WILLIAM C. HUTTER, MIDN, CSN
William Hutter '63
William C. Hutter was admitted to the Naval Academy from Virginia on October 25, 1859 at age 16 years 7 months.
Loss
William was killed on March 8, 1862 while aboard CSS Beaufort in the Battle of Hampton Roads. William was stationed on CSS Raleigh (1861), but was aboard CSS Beaufort when he was killed.
Other Information
He resigned from the Naval Academy on April 20, 1861 and was appointed an acting midshipman in the Confederate States Navy on June 21.
He is listed on the killed in action panel in the front of Memorial Hall.
William is buried in Virginia.
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James Taylor '60 was also killed in this engagement.
Confederates in Memorial Hall
This alumni is included on this site because he is listed in Memorial Hall. Pursuant to Section 377 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the Naming Commission found, per Part II of their final report to Congress, that "Due to the limited factual nature of [Memorial Hall], the Commission believes it may remain as structured."
The "Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps" was published annually from 1815 through at least the 1970s; it provided rank, command or station, and occasionally billet until the beginning of World War II when command/station was no longer included. Scanned copies were reviewed and data entered from the mid-1840s through 1922, when more-frequent Navy Directories were available.
The Navy Directory was a publication that provided information on the command, billet, and rank of every active and retired naval officer. Single editions have been found online from January 1915 and March 1918, and then from three to six editions per year from 1923 through 1940; the final edition is from April 1941.
The entries in both series of documents are sometimes cryptic and confusing. They are often inconsistent, even within an edition, with the name of commands; this is especially true for aviation squadrons in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Alumni listed at the same command may or may not have had significant interactions; they could have shared a stateroom or workspace, stood many hours of watch together… or, especially at the larger commands, they might not have known each other at all. The information provides the opportunity to draw connections that are otherwise invisible, though, and gives a fuller view of the professional experiences of these alumni in Memorial Hall.
January 1860
September 1861
William is one of 14 members of the Class of 1863 on Virtual Memorial Hall.
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