Battle of Mathias Point (English Wikipedia)

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City of Alexandria, Virginia Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site web site. Retrieved May 2, 2011.

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"Medal of Honor Recipients: Civil War (S–Z)". United States Army Center of Military History. February 25, 2016. Archived from the original on September 10, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2016.

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Scharf, John Thomas. History of the Confederate States Navy From Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel. New York: Rogers & Sherwood, 1887, p. 39. OCLC 317589712. Retrieved February 1, 2011
Lossing, Benson John and Woodrow Wilson. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1902: Based on the Plan of Benson John Lossing, LLD. Volume 1. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902. OCLC 83961719. Retrieved May 4, 2011. pp. 368–369 describes the landing party as "marines." Other sources identify them as sailors or simply as men from the USS Pawnee.
Confederate Colonel Daniel Ruggles reported that the Thomas Freeborn was accompanied by two tugs with three boats lowered and a large launch. Ruggles, Daniel. Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. By Southern Historical Society, Virginia Historical Society. J. William Jones, ed. Richmond, VA: Wm. Ellis Jones, 1881. OCLC 503976671 Daniel Ruggles June 30, 1861 report and 1878 addendum. p. 497. Chaplin's report stated he had 23 men and two "cutters" from the USS Pawnee but also mentioned a third cutter which was used in the second withdrawal of his force under fire. Ruggles, 1881, p. 499.
Wilstach, Paul. Potomac Landings. Volume 1. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1932. OCLC 2536263. Retrieved April 30, 2011. p. 338. Wilstach says there were 50 men in the landing party. He says there were 15 companies of defenders in the vicinity.
Lossing, Benson John and William Barritt. Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 1. Philadelphia, George W. Childs, 1866. OCLC 1007582. Retrieved May 1, 2011. p. 527.
Lossing, Benson John and William Barritt. Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 1. Philadelphia, George W. Childs, 1866. OCLC 1007582. Retrieved May 1, 2011. pp. 527–528.
Maclay, Edgar Stanton. A History of the United States Navy, from 1775 to 1894, Volume 2. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. OCLC 659923618. Retrieved May 1, 2011. p.234
Parker, William H. Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History, Volume 12, The Confederate States navy. 12 vols. Evans, Clement A., ed. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company, 1899. OCLC 32221736. Retrieved January 20, 2011

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"Medal of Honor Recipients: Civil War (S–Z)". United States Army Center of Military History. February 25, 2016. Archived from the original on September 10, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2016.

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Hansen, Harry. The Civil War: A History. New York: Bonanza Books, 1961. OCLC 500488542. p. 48
Scharf, John Thomas. History of the Confederate States Navy From Its Organization to the Surrender of Its Last Vessel. New York: Rogers & Sherwood, 1887, p. 39. OCLC 317589712. Retrieved February 1, 2011
Long, E. B. and Barbara Long. The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861–1865. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. OCLC 68283123. p. 66
Lossing, Benson John and Woodrow Wilson. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1902: Based on the Plan of Benson John Lossing, LLD. Volume 1. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902. OCLC 83961719. Retrieved May 4, 2011. pp. 368–369 describes the landing party as "marines." Other sources identify them as sailors or simply as men from the USS Pawnee.
Confederate Colonel Daniel Ruggles reported that the Thomas Freeborn was accompanied by two tugs with three boats lowered and a large launch. Ruggles, Daniel. Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. By Southern Historical Society, Virginia Historical Society. J. William Jones, ed. Richmond, VA: Wm. Ellis Jones, 1881. OCLC 503976671 Daniel Ruggles June 30, 1861 report and 1878 addendum. p. 497. Chaplin's report stated he had 23 men and two "cutters" from the USS Pawnee but also mentioned a third cutter which was used in the second withdrawal of his force under fire. Ruggles, 1881, p. 499.
Wilstach, Paul. Potomac Landings. Volume 1. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1932. OCLC 2536263. Retrieved April 30, 2011. p. 338. Wilstach says there were 50 men in the landing party. He says there were 15 companies of defenders in the vicinity.
Lossing, Benson John and William Barritt. Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 1. Philadelphia, George W. Childs, 1866. OCLC 1007582. Retrieved May 1, 2011. p. 527.
Lossing, Benson John and William Barritt. Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 1. Philadelphia, George W. Childs, 1866. OCLC 1007582. Retrieved May 1, 2011. pp. 527–528.
Maclay, Edgar Stanton. A History of the United States Navy, from 1775 to 1894, Volume 2. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. OCLC 659923618. Retrieved May 1, 2011. p.234
Parker, William H. Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History, Volume 12, The Confederate States navy. 12 vols. Evans, Clement A., ed. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company, 1899. OCLC 32221736. Retrieved January 20, 2011