I came across a blog about where famous people are buried. The author does it by date of death. Among those dying today, March 3rd, was one Henry Wilkes, born 1845, died March 3, 1888, a Landsman in the US Navy. He served aboard the US picket bot No.1 in action against the CSS Albemarle ironclad October 27, 1864.
This launch sank the Confederate ship and was destroyed in the ensuing action with many of the crew, including Wilkes, captured.
I looked up Medal of Honor recipients and found he was not the only one who received one. In addition, Lorenzo Denny, Daniel D. George, Richard Hamilton, Bernard Harley, Edward Houghton, and Robert H. King received them.
A Brilliant Operation Against Great Odds. --Old B-R
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
