Andrew Jones

Chief Boatswain's Mate · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

5 August 1864 · Place not recorded

Branch: U.S. Navy
Era: Civil War
Home state: New York
Action: Andrew Jones, 5 August 1864

The citation

Official citation

Served as chief boatswain's mate on board the U.S. Ironclad, Chickasaw, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Although his enlistment was up, Jones volunteered for the battle of Mobile Bay, going on board the Chickasaw from the Vincennes where he then carried out his duties gallantly throughout the engagement with the enemy which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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