James Edward Montgomery
Commander of the Confederate River Defense Fleet at the Battle of Memphis (6 June 1862); a steamboat captain, not a naval officer. No reliable birth or death dates found after repeated searches; dates are not invented. One source gives 'Joseph E. Montgomery', treated as an identity inconsistency for James Edward Montgomery. Sources: Cleveland Civil War Roundtable ('Ram Warfare on the Mississippi River in 1862'); dan-masters-civil-war blog.
Military service
- Jan 15, 1862 – Jun 6, 1862 River Defense Fleet Commander; civilian riverboat captain. The fleet was a Confederate War Department organization commanded by civilian captains, without naval commissions
