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Civil War
Edward Ringold
Coxswain · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
22 October 1862 · USS Wabash
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Maryland
- Action
- USS Wabash
The citation
Official citation
Served as coxswain on board the U.S.S. Wabash in the engagement at Pocataligo, 22 October 1862. Soliciting permission to accompany the howitzer corps, and performing his duty with such gallantry and presence of mind as to attract the attention of all around him, Ringold, knowing there was a scarcity of ammunition, went through the whole line of fire with his shirt slung over his shoulder filled with fixed ammunition which he had brought from 2 miles to the rear of the lines.
