U.S. NAVY
UNIT: U.S.S. RICHMOND
DATE OF BIRTH: 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH: Salem, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH: 9 MAR 1868
PLACE OF DEATH: Unknown
BURIAL: Isle San Lorenzo, Callao Peru
NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the U.S. Civil War at Mobile Bay Alabama on 5 AUG 1864.
CITATION: On board the U.S.S. Richmond, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864; commended for coolness and energy in supplying the rifle ammunition which was under his sole charge, in the action in Mobile Bay on the morning of 5 August 1864. He was a petty officer on board the U.S. Frigate Congress in 1842[-46; was present and assisted in the capture the whole of the Buenos Ayrean fleet by that vessel off Montevideo; joined the Richmond in September 1860; was in the action with Fort McRea, the Head of the Passes of the Mississippi, Fort Jackson and St. Philip, the Chalmettes, the rebel ironclads and gunboats below New Orleans, Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the surrender of New Orleans.