1. Herbert Aptheker: The Journal of Negro History: Vol. XXXII No. 2: April 1947.
2. ibid,. Aptheker.
3. The Public Statutes at Large of the United States: R. Peters: Boston 1845: edition II: page 809.
4. ibid., Public Statutes at Large: page 810.
5. David M. Cooney: A chronology of the United States Navy: 1775-1965: Franklin Watts Inc. New York 1965: page 76.
6. ibid., Cooney: page 77.
7. ibid., Cooney: page 75.
8. Richard S. West Jr.: Gideon Wells and Lincoln’s Navy Department: Indianapolis 1943.
9. ibid., West
10. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion: 30 Volumes: Washington 1894-1922: Vol.IX: pages 572-574 .
11. Official Records: Navy: Vol. XXIV: Report from Acting Rear Admiral Porter to Secretary Wells: March 26 1863: pages 474-496.
12. ibid.,Official Records: Navy: pages 474-496.
13. ibid., Official Recordws: Navy: Volume XXIII: Circular dated December 18 1862.
14. Aptheker: Journal of Negro History: Volume XXXII.
15. ibid., Aptheker: Journal of Negro History: Vol. XXXII>
16.Herbert Aptheker: Negro Casualties in the Civil War: The journal of Negro History: Vol. 32: No. 1 January 1947.
17. Cooney: A Chronology of the United States Navy 1775-1965: page 102.
18. ibid., Cooney: page 102.
19. ibid., Cooney: pages 170-171.
20. Massachusetts Soldiers Sailors and Marines in the Civil War: 8 Volumes: Norwood 1931-1935: see volumes VII & VIII.
21. Aptheker: The Journal of Negro History: Vol. XXXII: No. 2: page 200.
22. John Lawson Family Records: c/o Irene Poole Sickerville, New Jersey.