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Civil War
J. Henry Denig
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Marine Corps
5 August 1864 · USS Brooklyn
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- USS Brooklyn
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite severe damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Sergeant. Denig fought his gun with skill and courage throughout the furious 2-hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
