Otley Bradford

1861 - Commissioned a second lieutenant in the Virginia Marine Corps.
JUN 11, 1861 – Commissioned a second lieutenant in the Confederate Marine Corps.
SEP 06, 1861 – Appointed a master in the Confederate States Navy.
OCT 04, 1861 – Resigned from active service.
NOV 22, 1861 – Recommissioned a lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy.

1862 – Assigned to the Charleston Naval Station in South Carolina.

1862 – Assigned to the cruiser CSS Florida.

1862 – Arrived at Nassau, in the Bahamas.
AUG 07, 1862 – Reported onboard the CSS Florida.
AUG 08, 1862 – Departed Nassau and successfully eluded the USS R.R. Cuyler.
AUG 09, 1862 – Anchored at the island of Green Cay, south of Nassau.
AUG 17, 1862 – Reported as an acting lieutenant onboard the raider CSS Florida.
AUG 19, 1862 - Anchored at Cardenas, Cuba, for medical supplies.
SEP 01, 1862 – Briefly anchored in the port of Havana, Cuba.
SEP 04, 1862 - Ran the Federal blockade into Mobile Bay, Alabama.
NOV 01, 1862 – Listed as an acting master at the Charleston Naval Station in South Carolina.
MAY 04, 1863 – Reported as commander of a rifled battery at Le Compte’s House, on the Nansemond River in Virginia.
SEP 1863 - Assigned to Johnson Island expedition at Wilmington, North Carolina.
OCT 10, 1863 – Departed Wilmington, North Carolina.
OCT 16, 1863 – Arrived at Halifax, Canada.
OCT 21, 1863 – Arrived at Montreal, Canada.
NOV 1863 – Returned to Halifax overland by stagecoach.
DEC 1863 – Departed Halifax onboard the British mail steamer Alpha.
DEC 17, 1863 – Arrived at the harbor of St. George, Bermuda.
DEC 1863 – Assumed command of the blockade-runner Whisper.
JAN 03, 1864 – Departed Bermuda for return to the Confederacy.
JAN 07, 1864 – Ran blockade back into Wilmington, North Carolina.
JAN 25, 1864 – Assigned to the ironclad CSS Savannah at Savannah, Georgia.
MAY 04, 1864 – Detached from the CSS Savannah and assigned to Howlett’s Battery on the James River in Virginia.
MAY 01, 1864 – Listed as second lieutenant on the ironclad CSS Richmond.
JUN 02, 1864 – Commissioned a first lieutenant in the Provisional Navy.
JUN 07, 1864 – Ordered to establish a signal station above Howlett’s Battery.
JUN 08, 1864 – Reported on the movements of the enemy fleet in the James River.
JUN 09, 1864 – Reported on the exchange of fire with enemy batteries.

1864 - Assigned as first lieutenant on the ironclad CSS Richmond.

1864 – Appointed executive officer on the ironclad CSS Richmond.
JUL 27, 1864 – Listed as first lieutenant on the CSS Richmond and absent on sick leave.
OCT 01, 1864 – Listed on sick leave.
OCT 05, 1864 - Reported as condemned by a medical survey.

1864 – Appointed commander of Battery Semmes in Virginia.