From the Feb. 12, 2024 Aerotech News by Katie Lang.
Not much is known of Henry Schutes before his enlistment in the U.S. Navy other than he was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1804.
According to the Mount Moriah Cemetery, where he's buried, he was an experienced sailor before the war began. The earliest enlistment papers found for him was from 1858 which said he had 22 years of prior mariner experience. That meant that Schutes joined the Navy around age 54.
He initially served as a gunner's mate on the USS Don before transferring to the USS Wissahickon. By April 1862, he had become the captain of the forecastle of that ship. That was the forward upper deck where sailors slept.
That rank was similar to a current day petty officer.
--Old B-Runner
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