William Harwar Parker was an officer in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate States Navy. His autobiography, entitled Recollections of a Naval Officer 1841–1865, provides a unique insig
Captain William Harwar Parker, during the American Civil War, in the Confederate States Navy
USS Cumberland, then flagship for the squadron encompassing USS Potomac
The U.S. Naval Academy in the 1850s, a decade after Parker spent less than year there as a student.
The sloop of war USS Dale, similar in design to Yorktown.
Foxhall Alexander Parker Jr. was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and became one of the founders of the United States Naval Institute.