Civil War
Patrick Murphy
Boatswain's Mate · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
5 August 1864 · USS Metacomet
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- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- USS Metacomet
The citation
Official citation
Served as boatswain's mate on board the U.S.S. Metacomet, during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Murphy performed his duties with skill and courage throughout a 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.
