Statistics for occurrence #1 of “H. M. Pierce” in chapter 36 of Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War.:

... Wilson. Lieutenant-Commander, James H. Gillis; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, M. H. Henry; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, C. G. Hutchinson; Acting Master, A. A. Lewis; Acting-Ensigns, P. B. Low and H. M. Pierce ; Acting-Master's Mates, R. C. J. Pendleton, W. H. Otis and C. E. Blanchard; Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, Volney Cronk; Acting-Third-Assistants, B. F. Harris, Henry Harbinson and H. J. Watkins....
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