Near Calcasieu Pass at Cameron, Louisiana, on May 6, 1864, Confederate soldiers under the command of Col. W.H. Griffin captured the Union gunboats Wave and Granite City in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass. Those who died for their cause included Union Quartermaster John W. Tinball, Seaman Joseph Johnson, Ensign Henry Jackson, Ensign S. R. Tyrrel, Seaman John Scott, Quartermaster John Jacobs, Ord. Seaman William Hayden, and Ensign A. H. Berry, and Confederate Private William Kneip, Cpl. Ferdinand Fahrenthold, Pvt. John Lynch, Pvt. Henry Foestermann, Pvt. Aaron Russel, Pvt. J.D. Lancaster, Sgt. R. M. Jones, Pvt. A. Sprinkle, Pvt. W. A. Jackson, Pvt. P. Whittenberg, Pvt. M. Yvarro, Pvt. Jackson J. Risinger, Sgt. William Ingle, and Pvt. William Guhre.