This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PARKER Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wk4.2ACEB/9598 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh/Default.htm Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along information that may be useful. PARKER, WILLIAM Rank and organization: Captain of the Afterguard, U.S. Navy. Birth: Boston, Mass. Accredited to: Massachusetts. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: At the wheel on board the U.S.S. Cayuga during the capture of Forts St. Philip and Jackson, and New Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862. As his ship led the advance column toward the barrier and both forts opened fire simultaneously, striking the vessel from stem to stern, Parker conscientiously performed his duties throughout the action in which attempts by 3 rebel steamers to butt and board were thwarted, and the ships driven off. Eleven gunboats were successfully engaged and the enemy garrisons forced to surrender during this battle in which the Cayuga sustained 46 hits.