James Stoddard

Seaman · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

5 March 1864 · Place not recorded

Branch: U.S. Navy
Era: Civil War
Home state: North Carolina
Action: James Stoddard, 5 March 1864

The citation

Official citation

Off Yazoo City, Miss., 5 March 1864. Embarking from the Marmora with a 12_pound howitzer mounted on a field carriage, Stoddard landed with the gun and crew in the midst of heated battle and, bravely standing by his gun despite enemy rifle fire which cut the gun carriage and rammer, contributed to the turning back of the enemy during the fierce engagement.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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