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

...le; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, W. H. Anderson; Acting-Master, H. A. Phelon; Acting-Ensign, Wm. P. Burke; Acting-Master's Mates, George B. Howard and Daniel Laken; Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, G. W. Richards ; Acting-Third-Assistants, J. L. Bowers and F. A. Whitfield. Lieutenant-Commander, Wm. P. McCann; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, George R. Mann; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, Henry Cushing; Acting-M...
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