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 {| |width="15%"| |width="85%"|the Deep River area of North Carolina for potential Navy use; submitted report on December 30. |- |1859 | |- | valign="top" |July 21 |Daughter, Mary Wilkes, born. |- |1861 | |- | valign="top" |April 19 |Detached from duty associated with the publication of Exploring Expedition reports. |- | valign="top" |April 20—21 |Participated in destruction of Norfolk Navy Yard. |- | valign="top" |May 1 |Requested duty as commandant of Washington Navy Yard. |- | valign="top" |May 14 |Ordered to command San Jacinto operating off the coast of Africa. |- | valign="top" |November 8 |British mail steamer Trent halted and boarded; confederate commissioners James Mason and John Slidell removed to San Jacinto. |- | valign="top" |November 30 |Detached from San Jacinto. |- | valign="top" |December 27 |Ordered to duty as a member of Board of Naval Examiners. |- |1862 | |- | valign="top" |July 6 |Ordered to command James River Flotilla. |- | valign="top" |August 4 |Promoted to Commodore. |- | valign="top" |August 29 |Detached from James River Flotilla; took command of Potomac Flotilla. |- | valign="top" |September 8 |Ordered to command West India Squadron. |- | valign="top" |September 15 |Promoted to Acting Rear Admiral. |- |1863 | |- | valign="top" |June 1 |Detached from West India Squadron. |- | valign="top" |June 30 |Departed Havana on board Roanoke enroute the United States. |- | valign="top" |December 18 |Letter written by Wilkes to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles refuting derogatory statements made by the Secretary in his annual report published in New York Times; Wilkes denied knowledge of how newspaper obtained a copy of the letter. |- |1864 | |- | valign="top" |January 11 |Court of inquiry ordered to determine source of New York Times' copy of Wilkes' letter. |- | valign="top" |January 25 |Court of inquiry found that Wilkes had prior knowledge that a copy of the letter had reached New York Times. |- | valign="top" |February 27 |Court martial of Wilkes ordered for disobediance of orders, insubordination and other specifications. |} Rh