...d to the United States naval academy. He left Annapolis in December, 1860, upon the secession of his State, and returning to Charleston at once entered the State service. He was upon the staff of Col. J. J. Pettigrew for three or four months at Castle Pinckney and Morris island, and was then assigned to guard duty in Charleston harbor, with the rank of midshipman. In the summer of 1861 he was transferred to the...