Statistics for occurrence #1 of “J. W. Cross” in chapter 41 of Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War.:

...an; Acting-Third-Assistants, S. D. Edmund and Eli Simpson. Acting-Master's Mates. J. F. Daggett and T. H. P. Gross; Engineers: Acting-Third-Assistants, S. M. Van Clief, Richard Wareham and J. W. Cross . Acting-Assistant Paymaster, E. Mellach; Gunner, E. A. McDonald; Carpenter, M. W. Paul.
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