Career
Born in 1804 in Baltimore, Maryland, Shutes was still living in that city when he joined the Navy. He served during the Civil War as a gunner"s mate on the United States Ship Don and later as a captain of the forecastle on the United States Ship Wissahickon. Aboard Wissahickon, he "performed his duties with skill and courage" at the Battle of Forts Jackson and Saint Philip near New Orleans on April 24, 1862, and during an engagement with Fort McAllister, Georgia, on February 27, 1863.
He helped save his ship in the Fort McAllister action when Wissahickon"s gunpowder magazine was struck by shellfire.
Shutes died on September 10, 1889, at age 84 or 85 and was buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
