Thanks David ! For me it verifies this man's service as a Confederate

Colored Confederate Seaman, Benjamin Gray was a twelve-year-old youth who enlisted in the C.S. Navy at Wilmington, North Carolina. One of the several ships he served on was the Albermarle. In June 1917, while a resident of Bertie County NC, Gray applied for a Confederate Pension from North Carolina. It was approved the following month. After his death in 1924, his widow, Margaret was granted a pension based upon his service. Nothing is mentioned in either record about their race.