Morris(great grandson) and was also a descendant of Ralph Izard(great grandson).

Morris was born in South Carolina, entered the United States Navy as a midshipman in December 1837. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1851 and resigned his commission in January 1861. In March of that year, he was appointed a First Lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy. Morris served on the Savannah, Georgia Station in 1861-63 and commanded CSS Florida from January 1864 until her capture the following October.

During the remainder of the U.S. Civil War, he served abroad as an agent of the Confederacy.

Following the war, he settled in England, but in 1880 returned to the United States and lived in Baltimore, Maryland.

Distant cousin of Confederate General Arthur Middleton Manigault a great nephew of Arthur Middleton.

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First Lieutenant Charles Manigault Morris, CSN at the U.S. Naval Historical Center