Othniel Tripp

Chief Boatswain's Mate · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

15 January 1865 · USS Seneca

Branch: U.S. Navy
Era: Civil War
Home state: Maine
Action: USS Seneca

The citation

Official citation

On board the U.S.S. Seneca in the assault on Fort Fisher, 15 January 1865. Despite severe enemy fire which halted an attempt by his assaulting party to enter the stockade, Tripp boldly charged through the gap in the stockade although the center of the line, being totally unprotected, fell back along the open beach and left too few in the ranks to attempt an offensive operation.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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