"Thomas Perry boatswain's mate and John Hayes coxswain first and second captains of No 2 gun George E Read first loader of same gun also Robert Strahan captain top first captain of No 1 gun James H Lee sponger and Joachim Pease colored seaman loader of same gun." Naval War Records Office (1896). Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. pp. 66–67.

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