Missouri Historical Society: During the Civil War, Warren Crandall [genealogy] served in the Mississippi Marine Brigade as 1st lieutenant on the ram Lioness. The Mississippi River Ram Fleet was formed by Charles Ellet in March 1862 and was succeeded by the Mississippi Marine Brigade. The Marine Brigade was recruited largely from other army organizations, under the authority of the War Department. The men were mustered out of service in December 1864. Following the war, Crandall practiced law in St. Louis and Brookfield, Missouri, and was editor of the Brookfield Gazette. He died June 30, 1919, in St. Louis.

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History of the ram fleet and the Mississippi marine brigade in the war for the union on the Mississippi and its tributaries. The story of the Ellets and their men
Crandall, Warren Daniel, 1838-
Personal Author: Crandall, Warren Daniel, 1838-
Title: History of the ram fleet and the Mississippi marine brigade in the war for the union on the Mississippi and its tributaries. The story of the Ellets and their men. Written and published under the auspices of their society of survivors.
Publication info: St. Louis [Press of Buschart brothers] 1907.
Physical descrip: 464, [28] p. incl. illus., ports. port. 22 cm.
General Note: "Author's foreword" signed: Warren D. Crandall ... Isaac D. Newell ...
Personal subject: Ellet, Charles, 1810-1862.
Personal subject: Ellet, Alfred Washington, 1820-1895.
Corporate subject: Mississippi marine brigade, 1863-1865.
Geographic term: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
Geographic term: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories--Mississippi marine brigade.
Geographic term: Mississippi River--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Added author: Newell, Isaac Denison, 1837-