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- ↑ Building Savannah, David E. Kelley, Arcadia Publishing (2000), p. 78 ISBN 0738505730
- 1 2 Savannah Daily News and Herald, June 15, 1883
- ↑ Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Ser. I, V. 1-27, Ser. II, V. 1-3 – United States Navy (1927), p. 361 ISBN 0918678307
- ↑ Confederate States of America Records, 1856–1915
- ↑ The Defense of Charleston Harbor – Arthur Wyllie, p. 130 ISBN 9781312286993
- 1 2 Charlestonians in War: The Charleston Battalion – W. Chris Phelps, Pelican Publishing (2004) ISBN 1589801660
- ↑ Census of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, For the Year 1861] – Charleston City Council (1861), p. 134
- ↑ Sholes' Directory of the City of Savannah, Volume 4 (1882), p. 441
- ↑ Laurel Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia – Interment.net
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