The following list of persons belonging or credited to the Vineyard represents, as far as obtainable, the names of persons who served in the navy during the Civil War, with a record of the services of each. In addition to these persons, there were enlisted in the navy by the State at large and credited to the towns, 33 for Edgartown, 30 for Tisbury. The author is indebted to the late Dr. Winthrop Butler for much of the following information, particularly that relating to the character of the service rendered. The list includes a few persons now resident who did not live on the island during the war.
| NAME | Residence | Rating | Ships and Service |
| Adlington, Frank | Edgartown | Master's Mate | |
| Anderson, George | Edgartown | ||
| Anthony, Joseph P. | Gay Head | Seaman | |
| Armstrong, Thos. | Edgartown | Seaman | |
| Barry, William | Tisbury | ||
| Beetle, David S. | Edgartown | Ensign | Emma |
| Bell, Joseph | Edgartown | ||
| Bradley, Henry, Jr. | Tisbury | Paymaster's Clerk | Katahdin |
| Bradley, Leander D. | Tisbury | Paymaster | Katahdin , Gulf Squadron |
| Bunting, James H. | Edgartown | Ensign | Ethan Allen |
| Butler, Hebron V. | Edgartown | Master's Mate | |
| Butler, Winthrop | Tisbury | Ass't Surgeon | Saratoga & Hornet , Gulf Squadron |
| Cannon, Loring | Tisbury | Ensign | Captured Sabine Pass, Texas |
| Casey, James | Tisbury | ||
| Chadwick, John P. | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Chirgwin, Thos. H. | Edgartown | ||
| Cleaveland, Chas. W. | Edgartown | ||
| Coffin, Edwin | Edgartown | Lieutenant | Midnight , S. A. Squadron |
| Cooper, Thos. G. | Gay Head | Seaman | |
| Cooper, Thos. J. | Tisbury | ||
| Cooper, Thomas | Edgartown | ||
| Couch, Geo. | Tisbury | Master | Adger |
| Courtney, Chas. | Edgartown | Master | |
| Crocker, Frederick | Edgartown | Clifton | |
| Crosby, James E. | Tisbury | ||
| Crowell, Jared W. | Tisbury | Also served in Army | |
| Crowell, Jos. M., Jr. | Tisbury | Seaman | Shawsheen , Captured and conf. Southern Prison |
| Curtis, James C. | Edgartown | ||
| Daggett, John T. | Tisbury | ||
| Dempster, George | Tisbury | ||
| Dexter, Benjamin F. | Tisbury | ||
| Dexter, Rodolphus W. | Tisbury | Delight | |
| Dixon, James W. | Tisbury | ||
| Dunham, Hiram N. | Edgartown | Seaman | Mohican , credited to New Bedford |
| Earl, Wm. B. | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Fisher, Alonzo D. | Edgartown | Seaman | Mohican |
| Fisher, Brazillai | Edgartown | Seaman | |
| Fisher, Chas. F. | Edgartown | Master's Mate | |
| Fisher, Geo. L. | Edgartown | Seaman | |
| Fisher, John P., 2nd | Edgartown | Seaman | |
| Fisher, Thos. A. | Edgartown | Seaman | |
| Foss, Otis | Tisbury | Seaman | Fearnought |
| Foster, Henry D. | Tisbury | Ensign | Baruna , with Farragut at New Orleans |
| Freeman, Robert | Tisbury | Seaman | |
| Gabrielson, Eric | Edgartown | Seaman | Later Capt. R. C. S. |
| Gibbs, Albion P. | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Hammett, Hiram | Chilmark | Seaman | Tobago |
| Hancock, John | Edgartown | Seaman | Hedden |
| Hart, Matthew F. | Edgartown | Seaman | |
| Hedden, Edward F. | Edgartown | Ass't Engineer | Later in R. C. S. |
| Holmes, Jos. Wheldon | Tisbury | Pay Master | Dunbarton |
| Howes, Willis | Tisbury | Master | Roanoke & Vanderbilt |
| Johnson, Nathan | Gay Head | Seaman | |
| Johnson, Sidney | Gay Head | Seaman | |
| Kidder, Benj. H. | Edgartown | Surgeon | Colorado . At capture Fort Fisher; now Medical Director U.S.N. |
| Lewis, Alan G. | Edgartown | Seaman | |
| Littlefield, Aaron D. | Edgartown | Master | Georgia |
| Luce, Irving | Tisbury | Seaman | |
| Manning, Thomas | Chilmark | Seaman | |
| Marchant, Cornelius | Edgartown | Ensign | Genessee |
| Marchant, Geo. W. | Edgartown | ||
| Marchant, Wm. B. | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Morse, John O. | Edgartown | Master | R. R. Cuyler |
| Morse, Stephen H. | Edgartown | Hunchback | |
| Nevers, Daniel | Edgartown | ||
| Norton, Andrew J. | Edgartown | ||
| Norton, Chas. | Edgartown | Master | |
| Norton, Ichabod | Edgartown | Ass't Paymaster | |
| Norton, Lott | Edgartown | ||
| Norton, Martin V. B. | Edgartown | ||
| Norton, Shubael C., Jr. | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Norton, Wm. H. | Gay Head | First class boy | Rhode Island |
| Orswell, Geo. B. | Edgartown | Ass't Engineer | |
| Osborne, Abraham | Edgartown | ||
| Osborne, John | Edgartown | ||
| Owen, Leander C. | Tisbury | Ensign | Seneca with N.A. Squadron, capture Fort Fisher |
| Peakes, Thos. M. | Edgartown | Ensign | Ethan Allan |
| Pease, Geo. W. | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Pease, Henry, Jr. | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Pease, Isaac D. | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Pease, John N. | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Pease, Peter | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Pease, Wm. H. | Edgartown | Master | |
| Ripley, Benj. H. | Edgartown | Seaman | |
| Roberts, Wm. H. | Edgartown | ||
| Robinson, James B. | Tisbury | Ensign | Queen |
| Smith, Chas. G., Jr. | Tisbury | Master's Mate | Penguin and Tuscarora |
| Smith, Eliakim | Edgartown | ||
| Smith, Geo. A. | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Smith, Ivory H. L. | Edgartown | Seaman | |
| Smith, John M. | |||
| Smith, Roland | Edgartown | ||
| Spencer, John | Tisbury | ||
| Stapleford, James W. | Edgartown | Ensign | |
| Starks, Daniel | Edgartown | Master's Mate | |
| Sylva, George | Oak Bluffs | Seaman | |
| Thaxter, Leavitt | Edgartown | Seaman | |
| Tilton, Walter H. | Chilmark | Master's Mate | Fredonia |
| Vanderhoop, Edwin D. | Gay Head | Landsman | Mahaska |
| Vincent, Francis W. | Edgartown | ||
| Vincent, Wm. T. | Edgartown | Master's Mate | Canandaigua |
| Wade, Henry Clay | Tisbury | Master | Commanding Strs. Gertrude and Yucca. With Farragut at New Orleans. Died (yellow fever) at Pensacola. |
| Waldron, Ebenezer | Edgartown | Seaman | |
| West, Abner | Tisbury | Master | Potomska . At fight bet. Monitor & Merrimac. |
| West, Nathaniel P. | Tisbury | LieutCommander | Was in Mexican War. Retired during Civil War. |
| West, Wm. L. | W. Tisbury | Seaman | Mississippi |
| Wilbur, Calvin H. | Edgartown | ||
| Winn, Edward A. | Chilmark | ||
| Worcester, Edward | Chilmark | ||
| Worth, Jethro | Edgartown | Ensign |
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