James Seanor

Master_at_Arms · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

5 August 1864 · Place not recorded

Branch: U.S. Navy
Era: Civil War
Home state: Massachusetts
Action: James Seanor, 5 August 1864

The citation

Official citation

Served as master_at_arms on board the U.S. Ironclad Chickasaw, Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Although his enlistment was up, Seanor volunteered for the battle of Mobile Bay, going on board the Chickasaw from the Vincennes where he carried out his duties gallantly throughout the engagement which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram Tennessee.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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