Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Commander W. D. Porter” in chapter 15 of James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy.:

...e captured by U. S. steamer Huntsville. Unsuccessful attempt made to sink the Confed. ram Arkansas, at Vicksburg, by Lieut-Col. Ellet, with the Union ram Queen of the West and ironclad Essex, Commander W. D. Porter . Attack on Fort James, on the Ogeechee River, Ga., by Federal gunboats repulsed. Destruction of Confed. ram Arkansas by her commander, Lieut. Stevens, at Baton Rouge, La....
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