Douglas Putnam (August 21, 1838 – August 11, 1918) was a U.S. Army colonel in the American Civil War. After serving at the Battle of Shiloh he became a member of General Ulysses S. Grant 's staff.

USS General Putnam – also known as the USS William G. Putnam – was acquired by the Union Navy during the first year of the American Civil War and outfitted as a gunboat and assigned to the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America.

Rufus Putnam (April 9, 1738 – May 4, 1824) was an American military officer who fought during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. As an organizer of the Ohio Company of Associates , he was instrumental in the initial colonization by the United States of former Native American, English, and French lands in the ...

USS General Putnam , a 149 ton tug, was built in 1857 at Brooklyn, New York, as the civilian tug William G. Putnam . She was purchased by the Navy in July 1861 and placed in commission in mid-September under the name General Putnam . Assigned to what soon became the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, she mainly served in North Carolina waters ...

USS General Putnam , a 149 ton tug, was built in 1857 at Brooklyn, New York, as the civilian tug William G. Putnam . She was purchased by the Navy in July 1861 and placed in commission in mid-September under the name General Putnam .

USS William G. Putnam (1857) -– also known as the USS General Putnam—was acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War for the purpose of guarding the shores and waterways of the American coast from smugglers and blockade runners.

General Putnam emerged unscathed from nearly continuous shelling by the enemy guns. Meanwhile, between 1500 and 2400 that day, some 10,000 troops landed on Roanoke Island. On the 10th, after sister tug Ceres ran aground off Elizabeth …

The following list shows the names of substantive, full grade general officers (Regular U.S. Army or U.S. Volunteers) effectively appointed, nominated, confirmed and commissioned (by signed and sealed document) who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1]

General Putnam in the Revolutionary War On the morning after the affairs at Lexington and Concord (April 20, 1775) Putnam was in his field, with tow blouse and leather apron, assisting hired men in building a stone wall on his farm.

In February 1862, the tug took part in the expedition which captured Roanoke Island, N.C. On the 6th. Renamed USLHT General Putnam she was assigned to the 3rd Lighthouse District where she was rammed, sunk and raised at Wilmington, DE.